http://www.csulb.edu/~lhenriquWhen you are there note that state, national and local science standards are posted (as are standards for the teaching profession, links to professional organizations and more). You have already examined the science standards in class. All of them are linked from my homepage and the course homepage. Having the entire document on-line is a convenience, but they are also available for sale. Also notice that your classmates' demonstrations are on-line, web resources related to class activities are available from the calendar page.
There are teaching resources compiled for you -- content pages, lesson plan pages, related misconceptions, assessment strategies, area science museums, and the like. Spend time looking through the site.
2. PowerPoint
You are going to put together a short, 3-6 slide
presentation about a selected topic in (science) education. I will walk
you through the creation of Power Point presentations to give you
some guidelines and suggestions for developing one of your own. This presentation
will be a "how to" for creating slides. On your own you will watch a presentation
by Patrick Douglas Crispen entitled Now
that I know PowerPoint, how can I use it to TEACH? This presentation
will provide you with some research about effective use of Power Point
in the classroom.
You will read an article of your choice from one of two databases. They are the NARST Research Matters to the Science Teacher and the ERIC Digest websites. Please select a title of interest and list it on the board (so that we don't have duplication). You will create the summary powerpoint presentation for your topic tonight. You will e-mail it to me and yourself. You will be sharing your presentation with us in class 2 weeks from tonight.
You will need to paste an image into your powerpoint presentation. This shows me that you know how to copy and save images. Again, you will want to select an appropriate image - one that adds to your talk. If you are having a hard time finding an image that adds and supplements the content you may select an image which is related and include it on your title slide.The first slide will be a title slide - it must include your name, and the full reference for your article. The next slide(s) will highlight the main points of the research. The last slide(s) will include suggestions for us as teachers based on your article. At least one slide must be appropriately "animated" (text comes in one bullet at a time). By appropriately animated I mean that the bullets are talking points which you want to appear one at a time. Consider the lighting in the room where you will be presenting. If the room is bright and has glare consider using a light colored background with dark text. If the room is dark, use a dark background with light text. Refer back to the Crispen presentation about color choices and font selection. Be sure to get the main ideas onto the slides before you worry about adding colors, design templates and animation. Refer back to the Crispen presentation about color choices.
Getting images into a document - You can get images off the web (or from clip art files). To do so you will want to save or copy the image. To save on an IBM (PC) right click the image and select 'save image'. To save on a MAC click on the image and hold down the button until the options appear (save as, copy, etc.). You can save the image to disk (or to your hard drive). You can then insert it into a word processed document. Practice getting an image from a website and pasting it into a word document or your PPT document.
I will go over power point with you but here
are some tutorials that will help you out.
* a
step-by-step guide to creating presentations with powerpoint
* how
to turn word documents into powerpoint
When you are done you will need to e-mail the presentation to me. Save the presentation with your name as part of the title. Save it on disk and/or e-mail the presentation to yourself as well.
When you share your presentation in class with us (in two weeks) you must have a copy of your presentation to give to students as a handout (a single page with all slides on it and a space for notes). I will show you how to do that. You will be getting feedback from your peers and me on both the content of your slide show as well as the presenting/teaching aspects.
3. Visit a Science Museum
There are several science museums available from
my home page. Almost all science and technology museums have virtual tours.
Spend 10-15 minutes touring the museum.
In an e-mail to your instructor (lhenriqu@csulb.edu
or mmoreno@lbusd.k12.ca.us)
list the following.
1) What museum did you select? Include address,
URL, hours & admission costs.
2) What science unit(s) would be well supplemented
with a field trip to this museum?
3) List three interesting aspects of the museum
(exhibits, web resources, etc.) that you would include in your teaching
of this unit (pre-visit, during visit or post-visit).