Nicaragua Alternative Spring Break 2009 - MAT Delegation

Science, Mathematics and Language Arts Units

All the members of the Quinnipiac University MAT Nicaragua Service-Learning Team, under the guidance of Dr. Cheryl Kerison, will present the Sixth Annual Teacher Training Conference from March 14, 2011 to March 16, 2011 in León, Nicaragua. The MAT Nicaragua Service-Learning Team will conduct workshops in the areas of Mathematics, Science and Language Arts.

The topic of the Science workshop for the 2011 conference is motion, force and energy. The workshop will provide the Nicaraguan teachers with useful experiments and hands-on learning activities they can share with their own students.

The theme for Mathematics is the coordinate system and ordered pairs. The workshop will focus on teaching children how to plot and identify ordered pairs.

The Language Arts Team will focus on folklore. The workshop will assist teachers with teaching children how to use oral tradition as a tool to communicate effectively. 

Successful Event

THANK YOU to everyone who came out to support our ASB Almost Midnight Breakfast event!!! It was a huge success! We had music playing to create an enjoyable atmosphere and a slideshow with pictures from past trips. 

At 7:30pm when we started there was a line for pancakes all the way to the SGA office in the upper area of the cafeteria. 

There was another line on the opposite side for omelettes made to order.

Everyone there enjoyed delicious chocolate chip and/or sprinkle pancakes, omelettes, muffins, brownies, fruit, orange juice and coffee. 

David Ives created his infamous animal pancakes! 

It was wonderful to have the chance to talk with people waiting in line and while I was making them pancakes.

 This event was a fantastic way for the whole Nica Team to get to know each other better and work together to serve everyone.  

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Supply Drive

We are greatly in need of the items below to provide to the Nicaraguan teachers. If you wish to donate any of the supplies listed please either email me at samantha.sardella@quinnipiac.edu or contact another member of the Nica team. Thanks so much!

·         3 ring binders (1 ½ in to 2 in)

·         8 pack of dividers

·         Pencils

·         Pens

·         Notebooks of paper

·         Expo Markers*****(lots please)

·         Overhead Projector Markers

·         Sheet Protectors (Heavy duty)

·         NO crayons (they melt in the heat)