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Al Byers, Project Director Tyson Brown, Program Manager

Al Byers, Project Director Tyson Brown, Program Manager. “Have you tried searching under ‘fruitless’?”. Accomplishments. Trained 66 teachers Evolved simple Criteria to Rubric-based selection Created a series of thematic Web Guides Started development of a Teachers Guide to Web Use.

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Al Byers, Project Director Tyson Brown, Program Manager

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  1. Al Byers, Project Director Tyson Brown, Program Manager

  2. “Have you tried searching under ‘fruitless’?”

  3. Accomplishments

  4. Trained 66 teachers Evolved simple Criteria to Rubric-based selection Created a series of thematic Web Guides Started development of a Teachers Guide to Web Use …in the course of three summer workshops

  5. Teachers Trained • 44 Grades 7-12 • 22 Grades K-6 • Selected from nearly 500 applicants • Final Workshops in Summer 2002 • Application period closed March 1, 2002

  6. Activities • Learned to select high-quality Web content • Incorporated the content into Thematic Web guides, available later this year

  7. Activities • Enriched knowledge base with expert speakers, visits to research facilities and museums, and collegial interaction • Took advantage of Washington, D.C.’s cultural attractions • Developed spiffy theme songs and t-shirts

  8. Don’t take our word for it Group Leader 2001-2002: Steve Rapp

  9. Accuracy Currency Design Interactivity Multimedia Scientific Inquiry How Scientists Work Engagement Quality of Writing Resource Integration Accessibility Basic Criteria

  10. How are the criteria used? Reviewers use rubrics to elicit consistent ratings. Yes or No

  11. Example criterion: Interactivity

  12. Web Guides are thematic Grades K - 6 WebWatchers  • Organisms and their Environments • Earth and Sky • Heredity and Reproduction • Materials and Matter

  13. Web Guides are thematic Grades 7-12 WebWatchers Summer 2000 • Energy Flow Through an Ecosystem • Heredity—Inherited Variation Characteristics • Earth Structures • Force and Motion Summer 2001 • Ocean Floor Ecosystems • Energy Resources • Weather, Climate & Humans • Atomic Structure/ Chemical Bonding

  14. Web Guide Components

  15. NationalStandards Each Web Guide is aligned to NSES (Atomic Structure)

  16. NationalStandards As are the targeted Web pages.

  17. Click on any keywords to view the SciLink recommended web sites. Concept Maps (Ocean Floor)

  18. Guide Themes (Atomic Structure) • Structure of Atoms • Structure of Matter • Periodic Table and Periodic Properties • Chemical Bonds • Chemical Reactions

  19. Keywords (Atomic Structure) • Conservation of mass • Types of Reactions • Oxidation Reduction • Acid Base • Combustion • Thermochemistry • Reaction rate • Catalysts Keywords ultimately make connection to Web content

  20. Keyword Icons Web page description Sample Report Page

  21. Comments NSES Report

  22. Online Interactivity Hands-on Investigation Lesson Ideas Ask an Expert In the News Misconceptions A Bit of History Assessment Data Sources Graphics/Multimedia Career Information Core Content Inquiry What about the icons ?

  23. One of the selected pages (Ocean Floor)

  24. Next Steps

  25. Formative Field Test Results • Students & teachers perceived guides as worthwhile from learning and motivational standpoint • Validated necessity for creating teacher guidebook for implementation, and in using rubrics

  26. Where are the Web guides ? • In Pilot testing until April 2002 • Currently password-protected • Available to public in late Spring 2002? • To find out more, contact Mark Davis: mdavis@nsta.org

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