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BEST Medicine Engineering Fair Saturday, March 14, 2015

Teacher Workshop Information Packet

Table of Contents:

2. Program and Contact Information

3. Teacher Workshop Flyer

4. Map – Location of National Inventor Hall of Fame (NIHF) STEM School

5. Map-‐ Parking near NIHF STEM School and Quaker Station

6. Map – NIHF STEM Floor Layouts (1-‐3)

9. Map – Detailed Student Poster Display Layout

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BEST Medicine Program 7:45 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Student Check-‐in and Project Setup NIHF STEM Middle School Level 1 8:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Hands-‐on Demonstrations/Exhibitors NIHF STEM Middle School Level 1, Gym 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Judging of Projects NIHF STEM Middle School 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Teacher Workshops NIHF STEM Middle School Level 3, Rooms 304 & 305 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Lunch UA’s Quaker Station 1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Keynote Presentation UA’s Quaker Station 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Awards Ceremony UA’s Quaker Station

Contact Information

National Inventors Hall of Fame® School...Center for STEM Learning (for Projects and Judging) 199 S. Broadway St., Akron OH 44308 Phone: 330-‐761-‐3195 Quaker Station-‐ Quaker Square Inn at The University of Akron Hotel (for Lunch and Awards) 135 South Broadway, Akron, OH 44325 Phone: 330-‐253-‐5970 Contact: Carin Helfer Cell: 330-‐310-‐0626


2015 BEST Medicine Engineering Fair

Free Workshops for Teachers Saturday, March 14, 2015

Receive CEUs for attendance

9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Engineering Fairs – An Exciting Endeavour or Irrelevant Dinosaur? Tracy Davis, Sixth grade Science teacher, Euclid City Schools. B. Prim Ed, UCT, B.Ed, UNISA(Honors), M.A. Penn State University

Finding time to complete an engineering fair along with all the other demands on classroom time is a challenge. How can teachers justify completing an engineering fair in the science classroom? Davis argues that all science teachers should embrace an innovative engineering fair.

Teachers will receive a copy of Out of My Mind, a novel written by Sharon Draper and used by Davis to present problems and a forum for students to discuss how beneficial assistive devices can be, which she uses to lead into their work on the engineering fair. Teachers will be given a copy of her Engineering Design Resource Packet. This includes ways to help teachers with prepared instructional materials to teach a simple literature review, complete a patent search and prepare a simple engineering proposal. Connections to literacy standards will be highlighted throughout the presentation. Information about how to engage mentors for students, ideas on using community resources, and the value of problem solving as an end in itself, will be discussed.

10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Why Toys Make Good Medical Devices Jose Gomez-‐Marquez, The Little Devices Lab @ MIT. Learn about The Little Devices lab @MIT that explores the design, invention, and policy spaces for DIY health technologies around the world. Through hands-‐on activities during the workshop, see how simple toys can be hacked to create affordable medical technologies for communities in need. See http://littledevices.org/little-‐devices-‐big-‐ideas/diy-‐medical-‐technology-‐group-‐overview/ for further details.

REGISTER for one or both workshops: www.uakron.edu/bestmedicine QUESTIONS:

Carin A. Helfer, Ph.D., [email protected] or 330-‐972-‐6104


National Inventors Hall of Fame Location


Student Poster Layout

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