Statistics for General Level Science: Part 2 When is the Mean a Poor Choice?
(W June 17, 2-3:30 pm EDT) Often by middle school and certainly by high school, students default to the mean as the best way to describe data. So, you might […]
Student-designed Experiments: Part 2 Writing a Procedure
(W June 17, 6-7:30 pm EDT) In this workshop we will pick up where Part 1 of this series left off. We begin with a list of variables our students […]
Online Teaching Techniques: Using Stop-animation Videos in an Online Class
(M June 22, 2-3:30 pm EDT) 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 […]
In Case I Am Teaching Biology Online in 2020-21: Part 1 Biochemistry Unit Topics
(M June 22, 4-5:30 pm EDT) In this series, we will rework one unit of the biology curriculum each week with a goal of stripping down the content and skills […]
Math-infused Science: Data Modeling Activities for Ecology – Lincoln’s and Simpson’s Indices
(M June 22, 6-7:30 pm EDT) 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 […]
Claim, Evidence, Reasoning: Helping Students Discern Fact from Fiction
(Tu June 23, 12-1:30pm EDT) Information is available from an unlimited number of sources and accessible to anyone. And, anyone who desires can make information available to the masses regardless […]
Student-designed Experiments: Part 3 Analyzing Collected Data
(Tu June 23, 2-3:30pm EDT) 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 […]
Math-infused Science: Representing Research Data with Graphs
(Tu June 23, 4-5:30pm EDT) In this workshop participants will use an example data set to explore different methods of depicting the same set of numbers in several different ways. […]
Statistics for General Level Science: Part 3 Getting Comfortable with Variance, Standard Deviation, and Standard Error
(W June 24, 2-3:30 pm EDT) The variance, standard deviation, and standard error of the mean are excellent methods for describing data because they convey the variability of the observed […]
In Case I Am Teaching Biology Online in 2020-21: Part 2 Cell Biology Unit Topics
(M June 24, 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 […]