SMART Program Home Page

This website is hosted by the Illinois Institute of Technology

The Science and Mathematics with Application of Relevant Technology SMART program is made possible thanks to generous gifts from the Lucent Technologies Foundation, The Center for Accelerator and Particle Physics at IIT and the Illinois Board of Higher Education. SMART reflects Lucent's, IIT's and IBHE's shared commitment to the support and the continuing education of Chicago's math and science teachers. For a brief course description click here.

The aim of this site is to make available interactive Science and Mathematics lessons using the resources of the World Wide Web. We have prepared a number of such lessons [listed below by title and participant's name] in the SMART program.

The SMART PROGRAM classes

Summer 2000 Summer 2001 AM Summer 2001 PM Summer 2004

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The interactive lessons listed below were created beginning in the Summer of 2000 through the Spring of 2002 and again during the summer of 2004.

PARTICIPANT	PROJECT TITLE
Imara Abdullah	Why Does It Rain? The Water Cycle
Marva L. Anyanwu	Zap Science Fair Project
Margia Artis	Writing Simple Sentences
Barbara Baker	Land Formations
LaWanda Y. Banks-Miles	The Amazing World of Ants The Wonderful World of Animal's and Plant's Habitat
David Bonner	Why is the Sky Blue
Shirley Cesair	Electromagnets The Magical Magnetic Coins Balloon Electricity
Roy Coleman	The Science of Road Rallies Learn about Morgan Park High School Lots of Lessons A HIGH Energy Quiz
Bill Colson	Neutrinos: They're Not Just For Breakfast Anymore
Therese Donatello	Eighth Grade Science
Cynthia D'Souza	Physics Syllabus Sample Physics Exam Production and Properties of Sound Light
Bernadette Dvorscak	Geometry Ratios Proportions Addition and Subtraction of Integers Fractions
Glenda Ellis	Adding and Subtracting Mixed Numbers
Jean Essig	Apples The Five Senses
Lorraine Fugate	The Solar System Our Solar System
Earnest Garrison	Electricity & Magnetism Solar Energy Fuel Cells
Carol Giles	Food Chain Levels of Organization in Organisms Word Parts
Cussandra Gillespie	Ecosystems
Muhammed-Muheeb Giwamorye	A Breathing Machine
Mary Gleason	Beyond the Clouds: Naming and Ordering the Planets
Lilla Green	Snap Crackle & Pop Science The Human Body System I. Digestive The Human Body System II. Health Environmental Lesson: Earthworms Betta Fish Let's Outrage the Bull The World in Winter Sand Affairs
Stephen Ha	What are Factors?
Dena Hall	Solid, Liquid or Gas? Action Fractions
Jean Halsey	The Dewey Decimal Classification System
Shirley Hatcher	Addition Activities for First Grade
Lyvonia Hearns	The Food Chain
Barbara Hill	Astronomy
Mamie Hill	Spiders Animal Predators
Sally Hill	The Physics of Bowling
Ellen Hymon	Math for fifth and Sixth Grade M & M Math
Porter Johnson	The Northern Lights Lightning The Physics of Baseball The Physics of Tides The Physics of Accelerators Solar Tracker
Don Kanner	High Energy Relativistic Creation v. Evolution Resonance of Common Bottles and Jugs A Letter From Isaac Newton
Jim Karagiannes	Dams and Hydroelectric Power Urban Sprawl
Winnie Koo	The Mysterious Balloons
Erma Lee	Our Solar System Fun With Math Games Fun With Math Games #2
Barbara Lorde	Math Shapes in a Shoebox Math and Science in a Salad Bowl Air: The Stuff of Life Water Around Us: Visible and Invisible
Winifred Malvin	Data on Water Electrical Waves Sense-Ability Fraction-ology
Betty Marshall	All About Spiders Cells Electricity Deadly Waters
Carl Martikean	Astronomy Freely Falling Body Motion The Nucleus and Beyond
Carolyn McBride & Carolyn McGee	Butterflies
Beverly Merchant	Crafts, Food and Fun for Children
Pam Moy	Chinese New Year Maple Syrup
Rachale Nickson	The Smell of Flowers
Bernina Norton	Circles Part 1
Virginia O'Brien	Mixing Colors
Jannyce Omueti	Caring Reduces Conflict Having Fun With Decimals
Ann Parham	Insects Beware The Amazing Chain LadyBug-itis
Barbara Pawela	Strong Ice Chemistry of Fire It's a gas! Comets and Asteroids
Kathleen Pearce	Beautiful Painted Ladies
Tyrethis Penrice	Digestion: The Human Body Respiration
Wanda Pitts	Gym Shoe Mathematics The Force in a Bottle The Air Around Us Dancing Kernels
Lois Polakoff	The Four Inner Planets of our Solar System Rainbows
Leticia Rodriguez	Gravity Science Curriculum Volcanoes Tessellations
Betty Roombos	Locating Black Box Atoms Adding Vectors Using the Component Method Network Problem Mean Free Path
Melinda Ross	Mystery Writing and the Brain Think Like a Mathematician
Estellvenia Sanders	Moon Motion Tee for Angle Pump It Up! Digital Numerics The Chem-Crim
Ed Scanlon	Evolution Bacterial Gram Stain Technique The Fresh Water Habitat
John Scavo	Surface Tension Film Canister Rocket Optical Illusions How Long do Batteries Last? How to Make a Thermometer Dancing Raisins Kites
Fred Schaal	Boolean Algebra Notions The Summer Triangle Magic Squares---At no time do my fingers... Continued Fractions Muons on the Rails
Bud Schultz	Basic Atomic Theory Page Neutrinos and Astronomy
Christine Scott	My Five Senses Learning About Trees Bee Healthy Apple Science Beluga Whales in Concert
Mary Scott	Endangered Animals Jelly Bean Math Rainforest of South America
Pearline Scott	Homemade Math How Math Fits in My Future? Busy Bee Math Let's Plan a Math Fair
Monica Seelman	Crocodiles & Alligators
Janet Sheard	Planets of Our Solar System Systems of the Human Body Wetlands: The Volo Bog Astronomy Geometry and Spatial Sense
Jane Shields	Radiation: Nuclear Transformation Our Solar System Virtual Field Trip: Nuclear Power Plant
Delores Singleton	Basic Mathematics
F. Lee Slick	Exponential Decay Eat your Experiment Quark! Quark! Quark! & Quark!
Charlene Smith	Salt and Its Uses Salt, Salt and More Salt Egyptian Math Money: A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned Antarctica or Atlantis - Today and Yesterday The Changing Earth - The Interior and Exterior of Motion
Marilynn Stone	Circuit Board Answers to Betty Roombos' lesson Locating Black Box Atoms Simplified Heat Problems Retrograde Motion Radioactive Decay Chart
Vicki Townsend	The World of Computers Key Terms Learning How To Type
Brenda Wall	Massai: African Tribe Putting the Value in its Right Place Mapping Things Out
Earl Zwicker	The Pythagorean Puzzle The Bernoulli Effect - Conceptually

indicates lessons developed through a grant from IIT's Center for Accelerator and Particle Physics, a part of the Illinois Consortium for Accelerator Research.

The Lucent Technologies Website is located at http://www.lucent.com.
The Center for Accelerator and Particle Physics at IIT Website is located at http://www.capp.iit.edu.
The Illinois Board of Higher Education's website is located at http://www.ibhe.state.il.us/.

For more information about the SMART program, e-mail Dr. Porter Johnson,
or check his website: http://www.iit.edu/~johnsonpo/.
For references on web-based instruction, check http://mypages.iit.edu/~johnsonpo/webteach.html.
For information on the SMILE program, check http://www.iit.edu/~smile/.

Academic Year Presentations in High School SMILE Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics classes, 1997-2006, listed by category, with web-based references:

Biology

General Biology; Ecology; Evolution: acadyear/generalbiology.htm
Botany: acadyear/botany.htm
Zoology: acadyear/zoology.htm
Cell Biology; Genetics: acadyear/genetics.htm
Human Biology: acadyear/humanbiology.htm

Chemistry:

General Chemistry: acadyear/generalchem.htm
Physical Properties of Materials: acadyear/materialproperties.htm
Physical Properties of Gases: acadyear/gasproperties.htm
Chemical Reactions: acadyear/chemreactions.htm
Combustion: acadyear/combustion.htm
Chemical Analysis: acadyear/chemanalysis.htm
Molecular Chemistry: acadyear/molecularchem.htm
Organic and Polymer Chemistry: acadyear/organicpolymer.htm
Food Chemistry and Biochemistry: acadyear/foodchemistry.htm

Mathematics

Algebra: acadyear/algebra.htm
Geometry: acadyear/geometry.htm
Pythagorean Theorem: acadyear/pythagorean.htm
Trigonometry: acadyear/trigonometry.htm
Puzzles: acadyear/puzzles.htm
Calculators: acadyear/calculators.htm
History of Mathematics: acadyear/mathhistory.htm
Miscellaneous Mathematics: acadyear/miscmath.htm

Physics

Optics, Waves, Fluids
1. Optics: acadyear/optics.htm
2. Acoustics: acadyear/acoustics.htm
3. Waves: acadyear/waves.htm
4. Fluids: acadyear/fluids.htm
5. Miscellaneous Waves: acadyear/miscwaves.htm
Thermodynamics:
1. Pressure and Density: acadyear/pressuredensity.htm
2. Hazardous Materials: acadyear/hazardous.htm
3. Phase Transitions: acadyear/phasetransitions.htm
4. Climate and Environment: acadyear/environment.htm
5. Miscellaneous Materials: acadyear/miscmaterials.htm
Electricity and Magnetism
1. Static Electricity: acadyear/staticelectricity.htm
2. Electromagnets and Motors: acadyear/motors.htm
3. Circuits: acadyear/circuits.htm
4. Magnets: acadyear/magnets.htm
5. Electromagnetic Waves: acadyear/electromagneticwaves.htm
6. Miscellaneous Electrical: acadyear/miscelectrical.htm
Mechanics
1. Statics: acadyear/statics.htm
2. Kinematics: acadyear/kinematics.htm
3. Centripetal Effects: acadyear/centripetal.htm
4. Dynamics: acadyear/dynamics.htm
5. Friction: acadyear/friction.htm
6. Resonances: acadyear/resonance.htm
7. Rockets: acadyear/rockets.htm
8. Bridges: acadyear/bridges.htm
9. Miscellaneous Mechanics: acadyear/miscmech.htm
Other Subjects
1. Astronomy: acadyear/astronomy.htm
2. Geography: acadyear/geography.htm
3. Relativity: acadyear/relativity.htm
4. Modern Physics: acadyear/modernphysics.htm
5. Medical Physics: acadyear/medicalphysics.htm

General Science

Teaching Methods and Materials
1. Reference Materials: acadyear/teachreference.htm
2. Tests and Pedagogy: acadyear/pedagogy.htm
3. Teaching Exercises: acadyear/exercises.htm
4. Equipment: acadyear/equipment.htm
5. Scientific Computing: acadyear/computing.htm
6. Miscellaneous Ideas for Teaching: acadyear/miscteaching.htm
Science and Society
1. Music: acadyear/music.htm
2. Sports: acadyear/sports.htm
3. Trains: acadyear/trains.htm
4. Planes: acadyear/planes.htm
5. Automobiles: acadyear/automobiles.htm
6. Units and the Metric System: acadyear/metricsystem.htm
7. Hoaxes and Illusions: acadyear/hoaxes.htm
8. Science and Public Policy: acadyear/publicpolicy.htm
9. Science and Manufacturing: acadyear/manufacturing.htm
10. History of Science: acadyear/historyofscience.htm
11. Miscellaneous Information: acadyear/miscsociety.htm

SMART Program's E-mail Address: smart@iit.edu

Last Update November 2, 2009 by Porter Johnson or Roy Coleman at Illinois Institute of Technology.


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