2012+CT-STEM+Summer+Workshop

= = =Agenda & Materials=

@Workshop Lesson Plans @Logistics

Day 1
8:00-9:00 Breakfast, Registration, and Pre-Survey

9:00-9:30 Welcome & Ice-breaker (Muddy City Activity)

9:30-10:30 Opening Discussion - What is Computational Thinking (CT) in STEM? - Present wiki: (existing tools/materials teachers can take advantage of, how to save material to/from the wiki)

10:30-12:00 Breakout Session: Discipline specific CT-STEM lesson plan (#1)
 * Angry Birds (Physics)
 * iLab Radioactivity (Math & Chemistry)
 * DNA Sequencing (Biology)

12:00-1:00 Lunch, with short CT-STEM careers movie(s)

1:00-2:00 Intro to NetLogo by David Weintrop

2:00-3:45 Breakout Session: Discipline specific CT-STEM lesson plan (#2)
 * Ohm's Law (Physics)
 * Netlogo-based Rugby (Math)
 * Netlogo-based Rusting (Chemistry)
 * Netlogo-based BEAGLE (Biology)

3:45-4:15 Present homework & plan for tomorrow Fill out Day 1 Questionnaire

Day 2
8:30-9:00 Breakfast

9:00-9:30 Warm-up activity (Sorting Activity)

9:30-12:00 Breakout Session: Discipline specific CT-STEM lesson plan (#3) - Have one discipline group teach the other discipline group & vice-versa (build confidence, coverage of CT-STEM skills). Math w/ Bio. Chemistry w/ Physics.
 * Resonance (Physics)
 * Flow Charts (Math)
 * Drake Equation (Math)
 * Gas Laws (Chemistry)
 * Hardy Weinberg (Biology)

12:00-12:45 Lunch (30 min: advertise full year CT-STEM course development)

12:45-1:30 Structured small group discussion (by discipline): - Brainstorm what topics lend themselves to CT-STEM - Come to consensus, if possible, on a topic to work together to create a CT-STEM lesson plan for, ideally using an existing tool (iLab,NetLogo, Concord Consortium, KCVS, PhET applets, etc.)

1:30-3:30 Discipline specific CT-STEM lesson plan development Use this lesson plan template.

3:30-4:00 Closing remarks

4:00-4:30 -Post-survey -Day 2 Questionnaire - Overall Workshop Questionnaire -Illinois State Board of Education, CPDU survey

New Lessons by teachers, note: Draft Form