• discuss readings
• turn in quiz
• fill out upper division coursework form
• computer lab activities --
• find a science content website for evaluation - specify whether it is a site for teachers or for students

By the time you leave the computer lab today you ought to have completed 1-4, #5 will be done at home.

1. Find and browse through my website

 http://www.csulb.edu/~lhenriqu

When you are there, note that state, national and local science standards are posted
You have already examined the science standards in class. You will want to make a note of their URLs so that you can find them when you do your CD or website review. All of them are linked from my homepage and the course homepage. Having the entire document on-line will be quite a convenience for you, but all are available for sale as well.

2. Visit a science museum on-line - there are several you can find from my home page. Almost all science and technology museums have virtual tours. Spend 10-15 minutes touring the museum. Pay attention to the types of information or materials that would be helpful to you as a science teacher.

Answer the following questions:

What science units would be enhanced by a trip to this museum?
What are the hours, admission costs, and address for this museum?
List at least three cool things about this museum (exhibits, special tours, unique features).

3. POWERPOINT - you are going to put together a short, 3-6 slide presentation about a topic in science education. I will share a short PPT presentation with you at this point to give you some guidelines and suggestions. You will select topics from the NARST Research Matters to the Science Teacher or the ERIC Digest page. When you find a topic you like tell me. Only one person is allowed to do a topic. Topics selected on a first come first serve basis.

The first slide will be a title slide - include your name, the topic you are reviewing and the reference for your research.

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.

You will need to paste an image into your powerpoint presentation. This shows me that you know how to copy and save images. When you are done you will need to save the presentation on disk and/or e-mail the presentation to me as an attachment.

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

You will be presenting the major points of your article in class to us using the slide presentation that you make today. You will only have 5 minutes so be selective about what you want to share with us. (I will cut you off at the 5 minute mark!)

4. REVIEW OF EDUCATIONAL WEB BASED MATERIALS - you are going to review a science content website. Alone or with a partner you will go through the website, do the activities and read the materials. If you've not done one, a science "web quest" might be the perfect thing for you! You will be reviewing the software on your own time (unless you have time tonight).

• Look at one of the state or national standards documents. Decide which standards this site is designed to teach/supplement.

CA Science Standards  html format     PDF format
• Do a brief write up that states what grade level(s) the website matches and which standards are addressed. These reviews will be added to the existing reviews of websties so you must submit the brief write-up on disk or via e-mail. Please note that what you are being asked to turn in is may bedifferent than what you read on-line as the assignment guidelines change. Past classes reviewed CD's or websites as an educational experience, you are going to align a website with standards. This will tie in with what we do next week in class. Your review will be due in two weeks. I need this assignment in electronic form.

REMINDER: Next week you will be performing demonstrations in class. Bring a blank video tape. If you are going to need materials from me I must know by Monday. Within reason, I will try to get them for you. You will want to practice your demonstration before you do it for class. You are not expected to give full explanations of the demo. Let me know if you have questions. Please remember that I need an electronic version of the demonstration description for posting on the web.