Statistics for Teaching Advanced Science: Part 7 Hypothesis Testing Using Tests of Correlation
(W Mar 17, 11am-12:30pm Eastern Daylight Time) Parts 5-8 continue the Statistics for Science series to include the skills required in high school Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) […]
Claim, Evidence, Reasoning: Helping Students Identify Logical Fallacies
(W Mar 17, 1-2:30pm Eastern Daylight Time) Fallacies are errors in reasoning that undermine the logic of an argument. However, fallacies do not necessarily weaken the impact of the argument—on […]
Standards-based Grading Series: Process Portfolios to Document Thinking and Learning
(F Mar 19, 11am-12:30pm Eastern Standard Time) This 1.5 hr. workshop is dedicated to making thinking “visible” by documenting what influences a student’s thought process and by keeping track of […]
Curriculum Development: Planning Phenomenon-driven Units for NGSS Science Classes
(F Mar 19, 1pm-2:30pm Eastern Standard Time) The goal of this 1.5 hr. workshop is to help teachers develop a unit that uses inquiry to drive the exploration of a […]
Student-designed Experiments: Part 4 Drawing Evidence-based Conclusions
(Tu Mar 23, 7-8:30pm 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 […]
Statistics for Teaching Advanced Science: Part 8 Choosing the Most Appropriate Stats for Your Data
(W Mar 24, 11am-12:30pm Eastern Daylight Time) This is the culminating workshop for the Statistics for Advanced Level Science series. In this session, we will compare the application of different […]
Approaches to Learning: Using Puzzles to Teach Pattern Recognition
(W Mar 24, 1-2:30pm Eastern Daylight Time) In this 1.5 hr. workshop, teachers will work individually and then as a team to identify a pattern in puzzle pieces that tell […]
Student-designed Experiments Part 5: Data-generating Activities for Labs and Computation
(Tu Mar 30, 7-8:30pm Eastern Daylight Time) Whether in the classroom or at home, how do we initiate the process of student-designed lab or field experiments? The first step is […]
Claim, Evidence, Reasoning: Helping Students Discern Fact from Fiction
(W Mar 31, 1-2:30pm 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 the […]
Math-infused Science: Part 1 Choosing the Most Appropriate Graph for Your Data
Students aren’t the only ones who struggle to determine the best way to display data in graphic form. Because there are usually many representations that can be used, and each […]