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Congratulations to Anna Pshenichny-Mamo for winning the Hagit Rafael Mishkin Late Award of Excellence!!

The closing event for the Citizen Science project “Sleep” was held at Carmel Zvulun School on Monday, June 17th, from 9:00 to 11:00 AM.

The project was conducted on a large scale this year, in collaboration with the school’s principal, Mrs. Dorit Talmor-Sarig, the teacher, Mrs. Noy Abutbul, the project scientists, Prof. Tamar Shochat and Prof. Eran Tauber, the project leader, Mrs. Noam Malkinson, the research team led by Prof. Dina Tsybulsky from the Technion, and the links team led by Prof. Dani Ben-Zvi from the University of Haifa.

The collaboration aimed to:

1. Study the phenomenon of sleep among teenagers using Citizen Science.
2. Examine and characterize the interactions between scientific thinking, statistical thinking, and thinking about the nature of science within various types of data sets, including big data.

The students involved in the project visited the project scientists’ laboratories at the University of Haifa and the Future Learning Space Lab. They learned about the phenomenon of sleep, collected data using sleep diaries, and investigated the sleep patterns of teenagers using Excel and TinkerPlots, an interactive data exploration software. They practiced various data science methods, including data exploration, cleaning, preparation of data files, including big data, and modeling relationships using training, evaluation, and testing of different potential models.

During this process, the students discovered a surprising phenomenon regarding teenagers’ sleep habits, contributing valuable insights to scientific research in this area.

At the closing event, the students presented follow-up research they conducted independently on the sleep patterns of teenagers. These projects were based on the complete data set of the Sleep Project, collected over the years as part of the TCSS  Center at the school.

The students’ presentations at the event were outstanding! The event itself was emotional and significant. Thanks to all the staff and students!

 

 

Dagan, K. & Tsybulsky, D.  Experiences of remote teaching practice by female students in elementary science education from the perspective of pedagogical beliefs. The 19th Chais Conference on the Study of Innovation and Learning Technologies: Learning in the Digital Era. Ra’anana, Israel, June 2024. Oral presentation [In Hebrew]. PPT.

Congratulations to Gal Stern for winning 1st place in the Faculty Poster Competition!!

Stern, G. & Tsybulsky, D. Digital curation as a pedagogical approach promoting personalized learning. Technion, Israel, June 2024. Poster presentation. PDF.

We are happy to start our undergraduate/graduate courses and professional development programs! Let’s embark on this journey together and make the most of the opportunities this spring semester has to offer. Welcome back, and here’s to a successful and enriching term ahead!

 

 

Congratulations to Prof. Dina Tsybulsky on her new professional roles!

Starting January 2025, she will serve as Associate Editor for JRST for 5 years. Additionally, she will be Co-Chair for NARST’s ODRA Committee for 2024-25, and then Chair for 2025-26.

 

1. Pshenichny-Mamo, A., Ben-Simon, H. & Tsybulsky, D. Pedagogy of practice approach to teaching nature of science to in-service teachers. NARST2024 Conference. Denver, Colorado, USA, March 2024. Oral presentation. Recorded presentation.
2. Stern, G. & Tsybulsky, D. NARST2024 Conference. Harnessing digital curation for personalized science learning in secondary school. Denver, Colorado, USA, March 2024. Oral presentation. PPT.

Anna Pshenichny-Mamo was invited to lead a specialized training course for museum guides at the Steinhardt Museum of Natural History. The course focused on practices of integrating the nature of science into museum tours, drawing on insights from her doctoral research on the integration of the nature of science in natural history museums.

Throughout the training program, emphasis was placed on integrating aspects of the nature of science into guided tours. By doing so, museum guides can empower visitors with a deeper understanding of scientific processes, fostering more engaging, meaningful, and thought-provoking experiences for visitors of all ages. The aim is to ignite curiosity and cultivate a profound appreciation for science and the natural world.

We extend our congratulations to the members of our group for their recent achievements:

• • Dina Tsybulsky has been granted tenure and promoted to Associate Professor.
  • Odelia Schrire has passed her final doctoral examination.
  • Miki Ophir and Remah Haj have successfully completed the doctoral candidacy examination.
  • Leah Yifrach has completed her exploratory research project and has initiated her doctoral studies.

We are celebrating reaching the middle of the semester in our courses! It’s been an exciting journey so far, full of learning, challenges and accomplishments. We want to thank all our wonderful students for their hard work, engagement and contributions to making these courses impactful and meaningful. There is still much more ground to cover and we look forward to Growing Together as we dive into the second half of the term. Keep up the great work!

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