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Math-infused Science: Data-generating Activities for Labs and Computation
Math-infused Science: Data-generating Activities for Labs and Computation
(W July 29, 12-1:30 pm Eastern Daylight Time) Even when learning online, students can be placed at the center of the learning experience to increase their level of engagement and self-reliance. In this workshop, teachers will learn how to use any materials at hand to generate data for mathematical analysis. I will help you develop […]
Statistics for Advanced Science: Part 8 Choosing the Most Appropriate Statistics for Your Data
Statistics for Advanced Science: Part 8 Choosing the Most Appropriate Statistics for Your Data
(W July 29, 2-3:30 pm EDT) This is the culminating workshop for the Statistics for Advanced Level Science series. In this session, we will compare the application of different hypothesis tests and discuss how more than one type of statistical analysis may be appropriate for the same set of data. We will look for the […]
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Online Teaching Techniques: Using Pattern Puzzles to Teach Content
Online Teaching Techniques: Using Pattern Puzzles to Teach Content
(Tu Aug 4, 12-1:30pm Eastern Daylight Time) In this workshop, teachers will work individually and then as a team to identify a pattern in puzzle pieces that are tell the story of a theorem, function, or process. Once the pattern is defined, participants will use the pattern to predict what comes before or what comes […]
Student-designed Experiments: Part 1 Developing Curiosity
Student-designed Experiments: Part 1 Developing Curiosity
(Tu Aug 4, 2-3:30 pm Eastern Daylight Time) In this workshop we will practice a repeatable structure for introducing a topic that will be studied through scientific exploration using a remote teaching and learning platform. We will help our students conduct a preliminary investigation at home developing interest in a particular phenomenon by generating data […]
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Teaching High School Biology Online: Part 1 Biochemistry Unit Topics
Teaching High School Biology Online: Part 1 Biochemistry Unit Topics
(W Aug 5, 12-1:30 pm Eastern Daylight Time) In this series, we will rework one unit of the biology curriculum each session with a goal of stripping down the content and skills to create a list of priorities in case students are working online when this unit is taught. As a group of peers, general […]
Claim, Evidence, Reasoning: Using Debates in an Online Class
Claim, Evidence, Reasoning: Using Debates in an Online Class
(W Aug 5, 2-3:30pm Eastern Daylight Time) An exciting way to engage your students in their online class is to use a topic that sparks discussion, research, and the desire to sleuth out additional information. In this workshop, teachers will participate in a debate in an asynchronous platform (such as Google Classroom) and in a […]
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Student-designed Experiments: Part 2 Writing a Procedure
Student-designed Experiments: Part 2 Writing a Procedure
(Tu Aug 11, 2-3:30 pm Eastern Daylight Time) In this workshop we will pick up where Part 1 of this series left off. We begin with a list of variables our students have identified as potentially impacting a particular phenomenon they have explored. Using a think-pair-share process, we will give students the structure needed to […]
Online Teaching Techniques: Interpreting and Creating Systems Models
Online Teaching Techniques: Interpreting and Creating Systems Models
(Tu Aug 11, 4-5:30pm Eastern Daylight Time) Systems models are diagrams or infographics that contain multiple lines of evidence and data within a single visual presentation. Increasingly used across all subject areas, these graphics can be challenging for students to interpret. In this workshop, teachers will act as the students as they shift through each […]
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Teaching High School Biology Online: Part 2 Cell Biology Unit Topics
Teaching High School Biology Online: Part 2 Cell Biology Unit Topics
(W Aug 12, 12-1:30 pm Eastern Daylight Time) In this series, we will rework one unit of the biology curriculum each session with a goal of stripping down the content and skills to create a list of priorities in case students are working online when this unit is taught. As a group of peers, general […]
Remote Teaching and Learning Series: Part 4 Optimizing Critical Thinking in a Synchronous Video Class
Remote Teaching and Learning Series: Part 4 Optimizing Critical Thinking in a Synchronous Video Class
(W Aug 12, 2-3:30 pm Eastern Daylight Time) This 1.5-hour workshop will address teaching techniques that can be used while conducting a class via live video streaming where all students would meet at the same time (aka synchronous teaching) using a platform such as Google Meets, Zoom, Teams, etc. During this 1.5-hour workshop, you will […]
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Online Teaching Techniques: Using Stop-animation Videos in an Online Class
Online Teaching Techniques: Using Stop-animation Videos in an Online Class
(Th Aug 13, 2-3:30 pm Eastern Daylight Time) Combat attrition with engaging assignments that can be sculpted to the student’s abilities and interest. Stop-animation videos are a short movies made with a series of photos taken from the same position and a handful of items that can be moved about to create story. In this […]
Math-infused Science: Data Modeling Activities for Ecology – Lincoln’s and Simpson’s Indices
Math-infused Science: Data Modeling Activities for Ecology – Lincoln’s and Simpson’s Indices
(Th Aug 13, 4-5:30pm Eastern Daylight Time) Using manipulatives found in our homes, we will simulate two common field science experiments: Lincoln’s Index for measuring abundance and Simpson’s Index for measuring biodiversity. Participants will gather evidence and make calculations that can be used to describe the health of and changes in an ecosystem. Each activity […]
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Teaching High School Biology Online: Part 3 Genetics Unit Topics
Teaching High School Biology Online: Part 3 Genetics Unit Topics
(W Aug 19, 12-1:30 pm Eastern Daylight Time) In this series, we will rework one unit of the biology curriculum each session with a goal of stripping down the content and skills to create a list of priorities in case students are working online when this unit is taught. As a group of peers, general […]
Online Teaching Techniques: Using Team Challenges to Foster Collaboration
Online Teaching Techniques: Using Team Challenges to Foster Collaboration
(W Aug 19, 2-3:30 pm Eastern Daylight Time) Whether for STEM, foreign language, arts, or humanities, applying information is one of the most effective ways for a student to increase their level of understanding and for a teacher to assess mastery of knowledge and skills. Team challenges include any activity that asks a cooperative group […]
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Student-designed Experiments: Part 3 Analyzing Collected Data
Student-designed Experiments: Part 3 Analyzing Collected Data
(Sa Aug 22, 2-3:30pm Eastern Daylight Time) Teachers will play the role of the students, collecting data in their own homes and pooling their observations and measurements in a spreadsheet shared by their lab partners. We will conduct data analysis within lab groups during the workshop to experience how this process can be performed using […]
Remote Teaching and Learning Series: Part 3 Optimizing Critical Thinking in an Asynchronous Online Class
Remote Teaching and Learning Series: Part 3 Optimizing Critical Thinking in an Asynchronous Online Class
(Sa Aug 22, 4-5:30pm Eastern Daylight Time) Online learning does not have to be devoid of depth, there are plenty of ways to hone your teaching skills and challenge your students within the confines of teaching remotely. During this 1.5-hour workshop, you will take part in several assignments that foster higher-order thinking in an asynchronous […]
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Student-designed Experiments: Part 2 Helping Students Write a Procedure
Student-designed Experiments: Part 2 Helping Students Write a Procedure
(W Aug, 10-11:30 am Eastern Daylight Time) In this workshop we will pick up where Part 1 of this series left off. We begin with a list of variables our students have identified as potentially impacting a particular phenomenon they have explored. Using a think-pair-share process, we will give students the structure needed to write […]
Teaching High School Biology Online: Part 4 Evolution Unit Topics
Teaching High School Biology Online: Part 4 Evolution Unit Topics
(W Aug 26, 12-1:30 pm Eastern Daylight Time) In this series, we will rework one unit of the biology curriculum each session with a goal of stripping down the content and skills to create a list of priorities in case students are working online when this unit is taught. As a group of peers, general […]
Standards-based Grading Series: Offering Choice Menus for Differentiated Assessment
Standards-based Grading Series: Offering Choice Menus for Differentiated Assessment
(W Aug 26, 2-3:30 pm Eastern Daylight Time) Participants will be given an example of a choice menu to see how this assessment tool can be used within an online or in-person class. Assessment menus allow greater autonomy in a class as students choose the type of assignment that appeals to them or allows them […]
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Student-designed Experiments: Part 3 Guiding Data Analysis
Student-designed Experiments: Part 3 Guiding Data Analysis
(Th Aug 27, 10-11:30 am Eastern Daylight Time) Teachers will play the role of the students, collecting data in their own homes and pooling their observations and measurements in a spreadsheet shared by their lab partners. We will conduct data analysis within lab groups during the workshop to experience how this process can be performed […]
Remote Teaching and Learning Series: Part 1 Setting Up Your Asynchronous Classes
Remote Teaching and Learning Series: Part 1 Setting Up Your Asynchronous Classes
(Th Aug 27, 12-1:30 pm Eastern Daylight Time) The purpose of this 1.5-hour workshop is to organize your teaching load into discrete groups that you can access so contact is continuous throughout the time school is closed. I will guide you through the process of creating virtual classrooms using a program called Google Classroom.* This […]
Statistics for Teaching Science: Part 1 Measuring and Reporting Uncertainty
Statistics for Teaching Science: Part 1 Measuring and Reporting Uncertainty
(Th Aug 27, 2-3:30pm Eastern Daylight Time) All measurements include some degree of uncertainty or error, but how it is reported is decided by the person collecting the data. Because analysis is dependent on the data collected, the method used to report error can substantially impact the strength of the claims made and conclusions drawn. […]
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Student-designed Experiments: Part 4 Drawing Conclusions
Student-designed Experiments: Part 4 Drawing Conclusions
(Sa Aug 29, 2-3:30pm Eastern Daylight Time) This workshop will focus on the content and demands of the conclusion section of a lab report, with applications to data-based questions and internal assessments for IB students, and free response questions for AP students. The conclusions drawn from experimental data must be limited to the scope of […]
Math-infused Science: Describing Data in Written and Verbal Formats (for DBQs and FRQs)
Math-infused Science: Describing Data in Written and Verbal Formats (for DBQs and FRQs)
(Sa Aug 29, 4-5:30 pm Eastern Daylight Time) How do we talk about data? How do we write about data? In this workshop you will discover ways to help your student be specific, using the correct terms, in context, as they identify and describe trends in a set of numbers. We will play two games […]