Achievements
Posted: Friday, December 3, 2010Joaquin Carbonara, Don Erwin, David Henry, Catherine Lange, Dan MacIsaac, Bettina Martinez-Hackert, Charlotte Roehm, Jude Sabato, Tao Tang, Bernadette Tomaselli, Kevin Williams, Joseph Zawicki, and Kenneth L. Huff
An interdisciplinary team of Buffalo State College faculty has been awarded a NASA grant in conjunction with the NASA Langley Research Center. The cooperative effort between the Buffalo State team, Langley, the University of Wisconsin, and Kentucky State University will develop, test, and disseminate a series of learning progressions based on NASA data sources, cutting-edge science, and technology for use by middle and high school teachers. Called STUDIES (Students and Teachers Using Data from Investigations in Earth Systems), the four-year ($654,250) project will include statewide participation of earth science teachers and assessment methods. The following are participants: Catherine Lange, Bettina Martinez-Hackert, Jude Sabato, Bernadette Tomaselli, Kevin Williams, and Joseph Zawicki,Earth Sciences and Science Education; David Henry,Elementary Education and Reading; Tao Tang,Geography and Planning; Charlotte Roehm, Great Lakes Center and Geography and Planning; Don Erwin,Information Services and Systems; Joaquin Carbonara, Mathematics; Dan MacIsaac, Physics; andKenneth L. Huff, ’92, ’97, Mill Middle School teacher.
