NISMEC The Northern Indiana Science, Mathematics and Engineering Collaborative (our 8th year)

Funding support: IN-DOE - Math Science Partnership ICHE – Improving Teacher QualitySiemens Foundation – SOW, Teacher Fellowships University of Notre Dame The American Physical Society

Gordon Berry, Joe Bellina, Karen Morris

Website: www.nd.edu/~nismec/nismec11.htmEmail: hgberry@nd.edu

Forum – 23 Feb 2013

Summer 2013 workshop schedule

Workshop Participants   Dates

Week-1 begin Modeling

ICP and Bio teachers   10-14 June – A

Week-2 ICP modeling ICP teachers   17-21 June – B

Week-3 Bio modeling Bio teachers   24-28 June – C

2. Hammond/East Chicago/Gary modeling workshops

1. Notre Dame modeling workshopsWorkshop Participants Dates

HS - ICP Modeling ICP teachers 15-26 July – H2

HS - Biology modeling Biology teachers 8-12 July – H1

Applications: Fill in form (at NISMEC lunch-table) Or NISMEC website nd.edu/~nismec/nismec11.htm

Professional Development Program in Modeling in Indiana in Physics, Chemistry and Biology

What do we mean by “Models”?

Symbolic Representations

Physical System

Mental Model

Verbal

Algebraic

Diagrammatic

Graphical

ConceptOr idea

Picture

*Modeling in physics & Chemistry as developed at Arizona State UniversityThe American Modeling Association – AMTA

- http://modelinginstruction.org/

MULTIPLE!

Why Models?• Models are basic units of knowledge• In all Science Research:

– A few basic models are used again and again with only minor modifications.

• Models help students connect– Macroscopic observations– Sub-microscopic representations– Symbolic representations

The students become SCIENTISTS – learning by DOING

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1. Asking questions & defining problems 2. Developing & using models3. Planning & carrying out investigations4. Analyzing & interpreting data5. Using mathematics and computational thinking6. Constructing explanations & designingsolutions 7. Engaging in argument from evidence8. Obtaining, evaluating, & communicating information

The NGSS’s Framework of Scientific and Engineering Practices

Let’s Do!

Let’s Measure!

Let’s Communicate!

Tell your neighbor about one measurement you have made today… (2 minutes!)

Was it Quantitative? Did you LEARN? Did you enjoy DOING it?

Does this happen in your classroom?

BIOLOGY: Themes and story development

See NISMEC website for teachers’ guides to the 9 UNITS:nd.edu/~nismec/nismec11.htm

Other NISMEC Summer 2013 Workshops

Middle-school teachersAt Notre Dame: Serenevy, Kurowski, othersScience and Math 5/6th grades 17-28 June – 2 weeks At IUSB (and at sites): Terri HebertEnvironmental Explorations 4/8th grades 15 – 19 July – 1 week

Middle school students

At Notre Dame: Sensing Our World – Loughran and others (each 1 week)SOW: Measuring the Cosmos - here and everywhere 8-12 & 15-19 July

At SBCSC – Three one-week science & math workshopsOne each in June, July, August – dates/places to be determined

Applications, more information at the NISMEC website….

Inquiring minds want to know different answers to the same

question:In Science, in Literature, and in

LifeThe Essential ABCs

Always Be Conversing

Always Be Connecting

Always Build Competence

Learning

Quality Intellectual Work

PlayResearch INQUIRY

Every child is a scientist at play: Wondering and problem-solving about how the world

works.Every scientist/teacher was (is?) a child at play.