Statistics for Advanced Science: Part 7 Hypothesis Testing Using Tests of Correlation
(W July 22, 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 courses. In these workshops, we will learn how and when to use each of the most common statistical tests that are used to test hypotheses. […]
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
(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 […]
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
(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 […]
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
(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 […]
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
(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 […]
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 […]