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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Remote Teaching and Learning Series: Part 4 Optimizing Critical Thinking in a Synchronous Video Class
(W Aug 12, 2-3:30 pm Eastern Daylight Time) This 1.5-hour workshop will address teaching techniques that can be used while conducting a class via live video streaming where all students […]
Online Teaching Techniques: Using Stop-animation Videos in an Online Class
(Th Aug 13, 2-3:30 pm Eastern Daylight Time) Combat attrition with engaging assignments that can be sculpted to the student’s abilities and interest. Stop-animation videos are a short movies made […]
Math-infused Science: Data Modeling Activities for Ecology – Lincoln’s and Simpson’s Indices
(Th Aug 13, 4-5:30pm Eastern Daylight Time) 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 […]