Goethe Elementary School Volume 1 Number 1 September 10, 2015

After School SCIENCE MINORS CLUB The Community Initiatives team at the Museum of Science and Industry is excited to announce the kickoff for the 2015-2016 Science Minors Clubs. MSI will provide all the materials, curriculum, and training for their new curriculum focused on space exploration for Goethe School. The curriculum is written for grades 3rd through 5th.

Continued participation in this program will require a commitment to facilitate the Science Minors Clubs curriculum this fall and a new curriculum in the spring.

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Antonia Novello - Born in Fajardo, Puerto Rico

In 1990, President George Bush appointed Antonia Novello to be Surgeon General of the United States. She was both the first woman and the first Latin American to be appointed to this post. She won special praise for her campaigns to address the health problems of America's young people (Academy of Achievement, Antonia Novello, M.D. Biography -- Academy of Achievement).

Lonnie G. Johnson

African-American engineer and inventor Lonnie G. Johnson was born in Alabama in 1949. Johnson is an engineer and inventor who worked on the Cassini mission to Jupiter and invented the Super Soaker (Bio., Lonnie G. Johnson— Bio.).

GOETHE'S SCIENCE NEWSLETTER

HEATH DAVIS, CONTRIBUTOR JEANETTE SIMENSON, CONTRIBUTOR

ROCIO SALAMANCA, TRANSLATOR

Goethe Elementary School Volume 1 Number 1 September 10, 2015

At Goethe we will offer the science club to 25 youth, submit weekly attendance, and club participants are encouraged to attend a Family Day Event at MSI scheduled for December 5th. One bus will be provided for each club so Goethe participants and their families can have a full day at MSI. Start date and time for this school year's Science Minors Club to be announced.

Science Instructional Leadership Team (ILT) The goal of the Science ILT team for the first five weeks of school is to work toward becoming more acquainted with the Next Generation Science Standards as a team. The ILT will look into resources that will better assist with implementing NGSS within the Goethe science curriculum from PreK to 8th grade.

Happenings at Lincoln Park Zoo Take part in the largest Hispanic family event of its kind in the Midwest as Hoy hosts its third annual Fiesta Familiar at the zoo! Enjoy live music and dance performances throughout the day as well as activity stations highlighting art, health, gardening, science, music and more.

10 a.m.–5 p.m.

Saturday, September, 26th 2015

For participants of all ages & free!

Learn more at www.fiestafamiliar.com.

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Student Spotlight Benjamin Jones is a veteran MSI After School Science Minors Club member. Benjamin said his favorite activity last year in science was the contest in club to see whose iceberg lettuce could grow tallest, based on environmental factors.

Honorable Mention

Goethe is the proud recipient of the CS4All Cohort II Grant. Goethe will be bringing Computer Science and coding to all students in grades Kindergarten through 8th grade. 

An article from the Seattle Times states, "Public schools should teach computer science — it’s a skill set all employers need."

Please visit www.code.org and try it yourself or alone with your children.