Announcing the Winners of the 2008 NSTA Technology Award
The National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) and Vernier Software & Technology have chosen seven individuals to receive the 2008 NSTA/Vernier Technology Award. Winners range from elementary school teachers to college instructors and were chosen based on their creative data-collection lessons and programs in their classrooms.
NSTA and Vernier offered seven awards in four categories, including one for elementary, two middle level, three high school, and one college level. Successful applicants received $1,000 in cash, $1,000 in Vernier products, and up to $1,000 toward expenses to attend the 2008 NSTA National Convention in Boston, MA, during March 2008.
For the elementary school category, Allison Needham, a fifth-grade teacher at J.B. Watkins Elementary School in Midlothian, VA, was chosen for her activity in her sound unit “Music Maker,” in which students design a musical instrument that can play three distinct notes.
Winning the middle school category, Mary Cook, an eighth-grade science teacher at Roosevelt Middle School in Glendale, CA, designed the “Demonstrating Newton’s Laws” activity where students research and design a small cart to demonstrate Newton’s first, second and third laws of motion.
One of three winners of the high school category, Rebecca Runnels Morrison, a science teacher at Runnels High School in Baton Rouge, LA, created “Amusement Park Instructional Videos,” where students use graphing calculators and accelerometers to investigate the rides at a popular amusement park.
To read more about the other winning projects, visit the Vernier web site. If you are considering applying for 2009 NSTA/Vernier Technology Award, click here to learn about entry guidelines.
Posted by: Catrina J. Brewton
