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We are Made of Star Stuff: The Cosmic Origins on the Elements of Earth

Seminar year:  2018
Seminar number: 01
Seminar name: The Universe: It’s Full of Stars
Fellow number: 08
Fellow name: Michael A. Doody
District School: COLO: Penn High
Seminar Leader: Veronique Petit and John Gizis
File Name: 18.01.08
Primary Subject: Science
Keywords: NGSS, stars, cosmic, origins, elements, hydrogen, helium, big bang, nuclear, reaction, chemistry
Grade Level: 11 Eleventh Grade
Grade Span: High School
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Race in the Classroom

Seminar year:  2019
Seminar number: 03
Seminar name: Stamped
Fellow number: 03
Fellow name: Katherine Swann
District School: CHRIS: Oberle Elem Sch
Seminar Leader: Adam Foley
File Name: 19.03.03
Primary Subject: Social Studies
Keywords: history, race, racism, culture, heritage, kindergarten
Grade Level: 00 Kindergarten
Grade Span: Elementary
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Mindfulness and Poetry

Seminar year:  2018
Seminar number: 02
Seminar name: The Fantastic Ekphrastic Scholastic
Fellow number: 06
Fellow name: Liles Puleo
District School: CHRIS: Marshall Elem
Seminar Leader: David Teague
File Name: 18.02.06
Primary Subject: English
Keywords: Poetry, Art, Mindfulness,
Grade Level: 02 Second Grade
Grade Span: Elementary
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Take a Bite Out of Climate Change

Seminar year:  2019
Seminar number: 04
Seminar name: Sustainability
Fellow number: 03
Fellow name: Holly Bryk
District School: RCCSD: Dickinson High
Seminar Leader: Joel Rosenthal
File Name: 19.04.03
Primary Subject: World Languages
Keywords: middle school, climate change, sustainability, eco-friendly, healthy, environment, food, spanish
Grade Level: 06 Sixth Grade
Grade Span: Middle School
Standard 1: IB Language Acquisition Objective Criterion C
Standard 2: IB Language Acquisition Criterion D
Standard 3: Delaware World Readiness 1.3
Standard 4: Delaware World Readiness 2.1
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Journaling into the Kindergarten Heart

Seminar year:  2019
Seminar number: 05
Seminar name: Writing
Fellow number: 07
Fellow name: Monica Callahan
District School: CHRIS: McVey Elem
Seminar Leader: Joe Harris
File Name: 19.05.07
Primary Subject: English
Keywords: writing, phonics, journaling, senses, composition
Grade Level: 00 Kindergarten
Grade Span: Elementary
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Facilitating Narrative Writing Using Oral Histories

Seminar year:  2019
Seminar number: 05
Seminar name: Writing
Fellow number: 02
Fellow name: Brittany Zezima
District School: COLO: McCullough Middle
Seminar Leader: Joe Harris
File Name: 19.05.02
Primary Subject: English
Keywords: english, narrative writing, oral history, newcomer, history, graphic, ESL, ELL, EL, LEA, Language Experience
Grade Level: 06 Sixth Grade;07 Seventh Grade;08 Eighth Grade
Grade Span: Middle School
Standard 1: W.6.3
Standard 2: W.7.3
Standard 3: W.8.3
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Visioning the Seven Habits of Happy Kids

Seminar year:  2019
Seminar number: 01
Seminar name: Comics
Fellow number: 07
Fellow name: Merry Ostheimer
District School: CHRIS: West Park Place Elem
Seminar Leader: Greg Shelnutt
File Name: 19.01.07
Primary Subject: English
Keywords: Reading, Literature, Speaking, Listening, Elementary, Writing, cartooning, habits, drawing, transitions
Grade Level: 02 Second Grade
Grade Span: Elementary
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Perspectives On Cultural Identity Among Latinx Immigrants to the U.S. Presented Through Authentic Film, Music, and Literature

Seminar year:  2019
Seminar number: 03
Seminar name: Stamped
Fellow number: 07
Fellow name: Nikki DiBuono
District School: NCCVT: St. Georges HS of Tech
Seminar Leader: Adam Foley
File Name: 19.03.07
Primary Subject: World Languages
Keywords: spanish, high school, cultural identity, latinx, latino, immigrants, film, music, literature, immigration, mexican, caribbean, discrimination, race
Grade Level: 11 Eleventh Grade
Grade Span: High School
Standard 1: ACTFL
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Embracing Our Uniqueness

Seminar year:  2019
Seminar number: 03
Seminar name: Stamped
Fellow number: 04
Fellow name: Mary Bauernschmidt
District School: COLO: Pleasantville Elem
Seminar Leader: Adam Foley
File Name: 19.03.04
Primary Subject: English
Keywords: english, individual, unique, literacy, writing, multiculturalism, diversity, EL, race, antiracism
Grade Level: 03 Third Grade
Grade Span: Elementary
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Building an Inclusive Community

Seminar year:  2019
Seminar number: 03
Seminar name: Stamped
Fellow number: 08
Fellow name: Sarah Kriebel
District School: CHRIS: Keene Elem
Seminar Leader: Adam Foley
File Name: 19.03.08
Primary Subject: English
Keywords: english, elementary, inclusion, community, racism, social justice, race, antiracism
Grade Level: 04 Fourth Grade
Grade Span: Elementary
Standard 1: RI 4.3
Standard 2: SL 4.1
Standard 3: DH 4
Standard 4: Civics 3
Fellow Email: [email protected]
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Trash or Consequences: Making a Dent in Recycling

Seminar year:  2019
Seminar number: 04
Seminar name: Sustainability
Fellow number: 06
Fellow name: Lynn Gallo
District School: COLO: Read Middle
Seminar Leader: Joel Rosenthal
File Name: 19.04.06
Primary Subject: English
Keywords: writing, sustainability, informative, recycling, ESL, EL, ELL
Grade Level: 06 Sixth Grade;07 Seventh Grade;08 Eighth Grade
Grade Span: Middle School
Standard 1: WHST.6-8.1.B
Standard 2: WHST.6-8.2
Standard 3: WHST.6-8.7
Standard 4: WIDA
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Crossing Gothic Boundaries: Using Horror to Unpack America’s Racism

Seminar year:  2019
Seminar number: 03
Seminar name: Stamped
Fellow number: 01
Fellow name: Amanda Wlock
District School: APPO: Appoquinimink High
Seminar Leader: Adam Foley
File Name: 19.03.01
Primary Subject: English
Keywords: High School, race, racism, film, movies, black, horror, entertainment, representation, gothic, literature, antiracism
Grade Level: 12 Twelfth Grade
Grade Span: High School
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Exploring Cultural Identity and Race in the Elementary Classroom

Seminar year:  2019
Seminar number: 03
Seminar name: Stamped
Fellow number: 06
Fellow name: Nancy Ventresca
District School: CHRIS: Marshall Elem
Seminar Leader: Adam Foley
File Name: 19.03.06
Primary Subject: English
Keywords: English, Social Studies, identity, culture, social justice, race, advanced academics, gifted, talented, antiracism
Grade Level: 05 Fifth Grade
Grade Span: Elementary
Standard 1: RL 5.7
Standard 2: RH 6-8.7
Standard 3: W 5.7
Standard 4: W 5.11.3.16
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Experience, Feel, Write, Repeat: Ekphrastic Engagement in the First Grade Classroom

Seminar year:  2018
Seminar number: 02
Seminar name: The Fantastic Ekphrastic Scholastic
Fellow number: 02
Fellow name: David Ostheimer
District School: COLO: Wilbur Elementary
Seminar Leader: David Teague
File Name: 18.02.02
Primary Subject: English
Keywords: Poetry, Ekphrasis, art, first grade, observation, photography,
Grade Level: 01 First Grade
Grade Span: Elementary
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Astronomy through the Ages: Learning Text Features and Research through Astronomy

Seminar year:  2018
Seminar number: 01
Seminar name: The Universe: It’s Full of Stars
Fellow number: 02
Fellow name: Wendy S. Girnis
District School: COLO: Castle Hills Elem
Seminar Leader: Veronique Petit and John Gizis
File Name: 18.01.02
Primary Subject: English
Keywords: Science, non-fiction, solar system, astronomy, phases, moon, day, night, technology
Grade Level: 03 Third Grade
Grade Span: Elementary
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Now You See It, Now You Don’t: A unit to support eighth grade conceptualizations of size and scale through scientific notation applied to optics and light along the electromagnetic spectrum

Seminar year:  2019
Seminar number: 02
Seminar name: Light
Fellow number: 02
Fellow name: Allison Gantt
District School: RCCSD: Dickinson High
Seminar Leader: Matt Doty and Stephanie Law
File Name: 19.02.02
Primary Subject: Math
Keywords: Light, Science, Math, Scientific Notation, scale, electromagnetic, spectrum, optics, size, algebra
Grade Level: 06 Sixth Grade;08 Eighth Grade
Grade Span: Middle School
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Nurturing Students’ Love of Learning through the use of Comics, Daily Diaries and Visual Art Journaling in the Classroom

Seminar year:  2019
Seminar number: 01
Seminar name: Comics
Fellow number: 06
Fellow name: Katherine A Zimmerman
District School: COLO: Wilmington Manor Elem
Seminar Leader: Greg Shelnutt
File Name: 19.01.06
Primary Subject: English
Keywords: Elementary, Comics, Journaling, Doodling, Diaries, Visuals, art, english
Grade Level: 02 Second Grade
Grade Span: Elementary
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Learning Point-of-View Through Other’s Eyes

Seminar year:  2019
Seminar number: 03
Seminar name: Stamped
Fellow number: 09
Fellow name: Wendy Susan Girnis
District School: COLO: Castle Hills Elem
Seminar Leader: Adam Foley
File Name: 19.03.09
Primary Subject: English
Keywords: english, point of view, racism, perspective, segregation, multicultural, race, antiracism
Grade Level: 03 Third Grade
Grade Span: Elementary
Standard 1: RI 6
Standard 2: RL 6
Standard 3: RI 8
Standard 4: W1
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Telling Time: Education on the Various Ways to Tell Time

Seminar year:  2018
Seminar number: 01
Seminar name: The Universe: It’s Full of Stars
Fellow number: 05
Fellow name: Cindel Berlin
District School: CHRIS: Oberle Elem Sch
Seminar Leader: Veronique Petit and John Gizis
File Name: 18.01.05
Primary Subject: Math
Keywords: Time, clocks, analog, digital, NGSS, CCSS, day, night, earth, rotation, lunar
Grade Level: 01 First Grade
Grade Span: Elementary
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Become a Superhero! Seven Habits for a Successful Student in a SEL Classroom

Seminar year:  2019
Seminar number: 01
Seminar name: Comics
Fellow number: 05
Fellow name: Julie V. McCann
District School: CHRIS: West Park Place Elem
Seminar Leader: Greg Shelnutt
File Name: 19.01.05
Primary Subject: Social Studies
Keywords: SEL, Social Emotional Learning, Leader In Me, Art, Comics, Community, Character
Grade Level: 03 Third Grade
Grade Span: Elementary
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