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Session E-5: Scrumptious Science, Nicole Ross, Renee Anderson
Session E-5: Scrumptious Science, Nicole Ross, Renee Anderson
Professional Learning Day
Have fun learning ways to explore science concepts through the use of food. Quick, easy "kitchen science" experiments will be utilized to highlight chemistry and biology concepts in school curricula. A focus on inquiry techniques, the active use of the scientific method, and experimental design will also be included.
Session E-4: Teach Students Robotics!, Pat Patankar
Session E-4: Teach Students Robotics!, Pat Patankar
Professional Learning Day
In this session, we will discuss how to introduce your students to Robotics. We will talk about the programing environment, the hardware that is required, and the resources you'll need to get your program up and running. We will discuss how to acquire them. A number of them are free - and others can be obtained by the students themselves (in fact they may already have what they'll need!).
Session D-2: Reconstructing The West, Jean Kadel
Session D-2: Reconstructing The West, Jean Kadel
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Why is the West left out of the Reconsruction unit? There are good reasons to include it. During the Civil War, the West was organized for statehood. The "Indian Question" became the "Indian Problem." Beginning with the First Ft. Laramie Treaty of 1851 and accelerating after Red Cloud's War in 1868, the "unceded" area of the northern plains previously set aside for traditional tribal life was replaced by new policies of well-meaning but forcible capitulation and assimilation. To facilitate the process, the West was organized into military districts or "departments". Although the US Army did not govern these directly, it …
Session D-1: Teaching The Indigenous Populations: Prejudice, Stereotyping And Popular Culture, Phyllis M. Henry
Session D-1: Teaching The Indigenous Populations: Prejudice, Stereotyping And Popular Culture, Phyllis M. Henry
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This session is a nuts and bolts overview on how Native-Americans are portrayed in Hollywood, advertising and mascots on sports teams. Resources packets with primary sources and reading selections will be provided to all attendees as well as strategies to address the issues of cultural contributions, ethics, stereotypes and prejudice. Handouts will also include tribes indigenous to Illinois and how to incorporate into the Common Core Standards. There will be a free raffle of Native-American resource materials for teachers for their classroom use.
Session D-4: Teaching Quantum Mechanics, Peter Dong
Session D-4: Teaching Quantum Mechanics, Peter Dong
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Quantum mechanics is a part of modern life, playing a major role in chemistry, computing, nanotechnology, cryptography, and even biology. Many students are fascinated by the principles of quantum mechanics - and wave-particle duality is now in the Next Generation Science Standards. This course will present a basic introduction to quantum mechanics, accessible to middle or high school students, that will give students a taste of how strange and wonderful the universe really is (while also meeting the new standard). Teachers will be given slides and materials so they can teach the lesson themselves.
Session F-4: Modeling An Earthquake In Your Classroom, Brian Grublesky
Session F-4: Modeling An Earthquake In Your Classroom, Brian Grublesky
Professional Learning Day
Teachers will model earthquakes using both technology and hands-on inquiry activities. Teachers will have a chance to engineer an “earthquake proof” building and use the engineering process to test and redesign their buildings before being tested on a shake table. We will also discuss how these activities connect not only to the Next Generation Science Standards, but the Common Core State Standards as well.
Session F-2: Statistics And Probability For Middle-School Math Teachers: Addressing The Common Core, Karen Togliatti
Session F-2: Statistics And Probability For Middle-School Math Teachers: Addressing The Common Core, Karen Togliatti
Professional Learning Day
This presentation will focus on the Statistics and Probability Domain of the Common Core Mathematics Content Standards for grades 6 – 8. Discussion of the language of the standards and how this language translates into learning activities for students will be explored. Session participants will be coached on three inquiry-based lessons utilizing interdisciplinary topics for data collection. Additional take-home lessons will be provided as well at each grade level. Connections to the Math Practice Standards, ELA Standards for Science and Technical Subjects, and Next Generation Science Practice Standards will also be investigated.
Session D-1: Speed!, Elizabeth Martinez
Session D-1: Speed!, Elizabeth Martinez
Professional Learning Day
Varrrrooooooommmmmm!! This hour long session will be over before you know it as we explore the concept of average speed to investigate the use of inquiry to engage student interest and involve them in scientific practices. Attendees participate in an activity that offers a glimpse into the award-winning IMSA FUSION program, and develop ideas to apply the strategies in their own classrooms. Valid driver’s license required. (Just kidding!)
Session F-3: Using Problem-Based Learning To Integrate Instruction In The Common Core In Math, Science, And Ela, Kathy Schmidt
Session F-3: Using Problem-Based Learning To Integrate Instruction In The Common Core In Math, Science, And Ela, Kathy Schmidt
Professional Learning Day
Problem-based learning (PBL) engages students in deep understanding through relevant, authentic problems. As students progress through the PBL process, they develop 21st Century knowledge, skills and dispositions in self-directed learning, critical thinking, problem-solving, innovative thinking, and collaboration while also meeting the 8 Mathematical Practices and 7 ELA College and Career Readiness descriptions from the Common Core Standards and the 8 Science and Engineering Practices from the NRC Framework for K-12 Science Education. In this presentation, we will introduce participants to PBL and discuss how the PBL process integrates Common Core Standards and the Science and Engineering Practices in classroom instruction.
Session C-2: The Middle East In Transition: Questions For U.S. Policy, Steven Buenning
Session C-2: The Middle East In Transition: Questions For U.S. Policy, Steven Buenning
Professional Learning Day
Students explore alternatives for U.S. policy in the region through a newly-revised teaching unit (August 2013) developed by the Choices Program at Brown University. Students acquire knowledge and skills while engaging in a role-play involving four policy options.
Session C-3: From Ink Well To Digital: Innovative Technology In The Classroom, Eugene Tesdahl
Session C-3: From Ink Well To Digital: Innovative Technology In The Classroom, Eugene Tesdahl
Professional Learning Day
What do the National Archives of Canada, the Library of Congress, and the Illinois Council on History Education have in common? That’s right. They all offer rich primary documents just an I-pad tap away. Locating on-line primary documents is only the beginning. In “From ink Well to Digital,” Dr. Tesdahl will not only show attendees where to find useful digital resources online but will offer participants innovative activities to get their students using them.
Session B-2: Build Student Engagement, Mental Math, And Reasoning With "Math Talks", Sendhil Revuluri
Session B-2: Build Student Engagement, Mental Math, And Reasoning With "Math Talks", Sendhil Revuluri
Professional Learning Day
"Math talks" are quick routines that you can implement in your classroom within days. They can raise engagement, build efficient, accurate, and flexible mental math strategies, and help students construct arguments and critique reasoning. We will engage in math talks, analyzing how they can be enacted in the classroom and designed for specific goals or respond to specific misconceptions. Participants will learn about math talks that support understanding of number, algebra, and other domains.
Session B-1: Geometry In Art & Architecture, Julie Dowling
Session B-1: Geometry In Art & Architecture, Julie Dowling
Professional Learning Day
Math is all around us! Discover how to implement geometry lessons using art and architecture that the students see around them every day.
Session B-3: So What More Is There For My Talented Stem Students?, Britta Mckenna
Session B-3: So What More Is There For My Talented Stem Students?, Britta Mckenna
Professional Learning Day
Take a tour through IMSA STEM offerings for your talented students. Learn about the IMSA Kids Institute school year FunShops and summer camps, IMSA FUSION after-school program (grades 4-8), IMSA online offerings and new RISE course, Mentor Matching Engine, CoolHub STEM collaboration platform, and IMSA TALENT STEM entrepreneurship program for middle and high school students.
Session B-5: Planetary Science And The Ngss, Eric Hawker
Session B-5: Planetary Science And The Ngss, Eric Hawker
Professional Learning Day
The goal of this session is to use what we understand about other planets and moons in our Solar System in order to get a better understanding of the Earth.
Session B-1: "The Bloody Massacre" -- Whodunnit?, Spiro Bolos, Anne Twadell
Session B-1: "The Bloody Massacre" -- Whodunnit?, Spiro Bolos, Anne Twadell
Professional Learning Day
Although this activity/project was conceived (originally) for a Special Education section of US History, it can be adapted to any level of students, including honors. Using materials from a primary source reader, I will present a pair of activities which evaluate both textual and visual literacy by having students interpret a single historical event: the Boston “Massacre”. Students are assigned roles based on eyewitness court testimony from the trial of Captain Thomas Preston. After student oral presentations, the same students contribute to and help create a single shared visual presentation, utilizing quotes from the oral presentation.
Session A-4: Project-Based Methods For Teaching Ngss Engineering Standards In Your Physics Or Engineering Course, Mark Carlson, Peter Clancy
Session A-4: Project-Based Methods For Teaching Ngss Engineering Standards In Your Physics Or Engineering Course, Mark Carlson, Peter Clancy
Professional Learning Day
The NGSS Engineering standards require that students work in groups to analyze, break-down, and model real-world problems in order to fully understand the challenges that these problems pose. In this session, we present a few ideas for short-term engineering/technology-based problems that can be completed in the classroom within about 2 weeks. The projects are linked to concepts of physics such as forces, momentum and torque.
Session A-3: Personalized Learning With Ementoring, Carl Heine, Jacki Naughton
Session A-3: Personalized Learning With Ementoring, Carl Heine, Jacki Naughton
Professional Learning Day
Discover effective ways to bring together high school students and mentors for personalized distance learning and research in STEM with teacher supervision. This session explores how schools, higher education and businesses use the Mentor Matching Engine, a free resource developed by IMSA, the Illinois Science and Technology Coalition and Northwestern University. Finding mentors for your students has never been easier.
Session A-2: Cycloids!, Ruth Dover
Session A-2: Cycloids!, Ruth Dover
Professional Learning Day
This session includes a hands-on exploration to see graphs of different types of cycloids. Participants will use trigonometry to create the parametric equations for the graphs. This topic lends itself nicely to projects for pre-calculus students. Software will be shown to help see more examples and patterns.
Session C-2: Getting Students To Ask Their Own Questions, Susan Bisinger
Session C-2: Getting Students To Ask Their Own Questions, Susan Bisinger
Professional Learning Day
The skill of asking their own questions can lead to greater student engagement and ownership of the learning process. Students formulate questions that will guide them to engage in scientific and mathematical practices as they classify, modify, evaluate, and prioritize what they want to learn. The Question Formulation Technique (QFT) guides you through strategies for incorporating student questioning into your lessons, leading students to think more critically and independently. Participants are encouraged to attend the session with an upcoming project, unit or activity in mind. You'll leave with a plan of action!
Session A-2: Totalitarianism: The Reality Versus The Myth, Lee Eysturlid
Session A-2: Totalitarianism: The Reality Versus The Myth, Lee Eysturlid
Professional Learning Day
This session will give attendees an understanding of the nature of dictatorship and propaganda and how to teach it. Emphasis will be placed on creating immediate ways that this topic can be brought alive to the student and made visually and intellectually clear. PPT materials will make alignment with the CCSS easy.
Keynote Address: It's 10 Am - Do You Know Where Your Students Are?, Sendhil Revuluri
Keynote Address: It's 10 Am - Do You Know Where Your Students Are?, Sendhil Revuluri
Professional Learning Day
When we attend to our students' learning–not just our teaching–we can become significantly more effective in helping them learn. This is a simple idea but not an easy one, and it may take some work to figure out how to do it. Let's explore some ways to illuminate students' current thinking (accurate or not), promote meaningful student discourse (helping them do more of the work), and collaborate with colleagues (thinking together). Benefit from "lessons learned" and discover some worthwhile resources that can help you make the shift and may even help to manage new standards and upcoming assessments.