"...saw connections between data collection and modeling, and better connection between math and science..."

CAST: Summer 2008 Workshop Agenda

June 23-27, 2008

Monday

• AM

  Welcome and Introduction: Teacher Product Expectation
  

  Linear Models: Styrofoam Cups hands-on lab

• PM

  Using Excel to create a computer model: Excel skills - graphing, trendlines and formulas
  

  Using data sets from Quantitative Environmental Learning Project (QELP) web site: http://seattlecentral.edu/qelp/Data.html

  Brainstorm linear models in other disciplines

Tuesday

• AM

  Non-linear Models: Population Growth in Excel

  Inverse laws - Boyle's Law

  Introduction to Excelets

• PM

  Quadratic - Free Fall

  Group Work on Excel Activities

Wednesday

• AM

  Advanced Excelets - more interactive features

  Other Modeling Tools: An Introduction to Vensim and NetLogo

• PM

  Group Work on Excel Activities

Thursday

• AM

  Explore by discipline groups:

  • Biology
    Biology Resources
    http://mvhs.shodor.org/CAST2008/biology.html

    The Biological ESTEEM Collection
    http://www.bioquest.org/esteem

  • Chemistry
    Chemistry Resources
    http://mvhs.shodor.org/CAST2008/chemistry.html

    Chemical Excelets
    http://academic.pgcc.edu/~ssinex/excelets/chem_excelets.htm

  • Math
    Shodor's Interactivate
    http://www.shodor.org/interactivate

  • Earth/Space
    Earth/Environmental Science Resources
    http://mvhs.shodor.org/CAST2008/earthenv.html

  Group Work

• PM

  Group Work

Friday

• AM

  Group Work

  Activity presentations by groups

• PM

  Other modeling tools: Netlogo, STELLA, Vensim, PSC CMIST: Computational Modules in Science Teaching

  Computational Resources at MVHS - http://mvhs.shodor.org/CAST2008

  More CAST resources - http://www.psc.edu/eot/k12/references.php

  Workshop Evaluation