Education 3601 Principles of Curriculum and Instruction Science Instructor: Paul Stevenson

Outline for January 10, 2007 –Review of Day 1 (Nature of Science) –WebQuest Assignment –Learning Science and Science Instruction Using principles of Learning –Conversation with a science teacher –Resource Exercise – 2:30 Curriculum Library Class 2 –Ed 3601 Resources; Learning Science

Outcomes of Class 2: Students will: –Apply the Nature of Science ideas discussed in class 1 to an activity in a science resource and applying the Program of Studies. –Observe the KSA organization within the Program of Studies –Apply learning processes and the learning cycle to a lesson plan –View WebQuests –Investigate science resource materials in the Curriculum Library

Ed 3601 – Review of Day 1: The Nature of Science Science is… –The empirical basis of science Example: Fertilizer versus composting Other examples?

Partial Full Descriptive Comparative Experimental Ed Inquiries

Science and the Program of Studies: Foundations – How does the Nature of Science fit? Ed 3601 – Further to Day 1: The Nature of Science

Example Inquiry –Inquiry 1-B, Science Focus 9 : Read pp Emphasis of Unit (p. xv) Which Level of Inquiry? Partial or Full? (pp. 165/166 Roscoe) Which type of Inquiry? Descriptive, comparative, experimental? -The P of S and KSA’s (p. xvi) Knowledge outcomes? Skills outcomes? –Connect each skill (p.14) to a part of the activity. Attitude Outcomes? Ed 3601 – Further to Day 1: The Nature of Science

Scientific Argument: Suppose your students acquired this data. Construct a Scientific Argument for the results. Ed 3601 – Further to Day 1: The Nature of Science

How might you teach the procedure to make it less of a cookbook activity (deductive)and more discovery (inductive)? (Chiapetta and Koballa pp ) Ed 3601 – Review of Day 1: The Nature of Science

Web QuestsQuests Ed 3601 – Web Quest Assignment

The Learning Cycle – Designing lessons and units with the cycle in mind Ed 3601 – Learning Cycles (P. 49, fig. 2.1, Roscoe) Focusing Exploration Reflection and Application

Education 3601 – Learning Science: Learning Processes and the Learning Cycle –Suppose you were a high school science teacher starting Unit D – Energy Flow in Global Systems and you proposed to your students that their first assignment would be to present an issues paper relative to climate change. (Advanced Organizer, Learning Cycle)

Education Investigate and interpret the role of environmental factors on global energy transfer and climate change describe and evaluate the role of science in furthering the understanding of climate and climate change through international programs (e.g., World Meteorological Organization, World Weather Watch, Global Atmosphere Watch, Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic Ocean (SHEBA) project, The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC); the study of paleoclimates and models of future climate scenarios) describe the role of technology in measuring, modelling and interpreting climate and climate change (e.g., computer models, devices to take measurements of greenhouse gases, satellite imaging technology) describe the limitations of scientific knowledge and technology in making predictions related to climate and weather (e.g., predicting the direct and indirect impacts on Canada’s agriculture, forestry and oceans of climate change, or from changes in energy transfer systems, such as ocean currents and global wind patterns) assess, from a variety of perspectives, the risks and benefits of human activity, and its impact on the biosphere and the climate (e.g., compare the Gaia hypothesis with traditional Aboriginal perspectives on the natural world; identify and analyze various perspectives on reducing the impact of human activity on the global climate) Science 10 P of S, p.31

Education 3601 – Learning Science: Learning Processes and the Learning Cycle –Small Group Activity: Following learning processes (pp. 34 – 38 Roscoe) and the learning cycle, (pp Roscoe) what would you do in the first class on this topic? (Figures 2.1, p.49; 4.8, p. 109:fig. 6.4, p. 167)

Education 3601 – Learning Science: Learning Processes and the Learning Cycle Include Reference to each of the following learning processes: –Students’ prior knowledge –Active Learning –Social Learning –Language and social interaction –Emotions –Learning Cycle Also Reference the Learning Cycle by noting each phase in your lesson.

Ed 3601 Conversation with a Science Teacher – What would you like to know?

Education 3601 Assignment: –Read pages 1 – 11 from the Science 10 Program of Studies and be prepared to discuss Program Foundations and Program Organization evident in science teaching in Alberta Schools –Be prepared to state your topic for your Resource Creation Assignment.