Research Experience for Teachers
Summers 2003 and 2004
William Dugan
The High School for Math and Engineering at CCNY
Mentor: Professor Peter Schlosser, Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Online Lesson Plans:
Testing water quality in the laboratory and the field (2003)
Testing water quality in the laboratory and the field II (2004)
Summers 2002 and 2003
David Friedman
General Douglas MacArthur HS, Levittown, NY
Mentors: Dr. Steve Chillrud, LDEO and Professor Martin Stute, Barnard College Dept. of Chemistry & LDEO
Project: "Traffic related particle exposure of NYC adolescents"
Online Lesson Plans:
What is pollution and what types are there? (2002)
What does Erin Brockovich teach us about pollution? (2003)
Matthew Nanes
Park West HS, Manhattan
Mentors: Professor Martin Stute, Barnard College Dept. of Chemistry & LDEO and Professor H. James Simpson, LDEO
Project: "Arsenic mobilization in groundwater"
Online Lesson Plans:
Investigating How Pollutants Travel through Groundwater (2002)
Determining the Discharge Rate of a Meandering Stream (2003)
Summers 2001 and 2002
Megan Roberts
East Side Middle School, Manhattan (IS 114)
Mentor: Professor Peter Schlosser, Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Project: "Measuring the Flow Dynamics of the Hudson River: A Deliberate Tracer Experiment"
Online Lesson Plans:
What Impact Do Humans Have on the Environment? (2001)
What Impact Do Humans Have on the Environment? (2002)
Megan's article "Literary Science" was published in The Science
Teacher, the National Science Teachers Association magazine, in
November 2000 (Vol. 67. No. 8). She also received a fellowship to
study in Japan for one month in November 2001. She will be attending
the Spring 2002 NSTA conference and presenting on teaching and on her
research project at Columbia. She will also be attending the
NSF-sponsored RET Conference to be held in April 2002 and presenting
at on the application of summer research into the classroom.
Summers 2000 and 2001
Todd Flomberg
The Nightingale-Bamford School, Manhattan (middle school)
Mentor: Professor Ken Eisenthal, Dept. of Chemistry
Project: "Solvation Dynamics of Organic Monolayers"
Online Lesson Plans:
How Big is a Molecule? (2000)
Polarity and Dissolving (2001)
Jennifer Girard
Edward R. Murrow High School, Brooklyn
Mentor: Professor Ged Parkin, Dept. of Chemistry
Project: "Studying the Interaction of Zinc Enzymes with Metals and Metalloids Using Small Molecule Model Compounds"
Online Lesson Plans:
Arsenic Contamination Research (2000)
Acids and Bases: Their Reactions, Conductivity, Base Indicators and Neutralization Reaction (4 Lab Lessons) (2001)
Both Todd and Jennifer presented posters at the annual Partners in Science
conference in San Diego, CA during January 2001; Todd gave an oral
presentation regarding his project at the same conference in January 2002.
Summer 1999
Anthony Mauro
Fort Hamilton High School, Brooklyn
Mentor: Professor Ken Eisenthal, Dept. of Chemistry
Project: "Laser Studies of Molecules at Surfaces"
Online Lesson Plan: Devising a Set of Experiments to Test Water for Dissolved Substances (1999)
Fort Hamilton High School, Brooklyn
Mentor: Professor Ken Eisenthal, Dept. of Chemistry
Project: "Laser Studies of Molecules at Surfaces"
Online Lesson Plan: Devising a Set of Experiments to Test Water for Dissolved Substances (1999)
Paul Melkonian
Satellite Academy High School, Manhattan
Mentor: Professor Peter Schlosser, Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Project: "Air-water Exchange in the Biosphere 2 Ocean"
Online Lesson Plan: Water Quality Monitoring (1999)
Satellite Academy High School, Manhattan
Mentor: Professor Peter Schlosser, Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Project: "Air-water Exchange in the Biosphere 2 Ocean"
Online Lesson Plan: Water Quality Monitoring (1999)