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IDEAS Workshop Post-Survey

Workshop 1 (April 5): Introduction and overview (Lead: Dr. Segee)

2008 Cohort Workshop 1


Workshop 2 (May 3): All about Computer Models (Lead: Dr. Zhu)

  • Presentation Slides.pdf
  • Focuses
    • physcial experiment vs computing experiment
    • advantages and limitations of models
    • grand computation challenges (supercomputing concepts)
    • create computing modelling using Lego
    • dynamic vs static states
    • how to make graphs to view simulation data
  • Agenda:

2008 Cohort Workshop 2


Workshop 3 (May 31): Climate and weather(Lead: Dr. Koons and Sean Birkel)

2008 Cohort Workshop 3


Workshop 4 (June 7): Climate model (Lead: Dr. Koons and Sean Birkel)

  • Workshop Pre-Survey
  • Snow and Ice Maps
  • Presentation slides 1: Introduction to The Ice Age, Glaciers, and the University of Maine Ice Sheet Mode pdf, ppt
  • Presentation slides 2: Understanding the Ice Age from a Maine Perspective pdf, ppt
  • videos
  • Inputs/outputs
  • Interpreting the output
  • Constancy and change
  • Scale
  • Agenda
    • 9:00 - Arrival and coffee
    • 9:15 - Pre-survey
    • 9:30 - Group 1 homework review followed by a discussion about the Ice Age. What is it? How is the Ice Age perceived by students?
    • 10:00 - Introduction to glaciers and the University of Maine Ice Sheet Model (UMISM)
    • Short break
    • 10:45 - EXERCISE 1: Ice Age North America. Split into the same research groups as last week. Each team will view animated results from UMISM, and characterize the evolution of the Laurentide Ice Sheet (LIS) over North America during the last glacial cycle. A 5-minute PowerPoint presentation from each group will follow in addition to an open discussion.
    • 12:00 - Lunch
    • 12:30 - Groups should revise PowerPoint presentations and submit for web posting.
    • 1:00 - Lecture on the Ice Age from a Maine perspective.
    • 1:20 - EXERCISE 2: Deglaciation of Maine. For this section, the research groups will examine near-field UMISM results for the last ~18,000 years. Again, assemble group presentations.
    • Short break
    • 3:00 - 10-minute presentations from each group; questions and suggestions.
    • 3:30 - Summary
    • 3:45 - There may be administrative things to discuss, so don’t leave just yet!
    • Homework for Groups 2 and 3: The Ice Age from a Maine & North American Perspective. (Summary statement of Workshop, parsed for editing and comments at Workshop 5. Target audience: Teachers utilizing this module who are NOT in these Workshops).
  • Exercise 1. Glacial Cycle Experiment
  • Exercise 2. Deglaciation Experiment
  • Workshop 4 Post-Survey

2008 Cohort Workshop 4


Five days (June 22 - 27) overlapping with MST week

  • June 25-27, MST Summer Academy
  • Wednesday, June 23rd Agenda
    • 1:30 – 2:00 Introductions, IDEAS program overview, goals for the 2-1/2 days. Establish learning goals for classroom activities: what skills, concepts, understandings shall we teach? What preconceptions/skills do students have about these concepts/in these skill areas
    • 2:00-3:00 Split into 2 groups: IDEAS teachers prepare to teach a concept or skill learned in the first 4 workshops. NEW teachers: download temperature logger data, prepare results, attempt to explain findings (optional: outline a classroom activity using temp loggers).
    • 3:00 - 4:00 Review of material in Workshops 1-4, led by IDEAS teachers
    • 4:00 - 4:40 Results of temperature loggers: NEW teachers present results, then all collaborate to make sense of the findings. Outcome: graphs with summary captions.
    • 4:40 – 5:00 Break into working groups, focus a learning goal, organize ideas and strategy for developing a classroom activity to teach that goal.
    • Supper (5-7 pm): Wells Common buffet (swipe cards)
    • Evening: movies and discussions for Academy participants:
      • Wed: NOVA: “The dimming Sun”, 6:30 -7:30, Innovation Center, followed by discussion led by Challenger Learning Center staff.
  • Thursday, June 24th Agenda
    • 9:00 – 9:40 How does science work?: video (Outward and Upward: Researching the Tibetan Plateau) and discussion. How can science classrooms mimic science? (Molly)
    • 9:40 – 10:40 Essential features of inquiry and classroom strategies (Lisa)
    • 10:40-11:40 Work on classroom activities (in groups)
    • 11:40-12:00 Progress report: Share progress on activities with whole group
    • 12:00-1:00 Lunch: Marketplace Café with swipe cards.
    • 1:00 - 2:15 Hone your technical skills – practice/play w/ technology
      • 1. Linking the laptops in a Wall (Computer Engineering graduate student)
      • 2. Using NetLogo (Bruce)
      • 3. Climate data & UMISM (Sean)
      • 4. Temperature data loggers and temperature data (Mindi)
      • 5. Accessing, managing, graphing data (Molly)
    • 2:15 – 2:45 Share technology discoveries/ideas for classroom applications with whole group
    • 2:45 – 4:15 Continue work on classroom activities (groups)
    • 4:15 – 4:30 Progress reports
    • 5:00-7:00 Supper: Wells Common buffet (swipe cards)
    • Evening: movies and discussions for Academy participants:
      • Thurs: “The Day After Tomorrow” 6:30-8:30, Innovation Center. Discussion: Student conceptions of the Media (and of science through the Media)
  • Friday, June 25th Agenda
    • 9:00 – 9:45 Helping students write scientific explanations (Mindi)
    • 9:45 – 11:00 Work in groups on teaching activities
    • 11:00 – 12:00 Share activities developed (post on WIKI), identify remaining needs. (August workshop, promote next year’s IDEAS to new teachers)
    • Post-survey
    • 12:00-1:00 Lunch: Summer Academy BARBECUE! at Wells Common


Four-day (August 17-20) Work Retreat

  • August 17, Sunday
    • 10:00 Arrival, introduction, settle in, test hardware, web access, tour the grounds
    • 12:00-1:00 Lunch
    • 1:00-3:00 Using Wiimote with the laptops (requires Bluetooth enabled or admin password)
    • 3:00- 5:00 New NETLogo materials
    • 5:00-6:00 Supper
    • 6:00- 8:00 Curriculum discussion and development
  • August 18, Monday
    • 8:00 – 9:00 Breakfast
    • 9:00-12:00 The Silicate Earth’s response to the Icesheets: Glaciation, Isostasy and the Maine Coast
      • Objective: Apply observations and theory to address the hypothesis: During the last 20,000 years, the surface of the earth in coastal Maine has moved more than 100m from the center of the Earth. (To be handed in for discussion on Monday evening).
      • Topics: Relative Sea Level: Absolute Sea level
      • Time dependence and evolution of Maine landscape. Implications of sea level change to human behavior; Then and now. Simple calculations, analog models to demonstrate processes of rebound and viscosity.
    • 12:00-1:00 Lunch
    • 1:00- 4:00 Field Trip; Whaleback Oyster Midden; Damariscotta: Physical, ecological and human developments along the emerging Maine coast.
    • 5:00-6:00 Supper
    • 6:00- 8:00 Curriculum discussion and development
  • August 19, Tuesday
    • 8:00 – 9:00 Breakfast
    • 9:00-12:00 National Centers for Environmental Prediction and local observations: The Web interface and implications
    • 12:00-1:00 Lunch
    • 1:00-5:00 Free Time
    • 5:00-6:00 Supper
    • 6:00- 8:00 Curriculum discussion and development
  • August 20, Wednesday

2008 Work Retreat


Workshop 15 (TBD): Classroom climate model

  • Using the model to answer questions
  • Asking new questions
  • Doing it again
  • Brainstorming curriculum ideas
 
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