1. The whole class

2. Tamara, Amna, and Christina
Meeting in the Science
Center

3. 1) What are some topics in your
discipline that align well with the
“real world”?

4. Biology
• Nutrition (health and medicine),
• Photosynthesis (farming and agriculture and
environmental)
• Human body (medicine and health)
• Forensics (law enforcement), genetics (law
enforcement- used in modern medicine)
• Ecology (farming, conservation),

5. Earth Science
• Ecology(
farming, conservation), Stratification(oil and
exploration), meteorology( daily
weather), astronomy(NASA exploration)

6. 2) How are skills learned in your
classroom useful outside your
classroom?

7. Biology
• Punnett square (genetic traits that might be
passed on)
nutrition (human body, social issues, obesity/
eating disorder, carcinogens in food, and how it
effects the body)
Ecology (agriculture, how conservations of the
animal and plants change our world,
Genetics (to find out the traits that might be
dominant in family)
carcinogens causes cancer, etc, how it impacts
the body
it does tie it all together

8. Earth Science
stratification (for oil and gas exploration)
astronomy (how to find the constellations)
Meteorology- (understand the weather)
(weather patterns, global warming, and what
to wear outside everyday)
Ecology (agriculture (why we are concerned
with saving our environment and the green
movement)

9. 3) What are ways to bring new
forms of technology (not just
PowerPoint's and TV’s) into the
classroom for students

10. Skype- get experts into the classroom
Mind maps- organize thoughts
Smart board- great tool
Websites- NASA , USGs, Census
Scientific method- like Andrew had mentioned
Clickers- classroom votes
You tube- ways to show experiments
3D programs
Second life

11. 4)What are topics in your discipline
that could be weaved together in a
long term project?

12. Earth science- space exploration
Metrology- daily log of the weather
Biology- humanitarian efforts
Biology- a plant project
Genetics- GMO/GMP
Biology- environmentalism, composting

13. 5) What challenges do you
anticipate in having students take
part in a long term, student
centered project?

14. Keeping attention
Pacing
Ownership
Equipment
Time
Reflecting
Backup plan
Cost

15. 6) What is your role as a teacher in
an environment that is student
centered?

16. •Plan
•Be Organized
•Know when to Back Off
•Know when to take control
•Have materials and other resources available
•Know what questions to ask
•Be a reference
•Give lots of support
•Know where to find answers
•Know the lesson well
•Be able to reflect