THE TECH LOVES TEACHERS! Professional Development
EDUCATOR’S GUIDE TO THE TECH INTERACTIVE
201 S. Market St., San Jose, CA 95113 1-408-294-8324 | thetech.org |
The mission of The Tech’s Bowers Institute is to provide teachers with the training they need to feel confident fostering their students’ inherent problem-solving abilities. Tomorrow’s careers will require innovative thinkers who can collaborate on teams and be comfortable with failure and ongoing iteration; our Design Challenge Learningbased professional development shows educators how to successfully implement that structure and mindset in their learning spaces. We work with you to customize half-day, full-day or multi-day professional development sessions that perfectly meet the needs of your staff, school or district. Visit us online at thetech.org/bowersinstitute to request a professional development session.
Educator Resources Access our growing library of design challenge lesson plans, videos and facilitation guides to help you build confidence in hands-on engineering and problem-based activities.
DESIGN. CREATE. ITERATE. SOLVE.
Visit thetech.org/resources to download lesson plans, watch our design challenge facilitation videos and learn more about the Innovation Design Process.
Tech Academies The Tech Academies Fellowship Program supports districtwide, cross-curricular engineering and computationalthinking instruction through a growing network of STEM education leaders. Each year our partner school districts and expanded learning programs select 40 educators to participate in a two-year fellowship focusing on the engineering design process, with an emphasis on integrating mechanical or software engineering into their instruction. Visit thetech.org/tafellowship to learn about our network of partner districts and organizations, read about program impact and request more information.
A team engineering design challenge for Grades 4-12 in which students develop creative solutions to a real-world problem, build a device and document their process. Registration opens Wednesday, Oct. 9. Showcase: Saturday, April 25, and Sunday, April 26, 2020 1-408-795-6210 | challenge@thetech.org thetech.org/techchallenge
We’d like to acknowledge and thank the generous donors who make our educational programs possible. Abbott Vascular Accenture Adobe Akamai AMD Amgen Foundation Applied Materials, Inc. Leslie and Barry Ariko Arm Asset Management Company BAE Systems Bank of America Barnholt Family Foundation Christina Barrese Marimo Berk Best Buy Foundation BNY Mellon Ruba Borno Ann Bowers Box, Inc. Cadence John Kibarian and Gloria Chen Cisco Systems, Inc. Sandi and Richard Conniff Cooley LLP County of Santa Clara Mary A Crocker Trust Myriam Curet Cushman Family Foundation Davidson Family Foundation Dell Technologies Deloitte Delta Air Lines Susan and John Diekman Eileen and Christopher DiGiorgio Ann Howland Doerr and John Doerr Drummond-Berk Family Fund The EACH Foundation eBay, Inc. John Elliott Nousheen Eslambolchi EY Rita Chen and Colin Fan First Tech Federal Credit Union Fischer Family Foundation
Ford Motor Company ForeScout Genentech, Inc. Geschke Foundation Gilead Glynn Capital Management Dawn and Gary Guthart Darlene Mackovich and Ron Haak Jan Half Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction Co. William Randolph Hearst Foundation Barbara and William Heil, Jr. Melinda Borjon Heinlein and John Heinlein Connie and Jerry Held Hitachi Vantara Roya and Khaled Hosseini House Family Foundation Beverly & Charles Huss IBM Corporation Infosys Foundation IDT Intel Corporation Intuit Trine Sorensen and Michael Jacobson Carol and Tony Jeans Atsuko and Tim Jenks Franklin and Catherine Johnson Foundation Junior League of Palo Alto - Mid Peninsula Juniper Networks, Inc. Kaiser Permanente Shannon and Joseph Kava Neeru and Vinod Khosla Kinder Morgan Foundation KLA Foundation John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Konica Minolta Koret Foundation KPMG LLP Krause Foundation Kelly Castellón and Brian Kroneman Janie and Wayne Lambert David H. Liu Foundation Lockheed Martin
Diane Lovelace, In memory of Jerry Lovelace Gregory P. Luth & Associates, Inc. Laurie Hunter and Jonathan MacQuitty Marvell Semiconductor Mayfield Fund Maureen Langan and David Mewes Microchip Technology Inc. Micron Microsoft Corporation Shauna Mika Joyce Milligan The Moca Foundation Monolithic Power Systems Monterey Peninsula Foundation Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Morrison Foerster Foundation Mozilla Jami and Stephen Nachtsheim National Geographic National Institute for Health National Science Foundation Christopher Nelson NetApp Elaine and Armand Neukermans New York Hall of Science Northrop Grumman Corporation NXP Semiconductor ON Semiconductor Jennifer Ondrejka oneZero Financial Systems Oracle Corporation The David and Lucile Packard Foundation Palo Alto Networks Jin and C.S. Park PayPal Inc. April and Brad Peebler Josie and Dan Perez Poly Cindy and Randy Pond PwC Qualcomm Denise and Frank Quattrone Quest Resonance Philanthropies
Christine and Tim Ritchie Beth and Stephen Robie Susan and Richard Roche Suzanne and Ali Salehpour Samsung San Jose Water Company SAP Amy and Matthew Sapp Patricia and Bruno Schueler Carol Cleary-Schultz and Jeff Schultz Schwegman Lundberg Woessner The Scott Foundation Seagate Technology, Inc. Sharks Foundation Leo M. Shortino Foundation Siegel Family Endowment Silicon Valley Bank Foundation Sita Foundation John Michael Sobrato Charitable Fund Nicolette St. Angel Star One Credit Union STEM Next STMicroelectronics, Inc. The Swanson Foundation Connie and Rod Swanson Judy and Erica Swanson Swenson Tech CU Thermo Fisher Scientific Bria and Peter Thompson Toeniskoetter Construction Tosa Foundation Teri and Christian Treille United Airlines Valley Water Janet Brownstone and Andrew Verhalen Nathalie and Gaurav Verma Charmaine and Dan Warmenhoven Wells Fargo Bank Western Digital Elizabeth B. Wolf Workday Xilinx, Inc. Mauria Finley and Greg Yap Zoom Video Communications
Unforgettable learning experiences for students — and teachers!
The Tech interactive | San Jose, CA
2019-20
CHOOSE YOUR OWN FIELD TRIP ADVENTURE! The Tech Interactive offers dozens of hands-on, collaborative and ridiculously fun activities for students from elementary to high school. Watch as your learners build a robot, break a cyber code, experiment with microbes, design inclusive playgrounds and construct electrical circuits.
You can customize your field trip to make it fit your grade level, subject matter and class needs! What is it you want most? Engage high-schoolers
Natural phenomena
1 Explore the Exhibits Our exhibit spaces provide hands-on learning in anatomy, biology, genetics, robotics, cyber security, engineering, artificial intelligence and virtual reality. We can’t possibly choose a favorite, but here are a few that students love:
Create STEMpathy
Experience these fiery creations in a way only IMAX can deliver!
The Tech Studio
Learn about the life-saving (and adorable) superpowers of the world’s most extraordinary working dogs!
Perfect for students looking for a meaningful connection to technology, this exhibit demonstrates how entrepreneurs from around the world have used tech to solve some of the world’s most daunting health care challenges.
Engineering inspiration
“Oceans: Our Blue Planet” Embark on an underwater odyssey through the largest and least explored habitat on Earth.
Scholarship provided; pre- and post-visit activity completion required.
No additional charge for school groups.
$6 per student $6 per chaperone $4 IMAX Snack Pack***
$10 per student $6 per chaperone $4 IMAX Snack Pack***
$275 (each lab holds up to 32 students)
No additional charge for school groups.
Non-Title I After-School $3 per student Groups (arriving after 3 p.m.)
$6 per student $6 per chaperone $4 IMAX Snack Pack***
$6 per student $6 per chaperone $4 IMAX Snack Pack***
$125 (each lab holds up to 32 students; after-school labs run 45 minutes)
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Youth Groups $6 per child
$6 per child $6 per chaperone $4 IMAX Snack Pack***
$10 per child $6 per chaperone $4 IMAX Snack Pack***
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“This is a yearly field trip that fits perfectly with our science curriculum and does a great job making some of the concepts come to life in a way that our classroom cannot.” — Matthew Keith, Duveneck Elementary
Make it Matter
Matter
Physics of Roller Coasters
Engineering
GRADE 3
GRADE 4
GRADE 5
MIDDLE SCHOOL
HIGH SCHOOL
Force/motion; Engineering
Energy; Engineering
Force/motion; Engineering
Motion; Energy; Engineering
Energy; Engineering
Chemical reactions
Matter; Engineering
Chemical reactions
Engineering; Plate tectonics
Engineering
Natural hazards; Engineering
Earth sciences; Engineering
Biogeology; Natural hazards; Engineering
Engineering
Engineering
Climate change; Engineering
Energy; Engineering
Engineering
Engineering for Earthquakes Down the Drain Simplicity of Electricity
Natural hazards; Engineering
All IMAX films and labs support NGSS standards. Innovation labs
NGSS STANDARDS BY GRADE
Chemicals of Innovation
— Dori Powers, La Joya Elementary
(45 minutes)
* If 40% or more of the students in your program qualify for free or reduced lunch, you are eligible for this discount. **Free gallery admission for one chaperone per eight students. Additional chaperones will be charged $18 per person. ***IMAX Snack Packs are optional and must be ordered in advance. Includes popcorn, juice and a treat.
Your students will love our 90-minute hands-on Science Labs that let them be real scientists and engineers! And you’ll love our Teacher Observation Tool that helps you unlock your students' problem-solving potential once you’re back in the classroom.
Science labs
“Thank you for the wonderful experience and opportunity. My students loved the lab, staff and The Interactive. It was a great trip and I look forward to coming back with my future students!”
(90 minutes)
3 Add a Science or Innovation Lab
NEW FOR 2019!
The possibilities to build your own field trip are endless. Just ask one of our Group Sales reps for recommendations or follow our handy guide and plan the perfect trip for your class! Visit thetech.org/fieldtrips for more information.
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Presented by El Camino Hospital
NOTE: Exploration Gallery on the Lower Level will close for construction in winter 2020.
Pair a Physics of Roller Coasters lab with a visit to our Tech Studio, where learners can build to their heart’s content. Add “Dream Big” in our IMAX theater to totally inspire your students to become engineers.
Non-Title I $6 per student Schools
Innovation Lab
“Superpower Dogs”
GRADE 2
Explicitly connecting STEM to helping people is key to igniting interest in STEM careers. Our Innovations in Health Care exhibit and Down the Drain lab show students how technology and engineering can create a better, safer world.
$6 per student $6 per chaperone $4 IMAX Snack Pack***
Science Lab
FOR 2019!
Students can play, tinker and design with the world’s most powerful technology — biology. Perfect for groups of up to 14.
Innovations in Health Care Check out “Extreme Weather” in our IMAX theater and book an Engineering for Earthquakes lab to explore the Earth’s effects on human activity. Be sure to stop by our Tech for Global Good kiosks to see how tech entrepreneurs are solving some of our biggest climate change challenges.
Our slate of educational films, covering everything from the wonders of engineering to the habitats of pandas, will engage your students’ senses and imaginations.
Explore the human body like never before — from the smallest organs to the most complex systems. Challenge your students to check out our augmented reality tablets and find the floating eyeball or bring a sketch pad to channel their inner Da Vinci.
New challenge coming fall 2019! Can you create a contraption to reach new heights? Explore the interaction of mechanical forces in this engineering design challenge.
Admission + IMAX Combo
Title I Schools and After-School Fee waived Groups*
2 Try an IMAX Film!
“Volcanoes” N E W
IMAX Educational Film
Admission**
Body Worlds Decoded
BioDesign Studio
Spend time studying anatomy, biology and health in our Body Worlds Decoded exhibit and then jump into our Chemistry of Plastination lab to sneak in some learning about the chemical processes required to preserve the bodies in the exhibit.
Field Trip Pricing
Engineering
Chemistry of Plastination DNA and Genetics
For more information on our lab offerings, visit our website at thetech.org/sciencelabs. And be sure to check out our library of pre- and post-lab activities for your classroom!
Chemical reactions Life sciences
Life sciences
Short on time, long on fun! Innovation Labs combine the realworld problem-solving of Science Labs with our one-of-a-kind, hands-on exhibits. • Design for All: Groups build empathy and practice collaboration as they design an inclusive playground and see it come to life in virtual reality. • Social Robots: Students use computational thinking and electric circuits to build robots that can spin, light up and change colors. thetech.org/innovationlabs
THE TECH LOVES TEACHERS! Professional Development
EDUCATOR’S GUIDE TO THE TECH INTERACTIVE
201 S. Market St., San Jose, CA 95113 1-408-294-8324 | thetech.org |
The mission of The Tech’s Bowers Institute is to provide teachers with the training they need to feel confident fostering their students’ inherent problem-solving abilities. Tomorrow’s careers will require innovative thinkers who can collaborate on teams and be comfortable with failure and ongoing iteration; our Design Challenge Learningbased professional development shows educators how to successfully implement that structure and mindset in their learning spaces. We work with you to customize half-day, full-day or multi-day professional development sessions that perfectly meet the needs of your staff, school or district. Visit us online at thetech.org/bowersinstitute to request a professional development session.
Educator Resources Access our growing library of design challenge lesson plans, videos and facilitation guides to help you build confidence in hands-on engineering and problem-based activities.
DESIGN. CREATE. ITERATE. SOLVE.
Visit thetech.org/resources to download lesson plans, watch our design challenge facilitation videos and learn more about the Innovation Design Process.
Tech Academies The Tech Academies Fellowship Program supports districtwide, cross-curricular engineering and computationalthinking instruction through a growing network of STEM education leaders. Each year our partner school districts and expanded learning programs select 40 educators to participate in a two-year fellowship focusing on the engineering design process, with an emphasis on integrating mechanical or software engineering into their instruction. Visit thetech.org/tafellowship to learn about our network of partner districts and organizations, read about program impact and request more information.
A team engineering design challenge for Grades 4-12 in which students develop creative solutions to a real-world problem, build a device and document their process. Registration opens Wednesday, Oct. 9. Showcase: Saturday, April 25, and Sunday, April 26, 2020 1-408-795-6210 | challenge@thetech.org thetech.org/techchallenge
We’d like to acknowledge and thank the generous donors who make our educational programs possible. Abbott Vascular Accenture Adobe Akamai AMD Amgen Foundation Applied Materials, Inc. Leslie and Barry Ariko Arm Asset Management Company BAE Systems Bank of America Barnholt Family Foundation Christina Barrese Marimo Berk Best Buy Foundation BNY Mellon Ruba Borno Ann Bowers Box, Inc. Cadence John Kibarian and Gloria Chen Cisco Systems, Inc. Sandi and Richard Conniff Cooley LLP County of Santa Clara Mary A Crocker Trust Myriam Curet Cushman Family Foundation Davidson Family Foundation Dell Technologies Deloitte Delta Air Lines Susan and John Diekman Eileen and Christopher DiGiorgio Ann Howland Doerr and John Doerr Drummond-Berk Family Fund The EACH Foundation eBay, Inc. John Elliott Nousheen Eslambolchi EY Rita Chen and Colin Fan First Tech Federal Credit Union Fischer Family Foundation
Ford Motor Company ForeScout Genentech, Inc. Geschke Foundation Gilead Glynn Capital Management Dawn and Gary Guthart Darlene Mackovich and Ron Haak Jan Half Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction Co. William Randolph Hearst Foundation Barbara and William Heil, Jr. Melinda Borjon Heinlein and John Heinlein Connie and Jerry Held Hitachi Vantara Roya and Khaled Hosseini House Family Foundation Beverly & Charles Huss IBM Corporation Infosys Foundation IDT Intel Corporation Intuit Trine Sorensen and Michael Jacobson Carol and Tony Jeans Atsuko and Tim Jenks Franklin and Catherine Johnson Foundation Junior League of Palo Alto - Mid Peninsula Juniper Networks, Inc. Kaiser Permanente Shannon and Joseph Kava Neeru and Vinod Khosla Kinder Morgan Foundation KLA Foundation John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Konica Minolta Koret Foundation KPMG LLP Krause Foundation Kelly Castellón and Brian Kroneman Janie and Wayne Lambert David H. Liu Foundation Lockheed Martin
Diane Lovelace, In memory of Jerry Lovelace Gregory P. Luth & Associates, Inc. Laurie Hunter and Jonathan MacQuitty Marvell Semiconductor Mayfield Fund Maureen Langan and David Mewes Microchip Technology Inc. Micron Microsoft Corporation Shauna Mika Joyce Milligan The Moca Foundation Monolithic Power Systems Monterey Peninsula Foundation Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Morrison Foerster Foundation Mozilla Jami and Stephen Nachtsheim National Geographic National Institute for Health National Science Foundation Christopher Nelson NetApp Elaine and Armand Neukermans New York Hall of Science Northrop Grumman Corporation NXP Semiconductor ON Semiconductor Jennifer Ondrejka oneZero Financial Systems Oracle Corporation The David and Lucile Packard Foundation Palo Alto Networks Jin and C.S. Park PayPal Inc. April and Brad Peebler Josie and Dan Perez Poly Cindy and Randy Pond PwC Qualcomm Denise and Frank Quattrone Quest Resonance Philanthropies
Christine and Tim Ritchie Beth and Stephen Robie Susan and Richard Roche Suzanne and Ali Salehpour Samsung San Jose Water Company SAP Amy and Matthew Sapp Patricia and Bruno Schueler Carol Cleary-Schultz and Jeff Schultz Schwegman Lundberg Woessner The Scott Foundation Seagate Technology, Inc. Sharks Foundation Leo M. Shortino Foundation Siegel Family Endowment Silicon Valley Bank Foundation Sita Foundation John Michael Sobrato Charitable Fund Nicolette St. Angel Star One Credit Union STEM Next STMicroelectronics, Inc. The Swanson Foundation Connie and Rod Swanson Judy and Erica Swanson Swenson Tech CU Thermo Fisher Scientific Bria and Peter Thompson Toeniskoetter Construction Tosa Foundation Teri and Christian Treille United Airlines Valley Water Janet Brownstone and Andrew Verhalen Nathalie and Gaurav Verma Charmaine and Dan Warmenhoven Wells Fargo Bank Western Digital Elizabeth B. Wolf Workday Xilinx, Inc. Mauria Finley and Greg Yap Zoom Video Communications
Unforgettable learning experiences for students — and teachers!
The Tech interactive | San Jose, CA
2019-20
THE TECH LOVES TEACHERS! Professional Development
EDUCATOR’S GUIDE TO THE TECH INTERACTIVE
201 S. Market St., San Jose, CA 95113 1-408-294-8324 | thetech.org |
The mission of The Tech’s Bowers Institute is to provide teachers with the training they need to feel confident fostering their students’ inherent problem-solving abilities. Tomorrow’s careers will require innovative thinkers who can collaborate on teams and be comfortable with failure and ongoing iteration; our Design Challenge Learningbased professional development shows educators how to successfully implement that structure and mindset in their learning spaces. We work with you to customize half-day, full-day or multi-day professional development sessions that perfectly meet the needs of your staff, school or district. Visit us online at thetech.org/bowersinstitute to request a professional development session.
Educator Resources Access our growing library of design challenge lesson plans, videos and facilitation guides to help you build confidence in hands-on engineering and problem-based activities.
DESIGN. CREATE. ITERATE. SOLVE.
Visit thetech.org/resources to download lesson plans, watch our design challenge facilitation videos and learn more about the Innovation Design Process.
Tech Academies The Tech Academies Fellowship Program supports districtwide, cross-curricular engineering and computationalthinking instruction through a growing network of STEM education leaders. Each year our partner school districts and expanded learning programs select 40 educators to participate in a two-year fellowship focusing on the engineering design process, with an emphasis on integrating mechanical or software engineering into their instruction. Visit thetech.org/tafellowship to learn about our network of partner districts and organizations, read about program impact and request more information.
A team engineering design challenge for Grades 4-12 in which students develop creative solutions to a real-world problem, build a device and document their process. Registration opens Wednesday, Oct. 9. Showcase: Saturday, April 25, and Sunday, April 26, 2020 1-408-795-6210 | challenge@thetech.org thetech.org/techchallenge
We’d like to acknowledge and thank the generous donors who make our educational programs possible. Abbott Vascular Accenture Adobe Akamai AMD Amgen Foundation Applied Materials, Inc. Leslie and Barry Ariko Arm Asset Management Company BAE Systems Bank of America Barnholt Family Foundation Christina Barrese Marimo Berk Best Buy Foundation BNY Mellon Ruba Borno Ann Bowers Box, Inc. Cadence John Kibarian and Gloria Chen Cisco Systems, Inc. Sandi and Richard Conniff Cooley LLP County of Santa Clara Mary A Crocker Trust Myriam Curet Cushman Family Foundation Davidson Family Foundation Dell Technologies Deloitte Delta Air Lines Susan and John Diekman Eileen and Christopher DiGiorgio Ann Howland Doerr and John Doerr Drummond-Berk Family Fund The EACH Foundation eBay, Inc. John Elliott Nousheen Eslambolchi EY Rita Chen and Colin Fan First Tech Federal Credit Union Fischer Family Foundation
Ford Motor Company ForeScout Genentech, Inc. Geschke Foundation Gilead Glynn Capital Management Dawn and Gary Guthart Darlene Mackovich and Ron Haak Jan Half Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction Co. William Randolph Hearst Foundation Barbara and William Heil, Jr. Melinda Borjon Heinlein and John Heinlein Connie and Jerry Held Hitachi Vantara Roya and Khaled Hosseini House Family Foundation Beverly & Charles Huss IBM Corporation Infosys Foundation IDT Intel Corporation Intuit Trine Sorensen and Michael Jacobson Carol and Tony Jeans Atsuko and Tim Jenks Franklin and Catherine Johnson Foundation Junior League of Palo Alto - Mid Peninsula Juniper Networks, Inc. Kaiser Permanente Shannon and Joseph Kava Neeru and Vinod Khosla Kinder Morgan Foundation KLA Foundation John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Konica Minolta Koret Foundation KPMG LLP Krause Foundation Kelly Castellón and Brian Kroneman Janie and Wayne Lambert David H. Liu Foundation Lockheed Martin
Diane Lovelace, In memory of Jerry Lovelace Gregory P. Luth & Associates, Inc. Laurie Hunter and Jonathan MacQuitty Marvell Semiconductor Mayfield Fund Maureen Langan and David Mewes Microchip Technology Inc. Micron Microsoft Corporation Shauna Mika Joyce Milligan The Moca Foundation Monolithic Power Systems Monterey Peninsula Foundation Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Morrison Foerster Foundation Mozilla Jami and Stephen Nachtsheim National Geographic National Institute for Health National Science Foundation Christopher Nelson NetApp Elaine and Armand Neukermans New York Hall of Science Northrop Grumman Corporation NXP Semiconductor ON Semiconductor Jennifer Ondrejka oneZero Financial Systems Oracle Corporation The David and Lucile Packard Foundation Palo Alto Networks Jin and C.S. Park PayPal Inc. April and Brad Peebler Josie and Dan Perez Poly Cindy and Randy Pond PwC Qualcomm Denise and Frank Quattrone Quest Resonance Philanthropies
Christine and Tim Ritchie Beth and Stephen Robie Susan and Richard Roche Suzanne and Ali Salehpour Samsung San Jose Water Company SAP Amy and Matthew Sapp Patricia and Bruno Schueler Carol Cleary-Schultz and Jeff Schultz Schwegman Lundberg Woessner The Scott Foundation Seagate Technology, Inc. Sharks Foundation Leo M. Shortino Foundation Siegel Family Endowment Silicon Valley Bank Foundation Sita Foundation John Michael Sobrato Charitable Fund Nicolette St. Angel Star One Credit Union STEM Next STMicroelectronics, Inc. The Swanson Foundation Connie and Rod Swanson Judy and Erica Swanson Swenson Tech CU Thermo Fisher Scientific Bria and Peter Thompson Toeniskoetter Construction Tosa Foundation Teri and Christian Treille United Airlines Valley Water Janet Brownstone and Andrew Verhalen Nathalie and Gaurav Verma Charmaine and Dan Warmenhoven Wells Fargo Bank Western Digital Elizabeth B. Wolf Workday Xilinx, Inc. Mauria Finley and Greg Yap Zoom Video Communications
Unforgettable learning experiences for students — and teachers!
The Tech interactive | San Jose, CA
2019-20