Goethe Elementary School Volume 1 Number 2 October 5, 2015

Goethe’s After School Science Clubs…Coming Soon Be on the lookout for Goethe’s after school science club callouts for the 2015-2016 school year. Callouts will begin the first week of October.

•Museum of Science and Industry’s After School Science Minors (Fall 2015-Summer 2016)

•Environmental Club (Fall 2015-Summer 2016)

•Bug Club (Spring 2016-Summer 2016)

•Girls Science Forum (Fall 2015-Summer 2016)

Science Professional Learning Committee (PLC)

On September 23, 2015 Goethe Science PLC met for their first official meeting. This school year the Science PLC will be taking part in a partnership with the Museum of Science & Industry. Our partnership provides a mechanism for whole-school change

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Olivia Hallisey

Oliva Hallisey, a 16-year-old from the United States, won the 2015 Google Science Fair with her project to develop a fast, cheap, and stable test for the Ebola virus, which she says gives easy-to-read results in less than 30 minutes — potentially before someone is even showing symptoms. (Tech Insider 2015).

Timothy John Berners-Lee

Tim Berners-Lee is a scientist from Britain that helped bring about the WWW. Berners-Lee

submitted a proposal back in March 1989 and it was about a system for information management. He was also the first man to ever successfully communicate between an HTTP server and client with the use of the internet around November of that same year. (Famous Scientists: The Art of Genius 2015).

GOETHE'S SCIENCE NEWSLETTER

HEATH DAVIS, CONTRIBUTOR ANN YOST, CONTRIBUTOR

BEBERLYN HERNANDEZ, TRANSLATOR ANTONIO DAVIS, EDITOR

Goethe Elementary School Volume 1 Number 2 October 5, 2015

in science teaching and learning. This innovative program is grounded in current research in science education and designed to support our multiple grade levels that do the work of science education reform. The Science Leadership School Partners Program will guide Goethe through a process of assessing our current status in science education, creating an action plan, and implanting that action plan.

Boo at the Zoo Location: Brookfield Zoo

Date: Saturdays & Sundays, Oct. 17-18, 24-25

•Little ghosts and goblins of all ages are sure to have a howlin’ good time! The zoo’s fun-filled event has something for the entire family to enjoy:

•Can you find your way out of the "Craized Maize" corn maze?

•Cheer for the pumpkin or cheer on the "Pumpkin Smasher"

•Watch professional pumpkin carver create giant jack-o'-lanterns

•Hop on the "Haunted Hayride" and go behind the scenes for a hauntingly good time

•At 1:00 p.m. the popular Costume Parade commences on the North Mall, goes around Roosevelt Fountain and concludes on the West Mall.

•Build a scarecrow at the Hamill Family Play Zoo

•Watch animals enjoy their very own pumpkins

•Learn more at http://www.czs.org/boo .

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Student Spotlight

Junior Garcia is in Rachel Tryba’s fourth grade class. He enjoys playing soccer after school and takes part in Goethe’s Urban Initiative program. Junior’s

favorite subject in science is electricity. He stated, “I really enjoyed learning about electricity in the third grade.” Junior will have the opportunity this year to take a part in a special after school activity that involves experimenting with electricity.

University News The goal of the Department of Computer Science is to provide individuals with a broad-based

theoretical and practical understanding of Computer Science. Students who complete the program are prepared for positions which include software engineering, technical programming, and the application of computers and related technologies to problems in industry such as computer security, network design and management, and Web design.

Job Opportunity

Cyber Security Specialist, DISYS

Responsible for assisting in the development of cyber security Patch Management Program, hardware configuration and life cycle management, & contribute to the development and growth of the program team/staff.

Base Pay: $100,000-$120,000