Michael MorandAssociate Vice President of New Haven and State

Affairs Claudia Merson

Director of Public School Partnerships David Heiser

Head of Education and Outreach Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History

Tom ParlapianoWest Campus Education Coordinator

West Haven Public School visits to the Yale Peabody Museum Community Education Center at West Campus from September 2010 through February 2011

Attendance

School Date GradeProgram Description # Programs

Teacher/Contact K-6 MS HS Total

WHHSSeptember 2010 9

Project SEARCH 2

Dickson/McDevitt 47

Pagels School

October 2010 K

Fall Nature Walk 4

Shaw/Stapleton 71

Seth Haley School

October 2010 4

Fall Nature Walk 1 Cooper 22

Seth Haley School

October 2010 1

Fall Nature Walk 2 Paolino, etal 42

Mackrille School

October 2010 4

Fall Nature Walk 4 Tracy, etal. 83

Mackrille School

November 2010 1

Fall Nature Walk 2

Memmott, etal. 39

Seth Haley School

November 2010 4

Introduction to Raptors 3

Cooper, etal. 62

Seth Haley School

November 2010 1

Fall Nature Walk 2

McDermott/DeStefano 43

Mackrille School

January 2011 3

Introduction to Geology 2 Gissel, etal. 35

Forest School

February 2011 3

Introduction to Geology 2 Butler, etal. 34

24 431 0 47 478Total

West Haven Public School visits to Yale Peabody Museum in March 2011School Date Grade Program # Programs AttendanceWashington School 10-Mar-11 2 Dinosaurs 2 50Washington School 11-Mar-11 2 Dinosaurs 2 50

Seth Haley School 14-Mar-11 2 Connecticut Wildlife 2 50

Seth Haley School 15-Mar-11 2 Connecticut Wildlife 2 50

Carrigan School 21-Mar-11 6 Rocks and Minerals 4 100

Forest School 22-Mar-11 2 Connecticut Wildlife 2 50

Carrigan School 23-Mar-11 6 Rocks and Minerals 4 100

Forest School 23-Mar-11 2 Connecticut Wildlife 2 50

Carrigan School 24-Mar-11 6 Rocks and Minerals 4 100Forest School 25-Mar-11 self guide 50

Carrigan School 29-Mar-11 6 Rocks and Minerals 4 100

Carrigan School 30-Mar-11 6 Rocks and Minerals 4 100CARRIGAN SCHOOL January 5 Color light

500

32 1350

PEABODY MUSEUM 1350

WEST CAMPUS 478

TOTAL 1826

All science teachers receive a free Peabody Museum membership.

Free guided tours at the Peabody Museum for all students K-12 are provided every year.

Community service hours for students to work at West Campus on removing non native species of plants

After school Evolution Program- A total of eight students participated in the college

field trip to Washington D.C.

Jaylah Evans Jessica Kuchta

Kaussar Rahman Momal Sumra Selena DeLeon Tanaya Howard Fiton Imerukaj

Sebastian Moraga

A junior will have the opportunity to work in a

physics laboratory over the summer Summer internship opportunity for students who

participated in the Evolution Program Program for seniors at West Campus

Help with the elementary programs

High school biology students analyze the water quality and ecology of the Oyster River at the West Campus site. (Annual event)

Girls' Science Investigations (grades 6-8) Saturday program for a total of 4-5 sessions at no cost to

students. Science Saturdays (grades 7 and above).

Grade 5 All students participated in the Color and Light

Institute at Yale Peabody and will do it again next year. Trip was organized by the grade five teachers together with the help of the science facilitator Jeanne Vauiso.

Grade 6 Geology Program at Peabody Grade 6 teachers attended a 1 day Geosciences

Institute at the Peabody Museum on 3/31.

All grade 5 students have been attending a half day college visit to the Yale Campus. The event takes place every year in June, so far 2,000 students have visited.

Tour of the campus Video Lunch on the campus

groundsDate

Cluster CONTACT PERSON

# Of students

5/31 H Don Funaro 100

6/1 I Jason Heffernan

100

6/3 G Elisa Rice 98

6/6 F Alicia Limosani

99

6/7 J Donna Pitts 100

Wetlands program for the spring session for grade 4 Most of grade 3 students participated in the Rocks and Minerals

Institute this year. We will have all grade 3 students participate next year. Science facilitators will work with Tom Parlapiano on the planning and schedule.

Tom Parlapiano will work with grades 1-2 visiting students on their next unit of studies on plants.

Tom Parlapiano will continue to work with K-2 students on the nature walk program in the spring

Geoscience Institute • Participating teachers will receive:

• FREE 3-day summer institute, field trip and curriculum guide• 2.0 CEUs• $200 stipend available after teaching and assessing the

complete module• Funds to cover transportation for one field trip for one class

during the school year• Free class visit to the Yale Peabody Museum• Free Yale Peabody Museum Family membership

NASA Institute • Participating teachers will receive:

• FREE 3-day summer institute, including morning coffee and lunch

• Set of standards-based classroom activities with accompanying Solar Science kit

• 200 stipend after teaching and assessing the complete set of activities in your classroom

• Free admission AND funds to cover bus transportation for two field trips during the school year

• 2.0 CEUs from Yale University

• Free Peabody Museum Family Membership• Learn innovative ways to teach Connecticut’s 5th grade

science standards• Learn how to use NASA data in the classroom• Preview cool planetarium shows about the sun and sunlight• Gain practical, hands-on experience with the Leitner Family• Observatory’s telescopes• Receive support from Museum and Planetarium educators• Two teachers will be selected