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AMC Food Drive Thursday, March 26th

Garrett Lew — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 01:26:49 +0000

The AMC is holding a Food Drive through Thursday, March 26th for the Yemaya Food Pantry in the Lower East Side. Attached please find a flyer withdetails. AMC Food Drive

PACS-Girl Scouts tomorrow Sat 3/14/2009

Garrett Lew — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 20:44:06 +0000

This is an event through NYU:Polytechnic University. See below message from their American Chemical Society president. You may email her for further details if you’re interested in attending. Hello all,This is just a reminder that we will be having our event, “Chemistry of Cooking”, in collaboration with the Girl Scouts tomorrow where we will be teaching young girls how to bake beard and the chemistry behind the process. The event is tomorrow, Saturday March 14 from 10am to 2pm at the back of the cafeteria where the TV is. If you’ve volunteered to help out, please remember to come. If you are interested in helping out, ACS welcomes you. Free lunch will be provided for all volunteers.Thank you, – Yan Mei ChanPresidentNYU:Poly SA American Chemical Societyyanmeichan@gmail.com

Tutor & Mentor Students in the Sciences at the School of the Future

Garrett Lew — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:27:30 +0000

The Draper Chemical Society is starting a program at the School of the Future with its science departments. Volunteers will visit the School of the Future weekly and mentor students working on their exhibition projects (described below) as well as tutor students who need additional help in the sciences. This is a perfect way to give back to the local community and foster interest in the sciences. Available time periods would be Tuesdays from 11:35AM-12:30PM and afternoons 3:15-4:15PM. As we are already partway into the semester, we ask that anyone interested in volunteering at the School of the Future apply by Monday, March 9th (see below).School of the Future is a small New York City public school serving students in grades 6 through 12. We have a diverse student population that comes from all five boroughs and from a wide range of socio-economic and ethnic backgrounds. We are a full inclusion school which means that students with learning disabilities attend all regular classes and receive extra support from special education teachers who push in to the regular classes. Our classes consist of a heterogeneously skilled population because we believe that students who are at different skill levels make the class a richer and more diverse learning environment.The philosophy of the science department is that we want our students to be scientists rather than learn about science, so we have a very hands-on curriculum. Students are required to take four years of math and science beginning with Integrated science in 9th grade, Biology in 10th, Chemistry in 11th and Physics in 12th. In addition to regular classwork, our students complete exhibitions at the end of each year.Exhibitions are a year-long in-depth research assignment for which students write a thesis paper and orally defend their thesis in a presentation before a panel of students and teachers. We believe that students learn best when they are challenged to approach a problem through the lens of Habits of Mind: establishing their point of view, using evidence to support their thesis, making connections between content, demonstrating the significance of what they study, and considering alternatives to their thesis. For science exhibitions, students typically take a lab they have done in class and go beyond what was studied to create their own experiment that they conduct after school.School of the Future is located at 22nd Street and Lexington Avenue.If you are interested in this opportunity or have any questions, please e-mail our Community Service Chair, Erin, at Erin@drapersociety.org. Interested applicants should indicate which time periods they would be able to volunteer, as well as which science (biology, chemistry, physics)they would like to help in. In addition, please describe any past tutoring experience you may have. The deadline for applicants is Monday, March 9th.

University Neighborhood HS Tutoring UPDATE

Garrett Lew — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:00:20 +0000

Want to help high school students struggling in chemistry? The Draper Chemical Society has had a long standing relationship with the University Neighborhood High School (UNHS) and is coming back this semester with a focus on lab classes. Volunteers will go down to UNHS in Chinatown and help the chemistry teachers during one of two lab periods. Tutors will assist students with the experiment and post-lab reports. For the lab sections Fridays between 9:49-10:39AM are when tutors would be appreciated.

There is another period for help in the AP Chemistry class that is a longer period. The AP Chemistry class needs help on Thursdays from 12:15-1:40PM.

This is a perfect opportunity to open students to the world of chemistry. If you are interested, please email garrett@drapersociety.org with days and which lab section you could attend. Volunteers can start as soon as possible.

University Neighborhood High School is located just minutes away from the East Broadway stop on the F subway line at:
200 Monroe Street
New York, NY 10002

First Draper Society Meeting of Fall 2008

Rahul Sengupta — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 02:40:08 +0000

The Draper Society Presents: The Science Behind Diet Coke & Mentos

Wednesday
24 September 2008

12.30pm

Kimmel 909

There will be pizza!
It’s OK to leave early if you have a lab/class!

First cSplash Meeting of Fall 2008

Rahul Sengupta — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 05:58:03 +0000

To any NYU students,

Do you have a passion for a topic in math, computer science, or mathematical sciences? Do you want to share this passion with others? Are you interested in working with a group of enthusiastic math and computer sciences students make this happen?

Then come to an information meeting, this

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 7pm, rm 1314 Warren Weaver Hall
(There will be free pizza!)

At the meeting we will talk about the program that does this, called Courant Splash (cSplash). It is a festival of classes in math and computer science, designed and taught by undergrads, grad students, faculty, and others from NYU with an interest in the quantitative sciences. For an idea of what the program was like, visit the webpage at http://cims.nyu.edu/~csplash/index.php .

The day is a lot of fun and very popular, and this year we’re hoping to make it better than ever. In order to do this, we need your help! There are lots of ways you can help out:

* teach a short class on the day
* help plan the day beforehand
* volunteer on the day
* help set up and maintain the web and computer system

We will talk about all of these at the information meeting. Hope to see you there!

Best wishes,
Miranda (director, cSplash 06, 07, 08)
holmes@cims.nyu.edu

Tutoring Opportunity at NYU STEP Program

Garrett Lew — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 01:51:40 +0000

Here at NYU, the STEP Program tutors high school students from around New York City who want some added help. Students require help mathematics and the sciences. These students are motivated, as they had to apply for this program. This is a great opportunity to help students who want to learn and perhaps even open their eyes to the subjects we love so much. The STEP Program meets on Saturdays from 9AM to 2PM at NYU and has a morning and afternoon session. Volunteers would tutor during either the morning session or afternoon session, or both if possible, and would start in late October.

If you are interested in tutoring at the STEP Program, email Garrett at garrett@drapersociety.org.

First Draper Meeting of Fall 2008

Garrett Lew — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:54:58 +0000

The first meeting of Fall 2008 will be on Wednesday, September 24th at 12:30PM until 1:30PM. The meeting will introduce the officers and the community service ventures for this semester. The meeting will include a pizza lunch as well as a fun documentary viewing after opening words. The documentary will be an episode of the Discovery Channel show, Mythbusters. Please note: If you have a lab or class that conflicts with part of the meeting, don’t feel like you can’t attend the meeting if you need to leave early or will be late. You’re welcome to join us, regardless of how long you can stay.

Meeting Location: Kimmel 909

Community Service Opportunities: Tutoring & Mentoring

Garrett Lew — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:58:57 +0000

To everyone interested in making a difference in somebody else’s life, the Draper Society is providing several options. Currently, we have two ventures ongoing, one at NYU and one up at the School of the Future. Whether you are interested in working with younger students, or simply need to fulfill a community service requirement, these options are for you.

Here at NYU, the STEP Program tutors high school students from around New York City who want some added help. Students require help mostly in math, but there may be students interested in science help. These students are motivated, as they had to apply for this program. This is a great opportunity to help students who want to learn and perhaps even open their eyes to the subjects we love so much. The STEP Program meets on Saturdays at NYU and has a morning and afternoon session. The morning session is from 9-1130AM and the afternoon session is from 1230-230PM.

The School of the Future has a requirement for its students to do some sort of research project on a scientific concept relating to daily life. The teachers would like students to be able to write a college level report similar to our lab reports. However, many of these students are not well experienced in performing experiments and documenting their findings. The School of the Future would like college students to act as mentors to these high school students and help steer them in the right direction. The following list contains the topics that students are researching.

Biology/Environmental Science/Life Sciences:
Group 1 (6 students): The effect of various chemicals on the growth of duckweed
Group 2 (3 students): Various physiology experiments (effect of heat
of blood pressure, effect of food particle size on digestion, effect
of aerobic exercise on heart health)
Group 3 (3 students): Effect of various images on pupil size
Group 4 (1 student): Sensory compensation (hearing for vision)
Group 4 (1-2 students): Effect of water temperature and detergent type
on bacteria during handwashing

Physics:
Group 1 (4 students): Projectile Motion (Football, Basketball, Baseball)
Group 2 (2 students): Sound Waves
Group 3 (2 students): Airplanes
Group 4 (2 students): Roller Coasters and Energy Conservation

This is an amazing opportunity to inspire young students to develop an interest in the sciences while working with a topic you enjoy. Students helping at the School of the Future would mentor either during lunch periods or after school during the week.

If you are interested in either program, email Garrett ASAP at garrett@drapersociety.org.

Draper Society Meeting this Thursday

Rahul Sengupta — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 08:48:48 +0000

We will be having a meeting this coming Thursday (3/27) to discuss opportunities to get involved in our community service efforts, tutoring and helping local high schools in the sciences. The meeting is as usual in Silver 808 at 12:30 pm. Pizza (with toppings!) and soda a plenty.

If you cannot make the meeting, but are interested in getting involved, please e-mail Garrett Lew at garrett@drapersociety.org. We will be sending out a description of the volunteer work following Thursday’s meeting for those interested in more details. We would love all the help we can get, this is a great opportunity and a wonderful service we can provide as top-notch science students.

What: Free lunch and a Draper meeting
When: Thursday, 27th March, 2008 @ 12:30 pm
Where: Silver 808