FAMILY MATH
FAMILY MATH, one of the EQUALS programs out of
the Lawrence Hall of Science, is designed to promote math equity and
access to all students, regardless of race, gender, or class. The goal
of the program is to promote parents as effective partners in helping
their children succeed in mathematics. It focuses entirely on diverse
families learning mathematics together, using inexpensive materials
and hands-on, problem-solving activities. Children and adults come together
once a week for several weeks, doing most activities in small groups
with two or three families working together. Best of all, they put into
practice at home the ideas they've developed in class. FAMILY MATH activities
illustrate concepts that reinforce the school math curriculum and demonstrate
the importance of mathematics to future work and education.
FAMILY MATH transforms student attitudes toward mathematics, gives parents
a sense of confidence, re-energizes teachers, and builds community.
For more information on setting up or participating in a program, or
to obtain FAMILY MATH publications, please communicate with:
FAMILY MATH
Lawrence Hall of Science
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-5200
Phone: (510) 643-6525 or (510) 643-6350
E-mail: gcoates@uclink4.berkeley.edu
http://www.lhs.berkeley.edu/equals/
Family Science
Family
Science is an informal science education program that gives
parents and children opportunities to work and learn science together.
The family-education component of the National Science Foundation (NSF)
Partnership for Inquiry-Based Science (PIBS), Family Science teaches
hands-on activities that use easy-to-find, inexpensive materials to
encourage families to explore concepts and see the role science plays
in daily life. The Lawrence Hall of Science was one of the original
Family Science sites, and leadership training workshops can be arranged
through the EQUALS program. For information about introducing the program
in your child's school, see http://chroma.mbt.washington.edu/outreach/fam_sci.html
Active Parenting Publishers ™ and Videos
Active Parenting Publishers
specializes in video-based parent education programs. (Their excellent
book Helping Your Child Succeed in School is the basis for a
number of the parent handouts in Parent Portal.) Founded by noted
family therapist Michael H. Popkin, Ph.D., and based in Marietta, Georgia
(near Atlanta), Active Parenting Publishers helps parents and educators
with innovative resources in parent education. They feature many video
discussion programs and publications, including Active Parenting
of Teens; Active Teaching: Enhancing Discipline, Self-Esteem
and Student Performance; Free the Horses: A Self-Esteem Adventure; Healing
and Helping through Loss; Parents on Board; and 1,2,3,4 Parents!:
Parenting Children Ages 1Û4. Their catalog of books and videos for
parents categorizes resources by age group and topic, and can be viewed
online or ordered free. They also focus on current issues such as drug
abuse and school violence, and offer an online parenting program. Active
Parenting Publishers has been awarded the Positive Parenting Award from
the National Council for Children's Rights. For more information, call
them at (800) 825-0060, e-mail them at cservice@activeparenting.com,
or visit their Web site at www.activeparenting.com/.
MARINE SCIENCE FIELD TRIPS
Marine Activities, Resources & Education (MARE)
The MARE program
at LHS has created field-trip resources for teachers that are packed
with advice and organizational tips easily adaptable by parents. Each
guide is a terrific introduction to planning simple interpretive field
trips with your children. They start with a primer on how to interact
with nature, with solid suggestions on how to use all our senses, encourage
inquiry, make careful observations, and be good stewards of the natural
places we visit. The guides include checklists for organizing a field
trip, suggestions for equipment to take along, and a nice description
of how to make your trip educationally meaningful by planning conceptual
goals for each trip. Especially helpful, the guides include sample activities
to focus and inspire your child along the way, no matter what your objectives
for the field trips. Guides are available for kelp forests, sandy beaches,
rocky seashores, and field-trip sites in Central California. Each kind
of site is described in detail, and suggestions can be adapted to other
locations.
Marine Activities, Resources & Education (MARE)
Lawrence Hall of Science
University of California at Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-5200
Phone: (510) 642-5008
E-mail: mare_lhs@uclink4.berkeley.edu
www.lhs.berkeley.edu/MARE/
Family Health
Family
Health at the Lawrence Hall of Science, in collaboration
with the UC School of Public Health, Center for Community Wellness,
develops and disseminates exciting hands-on health science activities
and follow-up materials related to nutrition and growth, respiratory
health, mental health and the brain, and disease prevention to
participating schools in the Bay Area. Family Health works with
parents, teens, teachers and health professionals to build partnerships
within the community through conferences, workshops and family
events.
FAMILY HEALTH
Lawrence Hall of Science
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-5200
Phone: (510) 643-5537
E-mail:mcc@uclink4.berkeley.edu
http://www.lawrencehallofscience.org/familyhealth/
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