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Science for Ohio is not being offered for graduate credit at this time.
Science
for Ohio
Online Course Information
Staff
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John
Farmer, Project co-Director, Department of Zoology, Miami University
and
Teacher, Ayer Elementary, Forest Hills School District
Click here to e-mail.
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- Four graduate
credit hours (two summer; two fall)
- Access to quality online and offline instructional materials
- Opportunities for peer collaboration
- Classroom
instructional support
- Professional
growth
Objectives
- Improve understanding
of science content and methods for teaching science
- Improve understanding
of how nature works
- Explore ways
to integrate science and literature
- Explore ways
to integrate science and the Internet
- Utilize the
inquiry method for learning
- Emphasize
through instruction and assessment the Ohio Academic Content Standards
for life science, earth and space science, physical science, science and technology, scientific inquiry, and scientific ways of knowing
- Apply inquiry-based
learning that integrates hands-on science, a research-based
lesson design, assessment, and family involvement
Summer
Workshop Requirements (two graduate hours)--completed
by the final workshop day.
- Complete selected readings with written response. Click here for more
information. (20 pts.)
- Complete binder/student inquiry pages (45 pts.)
- Explore SFO Related Resources; select five websites and five literature connections to utilize in the classroom (20 pts.)
- Preliminary framework of Original Inquiry (15 pts.)
Fall
Course Requirements (two graduate hours)--completed by December 1st.
- Complete 360 minutes (120 minutes per month, September-November) of selected SFO instruction. This can include SFO inquiries, Teacher to Teacher inquires, non-SFO inquiries, and/or summer activities. Submit a monthly time log of your classroom instruction.
Note:
Instructional time estimates are listed on the Site Map to help you when planning SFO units of instruction. (40 pts.)
- Create an original inquiry-based learning activity that incorporates teacher pages, student pages, a family page, and related resources. Conduct your original inquiry-based learning activity with your students, including preparation, instruction, assessment, and feedback. Click here for more information. (40 pts.)
- Communicate
throughout the semester with instructor(s), as needed, via e-mail (e.g.,
reply to instructor e-mails, send monthly feedback to instructor, mail monthly student work samples). Click here for feedback guidelines. (20 pts.)
- Submit the
following via e-mail:
- Time logs summarizing a total of 360 minutes of instruction (monthly)
- Feedback for Science for Ohio inquiries (monthly)
- Feedback
for your original inquiry (after implementing with students)
- Optional—Submit your Original Inquiry electronically in Word format to be added to our Teacher to Teacher section.
- Submit the
following via postal mail:
- Six student work samples from Science for Ohio inquiries (monthly)
- SFO Online Course Final Checklist (by December 1st)
- Six student
work samples from your original inquiry (by December 1st)
- Your
original inquiry with Original Inquiry Checklist attached (by December 1st)
- Please mail completed work to the address listed in the front matter of your summer course binder.
Science for Ohio Project
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Grading
A = 90-100 points
B = 80-89 points
C = 70-79 points |
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