1. Welcome!
Flinn Scientific Enhance your Science Curriculum with POGIL™ Activities!

2. Today’s Workshop What is POGIL? Groups and Roles
Let’s look at some POGILs!
Gas Variables
Limiting and Excess Reactants
Meiosis
Biological Molecules (Biochemistry)
Connections with Labs and Demos

3. POGIL Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL)
Increase problem solving, content mastery, and analytical reasoning skills.
Series of guiding questions used to interpret data and trends.

4. POGIL Chemistry Topics (Green Handout)
Classification of Matter
Isotopes
Ions
Average Atomic Mass
Coulombic Attraction
Electron Energy and Light
Electron Configurations
Cracking the Periodic Table Code
Periodic Trends
Naming Ionic Compounds
Polyatomic Ions
Naming Molecular Compounds
Naming Acids
Molecular Geometry
Types of Chemical Reactions
Relative Mass and the Mole
Mole Ratios
Limiting and Excess Reactants
Gas Variables
Saturated and Unsaturated Solutions
Solubility
Molarity
Calorimetry
Bond Energy
Equilibrium
Acids and Bases
Strong vs. Weak Acids
Calculating pH
Oxidation and Reduction
The Activity Series
Batteries

5. POGIL Biology Topics (Green Handout)
Safety First
Scientific Inquiry
Experimental Variables
Analyzing and Interpreting Scientific Data
Properties of Water
Biological Molecules
Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells
Organelles in Eukaryotic Cells
Cell Size
Membrane Structure and Function
Transport in Cells
Photosynthesis and Respiration
The Cell Cycle
Mitosis
Meiosis
DNA Structure and Replication
Evidence for Evolution
Biological Classification
Evolution and Selection
Nutrient Cycles
Ecological Relationships
Biomes of North America
Energy Transfer in Living Organisms
Ecological Pyramids
Succession
Population Growth
The Spread of Pathogens
Human Blood Cell Typing
The Circulatory System

6. POGIL Roles Example
Group students and assign roles. For example, in a group of three, you can assign a
Manager – In charge of the group and orchestrating who reads the POGIL out loud. The instructor will answer questions from the manager only.
Recorder – In charge of summarizing the main points of the activity and individual group discussions. Turns in a separate summary to the teacher at the end of the period (great way to check for student understanding).
Presenter – At designated stopping points, this student stands up and shares his or her group’s answers and reasoning.

7. Check out the POGIL website for more information!

8. POGIL Classroom Ideas POGIL can be used to introduce a new topic.
And also to solidify concepts from a class activity such as a demonstration or lab.

9. Who has used POGIL? Who has used POGIL?
How have you used it in your classroom?

10. POGIL – Gas Variables (from page 1 of purple packet)

11. POGIL – Gas Variables (from page 3 of purple packet)

12. POGIL Class Discussion Points
While groups are working, to get your students’ attention, you can raise your hand. Students can then quiet down and raise their hands too.
Other options to get the attention of the class are to ring a bell or horn .
Does anyone have methods they use in their classroom that they would like to share? .

13. POGIL – Gas Variables (from page 4 of purple packet)

14. POGIL Activity Great student-centered learning activity.
Students are asked to interpret and recognize trends.
Models and data illustrate key concepts.
Can be used to replace a lecture. Have students self-discover the concept through models and graphs.

15. POGIL Activity – Gas Variables (Teacher Notes)
Answers and examples in italics:

16. POGIL Activity – Gas Variables (Teacher Notes)
Teacher Tips:

17. POGIL Activity – Gas Variables (Teacher Notes)
Learning Objectives and Prerequisites:

18. POGIL Activity – Gas Variables (Teacher Notes)
Assessment Questions and Responses:

19. POGIL Let’s try some POGILs and hands-on extensions!
Biology Activities
Bio Biological Molecule POGIL
Work in Groups of Three (Manager, Recorder, and Presenter)!
Hands-on Meiosis Activity
Come explore a hands-on extension of the Meiosis POGIL!
Chemistry Activities
Limiting and Excess Reactants POGIL
Work in Groups of Three (Manager, Recorder, and Presenter)!
Hands-on Gas Law Activities
Come explore hands-on extensions of the Gas Law POGIL!

20. POGIL Let’s try some POGILs and hands-on extensions!
Gas Law Activity Stations
1. Draw a picture of the demonstration/activity.
2. What variables are changing in the activity (P, V, and/or T)?
3. What is the relationship between the variables? Do they both increase? Decrease? Or as one increases does the other
decrease? And vice versa?
4. What variables stay constant in the activity (P,V, and/or T)?
5. Whose law is this and why?
Discuss how stations can be made more personalized to each demonstration. This is just a generic template for our practice.

21. The POGIL Books Include Teacher Resources with:
Learning Objectives
Prerequisites
Answers and Tips
Assessment Questions
For AP* POGIL Books, Alignment with AP* Framework
CD with Electronic Student Copies

22. Available POGIL Books

23. POGIL Applications
Now that you’ve seen some examples of POGIL, how would you like to incorporate it into your classroom?

24. Flinn
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