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• The involvement of the teacher liaisons from each school was inadequate with the exception of one school, Hayes Middle School. We asked one teacher from each of the three middle schools to pass out and collect applications for the After School and Summer Programs. We had to extend the deadlines several times in order to receive an enrollment of at least half of the available slots. They complained about not being paid, not having enough time in their schedule, or forgetting to complete the task. They were difficult to contact during the week and were not very reliable at returning emails or phone calls. We plan to remedy this in the future granting period by involving the teachers in the development of the ASP curriculum, allowing them to implement this curriculum in their own classroom in the ASP and offering them both monetary stipends and incentives of supplies, small equipment and a computer to use in their classroom.
• We delivered the programs in two new venues during this reporting period. For the ASP, we occupied a classroom in Wilson Middle School that was supposed to be dedicated to LSA activities. Unfortunately, it was not secure and several supplies disappeared. We also had non LSA personnel using designated LSA equipment without our permission. The classroom was small and storage was limited. We corrected this issue by moving to a classroom in a local community center where we conducted a successful Summer Program with no significant issues.
• The final issue that we faced this past year was transportation. We contracted with a private company (Airport Shuttle) to transport the students from their middle schools to Wilson Middle School for the ASP. We used the same company that we have used in the past, however they were under new management. Several times the transportation company failed to pick up students from their school (either by mis-scheduling the pick-up or neglecting a scheduled pick-up). After sitting down with the owner, we remedied this situation and did not have any problems after July 2007 for the rest of the reporting period.

• www.crosswordweaver.com This website allows teachers and students to create their own crosswords.
• Pipette Practice (calibrated) Before measuring any liquid, practice holding the pipette. Get familiar to how it feels to press the plunger. Notice, when you press down hard, the plunger goes down further than when you press it lightly. When you are pulling liquid out of something, you press lightly (this gives you an accurrate measurement). When you are releasing liquid into a container you press hard (this forces all the liquid out). Notice the dial at the top of the plunger on the calibrated pipette. If you turn the dial, you will see that the numbers change. This is were the calibrated pipette gets its name. This dial allows you to set the exact amount of liquid that you need. For example, if you set the dial to 15 then you will be able to extract 15 µl of liquid. Look at the solution combinations below. Use the calibrated pipette to extract the designated liquid and mix them together. Record the color that the mixture turns. (from here you can place any amount of liquid that you would like using colored water as your medium)

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