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2000/2001 Leadership Program
SC2000 - Agenda
1:00PM - 5:00PM
Check-in and Welcome by Education Staff (Hampton Inn)
Edna Gentry, Jeff Huskamp, Scott Lathrop
1:00PM - 5:00PM
Conference Registration (Exhibit Hall D-E, Dallas Convention Center)
Ginger Caldwell, Ernie Marshburn
1:00PM - 6:00PM
Orientation, Tutorial, and Laptop Setup (C-241)
Instructor(s): Barb Helland
Required for all participants
4:00PM - 5:00PM
Basic Skills Tutorial (C-242)
Instructor(s): Barb Helland
Optional, recommended for those who need reinforcement in the basic use of a computer and
Windows operating system
6:00PM - 8:00PM
Education Program Reception (C-246)
Open to Education Program Participants
Busing to the Hampton Inn will be available
7:30AM - 6:00PM
Conference Registration (Exhibit Hall D-E, Dallas Convention Center)
9:30AM - 10:00AM
Welcome and Announcements (C-241)
Jeff Huskamp, Conference Vice Chair Education
Opening Session
10:00AM - 10:30AM
Break (C-244/245)
10:30AM - 11:30AM
Introduction to Computational Science (C-241)
Instructor(s): Robert Panoff
Computational science is the process of doing science with the aid of computer-based simulation,
modeling, and visualization technologies. This introduction will present the role of computation
in scientific method and discovery, the process of computational science, and the modeling and
visualization tools used by scientists.
11:30AM - 12:30AM
Overview of Mathematical Modeling and Visualization (C-241)
Instructor(s): Ken Flurchick
Instructors in this session will demonstrate the process of computational modeling using Mathematica
modeling software. Participants will have opportunities to modify models on their own computer.
12:30PM - 1:30PM
Luncheon (C-246)
Educational Committee and Teacher Participants
1:30AM - 2:30PM
Overview of Computational Modeling Using Stella (C-241)
Instructor(s): Susan Ragan
Instructors in this session will demonstrate the process of computational modeling using Stella
modeling software. Participants will have opportunities to modify models on their own computer.
2:30PM - 3:00PM Break (C-244/245)
3:00PM - 4:00PM
Overview of Scientific Visualization (C-241)
Instructor(s): Lisa Bievenue, Todd Veltman
Instructors in this session will demonstrate the process of scientific visualization.
Participants will have opportunities to create visualizations on their own computer.
4:00PM - 5:00PM
Overview of Curriculum Module Development (C-241)
Instructor(s): Edna Gentry, Lisa Bievenue, Helen Parke
Instructors will present the process of developing curriculum modules that incorporate the use of
simulation, modeling, and visualization. Teams will also begin discussing their team module.
5:00PM - 7:00PM
Open Lab (C-244/245)
Instructor(s): Edna Gentry, Lisa Bievenue
During each of the Modeling Sessions (Modeling Part I, II, and III) participants will be divided into
smaller groups with each group rotating through the featured modeling tools: Stella, Excel, and Mathematica.
During these sessions, participants will receive basic instruction on the use of the tool and how to build
several models using that tool.
Stella is software for model building and simulation. "Students use the software to render, then test,
their mental models of everything from how a bowl of soup cools to how a galaxy expands." (High Performance
Systems, http://www.hps-inc.com/edu/stella/stella.htm)
Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet software application. With the aid of Excel's library of functions and
data manipulation tools, many kinds of mathematical models can be constructed. A featured example of a
scientific model using Excel will be the Bowfin project, which demonstrates physics principles of submarines.
Mathematica is a sophisticated mathematical modeling and visualization software application. "It is famous
for its high-quality, three-dimensional graphics, its ability to handle arbitrary-precision arithmetic, [and]
its symbolic-processing abilities." (Ian Sammis, MacAddict; December 1, 1999)
8:30AM - 12:00NN
Modeling, Part 1 (select one of six)
Excel - Biology (C-240)
Instructor(s): Edna Gentry, John Sabo, Jamie Lynch
Excel - Physics (C-242)
Instructor(s): Barb Helland, Richard Allen
Stella - Environmental Science (C-247/254)
Instructor(s): Robert Gotwals, Jonathan Barnes
Stella - Math (C-248)
Instructor(s): Susan Ragan, Robert Panoff
Mathematica - Chemistry (C-255)
Instructor(s): Ken Flurchick, Rozeanne Steckler
Mathematica - Math (C-255)
Instructor(s): Lisa Bievenue, Cynthia Lanius
10:30AM - 11:00AM
Break (C-244/245)
(out of time sequence)
12:00NN - 1:00PM
Luncheon (C-246)
Educational Committee and Teacher Participants
1:00PM - 4:30PM
Modeling, Part II (select one of six)
Excel - Chemistry (C-240)
Instructor(s): Barb Helland, Rozeanne Steckler
Excel - Math (C-242)
Instructor(s): Edna Gentry, Ginger Caldwell
Stella - Physics (C-247/254)
Instructor(s): Robert Panoff, Ernie Marshburn
Stella - Biology (C-248)
Instructor(s): Susan Ragan, Jamie Lynch, John Sabo
Mathematica - Environmental Science (C-255)
Instructor(s): Ken Flurchick, Robert Gotwals
Mathematica - Math (C-255)
Instructor(s): Lisa Bievenue, Scott Lathrop
3:00PM - 3:30PM
Break (C-244/245)
(out of time sequence)
4:30PM - 5:30PM
Developing Curriculum Modules (C-241)
Instructor(s): Edna Gentry, Lisa Bievenue, Helen Parke
Instructors will present the requirements and goals for developing the team curriculum modules.
Teams will continue discussing their team module.
5:30PM - 7:00PM
Team Meetings/Open Lab (C-244/245)
7:00PM - 9:00PM
Gala Opening Reception (Dallas Convention Center, Exhibit Hall)
Busing back to all conference hotels.
8:30AM - 10:00AM
Conference Keynote Address: Petaflops in the Year 2009 (Ballroom C)
Steven J. Wallach, CenterPoint Venture Partners / Chiaro Networks
All attend
Steven J. Wallach co-founded Convex Computer Corporation, along with Robert J. Paluck, former chairman and
CEO, in 1982. Wallach was the chief designer of the Convex C-Series, the world's first affordable
supercomputer, as well as the Exemplar Scalable Parallel Processor (SPP), HP/Convexs.
Wallach is currently an advisor to CenterPoint (www.centerpointvp.com)Venture Partners, Dallas, Texas and
Vice President of Technology of Chiaro Networks (www.chiaro.com), Richardson, Texas. Wallach may be best
known outside HPCN circles as the Data General engineer who was the principal architect of the 32-bit
Eclipse MV superminicomputer series as described by Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy Kidder in The Soul of A New
Machine.
Wallach holds 33 patents in various areas of computer design and held a joint appointment in the Graduate
School of Management and Brown School of Engineering, Computer Science, Rice University for the 1998 and
1999 academic years. He is a member of the PITAC (Presidential Advisory Board on High Performance Computing,
Communications, and Networking) and the advisory committee for the Hybrid Technology MultiThreaded
Architecture (HTMT) a US DOD funded project to develop the concepts for a PETAFLOP computer. He is also a
member of the National Academy of Engineering.
10:30AM - 12:00NN
Modeling, Part III (select one of six)
Excel - Environmental Science (C-240)
Instructor(s): Barb Helland, Jonathan Barnes
Excel - Math (C-242)
Instructor(s): Edna Gentry, Cynthia Lanius
Stella - Chemistry (C-247/254)
Instructor(s): Robert Gotwals, Rozeanne Steckler
Stella - Math (C-248)
Instructor(s): Susan Ragan, Robert Panoff
Mathematica - Physics (C-255)
Instructor(s): Ken Flurchick, Ernie Marshburn
Mathematica - Biology (C-255)
Instructor(s): Lisa Bievenue, Jamie Lynch, John Sabo
12:00NN - 1:00PM
Luncheon (C-246)
Educational Committee and Teacher Participants
1:00PM - 2:30PM
Modeling, Part III (continued)
2:30PM - 5:00PM
Team Meetings/Open Lab
Instructor(s): All
Exhibit Hall Guided Tours (C-244/245)
Scott Lathrop
3:00PM - 3:30PM
Break (C-244/245)
(out of time sequence)
5:00PM - 7:00PM
Dinner
(on your own in Dallas)
7:00PM - 9:00PM
Team Meetings/Open Lab (C-244/245)
Busing back to Hampton Inn
8:30AM - 12:00NN
Web-based Tools (Select one for the 8:30AM-10:00AM; select another for 10:30AM-12:00NN)
1. ChemViz (C-240)
Instructor(s): Lisa Bievenue, Rob Lewis
ChemViz includes two web-based chemistry visualization tools that help students understand and "experiment"
with atomic and molecular structures. Other chemistry visualization tools will also be demonstrated.
2. Interactivate (C-242)
Instructor(s): Robert Panoff
Project Interactivate is a suite of interactive web-based middle school level mathematics lessons,
discussions, and activities.
3. MASTER Tools (C-255)
Instructor(s): Robert Gotwals Jr.
Several interactive web-based physics tools will be demonstrated, including GalaxSee (galaxy formation),
SimSurface (computational techniques in the minimization of potential energy), and The Pit and the
Pendulum (simple machines).
4. Biology Workbench (C-256)
Instructor(s): John Sabo, Eric Jakobsson, Jamie Lynch
The Biology Workbench is a computational interface and environment that can be used to search many
popular protein and nucleic acid sequence databases. Database searching is integrated with access a
wide variety of analysis and modeling tools, all within a point and click interface that eliminates
file format compatibility problems.
5. The Bowfin Project (C-248)
Instructor(s): Richard Allen, Bill Wiecking, Jonathan Barnes
The USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park and the MHPCC have joined forces to celebrate the 100th
anniversary of the US Submarine Navy. A submarine-science/education model describes a historical time line
of submarine development by highlighting five US submarines and examining one or more physics concepts and
associated scientific principles for each. Mathematical models are developed to illustrate the various
physics concepts, many of which can be implemented in Excel; others require the use of high-performance
computing.
6. GirlTECH (C-247/254)
Instructor(s): Cynthia Lanius
GirlTECH, a teacher professional development program, attacks the problem of girls’ under-use of computers
with a two-week program that first makes teachers aware of the under representation of women in IT,
then promotes strategies for teachers to encourage girls to become part of the IT workforce.
10:00AM - 10:30AM
Break (C-244/245)
(out of time sequence)
12:00NN - 1:00PM
Luncheon (C-246)
Educational Committee and Teacher Participants
1:00PM - 2:30PM
Curriculum Integration and Assessment (C-241)
Instructor(s): Helen Parke, Ernie Marshburn, Jeff Huskamp
In this session, instructors and participants will discuss the interdisciplinary nature of curriculum
modules, introduce the process for loading modules into a database for web access, and present an
overview of the assessment procedure for collecting evidence of student learning and teacher professional
growth.
2:30PM - 5:00PM
Open Lab/Team Meetings (C-244/245)
Instructor(s): All
3:00PM - 3:30PM
Break (C-244/245)
(out of time sequence)
5:00PM - 7:00PM
Dinner (on your own)
7:00PM - 9:00PM
Open Lab (C-244/245)
Busing back to Hampton Inn
8:30AM - 9:30AM
Outreach/Mentoring Goals (C-241)
Instructor(s): Jeff Huskamp
This session will present leadership opportunities and strategies for outreach to other teachers.
9:30AM - 10:00AM
Break (C-244/245)
10:00AM - 11:30AM
Module Presentations by Teacher Teams (C-241)
11:30AM - 12:30PM
Luncheon (C-246)
Educational Committee and Teacher Participants
12:30PM - 1:30PM
Module Presentations by Teacher Teams (C-241)
1:30PM - 2:00PM
Education Program Evaluation (C-241)
Wrap-up
Instructor(s): Jeff Huskamp