GRANT
AWARDS
Round 27 - Fall, 2000 (Page 1
of 2)
ELEMENTARY LEVEL
AWARDS
Title: Choral Chimes
Level: Elementary & Middle
School: Marion Elementary School, Bellmar Middle School, Belle Vernon
Area School District
Contact: Paula Sokol, Carol Aten
In this great idea, the student-use
of tone chimes will enhance the music program
at both the middle and elementary levels. Not
only will students gain hands-on experience with
sound production and rhythms, but they will also
gain an appreciation of instrumentation.
Title: For Children…A
Special Space
Level: Elementary
School: Bentworth Elementary Center, Bentworth School District
Contact: Joy Gazi
In this project, students will
study Renaissance Art and create their own art
paintings and sculpture for each Renaissance
theme. A permanent art gallery will be created
in the school and will feature individual student
talent. Students will be artists, art critics,
art patrons, and gallery artists in this grant
project.
Title: From Minerals to
Dinner Rolls: Cooking Up Geological Formations
Level: Elementary
School: Bethlehem-Center Elementary School, Bethlehem-Center School
District
Contact:Ellen Hasbrouck, Darla E. Wilson, Beth A. Meyers, Beth A. LaBrasca,
Carol A. Knizner, Lois Gayman
This grant will extend the study and research
about rocks and minerals to include three science
experiments in crystal, geode and stalactite
formation. Through the experiments, the students
will better understand the physical properties
of geological formations.
Title: The Magnificent
Six: Simple Machines
Level: Elementary
School: Bethlehem-Center Elementary School, Bethlehem-Center School
District
Contact: Ellen Hasbrouck, Karen Boocks, Leno A.Corazzi, Natalie Massimini,
Donna Anderson, Anna Marie Lemmon, Nadine M. Ross
Expanding upon the third graders study of machines,
this grant adds a hands-on approach to help the
children better understand the concepts behind
the machines by giving students the opportunity
to build those machines. Students will construct
the six simple machines in cooperative groups
and learn the principles from which all other
machines evolved.
Title: Just a Hunka, Hunka
Burning Rock: Meteors and Other Objects From
Space
Level: Elementary
School: Bethlehem-Center Elementary School, Bethlehem-Center School
District
Contact: Ellen Hasbrouck
This grant will initiate a five-day,
hands-on outer space unit for students in grades
K-5. In classroom-size groups, children will
assume the role of an object from outer space
(planets, meteors, asteroids, etc) and learn
about the rotation, revolution and other pertinent
facts about the various objects. They will visit
the school planetarium and learn about the constellations.
The study is designed to give the students an
understanding of the solar system through an
enrichment activity outside of their classroom.
Title: Gingerbread Men Paragraphs
Level: Elementary
School: California K-8 School, California Area School District
Contact: Elaine Shannon, Jeanne Faieta, Heather Nicholson
Students will make decorated gingerbread men
and then practice their writing skills as they
describe their work on the gingerbread men. This
activity will reinforce time-ordered detailing
around a tangible main idea.
Title: Plant Necklaces
Level: Elementary
School: California K-8 School, California Area School District
Contact: Elaine Shannon, Jeanne Faieta, Heather Nicholson
As a culminating activity to the study of plants
and seeds, students will have the opportunity
to not only plant but also wear their own "plant
necklace". The children will sow and care
for their necklace and then get to proudly wear
their science lessons.
Title: President Flash Cards
Level: Elementary
School: California K-8 School, California Area School District
Contact: Elaine Shannon, Jeanne Faieta, Heather Nicholson
This grant is in response to the interest expressed
by the third grade students in presidential trivia.
Each child will use flash cards of the presidents
to share with their families.
Title: For Children…A Special Space
Level: Elementary
School: Charleroi Elementary School, Charleroi Area School District
Contact: Suzan Mohney
In this project, students will study Renaissance
Art and create their own art paintings and sculpture
for each Renaissance theme. A permanent art gallery
will be created in the school and will feature
individual student talent. Students will be artists,
art critics, art patrons, and gallery artists
in this grant project.
Title: A Salute to Our Veterans
Level: Elementary
School: Charleroi Elementary School, Charleroi Area School District
Contact: Margie Pankiewicz
This grant activity is an outgrowth of students
learning about patriotism. Students will demonstrate
their appreciation to our local veterans by participating
in a program to honor them. Students will engage
in a variety of activities such as writing an
essay on what the American Flag means to them,
learning songs and poems related to this theme,
creating a time-line of American history, etc.
Title: Little Hands Reach Out
Level: Elementary
School: Charleroi Elementary School, Charleroi Area School District
Contact: Carol Bobby, Cathy Hayden, Susan Badzik
This grant activity will find kindergarten children
and third graders preparing for and visiting
the local senior citizens center. Students will
learn songs, dance, and poems to share with the
seniors. They will also participate in joint
craft activities. Both students and the seniors
will benefit from the sharing and interaction
of this activity.
Title: BLT Lunch
Level: Elementary
School: Charleroi Elementary School, Charleroi Area School District
Contact: Cathy Hayden, Susie Molish
After reading a children’s novel independently
during the month, students will enjoy a book
talk during their lunch. Modeled after Oprah’s
Book Club, students at the "BLT," Book
Lunch Talk, will engage in a grand conversation
about their reading selection. Parents and teachers
will volunteer to be BLT discussion leaders.
The children will be able to connect to the literature
in a meaningful way and be on their way to becoming
lifelong, engaged readers.
Title: Let’s Play Math
Level: Elementary
School: Westinghouse Elementary School, East Allegheny School
District
Contact: Lou Gerbi
The goal of this idea is to excite and enhance
learning in Math through fun, cooperative, hands-on
activities. Students will use manipulatives to
reinforce lessons in measuring, graphing, fractions,
and geometry. The manipulatives demonstrate the
mathematical concepts that the students are learning
and help them increase their understanding and
performance in Math.
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