Program
Wednesday, July 22
Homework Prior to Workshop; Take the Plausibility Ranking Task
8:30 Introductions and icebreakers (Carla & Doug)
9:00 Credibility: Evaluating Information Sources (Doug)
9:15 Activity: Lateral reading about scientific topics of social relevance (Doug)
10:00 Break
10:15 Plausibility: Evaluating Connection between Lines of Scientific Evidence & Claims Introduction to the Model-Evidence Link Diagram (Doug) Wetlands pcMEL
10:30 Activity: Freshwater baMEL (Doug & Carla)
11:25 Road Check (Carla & Doug)
11:30 Adjourn for the day (Carla & Doug)
Tonight's Reading Assignment: McGrew 2024 & Lombardi 2016
Thursday, July 23
8:30 Intro to the LR-MEL Project Website: (https://serc.carleton.edu/mel/index.html). An Overview, Synthesis and Exploration. Carla & Doug field questions from the Road Check during this session.
9:15 Assessment; Levels of Evaluation plus NGSS-aligned MEL Explanation Task Rubric; Look at student explanations—score & discuss (Carla)
Distribute Science Denial: WHY IT HAPPENS AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT by Gale M. Sinatra and Barbara K. Hofer, 2021.
10:00 Break
10:15 Intro to Reasoning (Affirmation-driven vs. Accuracy-driven); View Reasoning About Socioscientific Issues (RASSI) instrument; Go to Participant Workspace (Carla)
10:30 Exploring Digital Resources and Virtual Gallery Walk; MERGE cubes; Go to Participant Workspace (Carla). Future Plans: Nuclear Energy & Project MELD demonstration (Doug)
11:15 End of Workshop Evaluation (Carla & Doug)
11:30 Adjourn (Carla & Doug)