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Calendar
The calendar below shows the basic schedule of the class. The sequence may be modified as needed. Syllabus
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Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Week One 9-11 |
July 4: |
July 5: |
July 6: Astronomy - Star Chart / Star Cards |
July 7: |
July 8: |
11:30-1:30 |
Earth Science - Plate Tectonics I |
Biology – BLAST: Protein to Disease |
Lesson Work Time |
Lesson Work Time |
Lesson Work Time |
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Week Two 9-11 |
July 11: |
July 12: |
July 13: |
July 14: |
July 15: |
11:30-1:30 |
Mini Lessons Small Group Practice / Lesson Work Time |
Mini Lessons Small Group Practice / Lesson Work Time |
Lesson Presentations |
Lesson Presentations |
Wrap-up / Final Celebration |
Battleship PPT (view online) *Battleship PPT (download) Battleship (choose Lesson 2) * Searching for Scale Student Worksheet * Probes * NIH Teacher Guide for lesson 1 * NIH Unit Teacher Guide * Other Imaging Resources
Plate Tectonics Historical Articles * Earth Structures Info Sheets * Earth Structures Questions * Earth Structrures Small Map
July 5:
Earth Structures Large Map * Plate Movement PPT (view online) * Plate Movement PPT (Download) * Plate Movement Model Worksheet * Descrbing Your Plate * UBD Unit Outline for Plate Tectonics * Other Earth Structures Info ** Volcano and EarthquakeData Webpage (This Dynamic Planet) * Currculum Guide for this Unit on Plate Tectonics
BLAST * Genes * BLAST Student Worksheet * BLAST Teacher Guide * Crick's Letter to his son (pdf) * NY Times Article about the letter (pdf) * NY Times article about the letter *
July 6: Star Chart Holder * Star Chart Names * Star Chart No Lines (corrected hopefully) * Star Chart Coordinates * Star Chart Practice * Star Quiz Fall
July 7: Whales PPT * Fossil Strips * Student Reading * DNA Comparison * DNA Stripes * Teacher Guide Whale Evolution
July 8: Multiwavelength Astronomy * Astronomy Resources * SDSS
July 11: Sonoran Mice Video * Sonoran Mice Images * Sonoran Mice Questions
July 13: Zooniverse * HHMI * Genetics using HHMI
Teacher's Websites: Maribel (information from our class; EMU lesson); Cati; Elena; Jackie;
Article about Constructivist Teaching * Lesson Plan Format * Lesson Plan Format in Word (download)
NIH Currculumn - many unit plans for biology; contains lessons using technology and lessons without technology (internet)
Earthquake & Volcano data found online: USGS Earthquakes * Earthquake/Volcano.com * USGS - most current earthquake & volcano data
Scientific News Articles (Primary Resources): Science Daily (summary of scientific articles written in plain English)
To view a powerpoint online - you must have the ppt file uploaded to the cloud (or an interent server) already. Copy the address and paste it into this webpage. A new address will be generated which will play your powerpoint.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) - many resources for biology
National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science - A database of case study lessons
Padlet - an online word wall; Example from an astronomy summer program; Example: Maribel's Word Wall
Kahoot - create an online learning game you can use with students and their cell phones;
Examples Digestion Quiz * https://play.kahoot.it/#/k/3b9a0523-8e0f-4911-a7ec-aec87c214af4
Redshift quiz * https://play.kahoot.it/#/k/4ebeab45-8e6f-45e2-b98b-ec61e3cdc2d8
Socrative - This is like Kahoot but much calmer, no count down clock or loud music like Kahoot. Scroll down to sign up for the Free Socrative.
ClassDojo - App for classrooms. You can take attendance, have a twitter like feed in real time to parents, give virtual rewards and punishments
My Family Portrait - Enter health information about your family and the site will create a family tree (a pedigree) for your family. Be prepared to enter a lot of information but you get a lot of information back.
Spaceweather.com - Information about weather in the upper atmosphere, on Sun and other planets. You can sign up for SpaceweatherNews and you will get email alerts about things happening in the sky. Great pictures on this site.
Stellarium - A Planetarium Program; Free computer program that shows the night or day sky from any location.
The New York Times Learning Network - archive of articles and lessons using NY Times news articles
The DNA Journey - youtube video showing how people are related through DNA
APOD - Astronomy Picture of the Day - a new picture about the Universe every day. The archive goes back to 1995.
EPOD - Earth Science Picture of the Day - a new picture about Earth every day. The archive goes back to 2000.
Geology Page - website with alot of information about geology; videos, images, articles
Fotograf Goranstrand - Gallery of Goran Strand's photographs. This swedish professional photographer has amazing photos.
Richard Feyman - A physist who took a graduate level bio class and told the bio students they had spent four years memornizing what he had looked up in 15 minutes. Actually, he is a good lecturer. You can watch his physics lectures online.
The Carrot Incident - A funny description of one teacher's experience with the results of his teaching style and how why he changed to having his students "doing science instead of telling them about it."
POGIL - Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning. This Prezi explains this process and what a lesson should look like. The following are examples of POGIL lessons
Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells: Do all cells have the same structure?
Electron Energy and Light: How does light reveal the behavior of electrons in an atom?
ABO and Rh blood groups: Why can we donate blood to some people but not to others?
Gamification - using game design to increase engagement in the classroom. This link is the webpage of Madrid's educators who are interesting in using this tool in their classroom. This article, 4 Ways to Bring Gamification of Education to your Classroom, helps you get started with this tool.
TOPS Science - science lessons with very simple materials