Malcolm

• 1. Enhancing Lectures withInteractive ActivitiesElizabeth Malcolm, PhDAssociate Professor of Ocean & Atmospheric SciencesDepartment Coordinator, Earth & Environmental Sciences

2. Why Use In-class Activities? Participation by all students Active learning Engaging and fun for students Assess student learning Easy to incorporate into traditional lecture http://serc.carleton.edu/sp/library/interactive/index.html 3. How Am I Doing? Multiple choice questions embedded in presentation Clickers, or Low tech versions: colored index cards or hold up #fingers corresponding to answer choice Quickly assess student learning From assigned reading After activity or lecture ondifficult concept 4. Think-Pair-Share Easily adaptable to a wide variety of questions andactivities Pre-planned or spontaneous All students participate Instructor can walk around room assessing andoffering assistance 5. Think-Pair-ShareExamples: Write a definition of the greenhouse effect in your own words Draw a graph showing how temperature changes with height on awindy night and calm night Label the world map showing where you expect to find fine-grainedlithogenous sediment, coarse-grained lithogenous sediment, andbiogenous sediment Conduct a life cycle analysis for gasoline by listing all the potentialenvironmental impacts from cradle to grave. (Half class does gasoline,half corn-ethanol & compare) 6. Model PredictionModel PredictionsWhy is there a rangein the predictions?What factors willlead to differentrates of warming?www.ipcc.chThink-Pair-Share Example:How much will temperatureschange in the future? 7. Free-Write Students write continuously for 5 min withoutconcern for grammar/spelling In depth thinking on open ended questions Used for self-reflection or application of coursecontent Examples: How comfortable are you with scientific writing? Whatare your strengths and weaknesses? Do you agree with the report that climate change shouldbe treated as a national security threat by ourgovernment? 8. Demos Students make a prediction before Explain/diagram afterwards Examples: Cartesian divers (ketchup packet in soda bottle) solar bags Bernoulli wind bags air pressure mat air cannon groundwater modelswww.stevespanglerscience.com/ 9. More Elaborate Activities Class discussion of an assigned article in small groups Class poster session Gallery walk/walkabout Jigsaw For examples seehttp://serc.carleton.edu/sp/library/pedagogies.html 10. Students Sharing Ideas Students project graph or diagram w/document camera Students create posters w/ large post-it notesin class, stick to walls for poster session