Wednesday, May 31, 2006
Ferryway Named HP Leadership Grant Finalist
The Ferryway HP team is pleased to announce their finalist standing in the HP Technology for Leadership grant program. We were one of 30 teams selected from 181 teams who submitted proprosals. Selection was based on successfully meeting the objectives of a year-long program run by the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE). Paul Teixeira and Robert Simpson will represent the team during a poster sesson at the National Education Computing Conference (NECC) on July 7th. HP and ISTE will announce the winners of the leadership awards at NECC. Only 15 of 30 teams will leave NECC with an awards package worth over $50k.
Monday, May 08, 2006
Students Calculate Torque at the Iron Works
Early American colonists learned to harness the power of water. Exactly how much power was unknown until Malden fifth graders learned about another powerful tool called estimation. Students visited the Saugus Iron Works during April and May where they used estimation to measure the dimensions of working 17th century waterwheels.
Students recorded their measurements on worksheets in the field and upon returning to school calculated the torque values for several waterwheels. Students also learned through Waterwheels! Part II, how "estimation is an engineers best friend!"
View the interactive Breeze presentation: http://mm.eduadvisory.breezecentral.com/waterwheels2
Note: Waterwheels 2 has had over 400 hits since its launch on April 25, 2006.
