Product Detail: Web Seminar Archive

Product Image Archive: FunWorks: Inspiring Students to Pursue Math and Science Careers!, September 20, 2007
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Type of Product: Web Seminar Archive
Average Rating: Rating
 based on 1 review
Location: Online Archive
Date: Held on September 20, 2007
Grade Level: Middle School, High School, Informal Education

Description

This Web Seminar, developed in collaboration with the National Science Digital Library (NSDL) took place on Thursday, September 20, 2007, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern time. In this program, participants examined research associated with the creation of the FunWorks digital library, focusing on the need for career education at the middle school level. 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 web seminar can be used by new teachers of science or by those who have not taught science in the context of the careers in a recent time. The presenter provides a content update in science and math skills for careers as well as methods for incorporation of digital resources for understanding. The presenter also gives as examples of how to encourage students to pursue careers in science and mathematics.

Additional Info

Science Discipline: (mouse over for full classification)
Careers
Fields of science
Energy transfer
Work
Analyzing data
Communicating
Interpreting data
Scientific habits of mind
Using mathematics
Using scientific equipment
Using technology
Nature of science and technology
Intended User Role:High-School Educator, Informal Educator, Middle-Level Educator, New Teacher, Professional Development Provider, Teacher
Educational Issues:Careers, Classroom management, Curriculum, Educational research, Inquiry learning, Instructional materials, Interdisciplinary, Integrating technology, Learning theory, Professional development, Teacher content knowledge, Teacher preparation, Teaching strategies

Technical

Resource Format:image/jpeg, video/quicktime


National Standards Correlation

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  • Physical Science
    • Transfer of Energy
      • Energy is transferred in many ways.
  • Science as Inquiry
    • Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
      • Use appropriate tools and techniques to gather, analyze, and interpret data.
      • Think critically and logically to make the relationships between evidence and explanations.
      • Use mathematics in all aspects of scientific inquiry.
      • Use technology and mathematics to improve investigations and communications. (9-12)
  • Science and Technology
    • Understanding about science and technology
      • Tools help scientists make better observations, measurements, and equipment for investigations. They help scientists see, measure, and do things that they could not otherwise see, measure, and do.
      • Technology is essential to science, because it provides instruments and techniques that enable observations of objects and phenomena that are otherwise unobservable due to factors such as quantity, distance, location, size, and speed.
      • Technology provides tools for investigations, inquiry, and analysis.
  • History and Nature of Science
    • Science as a human endeavor
      • Many people choose science as a career and devote their entire lives to studying it.
      • Science requires different abilities, depending on such factors as the field of study and type of inquiry.
    • Nature of science
      • Scientists formulate and test their explanations of nature using observation, experiments, and theoretical and mathematical models. Those ideas are not likely to change greatly in the future.
  • Process Standards for Professional Development
    • Research-Based
      • Address teachers' needs as learners and build on their current knowledge of science content, teaching, and learning. (NSES)
    • 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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Customer Reviews

FunWorks Connections
  Reviewed by: Connie O'Brien (Omaha, NE) on March 9, 2009
  I have been searching for a platform about careers that would interest middle school students. I think I have found it. The seminar is useful and current. The website is friendly and fun. Mostly, though, I love all the links to other sources!


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