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Student-designed Experiments: Part 1 Developing Curiosity
Student-designed Experiments: Part 1 Developing Curiosity
(M June 1, 4-5:30 pm EDT) 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 and making […]
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Student-designed Experiments: Part 1 Developing Curiosity
Student-designed Experiments: Part 1 Developing Curiosity
(Tu June 2, 2-3:30 pm EDT) Struggling to teach a lab-based science course using remote learning? 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 to […]
Making Contingency Plans: Vertical Team Planning for a Reduced Syllabus
Making Contingency Plans: Vertical Team Planning for a Reduced Syllabus
This workshop is aimed at bringing K-12 teachers together to identify the essential skills that need to be targeted in a curriculum that is reduced by remote teaching. Based on the speed and depth of learning that has been achieved so far using remote learning, we know teaching may be reduced to a bare minimum […]
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Student-designed Experiments: Part 2 Writing a Procedure
Student-designed Experiments: Part 2 Writing a Procedure
(W June 3, 12-1:30 pm EDT) This workshop 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 write steps for a […]
Student-designed Experiments: Part 3 Analyzing Collected Data
Student-designed Experiments: Part 3 Analyzing Collected Data
(W June 3, 4-5:30 pm EDT) This workshop will continue to build on the skills taught in Parts 1 and 2 for teaching a science course using remote learning. 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 their […]
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Student-designed Experiments: Part 4 Drawing Conclusions
Student-designed Experiments: Part 4 Drawing Conclusions
(Th June 4, 2-3:30 pm EDT) This workshop will focus on the content and demands of the conclusion section of a lab report, with applications to data-based questions and internal assessments for IB students, and free response questions for AP students. The conclusions drawn from experimental data must be limited to the scope of the […]
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Claim-Evidence-Reasoning: Using Debates in an Online Classroom
Claim-Evidence-Reasoning: Using Debates in an Online Classroom
(M June 8, 2-3:30 pm EDT) 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 synchronous […]
Remote Teaching and Learning: Part 1 Setting Up Your Asynchronous Classes
Remote Teaching and Learning: Part 1 Setting Up Your Asynchronous Classes
(M June 8, 6-7:30 pm EDT) The purpose of this 1.5-hour workshop is to organize your teaching load into discrete groups that you can access so contact is continuous throughout the time school is closed. I will guide you through the process of creating virtual classrooms using a program called Google Classroom.* This program allows […]
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Claim-Evidence-Reasoning: Helping Students Discern Fact from Fiction
Claim-Evidence-Reasoning: Helping Students Discern Fact from Fiction
(Tu June 9, 2-3:30pm 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 of its factual or fictitious nature. How are we able to determine what information is reliable and what is suspect? In this workshop, we will […]
Math-infused Science: Choosing the Most Appropriate Graph
Math-infused Science: Choosing the Most Appropriate Graph
(Tu June 9, 4-5:30 pm EDT) 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 may encourage the reader to make slightly different conclusions, deciding on the most appropriate graph can be tricky. In […]
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Statistics for General Level Science: Part 1 Measuring and Reporting Uncertainty
Statistics for General Level Science: Part 1 Measuring and Reporting Uncertainty
(W June 10, 2-3:30 pm EDT) All measurements have some degree of uncertainty or error, but how it is reported is decided by the person collecting the data. Because analysis is dependent on the data collected, the method used to report error can substantially impact the strength of the claims made and conclusions drawn. In […]
Remote Teaching and Learning: Part 2 Holding Synchronous Video Classes
Remote Teaching and Learning: Part 2 Holding Synchronous Video Classes
(W June 10, 4-5:30 pm EDT) In this 1.5-hour workshop, we will compare several online streaming platforms that you may find useful for class meetings. We will go over the pros and cons of several popular programs (Zoom, Google Meets, Microsoft Teams, and Webex) discussing why you may choose one over another. This is not […]
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Online Teaching Techniques: Using Competitions in Online Classes
Online Teaching Techniques: Using Competitions in Online Classes
(M June 15, 2-3:30 pm EDT) Competitions are assignments that guide students through a preliminary exploration, data collection, analysis, reflection, and revision in a repeating cycle. This process leans on the scientific method and helps students practice character skills such as persistence, curiosity, critical thinking, and self-direction. For my own purposes, I will differentiate team […]
Remote Teaching and Learning: Part 3 Optimizing Critical Thinking in an Asynchronous Online Class
Remote Teaching and Learning: Part 3 Optimizing Critical Thinking in an Asynchronous Online Class
(M June 15, 4-5:30 pm EDT) Online learning does not have to be devoid of depth, there are plenty of ways to hone your teaching skills and challenge your students within the confines of teaching remotely. During this 1.5-hour workshop, you will take part in several assignments that foster higher-order thinking in an asynchronous learning […]
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Remote Teaching and Learning: Part 4 Optimizing Critical Thinking in a Synchronous Video Classroom
Remote Teaching and Learning: Part 4 Optimizing Critical Thinking in a Synchronous Video Classroom
(Tu June 16, 12-1:30pm EDT) This 1.5-hour workshop will address teaching techniques that can be used while conducting a class via live video streaming where all students would meet at the same time (aka synchronous teaching) using a platform such as Google Meets, Zoom, Teams, etc. During this 1.5-hour workshop, you will take part in […]
Student-designed Experiments: Part 1 Developing Curiosity
Student-designed Experiments: Part 1 Developing Curiosity
(Tu June 16, 2-3:30pm EDT) 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 and making observations […]
Math-infused Science: Data-generating Activities for Science and Math
Math-infused Science: Data-generating Activities for Science and Math
(Tu June 16, 4-5:30pm EDT) 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 techniques for seeing […]
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Statistics for General Level Science: Part 2 When is the Mean a Poor Choice?
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 think, what’s the harm in that? Everyone knows what is meant by this descriptor, it is familiar and understandable, easy to calculate, and informative, right? […]
Student-designed Experiments: Part 2 Writing a Procedure
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 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 write steps […]
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Online Teaching Techniques: Using Stop-animation Videos in an Online Class
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 series of photos taken from the same position and a handful of items that can be moved about to create story. In this workshop you […]
In Case I Am Teaching Biology Online in 2020-21: Part 1 Biochemistry Unit Topics
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 to create a list of priorities in case students are working online at a time when this unit is taught. As a group of peers, […]
Math-infused Science: Data Modeling Activities for Ecology – Lincoln’s and Simpson’s Indices
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 biodiversity. Participants will gather evidence and make calculations that can be used to describe the health of and changes in an ecosystem. Each activity will […]
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Claim, Evidence, Reasoning: Helping Students Discern Fact from Fiction
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 of its factual or fictitious nature. How are we able to determine what information is reliable and what is suspect? In this workshop, we will […]
Student-designed Experiments: Part 3 Analyzing Collected Data
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 their lab partners. We will conduct data analysis within lab groups during the workshop to experience how this process can be performed using remote teaching […]
Math-infused Science: Representing Research Data with Graphs
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. We will define the relationship between the research question and the visual representation of data and address the impact visual presentations make on conclusions. As […]
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Statistics for General Level Science: Part 3 Getting Comfortable with Variance, Standard Deviation, and Standard Error
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 data around mean. Anyone teaching Pre-AP, Pre-IB, or college-bound students will likely want to know how to calculate these values, what they indicate, and how […]
In Case I Am Teaching Biology Online in 2020-21: Part 2 Cell Biology Unit Topics
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 to create a list of priorities in case students are working online when this unit is taught. As a group of peers, general level, Pre-AP, […]
Student-designed Experiments: Part 4 Drawing Conclusions
Student-designed Experiments: Part 4 Drawing Conclusions
(W June 24, 6-7:30 pm EDT) This workshop will focus on the content and demands of the conclusion section of a lab report, with applications to data-based questions and internal assessments for IB students, and free response questions for AP students. The conclusions drawn from experimental data must be limited to the scope of the […]
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NGSS Activities for Teaching Cell Biology
This workshop is ideal for general level, AP, or IB Biology teachers who would like to use more student-centered teaching in their course. We will cover all topics required to teach the entire unit of cell biology with methods that allow you to drop the lecture, worksheets, and PowerPoints in exchange for active teaching. Drawing […]
Online Teaching Techniques: Using Team Challenges in an Online Class
Online Teaching Techniques: Using Team Challenges in an Online Class
(M June 29, 2-3:30 pm EDT) Whether for STEM, foreign language, arts, or humanities, applying information is one of the most effective ways for a student to increase their level of understanding and for a teacher to assess mastery of knowledge and skills. Team challenges include any activity that asks a cooperative group to use […]
In Case I Am Teaching Biology Online in 2020-21: Part 3 Genetics Unit Topics
In Case I Am Teaching Biology Online in 2020-21: Part 3 Genetics Unit Topics
(M June 29, 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 to create a list of priorities in case students are working online when this unit is taught. As a group of peers, general level, Pre-AP, […]
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Claim, Evidence, Reasoning: Using Debates in an Online Class
Claim, Evidence, Reasoning: Using Debates in an Online Class
(Tu June 30, 12-1:30pm EDT) 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 synchronous video […]
Remote Teaching and Learning Series: Part 1 Setting Up Your Asynchronous Classes
Remote Teaching and Learning Series: Part 1 Setting Up Your Asynchronous Classes
(Tu June 30, 2-3:30pm EDT) The purpose of this 1.5-hour workshop is to organize your teaching load into discrete groups that you can access so contact is continuous throughout the time school is closed. I will guide you through the process of creating virtual classrooms using a program called Google Classroom.* This program allows you […]
Math-infused Science: Describing Data in Written and Verbal Formats FRQs & DBQs
Math-infused Science: Describing Data in Written and Verbal Formats FRQs & DBQs
(Tu June 30, 4-5:30pm EDT) How do we talk about data? How do we write about data? In this workshop you will discover ways to help your student be specific, using the correct terms, in context, as they identify and describe trends in a set of numbers. We will play two games useful for building […]