>* 9 IMSA Hosts Successful International Problem-Based '''««.,«to<^»'^' Learning Symposium Problem-BcisedLeamint;(PBL) hcahthe hornreal-world issues. Learners bondsthattradmonaleducationhasplaced gatherandapplyknowledgefrom onstudents. PBLemiblesthemtore^leamthe multipledisciplinesintheirquesttor |t(,hj'e\ol,.f,ibdiesrcao.mvneroy%f,,ltehae-namr.itirohf,oaiuvesttoiol,neianrsn,,m.ani.ndte- sol,utions. ^orani'erath1e,r1thancomp'art,menta,l;iz,e-d)i.ct„n'-.s. Long^recog=.ni:edasa leaderin ,I,M,S„A.„Prt's.i.dent„Dr.eSteph1anienPace\MiarshLalMl ProLlem-BasedLearning-, IMSAwelcomed someotthehest-knownauthors in thefield EducatorsfromasfarawayasMexico duringthesymposium. Practitionersfrom andKoreatoascloseas _ acrossthecountrysharedthemany SimmonsMiddle School ^^^^^^^'^^^^B ^^'^'^'^'-'^'^'^ '^'*''' ^^^ '"^^^^^^^^'''^^' inAuroraallagree that ^^^^^H ^^^H ^'''^**''^^^'""'practice. Prohlem-BasedLearning ^^^^^^^^LPv '* '-^^^HH (PBL) isapowerful tool i - Breakout Sessions toenhancestudent W ^^^^m' ^H Followingan inspiringopening learning intheclassroom. I' ^^^^ J trom Dr. Marshall,ti\-cnoted Theseend^u^catorsand Ssi '^^^^^^|L^p^.j^i1'^ 1au1thorsotProblem-mBasedLearning INSIDE NOVA: moret,han200oth,ers ta. VV^P^i k I '^^^^'•ksparticipated apanel cametogethertolearn II'^^SiwT V Ji^cussiononcurrent issues AlumniDonation 2 aKmtthepowerofPBL Imf^*^''-^-- ^'—"j| relatingto PBL. Eachauthoralso FryFoundationGrant ....5 duringthe Problem- ^ IwTT^I ' t.cilitated abreakout.sessionto '^^AonWheels 6 BSStoeay'rsmtvhepied"co^eHsLeoieafuarLmrte,naoi'fm/nnigPmrtroh^:eblGeemt-tiBnaos'-^e^Rd°ep^/Lo're'taP'n'«wMC^'nwR^Ca^^h,.iWr'c-Loa''^^gooJn'n/^e^"l^"2^'^!N'.Q^eo^wtsi.vOethaesmnhrodadrberieemlfa-puktlrhoet.euhmteePrnsBteiLnsasstipiigorohnotnscse,fss.tessrauatagtuegnrgedeisdettsio.ons, ^N.aNtaikN.to,aiM.ntoaai,inlto,a'hnT^lea^emlMatiaceMt.Ah,d,ia.i^ictna,'shig^RCAA.»eTewwcr'aota^gir.rrnh'.d"djciisatti.^.ioonn. .....\777JZ„ heldFebruary'' 14-15 onthe IMSAcampus. 20classroompractitionersfrom Sccience1Li.teracydBook1 4a acunrerPdirucocuabltluiemomna-anBldasaiep^ndp's^rtLroeuaacctrhinoitnnhga"atr(ooPurBgnLad)nicziaseresf.ully egmiregomhubtpeswrteastreeMsi.IcIMhnaScelAludfD.aeecduFlitiyan'vtehnis,selectjhS.MerScveitlrcveic^tFoe,I1L.l..elIianroin.si•ngAawardj ,10-,,1,8oZI craftedproblematicsituationsaciapted (continuedonpage 1 1] r~11^1^/V APioneeringEducatiorwdCommunity ^ffS^^^^' tn\\\n'flT'^PIFf r^lMSA IMSA Creates Service Learning I1l5l0in0oiWseMsattShuelmlaitviancsRoaanddScienceAcademy* Avrard Honoring McEaciiern Aurora,Illinois60506-1000 630/907-5000 IMSABOARDOFTRUSTEES The IllinoisMathematicsand who, likeMr. McEachem,goabove CHAIRMAN ScienceAcademyhascreatedthe andbeyondthecallofdutyanddoall SheilaMBGriffin JohnH. McEachem,Jr. Exemplary thelittlethingsthatmakegreatthings President GriffinHoldings Ser\'iceLearning happen,"saidRobertHernandez, FIRSTVICECHAIRMAN Awardtohepre- IMSAdirectorofstudentleadership Dr.LuisNunez DepuvyAssociateLaboratoryDirector sentedannually development."Hehasalwaysasked fAorrgPohnysniecaNl,atBiioolnoaglicaLia.boCroamtpourtyingSciences toadeserving us'what'sinitforthestudents.'We SECONDVICECHAIRMAN IMSAstudent. wanttorecognizehimthroughthese StevenIsoye CurriculumLeader Theaward, studentswhomhetrulycaresabout." WarrenTownshipHighSchool TRUSTEES whichincludes Theinauguralawardwas DDre.anV,icCtoolrlieageChofoEuducation a$2000scholar- presentedtoClassof2003 graduate UniversityofIllinoisatChicago ship, isnamed FrederickHines JReothirneHd.PrMecsEiadcehnet/mC.EJOr. mhonorof '°'^"^-McEachern,Jr. ofNaperville WayneCircuits,Incorporated foundingIMSABoardofTrustees who,likeMr. KevinMurphy ScienceTeacher memberJohn("Jack") McEachem. McEachem,has LyonsTownshipHighSchool McEachem,anOswegoresident, demonstrated JamesD.Pearson RetiredPresident hasbeenamemberofIMSAs Board exemplary AuroraMetalsDivision,L.L.C. Dr.ChrisQuigg ofTrusteessinceitscreation in serviceto SFeenrimoirNTahetoiroentailcalAcPcheysliecriasttorLaboratory' 1985 andser\'edasitschairmanfrom others.Require- Dr.MarshaRosner 1997 to2001. Hecurrentlyserves mentsforthe DTihreecBteornaMnadyPrIonfsetistsuotreforCancerResearch aschairandboardmemberofRush- awardinclude FrederickHines JTAedhsmeuisnUiMnsaitvnreaurteoslritSyoosfaChicago CReotpilreeydMPreedsiicdaelntCaenndteCrEaOndofisWtahyene otfhecocmommpulneittiyonseorfvi1c7e,5doermmoonsrterhaotuirosn CShhiacraognoTePunbhloiucsSechools CircuitsIncorporated. ofleadershiproleswithintheIMSA TCeoamcmheurnaijtidyPUanreinttSEcdhuocoaltoDristrict"2 "Tlieawardwascreatedtohonor community, lettersofrecommenda- (Liberty,Illinois) Mr.McEachemandthosestudents tionandwrittenessays. Dr.MichaelTurner DepartmentChmrmanandProfessor, DepartmentofAstronomyandAstrophysics A TheUniversityofChicago Grateful Graduate Donates EX-OFFICIO Dr.JosephCiptl $100,000 to Honor IMSA Staff Preiideni/CEO IllinoisCommunityCollegeBoard Dr.SherryEagle A Superintendent gratefulgraduateofthe Illinois thegraduatesaid: "[students] getto AuroraWestSchoolDistrict^129 MathematicsandScienceAcademy wherethey'regoingbecauseofthe DExre.cwDtainii'eelDiLraecVtiosrta donated$100,000totheIMSA effortsandtalentsofeachofyou. IllinoisBoardofHigherEducation FundforAdvancementofEducation Youaretheoneswhokeepthegears Dr.RobertSchiller StateSMperintendeni tohonorthe IMSAfaculty,staffand turning,youaretheoneswhobuild IllinoisStateBoardofEducation PRESIDENT administration. thefoundationsinsideeachofthe NDrO.VStAepIhSapnuibeliPsahceedMbayrsthhaell Calling IMSA"amagicalplace," (continuedonpage3) IMSAOfficeofAdvancement. Sendcommentsorquestionsto: AbouttheCover EditorandWriter Thekaleidoscope[saninstrumentotwonderandtranstormation.ItisasymbolandmetaphoiolIMSA's BrendaBuschbacher \ision,"liberatinggoodnessandgeniustortheworld"andmission,"transformationthroughconnections [email protected] withinandamongmathematics,science,theartsandthehumanities." . Faculty Members Receive National Board — Teaching Certification Highest Standards for Excellence in the Teaching Profession Fdurfacultymembersatthe processthatcredentialssuccessful IllinoisMathematicsand candidatesasMasterTeachers. ScienceAcademyreceived Theyjoinagroupofonly 569other certificationwith theNational NationalBoardCertifiedTeachers m BoardofProfessionalTeaching thestateofIllinois. Standards (NBPTS).Thisbrin-s AspartoftheNational Board thetotalnumberofNBPTS- Certificatiemprocess,eachteacher certified IMSAfacultyto 11 compiledandsubmittedateaching Jtisie Wallmuthof portfoliowhich included x'ideotapes Somonauk,ascienceteacher ofclassroomteaching, lessonplans, forse\-enyearsatIMSAandan studentworksamplesandreflecti\'e educatorfor 16years,wascerti- writtencommentariesthatdetail fied inAdolescenceandYount: whatthey,asteachers,weredoing Adulthood/Scienceteaching. andwhy.Theyalsohadtocomplete DianeHinterlongofAurora, anassessment in\'olvingaseriesof ascienceteacherfor 12yearsat writtenexercisesdesignedaround IMSA,formerlyworkedasan challengingteacherissuessuchas engineerforAT&T, biinterlong curriculumdesign,contentknowl- alsoreceivedNBPTScertifica- edgeandstudentassessment. Willa Shu JohnStark tioninAdolescenceandYoung TheNational Boardfor Adulthood/Science. teachingatIMSA) alsowascertified ProfessionalTeachingStandards, Willa ShultrofBrookfield,an inWorldLanguages/Gemian. foundedin 1987, isanindependent, educatorsince 1^7^ whohastaught ThefourIMSAfacultymembers nonprofit, nonpartisanand non- FrenchatIMSAfor 14years,receix'ed wereamong7,886primaryand govenimentalorganizationdedicated certification inWorldLanguages/ secondai7schoolteachersnation- toraisingthe le\-elofteaching French.John StarkofAurora,an widetocompletetherigorousand excellence inclassroomsthroughout educatorfor33 years (17 ofthose competiti\'enationalcertification America. A Grateful Graduate (continuedfrompage2j studentsforaspectacularand specialawardfromthe IMSA Fund deeplytouched andhont)redbythe rewardingcareer.There'snothing forAdvancementofEducationfor graduate'sgift. like it intheworld." their"steadfastser\'iceandgenerosity "Forsomeonesoyoungtobeso Atthesuggestionofthegniduate, ofspirit." grounded, appreciati\'eandgenerous whopreferredtoremainanonymous, IMSAopened in 1986andgrad- isver\'gratifying,"shesaid. "Many anareawherevariousstaffmeetings uated itsfirstclassin 1989, making IMSAgraduatesarealreadygi\'ing andacti\-itiesareheldwasdedicated theageofitsoldestgraduatesonly back toIMSAand Illinois insigni- inhonoroithepastandpresent in theirearly 30s. ficantways.Thepeopleof Illinois IMSAfaculty, staff'andadministra- IMSA President Dr. Stephanie shouldfeel\-erypriuidofthereturn tion. Employeesalsorecei\'eda PaceMarshallsaid thestaffwas on theirin\-estment,"shesaid. r^lMSA IMSAFundforAdvancementofEducation IMSA Book S€ien€e Ufera€Y 1500WestSullivanRoad Aurora,Illinois60506-1000 tor the Twenty'tirst Century 630/907-5000 Honors Leon Lederman IMSAFUND BOARDOFDIRECTORS ByBrian Thomhurg, AssistantWriter OFFICERS JHaomneosraR.ryThCohmapirsmoann Whatdoyou Theaimofthebookistoprovide WPairntsnteronan&dCShtariarwmnanoftheE: i^iveamanas suggestionsfortransformingscience President accomplished educationintheUnitedStatesand G.ThomasCastino ConsultanttothePresident(Retired) andcelebrated improvingthestandardsofscientific UnderwritersLaboratories,Inc. asNobelLaure- literacyaroundtheworld. VicePresident WilliamJ.White ateDr. Leon TTiebook'seditorsareIMSA Professor NorthwesternUniversity Ledermantorhis PresidentDr.StephaniePace Treasurer 80thbirthday.' Marshall,Dr. MichaelPalmisano, SusanS.Schanlaber PresidentandCEO Muchtohis formerIMSAvicepresident TSehcereLtaanrdy*markGroupofCompa: surprise, IMSA Dr. Leon Lederman forresearch CatherineC.Veal founderandResidentScholar anddesignand VicePresidentforAdvancement IMSA Dr. LeonLedemianwaspresented IMSACoordi- ScienceLiteracyfortheTwenty-first natorofStudent JCohhaninF.mBnearngedrCEO Century,inahbiosohkownroirtten JIundqiutihryScDhr.eppler. UniversalInternetPropertie MichaelJ.Birck byeminent NOVArecently TCehlaliahrsm,anInc. scientistsand spokewith MartinJ.DiMarzio'95 scienceeducators Drs.Lederman, SCe>enliooirttCeon&suTlotauncthe fromthroughout Marshall,and MichaelW.Ferro,Jr. theworld. Schepplerabout CChliiecfkECxoemcumteirveceO.ffiIcnecr. Thebook thebook: SandraGoeken honoringDr.Leder- TVihceeCGhoaeikremnanGroup manwasunveiled NOVA:Why CheUyA.Hopper'92 duringIMSAs 15th wasabook GratkiateStudent UniversityofIllinois AnniversaryGalaand selectedasa RCihcahiarrmdanA.anLduCmpEkOin BirthdayCelebration tributetoLeon.' IllinoisConsolidatedTeleph^ tCompany (honoringLederman), Dr.Judith JamesD.Pearson andofficiallypublished intheFall Scheppler Dr.JudithScheppler (Retired;President AuroraMetalsDivision,L.L.C. 2002. (hereafterreferredtoasJS): Isawa SCeFnAdhilR.Revuluri'90 Thebookincludesacollection Festschrift (acollectionofscholarly HoneyJacobsSkinner oiessaysbynotedscientistsand articlesbycolleaguesandadmirers, PSairdtlneeyrAustinBrown&Wood scienceeducators,whoalsohappen servingasatribute) assembledin RobertE.Spitzer tobeLederman'sfriendsand honoroflaserinventorCharles VicePresident E.tiemalAffiliaiions/L'niversirN'Relaaons admirers.Contributorstothebook Townes'80thbirthday, andthought TheBoeingCompany includedBruceAlberts, Howard thatabook inhonorofLeon's80th NanduN.Thondavadi FMoausncdoinngGClhoabiarlmLainm,itPreedsidentandCEO Gardner,MargaretJ.Geller,Stephen birthdaywouldbeagreatgiftto JayGould,GeorgeA. Keyworth, himfromIMSA. Dr. Marshalland LawrenceM. Krauss,SheilaTobias, 1 talkedabouttheideaandshe JamesTrefil,andmanyothers. (continuedonpage8j Fry Foundation Grant to Aid Expansion of IMSA Excellence 2000+ in Ciiicago ByBrian Thomhurg, AssistantWriter A$63,000grantfromThe LloydA. mathematicsandscience.The uiiosemission FryFoundationotChicagowillhelp E2K+ programalsoprovides istoassist tosupportandexpandprogramming ongoingprofessionaldevelop- organizations torthe IMSA Excellence 2000+ ment torparticipating Illinois located in (E2K+) ProgramfromSpring2003- middleschoolteachers. ( hicago Spring2004- Specifically, thegrant Modeledafterthehighly \\hichsei"\'e willenahle the E2Iv+ pnigramto successfulafterschool Mitchell an urban expand itsser\'icetoChicagoschools Excellence 2000enrichment § population thistall. program in Israeltorjunior a otfinancial "ThisISwonderful news," highschoolstudents, IMSA 1 need. "The Fry saidDr.Susan Bisinger, Excellence Excellence 2000+ heganduring "^ Foundation is ^000+ programdirectt)r. "Thisgrant the 2000-2001 academicyear EvergreenMiddle pleasedtobe Academy,Chicago willhelpLISsupportadditional withsevenpilotsitesandhas supporting schoolsthatneedthistypeotinno\-a- sincegrowntoserve 23 schools IMSAsmiddle-school mathand ti\'eprogramtopursuemathematics throughout Illinois. Eachsiteser\'es scienceprogramswhichserx'e andscienceexcellence." 30to40studentsand twoteachers. Chicagopublicschoolstudentsas Launched at the requestoithe The IMSA E2K+ curriculum is wellastheirclassroomteachers,"Jill IllinoisC^ieneral Assemhlvand coor- integrati\-e,prohlem-centeredand DanxnvSeltzer, executivedirectorof inLiuiiy-based.Theprogram's theFr^'Foundation,said. learningexperiencesfocus onhelpingstudents "lean"!howtolearn"and emphasize logic, mathe- CenuaUunKnH.J matical thinkingand ]umorHgh Roosevelt experimentalscientific Middleschool F.ankl«. ^^^^ thinking.Topicsrelateto Chicago Acad.m>^^^^^^^^ thestucients' lives, arouse Middle theircuriosityand increase theirmotivationtolearnin rrsiMiddiescw E2K+siteatEvergreenMiddleAcademy,Chicago mathematicsandscience. DanviUe ChiPPewaUiddleschool Dex'elopingproblemsoK'ing P)esplainer HlisMiddleSchoa ^ ^^^ dinatedhytheCenter@IMSA, the strategiesandnewwaysotthinkins. Elgiti IMSA Excellence 2000+ Pi\)gram areemphasized. Kankakee pisraongraaftmertosrcIhloloilnoeisnrmiicdhdmleenstchool soK'"inOgurprporbolgermasmainsdnodtoijnusgtnaebaotut LMaanpsliengPark KMaauncionJunior1H1i1o.hh^"school studentswhoare talented, interested experiments," Bisingersaid. "Its Manon Bednarcik]umorHigh Osweg'-"' andmotivated inmathematicsand abouthelpingstudentsleanttoask science,withspecialemphasison questionsandhowtofindanswers. pQiuainnocv QWueisntcYM]iudid^l'e°^S"c'h^o^o,l studentswhoarehistoricallyunder- TheLloyd.'\. FryFoundation isa Rocktord G^antMiddleSchoa representedandunclersen'ed in pri\-ategrantmakmgfoundation SNpjrVemsgtfiCehlv'c^ago ^:S:M^a;;thooi .. YotkvUle 1 IMSA on Wheels Program Rolls New into Illinois Schools; Enrichment Workshops Unveiled ByBrittaWilkMcKenna, IMSAKids Institute"^Coordinator Tl-iemakeshiftsignacrosstheback ofthe IMSAvanreadHonkifyou lovescience. Hundredsofhonksand 21 showslater,thenewIMSAKids Institute' programJMSAonWheels isahugesuccess. IMSAonWheels isanIMSA student/staffdevelopedmobileedu- cationprogramthathittheroad in January2003.Sincethen, the/MSA 0)1Wheelsprogramhas\'isited 2 elementaryandmiddleschools throughoutIlUnois(seechart). InMarch, IMSAstudent\'olun- teers inthe IMSAKids Institute' IMSAonWheels 2003 IllinoisSchoolsTour Math Teacher Receives Achievement Award Life Illinois MathematicsandScience teacherh(.snored with heteachesavariety Academymathematicsteacherand theaward. Charles ofadxanced level OswegoresidentRonaldVavrinek HamburgotLiberty\'ilK mathematicscourses washonoredhythe IllinoisCouncil washonored in 1^)^)'-). atIMSA including ofTeachersofMathematics (ICTM) "It'salwaysan Mathematical with itsDistinguishedLifeAchie\'e- honortohethanked ln\'estigationsand ment inMathematicsAward. hyyourpeers," Ad\'anced Placement Thisaward ispresentedeach Vavrineksaid. "It's ComputerScience. yeartoonemathematicseducator athank-youtorputting Healsoadvises whohasdemonstrateddistinguished in the timetomake studentsinanational andhonorahleser\'icetomathemat- studentssuccessful." mathematicshontir icseducationtoranentirecareer. Vavrinek isinhis Ronald Vavrinek societyaswellas Vax'rinek, whoreceivedtheaward 16thyearat IMSA. In participatinginmany atthe ICTMconference inPeoria, additiontocoachingstudents in otherstatearidlocalprofessional isthesecond IMSA mathematics stateandnationalcompetitions. acti\'ities. Students Maice National Math History IMSAplacedtirst inthenationon IMSA'steamscorewas450out highest rankingpossible inthetitth thisyear'sAmerican Mathematics otapossible450points,whichis annualHighSchoolMathematical Contest 12 Exam (AMC'12) with onlythethirdtimeincontesthistoid ContestinModeling (HiMCM). tourstudentsrecordingperfect thataschoolhasprixlucedaperfect IMSA teammembersJeftery scores.This isthetirsttime inthe teamscore.This isthesecondtime ChangotGlenview,AlexGari\-altis 53-yearhistoryotthecontestthat IMSAhasaccomplishedthisfeat, ofHinsdale,and DavidXuot aschoolhasproducedmore than the lasttime in 1994. Napervillereceivedtherankot threeperfectscoresonthesametest. IntheAMC-12 Exam,students "NationalOutstanding."Only 10 IMSAstudentswhoreceived aregi\'en 75 minutestoanswer teamsoutot 350thatcompeted perfectscoreswereYoshiCormier 25 difticult mathematicsproblems. worldwidereceivedthisranking. ofPalatine, DanGulottaot Studentswhoscore 100orbetter The HighSchoolMathematical Homewood,JoeJiaotAurora, onthetest, which isabiiut 3%ot Contest in MtKleling isa 36-htuir andAlbertNiofNaper\-ille. More participantsnationally,earnNational contest whereeachteam isexpected than 500,000studentsfrom more HonorKoWstatusandareeligible tosoh'ea mathematical modeling than 5,100highschoolstex)kpart totaketheAmericanInvitational problem. IMSA team members' inAMCexamsthisyear. MathExam (AIME). IMSAhad papertocusedon the velocityot "This isoneotthebiggestand 121 studentsqualitytorthisexam. atailing ladder.Theirpaperwas most importantcontests inwhich published thisspringmaspecial weparticipatenationallyduring IMSA Students Receive issueotCOMAP(Consortiumtor theyear,"saidDr. Michael Keyton, ^'Outstanding" Rank Among Mathematicsand ItsApplications) anad\'isortothe IMSAteam. "This Woridvv^ide Competitors bulletin. topgrouppushedthemseh'csto InotherIMSAmathnews,ateam higherle\'elsthisyear." otthree IMSAstudentsreceix'ed the The Motley Fools Teach IMSA Students Investing Tips; IMSA Students Featured on National Radio Program Best-sellingauthorsandbrothers Inauniqueopportunity DavidandTomGardner, also immediatelyfollowingthe knownastheMotleyFools,held lecture,some IMSAstudents aninteractive investmentseminar alsowere invitedtoser\'eas torIMSAstudentsinOctober, hi studentpanelistsduringa addition, thebrotherssharedadvice tapingofTheMotleyFools fromtheirnewestbookTheMotley nationally-syndicated FoolInvestmentGuideforTeens: 8 radioshow. Steps toHavingMoreMoneyThan DavidandTom YourParentsEverDreamedOf. Gardnerarethefounders Topicscoveredduringaquestiein- ofthemultimediainvestment and-answersessionwithstudents companyTheMotleyFool includedmutualfunds,banking andarefamousforhelping practices, IRAsanddripinvesting. millionsoflessthanWallStreet- Theauthorsalsotalkedaboutother savvyadultslearnthebasicsof subjectsincludingtheepidemicot investingandmanagingpersonal creditcarddebt. finances. Science Literacy for the Tv/enty-first Century(continuedfrompage4) focusedtheconcept intoabookon becameevenbiggerwhenwe SPM: Contributorswereuniversally scienceliteracy.Thereweremany informedhim—thathehadtowrite willingtowriteachapterforus othergiftsgiventohim,butthis is theepilogue onatightdeadline! becausethetopic is important, onethatissharedonanationaland Dr. Leon Lederman (hereafter becausethiswasanIMSAproject, internationalscaleonat—cipic that referred toasLL): Yes, (Iwas) andbecauseitisinhonorofLeon. Leonispassionateabout science completelysurprisedando\'er- Theywerealldelightedtobeasked literacy. whelmedbythedistinctionofthe andwelcomedanopportunityto authors. surpriseandhonorLeon. Mostknew NOVA: WasLeonsurprisedtolearn himpersonallyandweretickledthat oftheproject? NOVA: Whoarethecontributors theymight"pulloneoveronhim!" Dr. StephaniePaceMarshall andhowweretheyselected? (hereafterreferredtoas SPM): JS: Thecontributorsareinterna- NOVA: Wl-iat isuniqueabout Allofthecontributorsweresworn tionalleadersinscience,education thebook? tosecrecy! Thiswasn'ttrivial,as andpolicy.Theywereselected JS: Tomyknowledge,there isn't wewouldfrequentlyhearfroma becauseoftheirexpertiseandtheir anothervolumelikethisthatpulls contributorthattheyhadjustbeen reputations.Theirvoicesareheard informationaboutscienceliteracy toameetingorsatonacommittee andheeded. together,writtenbysuchaprestigious withLeon. Butyes,Leonwassur- anddiversegroupofcontributors. prisedatIMSA'sgalawithagalley NOVA: Howwillingwerethe Andtotopitoff, the\'olume is ofthebook.Thenthesurprise contributorstoparticipate? (continuedonpage 9) 8 :<Je^<,'j^diM(K9IHki&L£:v«£-;^x^^'' XdSaM>ltt Pr^" Science Literacy for the Tv/enty-first Century(continuedfrompage8j illustratedbyLeon'sowndrawings, scientiststoNobel Laureatesha\e theirchildren'seducation.Wehope takenfromo\-erheadsuseddurin.t; been inspired byhimtciget inx'olved thatthepolicy leaders ineducation hrsmany talksonscienceeducation. m impro\-ingeducationtorour willread ittorealizethatoureduca- Eachsketchportraysatheme in children. tionalstatusquommathandscience scienceliteracyandhelpstoorganize mustbeturnedon itsheadand thebixik. NOVA: What impactdoyouhope shaken upwithc—hangesatall levels thebookwillha\'e.' andatallfronts fromtimetor NOVA:Thebook mentionsthe LL:The title tells itall. All the professionalde\elopment tode\'el- "Lederman Legacy."What isthat? articlesarerelevant topublic science opingspecificcurricularassessment JS: Leon is influencingscience literacy,buttromnumerousdiverse andpedagogicalreformsthatdeepen educationonan international le\'el. directions.Thisbookshouldbe mathematicsandscienceunder- ThishasoccurredthroughIMSA, viewedasoneofmanyapproaches; standing.Theseessayspresenta FermiNationalAcceleratorLabora- thisonebeingatadeeperlevelthan tmiciuecontextandperspecti\'eon tory, thecreatiiniotProjectARISE many, butstill \eryreadable. science literacytromsomeotthe (AmericanRenaissance inScience most thoughtfulscience minds m Education) andtheTeachersAca- NOVA: Doyouhope thebookwill thenation; it will mtorm the demytorMathematicsandScience influenceeducational/policyleaders.'' nationalagendaaswegoforward. mChicago. Inaddition,hiswinsome SPM:Theessayscontained inthe LL:Ofcourse,wealwayshopeto adwicacytoreducationandhis bookaddresskey issues inscience gi\-ethese leadersammunitionand wisdomareottensoughtattertrom education, yetarepresented inan ideasinadvancingtheexcitement U.S. presidentsandpolicymakers. mtormatneandunderstandable aridtherevealedbeautyofscience. Sciencecurriculumhasbeen way. Wehopethateducatorswill developedanddisseminated, tens read ittogaininsightsandconfir- NO\A: Isthereanythingyou would otthousandsc:)tstudentsha\-ebeen mationotexemplarypractice. We liketoadd' gi\enuniqueopportunities,educators hopeparentswillread it tobecome LL: IMSA'ssteadyeffortsatscience ha\-ereceivedstate-ot-the-art betterinformedand tobeabletobe education,tromkidstoparentsand protessionaldex'elopment,andbench moreknowledgeablead\'ocatestor thegeneralpublic, willsurelypayoft. /A15>\ on Wheels (continuedfrompage6) ScienceExplorers (grades5-6), Institute' isabletocontinue CharitableFundforProjectREAD ExplorationsinScience (grades7-8) "growing" itsprogramsforstudents andthepilotofIMSAonWlwels. andMathExplorers (grades8-9). throughoutIllinois.Thisyear,four ContributionsfromMcGowanalso KidsInstitutesummerScience majorinvestorssupportedKids willprovidesupporttorsummer Explorerscampsaretaughtby IMSA Instituteprogramming. campscholarships. Finally,wewould students. Middleschoolcampsare TheCityofAuroraawardeda alsoliketothank3Mfortheircon- taughtbyIMSAfacultywithassis- grantof$30,000toKIforannual tributions,whichprovideforgeneral tancefromIMSAstudentleaders. operations. Inaddition,BPawarded supportoftheKIprogram. asecondyeargrantof$15,000to Investors Support KItosupportScienceExplorersand Kl Programming RealScience2003CD-ROM. Thankstothegenerouscontributioiis Otherinvestmentsweresecured ofourinvestors,theIMSAKids byTlieWilliamG. McGowan Service to Illinois Professional Contributions awardispresented year'sNationalMeritScholarship Recentexamples include: eachyeartophysical Corporationcompetition.National IMSApresidentDr. Stephanie education/health semifinalists includelessthanone PaceMarshallservedonthe educatorswhoha\'e percentofeachstate'sseniors. transitionadvisoryboardforIllinois contributedtothe FiveIMSAseniorshavequalified GovernorRodBlagojevich.The advancementof assemifinalistsinthe2003National 26'memberboard,comprisedof theprofessionfor AchievementScholarshipProgram, representativesfromeducation, 25yearsormore. anacademiccompetitiontorBlack business,government,theclergy Drs.DonDosch,Judith Americanhighschoolstudents. andotherbackgrounds,advised SchepplerandSusan Styerpresented Thesefiveareamongnearly 115,000 thegovernoronpolicyissues. aworkshoponIMSAStudentInquiry African-Americanstudentsnation- IMSAChief attheNationalScienceTeachers widewhotookthequalifyingtest ofSecurityJames Associationannualconference. usedinthecompetition. Bondi (pictured), Mathematicsteachers Steve Morethan200IMSAstudents whoalsoservesas Condie, RuthDover, MicahFogel, presentedtheresultsoftheirresearch chairmanofthe MichaelKeyton,JaniceKrouse, duringthe 15thAnnualIMSA AuroraPoliceand GeorgeMilauskas, DonaldPorzio PresentationDay. Studentsconducted SchoolsCommittee, andRonaldVavrinekgavepresen- researchthroughIMSAsStudent helpedtospearhead -lamesBondi tationsattheannualmeetingof InquiryandResearch (SIR) Program. theTiplineprogramforareahigh theIllinoisCouncilofTeachersof Studentsmakingpresentations schools.TheTiplineenablesmiddle Mathematics. havewrittensciencefictionnovels, andhighschoolstudentsatpublic developedoriginalmathematic andprivateschoolsintheAurora Student Achievements proofs,composedoriginalmusical areatoanonymouslycalltheTipline Recentexamplesinclude: scores,carbon-datedarchaeological toreportapotentiallyviolentsitua- IMSAstudentsKathrynDirks discoveriesandtutoredchildren tion.Tipline isstaffed24hoursaday ofBloomingtonandBobbyXuof livinginChicago'sCabriniGreen bytrainedstaffandvolunteers. Napervillepresentedtheirresearch PublicHousingDevelopment. Some MathematicsTeacherSusan attheNATONetworkofExcellence alsodeliveredtheirpresentationsto Eddinsparticipatedonthenational conferenceinBudapest.IMSAwasa nationalandinternationalscience panelNextStepsinMathematics foundingmemberofthisorganization, andmathconferences. TeacherDevelopment,Grades9-10 sponsoredbyNATOandUNESCO fortheMathematical,Sciences toencourageinternationalscientific Alumni Achievements EducationBoard (MSEB) ofthe cooperationamongresearchstudents. Recentexamplesinclude: NationalAcademyofSciences. DirkspresentedInhibitingtheLong Classof1999graduateRenaPatel, IMSADirectorofBusinessand Tennii-ialRepeatofHIV-1: APossible aseniorattheUniversityotIllinois- FinanceWilliamFritzwasappointed SolutiontoAIDSandXupresentedA Chicago,waschosenasoneofthe totheIllinoisCPACommittee. NewModelforEEGDipoleLocalization. Top 10CollegeWomeninAmerica Wellnessteacher, BarbaraBaber IMSA'sClassof2002received for2002byGlamourMagazine.Patel (pictured),receivedtheQuarter ameanACTcompositescoreof alsowasselectedtoreceivethepres- CenturyAwardfromtheIllinois 30.1,whichranksinthetop 1%of tigiousTrumanScholarshipfromthe AssociationforHealth, Physical highschoolsnationwide. university. Patelhasspenthercollege Education,RecreationandDanceat Atotalof40IMSAseniors summerstravelingtoIndiaandTan- theirannualstateconvention.This qualifiedassemifinalistsinthis zaniatoteachHlV/AlDSeducation. 10