| Event Title |
National Middle Schools Conference |
| Location: |
Baltimore Convention Center-Baltimore, MD |
| Date(s): |
11/4/2010 - 11/6/2010 |
| Time: |
Booth# 334 |
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| Workshop: |
Writing to Learn in Science
Whether recording observations or writing a lab report, research and practical experience suggests language is an essential part of science learning and that all learners develop their language skills through authentic experiences. Our work focuses on using journals in the science classroom. Journals promote written and oral literacy, reading and vocabulary development, and help identify misconceptions for more effective teaching and learning. This workshop will inspire your teaching.
We will mine several authentic experiences from SEPUP Core Program activities: by constructing a wet cell battery, comparing trade-offs of incandescent and fluorescent light bulbs, and quantifying potential/kinetic energy transformations with "Drive a Nail". We will model journal set up using a structure of right-brain/left brain processing, operationalize definition development in the glossary, and move students towards owning their learning through the work they incubate in their journals.
Presenter: Dick Duquin
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| Date/Time: |
11/4/2010 10:15am-11:30am |
| Location: |
Key Ballroom 1 |
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| Workshop: |
Assessing Student Learning in the Science Classroom
We will mine authentic experiences from SEPUP Program activities: by constructing a product life cycle, an alternative assessment of periodic table understandings, and using experimental evidence to make trade-offs between three industrial processes to eliminate waste. Teachers will discuss and moderate samples of actual student work, recognize the need for criteria, and practice creating assessable criteria. Finally, teachers will discuss the application of these techniques to their own work.
Presenter: Dick Duquin
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| Date/Time: |
11/4/2010 |
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| Contact Name: |
Denis Baker |
| Contact Phone: |
614-886-0226 |
| Contact Email: |
dbaker@lab-aids.com
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