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Past Director of Statewide Student Initiatives

As the Director of Statewide Student Initiatives at the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, I am passionate about designing and offering STEM learning opportunities to students across the state. During the last decade, I initiated and directed a variety of educational programs including K-12 outreach and enrichment programs to foster the interest of students in STEM at all levels. In addition my work with outreach programs, I have taught learning enrichment and college readiness programs to underrepresented populations.

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About Aziza Darwish

As the Director of Statewide Student Initiatives at the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, I am passionate about designing and offering STEM learning opportunities to students across the state. During the last decade, I initiated and directed a variety of educational programs including K-12 outreach and enrichment programs to foster the interest of students in STEM at all levels. In addition my work with outreach programs, I have taught learning enrichment and college readiness programs to underrepresented populations.

Present	Past Director of Statewide Student Initiatives, Illinois Math and Science Academy
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Education, Educational Methods, and Science and Mathematics Education

Field Trip Partnerships: Student-to-Student Mentoring (Aziza Darwish and Robyn Lee-Diaz) Publications & Research (2014)

Children running wild enjoying a day of freedom, exhausted chaperones, budget-conscious, hand-wringing administrators back at school -- all of these conjure troubling images for educators about field trips. These are far from the enjoyable, state-of-the-art, ...

Session E-6: Aerodynamic Wing Design (Carmela Minaya, Aziza Darwish and Heather Richardson) Professional Learning Day (2015)

Teachers will walk away with an activity for their students that will utilize materials readily available for students to experiment with various aspects of aerodynamic wing design.

Session D-6: Strong Structure by Design (Carmela Minaya, Aziza Darwish and Heather Richardson) Professional Learning Day (2015)

Strengthen your pedagogy by learning how the monolithic dome, inspired by the shape of an egg, is one of the strongest existing architectural structures. They will go back to their schools with an inexpensive activity ...

Session B-4: Foods of the Future (Carmela Minaya, Aziza Darwish and Heather Richardson) Professional Learning Day (2015)

Teachers will learn the simple science behind the most recent culinary rage, Molecular Gastronomy. They will have a cost effective example to bring back into their classroom with students.

Session A-4: “Ain’t No Thing, Chicken Wing” (Carmela Minaya, Aziza Darwish and Heather Richardson) Professional Learning Day (2015)

Participating teachers will simulate a deep cut on a chicken wing and suture it using similar techniques used in emergency situations. The chicken wing anatomy will be compared to the anatomy of a human arm. ...