NGSS Activities for Teaching Cell Biology
Hilton Garden Inn 309 College Street, Asheville, NC, United StatesThis workshop is ideal for general level, AP, or IB Biology teachers who would like to use more student-centered teaching in their course. We will cover all topics required to […]
Student-designed Experiments: Part 1 Developing Curiosity
(M July 6, 12-1:30 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 […]
Math-infused Science: Choosing the Most Appropriate Graph
(M July 6, 2-3:30 pm Eastern Daylight Time) Students aren’t the only ones who struggle to determine the best way to display data in graphic form. Because there are usually […]
In Case I Am Teaching Biology Online in 2020-21: Part 5 Anatomy and Physiology Unit Topics
(M July 6, 4-5:30 pm EDT) In this series, we will rework one unit of the biology curriculum each session with a goal of stripping down the content and skills […]
Statistics for General Level Science: Part 1 Measuring and Reporting Uncertainty
(M July 6, 6-7:30 pm EDT) All measurements include some degree of uncertainty or error, but how it is reported is decided by the person collecting the data. Because analysis […]
Statistics for Teaching General Level Science: The Problem with Describing Data Using the Mean
(Tu July 7, 12-1:30pm Eastern Daylight Time) Often by middle school and certainly by high school, students default to the mean as the best way to describe data without much […]
Remote Teaching and Learning Series: Part 2 Holding Synchronous Video Classes
(Tu July 7, 2-3:30pm Eastern Daylight Time) In this 1.5-hour workshop, we will compare several online streaming platforms that you may find useful for class meetings. We will go over […]
Online Teaching Techniques: Using Team Challenges in an Online Class
(Tu July 7, 4-5:30pm 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 […]
Student-designed Experiments: Part 2 Writing a Procedure
(W July 8, 12-1:30 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 […]
Statistics for Advanced Science: Part 5 Hypothesis Testing Using Chi-squared
(W July 8, 2-3:30 pm EDT) Parts 5-8 continue the Statistics for Science series to include the skills required in high school Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) science […]