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Preparing Students for a Future with DHSEngineering, Math, Science and Technology
By: Rose Ann M. Haft
+Science, Technology, Engineering, MathHands On
+Science, Technology, Engineering, MathExacting
+Science, Technology, Engineering, MathOne-chanceEach moment counts
+Science, Technology, Engineering, MathMulti-Functional & Purpose
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Careers in DHS
Preparedness
Prevention
Maintenance
Exacting
Coordination and Collaboration
Teamwork and Leadership
+DHS Departments and Careers
Citizenship and Immigration Services
Customs and Border Protection
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Law Enforcement Training Center
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection Directorate
Office of Inspector General
Science and Technology Directorate
Secretarial Offices
Transportation and Security Administration
US Coast Guard
US Secret Service
+DHS Departments and Careers :STEM Federal Emergency
Management Agency Coordinating officers Program Specialists (fire,
national security, response, recovery, preparedness, and mitigation
Information Analysis and Infrastructure Directorate Intelligence operations
specialist IT specialist Telecommunications
Specialist
Science and Technology Directorate Biological scientist Chemist Computer scientist Engineer Physicist
Transportation and Security Administration Mechanics Scientists Engineers
+Homeland Security
Transnational Threats Smuggling Trafficking Financial Crimes Proliferation of Weapons Terrorism and Violent
Extremism Information Sharing
Passenger Name Record Data
Boarder Security and Management
Energy
National Issues Disaster Preparedness
and Recovery Materials Transport Energy Distribution Science and Technology
Propagation
+Homeland Security Resources
All Publications Laws & Regulations
Counterterrorism Aviation Security Chemical Security Fraud & Counterfeit Information Sharing Infrastructure Law Enforcement Secure Identification
Immigration Enforcement Benefits
Border Security Travel & Trade Facilitation Protecting America Laws and Regulations
Preparedness Communications Disaster Recovery &
Response Preparedness
Cyber Security Family & Business Technical Resources
+Agriculture Economist$51-115,000/year
Understand agriculture markets
Understand legislation influencing markets
Global change research and analysis
Energy issues and policy analysis
Sustainable development
Research papers
Hands-on experimentation
Debates
Living classrooms
Design projects (energy, engines, agriculture equipment, etc.)
Biology applications
Context of Position Possible Applications
+Aircargo Specialist
Inspect airdrop equipment Knots, loops and lines Integrity of parachutes Imperfections due to burrs,
corrosion, welds, cuts, foreign material, bends
Prepares and plans baggage for drop locations and flight conditions
Complies with regulations for drop off in different countries, and agriculture, immigrations and foreign clearance requirements
Emergency preparedness
Build parachutes
Introduce aerodynamics, center of mass and drag physics principles
Understand the chemistry of corrosion, welding, burrs, materials science, hazardous materials etc.
Research and perform scenarios of what air cargo drops would need
Weather implications: wind speed and direction, pressure, humidity
Design airdrop and inspection equipment
Predict drop locations
Context of Job Possible Applications
+Pilot$57,000+/year
Air patrol and inspection
Perform missions
Communicates with other agencies
Building radios
Sighting small objects
Wind, pressure and humidity readings
Context Potential Applications
+Automotive Mechanic $22-$26/hr
Troubleshooting, repairing and overhauling engines, transmissions, fuel injection systems, emission control systems and other assemblies
Tearing down and reassembling operational checks of systems
Use test equipment such as engine analyzers, compression testers, multimeteres, etc.
Build engines!
Maximize efficiency
Use computer software and multimeteres to test parts of engine
Build cars – create an afterschool team (need $5-15,000 funding)
Lessons on hydrology, pressure systems and engines, Newton’s laws
Discuss emissions, global warming and do data analysis on amounts of pollution per person
Context Possible Applications
+Bioterrorism Research
Identify pathogens and viruses in the body
Work on identifying ways to mitigate problems from bacteria and viruses
http://science-education.nih.gov/supplements/nih4/technology/guide/nih_technology_curr-supp.pdf
http://science.education.nih.gov/supplements/nih4/technology/activities/activities_toc.htm
http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/tutorials/weissman/biolab/
Virtual Microscope http://www.udel.edu/biology/ketcham/microscope/scope.html
Context Possible Context
+Chemical Engineer$71-110,000/year
Explore safer chemical processes
Works with teams
Determine explosiveness and safety of chemicals
Determines new ways to detect hazardous chemicals
Make small chemical explosions in labs
Research hazardous materials, and ways to reduce hazards
Perform scenarios that would require chemical safety
Example Lab: http://kinardf.people.cofc.edu/153L_HONS_HonorsChemistryLaboratory/Exp2_PhysicalProperties.pdf
Context Possible Application
+Nurse$50,000-65,000/year
Assists patience in medical care
Prepares patients for emergency and surgical care
Takes medical history
Keeps logs of information needed
Trains health professionals on ward procedures and practices.
Learn about human anatomy
Learn about blood pressure, and other bodily processes
Keep records of height, weight and blood pressure
Poll students on health status
Learn about sterilization and preparation for surgery
Emergency response training, CPR, etc.
Context Possible Applications
+Cartographer$50-75,000/year
Mapping projects
Use geospating software
Use GIS Technology
Trains others on how to perform duties
Soil mapping
Budget costs of operations
Make maps
Incorporate design in secret missions operations
Learn about geospatial and GIS software
Map soils
Create overlays Special needs Hazard areas
Team building and communication: blindfolding and direction
Learn about hydrology of soils
Context Possible Applications
+Cyber Security$50-75,000/year
Understand networks, firewalls and outside penetration techniques
Mitigate problems
Investigate hacks or potential hacks
Create alerts
Try to hack others programs
Go over ways to reduce risks
Find and analyze risk types, number of hacks, computer types and user friendliness
Context Possible Applications
+Chemical Security$50-75,000/year
Know hazardous chemicals
Be positioned to know chemicals
Mitigate problems at check points
Work with team to reduce incidences
Research hazardous materials
Understand explosive, corrosive and dangerous chemicals
Talk with other engineers about their jobs and/or shadow
Make or watch videos of chemicals gone wrong
Context Possible Applications
+Disaster Recovery
Prepare for disasters
Work with teams to infiltrate and mitigate problem areas
Communicate with NGOs for aide relief
Optimize care available
Know health risks and ways to reduce
Create preparedness scenarios
Do team building activities
Environmental risk assessments
Clean water
Food distribution
Rebuilding
Biological health
Context Possible Applications
+Environmental Protection Specialist - $81-106,000/year
Perform site investigations, inspections and oversight of activities
Coordinates with government regulatory and enforcement agencies
Identifies milestones
Design retaining walls
Calculate hydrology or contamination factors
Do soil tests and statistical analysis
Research and investigate causes of pollution, hazardous waste and environmental issues in area
Have debates on scenarios
Write a technical report or procedure on work to be done
Context Possible Applications
+General Engineer$62-97,000/year
Prepares engineering designs
Provides technical guidance on aspects of assignments
Approves/rejects/retains payments to contractors based on acceptance level of completed work.
Monitors contractor performance
Understand principles of Engineering design
Design a project based off design
Inspect other’s work for compliance
Understand laws of thermodynamics
Do statistical analysis on failure and performance of engineering systems
Derive general engineering equations
Context Possible Applications
+Investigative Assistant $31-50,000/year
Gather data regarding case assessments
Do case research and trial preparation
Research, assemble, compile and tabulate information for investigations
Compile reports and act as a time keeper
Do labs and lab reports
Perform statistical analysis and charts
Perform in class investigations
Have students devise ways to perform tasks and outsmart other classmates
Context Possible Applications
+IT Specialist$60-97,000/year
Design, install, integrate, test manage, monitor, operate and troubleshoot all network hardware and software that support telecommunications capabilities during deployed disaster support activities and enhance reliability and efficiency of networks.
Design programs For communication For project coherency For systems
Evaluate other students for bugs
Use computer programs to perform general tasks
Use for math applications – designing more complex operations or harder problems
Context Possible Applications
+Marine Interdict Agent$49-63,000/year
Screen passengers, vehicles and ships entering country
Seize illegal substances
Rescue individuals in danger
Perform Bernoulli's experiments Weight of boat and
substances contained within
Learn about fluid dynamics
Race boats in water
Play Battleship
Research major problems for imports, theorize solutions
Context Possible Applications
+Physicist$50-120,000/year
Perform sonar operations
Test lasers
Cryptology
Team work
Defense projects
Offense and security projects
Learn principles of physics
Do hands on experiments Sonar Radio waves Resonance Circuit building
Cryptology and decryption
Context Possible Applications
+Statistician$51-97,000/year
Initiate, plan, coordinate, analyze, evaluate, interpret and present findings and recommendations on multiple related and unrelated statistical forecasts, studies and/or projects
Lead other support and subordinate personnel assigned to assist in the development and completion of such studies or projects
Modify and adapt a variety of methods to new subject matter as well as to recurring professional statistical studies and projects
Be responsible for final analysis and interpretations
Provide expert advice and consultation.
Perform statistical analysis Immigration Country behavior Social welfare – clean
water, food, etc.
Create scenarios that require predictive modeling or determine likelihood based on past results
Leadership training – tutoring other classes
Context Possible Applications
+Transportation Security
Recognize suspicious behavior
Stop at check points
Analyze cargo found
Transport cargo to necessary locations for testing
Create an engineered system to help lift cargo at a check point
Theorize chemical testing
Efficiency
Trends and frequency of need
Optimization of local processes
Context Possible Applications
+Other Jobs?
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STEM Curriculum for DHS Careers:
Collaboration
Innovation
Protection
Security
Global Communities
Expertise, Specialization and Well-Roundedness
Practical
Cutting Edge
Rapid Thinking and Emergency Response
Cleaner and greener vs wasteful and polluting
“The world at our fingertips”
“Standing on the shoulders of giants”
Where are we headed?
Setting an example is not the main means of influencing another, it is the only means. - Albert Einstein
+What motivates students to go into and successfully work in DHS programs?
+
STEM Motivation in the Classroom:
Excitement
Anticipation
Project Goals
Skills Acquired
Insight
Money!
People
End Results
The Ah-ha Feeling
Location
Perspective
Others?
Teaching kids to move forward in the sciences
Teaching is the highest form of understanding - Aristotle
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What makes effective education?
Motivation
Interest
Memorable experiences
Practical Experiences
Communication
Comprehension
Engagement
Suggestions?
Tell me I forget. Show me I remember. Involve me and I understand – Chinese Proverb
+Answer questions
Favorite science activity as a kid?
Most meaningful real-world problem to you?
Science or ‘lab’ activity get the most response out of now?
Most meaningful real-world problem to students?
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STEM Education Programs
Technology in the Classroom
Hands on Experiments
Working with Professionals
Real Life Problem Solving
Competitions
Challenges
That’s what learning is. You suddenly understand something you’ve understood all your life, but in a new way. – Doris Lessing
+Programs
Robotics
Catapult
Role playing
‘Cave lab’
Data tracking
In class activities
Parent involvement
Teacher training
Computer design
Company sponsored programs
Individual internships and sponsored study
Field trips – Air & Space , Cryptology, Biometrics Lab
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High School DHS Programs
Homeland Security
Criminal Justice
Personal, Business, Legal Studies, FBI, Police, Lawyer, DHS Agent, Port Security, Forensics, Counter Terrorism, Biological/Chemical Weapons Expert, Disaster Recovery Expert
Science and Technology Health and Safety Forensics Chemical and biological responses
GIS Technology
Foreign Relations Psychology Sociology Social Issues
Cyber Security
Drug Trafficking
Arms Proliferation
Border Protection
Hands On Experience Visit Central Intelligence Agency, National Security
Administration, International Spy Museum, and military bases
Hear guest speakers Tour government institutions and meet with civilian,
military and intelligence officers to understand duties and daily operations
Participate in panel discussions to explore career fields Complete simulation project
Teaching is the achievement of shared meaning.- D.B. Gowin, 1981, Educating
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Student Learning
Desire
Resources
Direction
Balance
Availability
Inspiration
Worthiness
Truth and application
Costs
‘Coolness Factor’
Interest
To be able to be caught up into the world of thought--that is being educated. - Edith Hamilton
+Growth Factors in Education 1. Education/Business
2. Accreditation/ Reputation
3. Transformation/Utility
4. Research/Responding
5. Formal/Informal
6. Open/ Closed Source
7. Expert/Amateur
8. Hierarchy/Network and Command/ Foster
9. Pace/Depth
10. Epistemology/Ontology
+Components to Learning
Self-Paced
Guided
Cohort
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Integration Techniques
Labs
Design work
Teaching principles Of Science Of Engineering
Group work
Digital media Computer based manufacturing and
design Robotics Statistical analysis GIS and mapping technology Security Data processing Webinars Research and simulations
Systems approach
“If they use it for fun, use it for school” – Handbook for Emerging Technologies for Learning
+Media and Technology Tools Windows Movie Maker (XP,
Vista, 7)
iMovie (Mac)
Adobe Premier Elements ($120 costs)
Adobe CS4 (Creative suite)
Audacity (Single Wave Editor) Sourceforge.net
Sony Acid express (multi-track wave editor) Acidplanet.com
Blogs
Google Groups
Wikis
Blackboard, Angel, Prof-Desk
Sharepoint, Groove, Chatterbox
Facebook, etc
Picasa 3.0
Photoshop.com (online image editing)
Wix.com (flash website creation)
Swishzone.com ($) Less expensive flash editing
Blender – 3d Modeling
Unity – 3d game/movie creation tool
Alice.org – Digital story telling in 3d/introduction to programming
Textbooks
Academicsuperstore.com
Journeyed.com
+Microbiology and Biology Resources
Waksman Foundation for Microbiology http://www.waksmanfoundation.org/html/resource_k12.html#b
Part IV: Finding Antibiotic Producing Bacteriahttp://www.waksmanfoundation.org/labs/cornell/microdis.html
Center for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/
NIH http://science-education.nih.gov/customers.nsf/highschool.htm
BSCS http://www.bscs.org/
Physical Education http://www.pe4bodymindspirit.santacruz.k12.ca.us/coursePlans/cagi.html
Shambles.net http://www.shambles.net/pages/students/simulation/
Virtual Microscope http://www.udel.edu/biology/ketcham/microscope/scope.html
+Math and Chemistry
Statistics http://statpages.org
Gang Simulation http://paleo.sscnet.ucla.edu/
Optimization Processes Data Tracking
Geometry Applications
Algebra and Physics
PhET http://phet.colorado.edu/
Shambles.net http://www.shambles.net/pages/students/simulation/
+Environmental Resources
Cycles for Science http://www.recycle-steel.org/en/Media%20Center/Education/High%20School.aspx
PhET http://phet.colorado.edu/
Shambles.net http://www.shambles.net/pages/students/simulation/
+Physics
Design Simulation Technologies http://www.design-simulation.com/ip/simulationlibrary/flash-simulations.php
Physics4Me http://www.physics4me.com/simulations.php
PhET http://phet.colorado.edu/
Physics Lessons.com http://www.physicslessons.com/iphysics.htm
+Creating Fun-Damental Curriculum Utilize the outline of basic concepts in a new way.
Integrate several frames of thinking into one project Social, economical, environmental, engineering, functional, practical, design, science
Allow room for personal growth and flexibility Time Open ended problems Personal reflection Strengthen weak areas and understand other’s strengths
Competitions and debates
Career activities
Demonstrations and applicability
Lesson within the activity
On-going, long term and outside projects concurrent with in class problems
+Need Based & Fundamental Learning
Concepts known
Individual knowledge proven
Student growth: emotionally, intellectually, with communication and skill sets
Concepts tucked into activities
Work with groups to understand
Students learn how to grow their skills into
Need Based Learning Fun-Danmental Learning
+Examples of Incorporation
Counterfeit Money
Water balloon Testing
Car crashes
Heat loss and time of death
DNA testing
Egg drop tests
Hydrogen generators
Wind and solar power
Circuit testing (for grids)
Buoyancy experiments
Hybrid plant testing
Food distribution and indoors gardening
Suggestions?
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Scenarios
+Extreme Situation, Disaster Preparedness & Recovery Research and plot number of
people hurt during different types of disasters
Research hazards associated with different types of disasters Wind Water Earth Quakes
Understand Systems and Flow of Help in a Disaster Technology and
Communication Budgets Infrastructure
Understand health risks and diseases that occur during disasters
Plan a response and recovery team scenario Plan supplies Lay out route Divert and account for
hazards Research resources
naturally available
+Integrated Response to a National Catastrophic Event Exercise Objectives
Communications Critical resource logistics
and distribution Mass care (sheltering,
feeding and related services) Medical surge Citizen evacuation and
shelter-in-place Emergency public
information and warning Emergency operations
center (EOC) management Long term recovery
Prevention
Protection
Response
Recovery
+Boarder Control
Have students be border control for air, water, and land transport
Have them determine the precautionary procedures they would need to take
Have them understand ‘typical’ and ‘allowed’ transportable items across the boarder
Have them develop new ways to inspect Buoyancy Chemical testing Lifting objects (center of
mass, etc.)
Trade relations
+BioTerrorism
Have students research what strains of pathogens look like
Research what they are, characteristics, ways to identify, comparison to other pathogens
Research ways of detection
Research mitigation methods
Research prevention methods
Ways to mitigate spreading
Ways to reduce scare
+Critical Thinking
Code Cracking
Password Security
Building Code
Boarder Situations
Trade Negotiations
Policies and Procedures
Fraud & Counterfeit
Discretion in Information Sharing
Disaster Response
Why Immigrate?
+Renewable Energy
Do an energy assessment of all kids in the classroom (or school)
Have students design on-line or paper assessments
Analyze (on-line or or by hand) and plot
Determine Energy Needs
Determine Resources
Research Pros and Cons of Renewable Energy Systems (nuclear isn’t renewable)
Have students build renewable energy systems
Compete! Budget Creativity Utility Ease of Use and
Transportability Efficiency and Recyclability
+Transport Missions
Finding the best route
Using the least amount of fuel
Fitting all cargo into the vehicle
Length of time to get places
Best transportation to use
Appreciating new technologies GPS GIS Sensing equipment
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Hands on Learning
Repetitive experimentation Proofs Recreating physical laws
Experimentation for desired result DNA testing Fingerprinting
Designing for a purpose
Simulation Computers In Experimentation
Fun with numbers and concepts
Investigation Idea implementation and follow through Finding the root of a problem
Research Projects that students like and enjoy In real-life situations
Real World Experience Internships Scenarios Consultations and Interviews
Education is the point at which we decide whether we love the world enough to assume responsibility for it and by the same token to save it from that ruin, which, except for renewal, except for the coming of the new and the young, would be inevitable. An education, too, is where we decide whether we love our children enough not to expel them from our world and leave them to their own devices, nor to strike from their hands their choice of undertaking something new, something unforseen by us, but to prepare them in advance for the task of renewing a common world.Hannah Arendt, Teaching as Leading
+Scientific Method
Define a question or objective
Gather information and observe any biases
Hypothesis
Gather materials needed
Make predictions and perform experiment based on predictive behavior – truth vs. belief
Perform experiment and collect data
Analyze all variables or variants from data collection are listed
Measure uncertainty
Review and retest
+Engineering Design
1. Define the problem1. Establish the need
2. Develop a problem statement
3. Establish criteria for success: cost, safety, environment, aesthetics, ease of use,
2. Gather pertinent information
3. Generate multiple solutions
4. Analyze and select a solution1. Functionality, Ergonomics, Mechanical/Strength, Electrical,
Manufacturability, Safety and Reliability, Regulatory Compliance
5. Test and implement a solution
+Computer Simulation
Excellets
Java Applications
Websites
Logger Pro
Robotics
Webinars
+More Resources
http://www.techtrekers.com/sim.htm
http://theconnectedclassroom.wikispaces.com/Simulations
+References
USA Jobs
Siemens, George; March 2009; Handbook of Emerging Technologies for Learning
Sinex, Scott; Prince Georges Community College; February 2009; Simulations in Math/Science Classroom
Jones, Elka; Occupational Outlook Quarterly, Summer 2006; Careers in Homeland Security http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2006/summer/art01.pdf
Engineering Design http://iisme.org/etp/HS%20Engineering-%20Engineering. Pdf
DHS http://www.dhs.gov/index.shtm
FEMA http://www.fema.gov/media/fact_sheets/nle2011_fs.shtm and http://blog.fema.gov/search/label/Preparedness
