In this webinar, we will explore current best practices and resources for teaching science and science labs online. You will view online science courses, learn about resources for virtual labs, and meet with an online science teacher and Dr. Kemi Jona from iLabs.
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1. Online Science and Virtual Labs With Your Host: Dr. Julia
Parra Featuring Amy Ewing & Dr. Kemi Jona
2. What is a Myofibril?
http://www.science-groove.org/Now/Myofibrils.html
3. What is an immediate take-away from this webconferencing we
just did?
4. Online Science Course Showcase
Lets go take a peek at some online science courses :)
BIOLOGY SEMESTER 1
GEOLOGY SEMESTER 1
INTRODUCTION TO CELL BIOLOGY SEM 1
EARTH SCIENCE (6TH GRADE) SEMESTER 1
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE SEMESTER 1
5. Amy Ewing Teacher, Las Cruces High School eTeacher,
IDEAL-NM, Chemistry B.A., NMSU, Secondary General Science Education
M.A. NM Tech, Master of Science Teaching
6. Best Practices
Take the time to create an address book.
Make yourself available for chat, but recognize science can be
difficult to explain via chat.
Assign students to tally discussion posts.
Have students post days off/holidays to the discussion
board.
7.
Give your students activities they can learn from by being able
to interact .
Interaction is Important Balancing equations:
http://www.mpcfaculty.net/mark_bishop/balancing_equations_tutorial.htm
Rube Goldberg device:
http://pbskids.org/zoom/games/goldburgertogo/rubegame.html Virtual
Lab at Virtlab: http://www.virtlab.com/main.aspx Chemistry
(Plastics, PCR, polymers), Physics (transistors, lasers, circuits)
and Biology (Pavlovs Dog, Malaria, The Cell, DNA and RNA):
http://nobelprize.org/educational_games/all_productions.php
8. Online Science Course Showcase
Amys online science course in action :)
9. Focus on Virtual Labs
Online science issues/debate
AP Science accreditation
Can labs really be done online?
10. Kemi Jona, PhD Northwestern University
Conducting R&D on advanced learning technologies since
1989
Research Associate Professor, Learning Sciences and Computer
Science in School of Education and Social Policy, Northwestern
University
Director, Office of STEM Education Partnerships
Strategic advisor on learning technologies & STEM education
to education, government, and private sector organizations
11. Advantages of The iLab Network
Broadens access to expensive or delicate high-end
equipment
Provides students with access to remotely-hosted science lab
facilities rather than just local ones
More time on task / less setup & cleanup
More experimental runs
Safer
Can do labs before and after class, at home not limited to 50
min class period
Share & compare data locally or globally just like
scientists do
Enables new economic models and public/private partnerships for
provisioning lab equipment for schools
12.
Radioactivity Lab
Curriculum written by Northwestern University and pilot tested
by over 1000 students is available for general use NOW
Contact us for teacher materials and professional
development
Four new curriculum adaptations of the original Radioactivity
iLab Curriculum for biology, chemistry, AP Physics, and math
written by Chicago-area high school teachers
What we have available for high schools now
www.iLabCentral.org/radioactivity
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