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=   __The Math and Science Teaching Fellowship__    =

// Sponsored by Arizona State Universit y //
During the summer John Morris, Judy Cichoracki and Stacy Brady had the opportunity to particiapte in the MSTF sponsered by ASU and CRESMET. In this experience we worked along side of scientists in their labs at the ASU Polytechnic Campus, observing how scientists do their jobs in a real, working laboratory. Our goal was to bring this experiece back to our students at Casa Grande Union High School. To do this we created lesson plans that incorporated what we learned as well as planned for cross-curricular interactions among teachers. Here is a slide show highlighting our experiences: [|CRESMET]

[|ASU Polytchnic Campus]

=**__  Our Project   __**=

**Here is the slide show highlighting our experiences in each of th areas we were fortunate to experience:**


Based on our experiences we created a project revolvig around the Emergency Management. In this project students witness a mock dirty bomb explosion and then take on a role to examine the aftermath of such an incident. There are activities developed for Science, Math, World History, Government, and English. Here is the link to the project introduction:

Dirty Bomb Project

= Preparing Biodiesel from Waste Oil with Dr. Larry Olson from ASU PolyTecnic Campus = With the help of Dr. Olson we were able to convert regular cooking oil into biodesiel. We ran several experients varrying the type of oil (canola vs. olive oil) the amount of sodium hydroxide and the anount of methanol use. We learned that this is a long process that occurs over several days and that this is a viable energy producing process. In conjunction with this we determined the density and flashpoint of the biodiesel we created. Some helpful links about biodiesel: [|Biodiesel.org] [|Basic biodiesel facts] [|Myths and facts about biodiesel] [|Make your own biodiesel]

= Creating Nanofibers with Dr. Kiril Hristovski = Thanks to the MSTF we were able to be on the cutting edge of technology and development by creating nanofibers with the designer of a new, unpublish process by Dr. Kiril Hristovski. We can not say much about what we did here because of the unpublished nature of the experiments. However, we can say that the nature of the research was in using nanofibers to clean up drinking water. Nanofibers have many other uses such as computers, medicine and environmental cleanup. Here is Dr. Hristovski's presentation about his work with nanofibers and the cleanup of drinking water: [|Nanotubes Slide show] Some helpful sites about nanotechnology and nanofibers [|Nanotechnology Today] [|IBM Nanotechnology Research]

= Emergency Management Program with Dr. Danny Peterson = Things were explosive with Dr. Peterson! Professor Peterson detonated a mock "dirty bomb" for us to simulate what happens when a dirty bomb explodes. He took us on a tour of the backup emergency control central for Arizona, which happens to be at the AUS Polytechnic campus. Talking with Dr. Peterson and experiencing the explosion is what inspired our project about the dirty bomb scenario at our school. [|The Emergency Management Program at ASU Polytechnic Campus] [|Fact sheet on Dirty Bombs] [|FAQ about Ditry Bombs from the CDC]