Details
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Web Seminar Archive |
| Location: |
Online Archive |
| Date: |
Held on June 19, 2007 |
| Grade Level: |
Middle School, High School, Informal Education |
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Description
Using Digital Phenomena and Representations!
The eleventh seminar in the NSDL series, "Selecting and Using Digital Phenomena and Representations for Middle School Science Instruction" was held on Tuesday, June 19, 2007, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern time. The presenter was Chad Dorsey, Science and Educational Technology Specialist at the Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance. For more information about this web seminar, its presenter(s), read what participants said about it, and to see and download its PowerPoint slides go here.
Ideas For Use
This seminar can be used by new teachers of science, grades 6-9. Scientific phenomena and representations are key components of instructional materials. However, searching for appropriate content-aligned and instructionally effective online representations and phenomena can be challenging. Participants will learn about resources available at NSDL that can be used in the classroom.
Additional Info
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Science Discipline:
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Asking questions
Classifying
Interpreting data
Modeling
Using technology
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| Intended User Role: | High-School Educator, Informal Educator, Middle-Level Educator, New Teacher, Professional Development Provider, Teacher |
| Educational Issues: | Professional development |
Technical
| Resource Format: | audio/mp3, image/jpeg |
National Standards Correlation
This resource has 6 correlations with the National Standards.
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- Science as Inquiry
- Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
- Use appropriate tools and techniques to gather, analyze, and interpret data.
- Develop descriptions, explanations, predictions, and models using evidence.
- Understandings about scientific inquiry
- Types of investigations include describing objects, events, and organisms; classifying them; and doing a fair test (experimenting).
- Context of Professional Development
- Resources
- Requires resources to support adult learning and collaboration. (NSDC)
- Process Standards for Professional Development
- Design
- Introduce teachers to scientific literature, media, and technological resources that expand their science knowledge and their ability to access further knowledge. (NSES)
- Learning
- Incorporate ongoing reflection on the process and outcomes of understanding science through inquiry. (NSES)
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