Claim, Evidence, Reasoning: Helping Students Discern Fact from Fiction
(Th Sept 3, 2-3:30 pm Eastern Daylight Time) Information is available from an unlimited number of sources and accessible to anyone. And, anyone who desires can make information available to […]
Remote Teaching and Learning Series: Part 2 Holding Synchronous Video Classes
(Sa Sept 5, 11am-12:30 pm 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 […]
Standards-based Grading Series: Writing Easy-to-Use Rubrics
(Sa Sept 5, 1-2:30 pm Eastern Daylight Time) In this workshop, participants will practice writing rubrics with the intent of assessing the attainment of specific content and skills standards. We […]
Statistics for Teaching Science: Part 3 Getting Comfortable with Variance, Standard Deviation, and Standard Error
(W Sept 9, 5-6:30 pm Eastern Daylight Time) The variance, standard deviation, and standard error of the mean are excellent methods for describing data because they convey the variability of […]
Online Teaching Techniques: Using Competitions to Engage an Online Class
(W Sept 9, 7-8:30pm Eastern Daylight Time) Competitions are assignments that guide students through a preliminary exploration, data collection, analysis, reflection, and revision in a repeating cycle. This process leans […]
Math-infused Science: Data-generating Activities for Labs and Computation
(Sa Sept 12, 11am-12:30 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 […]
Math-infused Science: Choosing the Most Appropriate Graph
(Sa Sept 12, 1-2:30 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 […]
Statistics for General Level Science: Part 4 Expressing Error on a Graph
(W Sept 16, 5-6:30pm Eastern Daylight Time) Error bars are placed on a graph to give a more detailed account of what was observed. Although there are many descriptors that […]
Online Teaching Techniques: Interpreting and Creating Systems Models
(W Sept 16, 7-8:30 pm 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 […]
Science Education Council of Ohio
Asking Questions & Defining Problems with Kristen Dotti from Catalyst Learning Curricula Thursday, September 17th, 4-5:30 p.m. EDT In this workshop we will practice a repeatable structure for introducing a topic […]