Secondary+Methods

This page is dedicated to NU's Secondary Science Methods Class. The class meets on Thursday Nights. Students are __encouraged__ to __** share **__ their lessons and units with other students and teachers.  Students: http://fc2009vincenzo.wikispaces.com/ http://fc2009lori.wikispaces.com/ http://fc2009meaghan.wikispaces.com/ http://fc2009shaun.wikispaces.com/ http://fc2009goran.wikispaces.com/
 * __Class Syllabus and contact information__** [[file:syllabi.doc]]
 * E-mail me:** **mdaigler@e1b.org**

**__Standards/Curriular Guides:__** [|NYS Science Standards]   Click on your curricular area to open pdf on content AND skills in standard area.

[|Ontario Standards]**   [|**CST Prep**] [|**NYS Science Website**]
 * NYS -- [[file:phycoresci.pdf]][[file:livingen.pdf]][[file:elecoresci.pdf]][[file:earthsci.pdf]]

CLASS #1 Attibutes of a good teacher: **__ Day 1 -- Syllabus and Getting to Know Each Other...building a classroom culture! __

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Sample Philosophies Attributes: Patience Creative Respect Enthusiastic ENERGY Innovative Life-Long Learner Trustworthy Relationship-builder Resourceful Com-passionate //__Supportive

Expectations:__// Lesson planning DO's and don'ts -- class management, structure Fit curriculum-->time management (missing days, etc.) Make lessons interesting -- best practices Application process

 Day 2 and 3: Classroom management, creating your syllabus...

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 * Literacy Strategies:** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">http://web.utk.edu/~access/strategies.htm

<span style="color: #ff004c; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Assignment..use the website above..as a primary resource..search the internet for more information. You will need to teach your strategies to the class..explain the process, give examples of how you would use it in your class (AND) what technology could be used to enhance this strategy!

__<span style="background-color: #f6ea1e; color: #9e32ec; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Day 4, 5 and 6: Lesson Planning __How to write and teach a lesson...(PLE)

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<span style="background-color: #f6ea1e; color: #620404; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 105%; text-align: center;">Class 7 -- Unit Planning: Understanding by Design <span style="background-color: #f6ea1e; color: #cd4bec; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 118.3%; text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #940505; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 91%;"> <span style="color: #940505; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;"> <span style="color: #940505; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 80%;"> <span style="color: #940505; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 104%;">**[|UBD link] [|UBD example]** [|Blank template] <span style="color: #940505; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 135.2%;"> <span style="color: #940505; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 104%;"> [|SIX FACETS OF UNDERSTANDING/DEEP UNDERSTANDING]

<span style="color: #940505; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 169%;">Song Link <span style="color: #940505; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> <span style="background-color: #f6e909; color: #cd4bec; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Week 8-- Best Practices

I. Go over unit plan coverpage..peer review..group review -- finish for next week II. Best practices: For SKILLS and Vocabulary Card Game -- scientific method Puzzle -- evolution or evidence and inference Observations (Powerpoint) Hands-On and Kinesthetic -- mitosis 6 Steps Vocab. -- Environment --Will I Am Delicous (create)...put in resources (wiki's) -- create annotations for 10 websites with tags. Link to ME (monicabd) and each other.


 * Create an on-line book marking account and find 7-10 websites that have animations, activities or interactive lessons – save the sites with a summary of each and connect to the other students and to the instructor– 10 pts. assignment

<span style="background-color: #f6e909; color: #de00ff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: center;">Day 9th -- Assessment Alignment: <span style="background-color: #f6e909; color: #de00ff; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Narrow'; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center;"> <span style="background-color: #f6e909; color: #de00ff; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Narrow'; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; msobidifontweight: bold; text-align: center;">Peer review Unit Plan sketches <span style="background-color: #f6e909; color: #de00ff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: center;"> Go over how to properly create summative and formative assessments for you unit. Analyze State Assessment

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<span style="color: #000dff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">__**<span style="background-color: #f6e909; color: #cd4bec; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: center;">Day 10, 11 : Labs and Lab Safety **__ <span style="background-color: #f6e909; color: #cd4bec; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 104%;">**__Lab Rubrics and Safety__** -- Week #7 <span style="color: #940505; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> <span style="color: #940505; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 35.15%;"> <span style="color: #940505; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 87.88%;"> Science lab safety documents... <span style="color: #940505; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 67.6%;"> <span style="color: #940505; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 135.2%;"> <span style="color: #940505; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 87.88%;"> <span style="color: #940505; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 131.82%;"> Assignments and Rubrics -- Lab Reflection Assignment: Use the rubric and these questions to guide your reflection: ** Critique yourself as your cooperating teacher would do – Did you engage the learners? Did exploration take place? How did you encourage deep understanding? Was the classroom under control? Was their transitions and closure? Do you have any idiosyncrasies? What did you do well? What could you improve on? **



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__**<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">FINAL UNIT PLANS!!!!! **__
Sweta - Introduction to Homeostasis. (The zip folder includes all the files for the unit plan and also other assignments, rubrics, and extra info that I found but didnt use in my unit plan)