Britainy Dearman

High quality simulations Wide variety of science and math topics Varying levels of depth High-quality “teaching ideas” (prepared labs/questions) Measurements and graphs Benefits: Increased student engagement Visualizes relationships between variables Active learning by every student Critical thinking and concept development

Station Rotation Group A: PhET Energy Skate Park simulation with questions Group B: Collaborative concept mapping from reading en/simulation/energy- skate-park

Sample questions from J. Cibulka (above) What determines the Gravitational Potential energy pie section? What rule(s) does it seem to follow? Draw two pie charts to explain. What determines the Kinetic energy pie section? What rules does it seem to follow? Draw two pie charts to explain. What does the size of the pie represent? How many ways can you find to make the pie bigger or smaller? What rules does it seem to follow?

Assign a manageable section from the textbook Let students take turns reading aloud or read individually Each student writes in a different color for accountability Requirements: Main topic goes in the middle Use structure to break the main topic down into subtopics, then further break subtopics down or describe them Every line MUST have a word/phrase that shows the connection Use words or short phrases (Nouns in bubbles, verbs on lines) Practice good group member skills!