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Ekphrastic Poetry in Kindergarten, Oh My! Exploring and Responding to Art through Speech Bubbles, Rebus, Free Verse and more!

Seminar year:  2018
Seminar number: 02
Seminar name: The Fantastic Ekphrastic Scholastic
Fellow number: 07
Fellow name: Mary Beth Barbro
District School: CHRIS: Marshall Elem
Seminar Leader: David Teague
File Name: 18.02.07
Primary Subject: English
Keywords: Poetry, Art, Speech Bubbles, Rebus, Free Verse, Kindergarten
Grade Level: 00 Kindergarten
Grade Span: Elementary
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Ekphrasis: From Photographs to Poems

Seminar year:  2018
Seminar number: 02
Seminar name: The Fantastic Ekphrastic Scholastic
Fellow number: 08
Fellow name: Merry Ostheimer
District School: CHRIS: West Park Place Elem
Seminar Leader: David Teague
File Name: 18.02.08
Primary Subject: English
Keywords: Poetry, art, photography, vocabulary, mental health, mosaic
Grade Level: 02 Second Grade
Grade Span: Elementary
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Exploring Identity through Poetry and Images

Seminar year:  2018
Seminar number: 02
Seminar name: The Fantastic Ekphrastic Scholastic
Fellow number: 09
Fellow name: Nancy E. Ventresca
District School: CHRIS: Marshall Elem
Seminar Leader: David Teague
File Name: 18.02.09
Primary Subject: English
Keywords: Poetry, ekphrasis, STEAM, culture, cultural, identity, gifted, talented, advanced
Grade Level: 05 Fifth Grade
Grade Span: Elementary
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Poetry in a Math Classroom

Seminar year:  2018
Seminar number: 02
Seminar name: The Fantastic Ekphrastic Scholastic
Fellow number: 10
Fellow name: Nancy Rudolph
District School: RCCSD: McKean High
Seminar Leader: David Teague
File Name: 18.02.10
Primary Subject: Math
Keywords: Poetry, patterns, algebra, geometry, vocabulary, horizontal lines, vertical lines, linear, regression
Grade Level: 09 Ninth Grade;10 Tenth Grade
Grade Span: High School
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Disasters from History

Seminar year:  2018
Seminar number: 03
Seminar name: Disaster Science
Fellow number: 01
Fellow name: Angel Renee Allen
District School: RCCSD: Conrad Schools of Science
Seminar Leader: Tricia Wachtendorf
File Name: 18.03.01
Primary Subject: Science
Keywords: CPR, CTE, Disaster, Emergency response
Grade Level: 07 Seventh Grade;08 Eighth Grade
Grade Span: Middle School
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Natural Disasters are Naturally Engaging

Seminar year:  2018
Seminar number: 03
Seminar name: Disaster Science
Fellow number: 02
Fellow name: Joseph Parrett
District School: COLO: Wilbur Elementary
Seminar Leader: Tricia Wachtendorf
File Name: 18.03.02
Primary Subject: Science
Keywords: Hurricanes, Disaster, Tornado, storms, kindergarten, English, Science, Social Studies, Map, maps, weather
Grade Level: 00 Kindergarten
Grade Span: Elementary
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“With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility”: Natural Disasters, Climate Change and Human Contribution

Seminar year:  2018
Seminar number: 03
Seminar name: Disaster Science
Fellow number: 03
Fellow name: Julie V. McCann
District School: CHRIS: West Park Place Elem
Seminar Leader: Tricia Wachtendorf
File Name: 18.03.03
Primary Subject: Science
Keywords: Disasters, Climate, Change, Global, warming, reading, writing, ngss, speaking
Grade Level: 03 Third Grade
Grade Span: Elementary
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Disaster Safety

Seminar year:  2018
Seminar number: 03
Seminar name: Disaster Science
Fellow number: 04
Fellow name: Katherine Swann
District School: CHRIS: Oberle Elem Sch
Seminar Leader: Tricia Wachtendorf
File Name: 18.03.04
Primary Subject: Science
Keywords: Social Studies, Reading, disasters, helpers, helper, weather, safety, emergency, Covey, leadership, leader
Grade Level: 00 Kindergarten
Grade Span: Elementary
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Eroding Infrastructure and its Effects on the Environment and Human Population

Seminar year:  2018
Seminar number: 03
Seminar name: Disaster Science
Fellow number: 05
Fellow name: Mark McKenzie
District School: COLO: Penn High
Seminar Leader: Tricia Wachtendorf
File Name: 18.03.05
Primary Subject: Science
Keywords: Flint, Water, Michigan, chemistry, STEM, NGSS, infrastructure, pH, public health, politics, honors, interdisciplinary
Grade Level: 09 Ninth Grade
Grade Span: High School
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Style, Genre and Disaster: Using Disaster to Teach Writing

Seminar year:  2018
Seminar number: 03
Seminar name: Disaster Science
Fellow number: 06
Fellow name: Melanie Murray
District School: RCCSD: McKean High
Seminar Leader: Tricia Wachtendorf
File Name: 18.03.06
Primary Subject: English
Keywords: Writing, Disaster, genres, fiction, nonfiction, informational, narrative, PSA, memoir
Grade Level: 11 Eleventh Grade;12 Twelfth Grade
Grade Span: High School
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Dealing with Disaster: How Does Delaware Add Up? Looking at Previous International and National Disasters to See if Delaware is Prepared

Seminar year:  2018
Seminar number: 03
Seminar name: Disaster Science
Fellow number: 07
Fellow name: Michelle Wiedenmann
District School: RCCSD: Conrad Schools of Science
Seminar Leader: Tricia Wachtendorf
File Name: 18.03.07
Primary Subject: English
Keywords: Disaster, reading, natural, tsunami, hurricane, earthquake, government, differentiated, empathy, preparedness
Grade Level: 06 Sixth Grade
Grade Span: Middle School
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Disasters: Nature’s Idea of Selection

Seminar year:  2018
Seminar number: 03
Seminar name: Disaster Science
Fellow number: 08
Fellow name: Monica Cohen
District School: NCCVT: St. Georges HS of Tech
Seminar Leader: Tricia Wachtendorf
File Name: 18.03.08
Primary Subject: Science
Keywords: Biology, Disaster, natural selection, math, literacy, ngss, phenotype, writing, evidence, interdisciplinary
Grade Level: 10 Tenth Grade
Grade Span: High School
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Rites of Passage: A Case Study of the Amish Rumspringa

Seminar year:  2018
Seminar number: 04
Seminar name: Culture: A Total Way of Life
Fellow number: 01
Fellow name: Barbara Prillaman
District School: RCCSD: Conrad Schools of Science
Seminar Leader: Carla Guerron-Montero
File Name: 18.04.01
Primary Subject: Social Studies
Keywords: Dual-enrollment, culture, amish, rumspringa, rite, passage, socialization, society
Grade Level: 12 Twelfth Grade
Grade Span: High School
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Psychological Vulnerability in Disasters

Seminar year:  2018
Seminar number: 03
Seminar name: Disaster Science
Fellow number: 09
Fellow name: Shelby Borst
District School: COLO: Penn High
Seminar Leader: Tricia Wachtendorf
File Name: 18.03.09
Primary Subject: Social Studies
Keywords: AP Psych, disaster, thoughts, behaviors, tectonic plates, earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, natural disaster, history, research, brain, neurology, nervous, system, endocrine, trauma
Grade Level: 10 Tenth Grade;11 Eleventh Grade;12 Twelfth Grade
Grade Span: High School
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Ethnomusicology: The Study of Culture and Music

Seminar year:  2018
Seminar number: 04
Seminar name: Culture: A Total Way of Life
Fellow number: 02
Fellow name: Cecilia Hann
District School: COLO: Eisenberg Elem
Seminar Leader: Carla Guerron-Montero
File Name: 18.04.02
Primary Subject: Music
Keywords: culture, music, ethnomusicology, identity, values, folk, folklore, psychology, history, theory
Grade Level: 05 Fifth Grade
Grade Span: Middle School
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What is Culture?

Seminar year:  2018
Seminar number: 04
Seminar name: Culture: A Total Way of Life
Fellow number: 03
Fellow name: Christina Marsett
District School: COLO: Penn High
Seminar Leader: Carla Guerron-Montero
File Name: 18.04.03
Primary Subject: Social Studies
Keywords: Civics, Culture, food, ethnography, identity, values, global, folk, diversity, writing
Grade Level: 09 Ninth Grade
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Exploring Culture through an English Learners’ Lens

Seminar year:  2018
Seminar number: 04
Seminar name: Culture: A Total Way of Life
Fellow number: 05
Fellow name: Lynn Gallo
District School: COLO: Read Middle
Seminar Leader: Carla Guerron-Montero
File Name: 18.04.04
Primary Subject: English
Keywords: ELL, ESL, EL, writing, culture, diversity, art, speaking, listening, American, race, ethnicity, vocabulary, WIDA, material, nonmaterial
Grade Level: 06 Sixth Grade;07 Seventh Grade;08 Eighth Grade
Grade Span: Middle School
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Connect to Our World: Build a Global Community of Learners

Seminar year:  2018
Seminar number: 04
Seminar name: Culture: A Total Way of Life
Fellow number: 06
Fellow name: Quazonia J. Quarles
District School: CHRIS: Marshall Elem
Seminar Leader: Carla Guerron-Montero
File Name: 18.04.05
Primary Subject: Social Studies
Keywords: Geography, culture, ethnicity, race, maps, globes, ancestry, community
Grade Level: 00 Kindergarten
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Model-Based Approach to Develop Special Education Students Problem-Solving Skills in Elementary School

Seminar year:  2018
Seminar number: 05
Seminar name: Computational Thinking and Problem Solving
Fellow number: 03
Fellow name: Courtney Cleghorn
District School: RCCSD: Cooke Elementary
Seminar Leader: Jinfa Cai
File Name: 18.05.03
Primary Subject: Math
Keywords: Problem, solving, math, special, IEP, word, computation, small-group
Grade Level: 04 Fourth Grade
Grade Span: Elementary
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