Every Learning Experience in Foundation Science Begins with a brainstorming activity. This six minute video explains how brainstorming can be used to determine prior knowledge of your students, introduce new content, and establish a safe classroom culture for sharing ideas.
In this short text, the power of formative assessment as a teaching tool is detailed, and examples of opportunities for formative assessment within Foundation Science Biology proposed, for Learning Experiences (LE) 2, 3 and 4.
This short text provides a description of different ways in which the curriculum can be modified to meet the needs of teachers and students while still retaining the intentions of the developers. Examples of possible modifications are provided.
This short text provides a description of different ways in which the curriculum can be modified to meet the needs of teachers and students while still retaining the intentions of the developers. Examples of possible modifications are provided.
This short text explains the reasoning for the sequencing of the content in Foundation Science: Biology. Specifically, it describes the content sequence for the full year curriculum, for the Genetics Unit, for a Learning Experience, and provides examples.
DR K-12 project Confronting the Challenges of Climate Literacy, known as the EarthLabs project, will host 2 week-long workshops this summer for high school teachers in Austin, TX and Starkville, MS. Workshop participants will learn about three new high school curriculum modules developed by the project (topics listed below) and how the modules can be incorporated into science classes.
DR K-12 project Confronting the Challenges of Climate Literacy, known as the EarthLabs project, will host 2 week-long workshops this summer for high school teachers in Austin, TX and Starkville, MS. Workshop participants will learn about three new high school curriculum modules developed by the project (topics listed below) and how the modules can be incorporated into science classes.
DR K-12 project Confronting the Challenges of Climate Literacy, known as the EarthLabs project, will host 2 week-long workshops this summer for high school teachers in Austin, TX and Starkville, MS. Workshop participants will learn about three new high school curriculum modules developed by the project (topics listed below) and how the modules can be incorporated into science classes.
AERA-Virtual Research Learning Center (AERA-VRLC)
Georgia World Congress Center
Atlanta, GA
June 23, 2013
Science is data-intensive, but today’s science education is not. In most classrooms, students’ work with data is limited to reading graphs prepared by others, or at best collecting simple data sets themselves. While these student-collected data sets allow students to begin building their data proficiency, the conclusions that can be drawn and the lessons that can be learned from these data are limited in scope and can sometimes be compromised by data quality.
The Oceans of Data project has made an attempt to define and confront what is “hard” for students and teachers who attempt to use large, online professional data sets. We feel passionately that it’s important for us to do this to prepare today’s students for tomorrow’s world.
