Brown Bag Innovations Judith Hughes A Hands on Approach to Building Excitement and Igniting the Drive for Excellence SMILE Program DUE-1136435.

Brown Bag Innovations

Judith Hughes

A Hands on Approach to Building Excitement and

Igniting the Drive for Excellence

SMILE Program DUE-1136435

Science and

Math

Innovative

Learning

Environments(SMILE) for Encore Careers in Education

S M I L ENoyce Scholars Program

Online 15-month comprehensive secondary teacher certification program in math or science.

Recruitment of re-careering Engineering, Math, and Science Professionals into a Post-Baccalaureate certification program leading to an Arizona teaching license in grades 7th through 12th. 

SMILE Noyce Scholars ProgramNational Science Foundation

Primary Recruitment FocusEncore Career STEM Professionals

Maintain Income

Make a Social Impact

Add Personal Meaning

Freedman, Marc, - Encore, Finding Work That Matters in the Second Part of Life

 Program participants receive:

$16,500 stipend to cover tuition, fees, books and some living expenses

Field experience, teaching seminars and student teaching Assistance in Job Placement Success coach support and mentoring program through 1st year

of teaching Professional development during two year teaching commitment

Must make a 2 year commitment to teach in a high-need school district within four years of completing program

SMILE Noyce Scholars Program

Bringing SMILEs to the next generation

SMILE Noyce Scholars Program

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Brown Bag Innovations Judith Hughes

A Hands on Approach to Building Excitement and Igniting the Drive for Excellence

Why Use Brown Bag Projects in your classroom? Brown Bag Projects support the following

*College and Career Ready Standards:

• College and Career Ready Standards Significantly raise the bar for our students Focus on critical-thinking, problem solving, adaptability, collaboration,

teamwork, creativity, responsibility and effective communication skills.

*Association for Career and Technical Education

Fun Quick

Easily Evaluated Uses the Team Approach

Encourages Critical Thinking, problem solving,

communication, collaboration and teamwork skills

Brown Bag Rationale

Brown Bag BirdGroups of 2-3Each group of students receives a brown bag

containing the following materials: 1 craft stick 2 pipe cleaners 1 cork 1 straw 4 paper clips 1 rubber band 2—3x5 note cards

Please check you bags to make sure you have all materials

ProcedureStudents are given 40 minutes Design a bird with aerodynamic lifting

surfaces (wings) and a streamlined body that will actually fly.

Students may use scissors

Time permittingStudents test their bird then

go back to their work area to make improvements to increase their score.

This rebuild encourages students to keep trying and refine their thinking.

Scoring the bird’s flightPoints are given for:

Looks like a bird = 1-10 points Flying distance:

• 0-5 ft. = 2 points

• 6-10 ft. = 4 points

• 11-15 ft. = 6 points

• 16-20 ft. = 8 points

• Over 20 ft. = 10 points

When/how to use Brown Bag Projects? Brown bag projects are often used after a unit test or even

before a holiday break when everyone is ready for a break

. At this time new groups can be formed for the next unit’s

work

Students enjoy a break from the math or science lessons

Students enjoy the competition

Students form closer bonds with each other creating a community of learners

There is a web address to access more projects

Slide 11

BROWN BAG TOWERS

Brown bag bridges

BRIDGES

Beyond the Brown Bag

Large one passanger cardboard cars

File folder cars

CARDBOARD CARS

BRIDGES

HOW DO I GET THE MATERIALS? I don’t have a budget. Write a letter to parents asking for

“junk” (pizza tables)

Put an announcement on the district newsletter.

Contact the local newspaper and ask for a spot to ask the community for help.

Contact local businesses.

Brown Bag Innovations by Judy Hughes

Rio Salado Community College

A Hands on Approach to Building Excitement and Igniting the Drive for

Excellence

[email protected]

SMILE Program DUE-1136435