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Session E-1: Labs For Waves, Sound, And Optics, Brooke Schmidt
Session E-1: Labs For Waves, Sound, And Optics, Brooke Schmidt
Professional Learning Day
I've been reworking our labs for waves, sound, and light this semester and I would like to share my work with you. These are a mix of both derivation and application experiments. I will also give suggestions for modifications for the middle school level.
Session E-2: Function Fundamentals, More Than X And Y, Carlo Ordonez, Steven M. Condie
Session E-2: Function Fundamentals, More Than X And Y, Carlo Ordonez, Steven M. Condie
Professional Learning Day
How many of your students say that √9 = ±3? This may have to do with a lack of understanding of functions. This session will highlight some of the nuances of functions with less formal, non-formula driven examples with which students can expand their understanding.
Session F-4: Developing Parametric Equations Using Mathematical Modeling, Mark Kammrath
Session F-4: Developing Parametric Equations Using Mathematical Modeling, Mark Kammrath
Professional Learning Day
Designing project to develop student understanding of parametric equations and two modeling situations in which they are applied. No previous knowledge of parametrics is required by the students. The project requires two days of class time, with the remaining work done outside of class. This project is intended to be given three days into a unit on vectors.
Session F-3: “It Is Rocket Science”, Carmela Jones, Christine L. Moskalik
Session F-3: “It Is Rocket Science”, Carmela Jones, Christine L. Moskalik
Professional Learning Day
All current NASA rocket launchers are no longer useable because all of the available rocket-fuel sources on Earth have been depleted. Participants will serve as NASA engineers tasked with developing non-fuel-based rocket launcher prototypes in an effort to maintain current and future NASA space programs and missions. Model how you will get your students to take off with Rocket Science.
Session F-1: Exploration Geometry: Hands-On Transformations, Lindsey Herlehy, David Hernandez, Karen Togliatti
Session F-1: Exploration Geometry: Hands-On Transformations, Lindsey Herlehy, David Hernandez, Karen Togliatti
Professional Learning Day
In this session, participants will engage in a series of hands-on, minds-on Geometry lessons designed to explore the four transformations. By completing several critical thinking challenges, teachers will use the Common Core Mathematical Practices and various manipulatives to investigate how figures rotate, dilate, translate, and reflect within a plane. Appropriate for multiple grade levels, teachers will leave the session with all instructional plans and various ways to adapt the lesson based on the needs of their students.
Session D-3: The Mathematical Wonders Of Pascal's Triangle, Donald Porzio
Session D-3: The Mathematical Wonders Of Pascal's Triangle, Donald Porzio
Professional Learning Day
Most mathematics teachers are aware of the some of the more straightforward connections Pascal's Triangle has to mathematics. Come explore some of the lesser known connections that can be used to peak your students' interest and entice them into exploring the mathematics behind these connections.
Session F-2: Simple Chemistry Labs And Activities To Teach Difficult And Important Concepts, Dave Devol, Deb Scarano, Anita White
Session F-2: Simple Chemistry Labs And Activities To Teach Difficult And Important Concepts, Dave Devol, Deb Scarano, Anita White
Professional Learning Day
This will be a hands-on session where participants will perform four chemistry activities/experiments (two of the experiments will be a variation on one theme). The topics will include bonding, equilibrium, and stoichiometry. Teachers will be provided with copies of the activities to take back to their classes. In the spirit of learning together, we ask participants to bring their favorite activity/lab to share with the group (these labs will not be performed, just shared. Bringing an activity to share is optional, not required).
Session B-1: Model Building In Planetary Science And The Ngss, Eric Hawker
Session B-1: Model Building In Planetary Science And The Ngss, Eric Hawker
Professional Learning Day
In this session I will guide teachers through the steps my students take in Planetary Science to develop a conceptual model of how planetary interiors work. Teachers will then create concept maps from their conceptual models, and then use their models and maps to understand planetary systems other than Earth.
Session A-4: It’S A Wrap, Lindsey Herlehy, David Hernandez
Session A-4: It’S A Wrap, Lindsey Herlehy, David Hernandez
Professional Learning Day
Investigate the concepts of surface area, measurement, ratio and proportion through a visual and kinesthetic mathematical investigation. Participants will be presented with the challenge of calculating how many sheets of toilet paper it would take to wrap one of their group members using a limited selection of tools. This session will provide teachers with a wonderful hands-on, minds-on activity that could easily be implemented into any classroom!
Session A-3: The Box Problem – An Introduction, Ruth Dover
Session A-3: The Box Problem – An Introduction, Ruth Dover
Professional Learning Day
Create some simple boxes with paper and scissors. Then we'll measure the height, area of the base, and the volume. Find formulas, find regressions, and graph the functions. It's a simple activity to engage students and combine many different aspects of mathematics.
Session A-1: Teaching Fields In Introductory Physics, Peter Dong
Session A-1: Teaching Fields In Introductory Physics, Peter Dong
Professional Learning Day
The concept of a field is integral to all areas of contemporary physics - perhaps as fundamental a concept as energy. Fields are mentioned in several NGSS standards and essential to understand physics at an advanced level. However, fields are not difficult and can be taught in an introductory course with minimal math. Students who understand the basic concept early should have less difficulty understanding electric and magnetic fields in later classes. I will discuss our implementation of a fields unit in our introductory physics course and give examples of simple labs and exercises to help students understand this basic …
Session C-2: “It Is Easy As Pi”, Christine L. Moskalik, Carmela Jones
Session C-2: “It Is Easy As Pi”, Christine L. Moskalik, Carmela Jones
Professional Learning Day
Participants will work together using pi to try to open an ancient chest filled with treasure!! The chest is protected by a passcode that can only be determined through the activities within the lesson. Enjoy a progressive exposure to pi through this two-part lesson (total 110 minutes) offering a FUN storyline within the context of geometry and circles. With "pi-day" right around the corner, this hands-on, fun, inquiry-based lesson is sure to be a hit with your budding mathematicians.