1. Connections to Secondary Pedagogy using CIITN
Penny J. Gilmer
Florida State University
CIITN

2. Meeting Dr. Glaser at Gordon Conference in 2002
Learning CIITN from Glaser
I use CIITN in Chemistry and Biochemistry courses

3. For you: Using CIITN to meet your Standards of Success in CO
Standard 1: Students understand the processes of scientific investigation and design, conduct, communicate about, and evaluate such investigations
Communicating and evaluating scientific thinking that leads to particular conclusions

4. Other CO standards
Standard 2.2. Students know that energy appears in different forms and can be transferred and be transformed
Identify, measure, calculate, and analyze qualitative and quantitative relationships associated with energy
Standard 2.3. Students understand that interactions can produce changes in a system, although the total quantity of matter and energy remains unchanged
Understand physical and chemical changes involve conservation of matter and energy
Calculate quantities to demonstrate conservation of matter and energy

5. Application of CIITN to address these (and other) standards while assessing your students
Develop reading skills
Enhance critical thinking
Communicate using own words
Being creative in own group’s posting
Listen critically to others in group
Peer review other groups
Address physical science standards while enhancing other skills
Link to
See article on EPA and standards for smog

6. Connecting to Chemistry via news article on ozone levels
“Counties that cannot meet the standard face the threat of limits on new highways and industries. Technically the administrator set a standard on ground-level ozone, which is the main ingredient of smog. Ozone is formed by the action of sunlight on two kinds of pollutants, volatile organic compounds, which come from gasoline and various industrial processes, and nitrogen oxides, which are produced in cars and power plants. Ground-level ozone is also a greenhouse gas.” NY Times, 13 March 2008.
With CIITN your students could address the chemistry issues or the intersection of chemistry with public policy issues.

7. CIITN and Assessment
Colorado Student Assessment Program (CSAP)--currently in progress for grades 3-10
Colorado National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)--currently in progress in science for grade 12
CIITN can help your students do better on these assessments

8. Ideas on Your Students’ Learning
Getting beyond memorization
Connecting ideas to previously learned concepts
Seeing patterns in observations
Cross connecting across fields
Using language to help make these connections