Earth and Environmental Science Educator's Institute: Connecting Models and Evidence Agenda


Day 1

8:00 AM to 8:30 AM

Icebreaker

8:30 AM to 9:00 AM

Logistics

  • Paperwork and such

9:00 AM to 10:00 AM

Linking Scientific Models and Evidence: Science in the News


10:00 AM to 10:15 AM

Break

  • Coffee, tea, and a light snack

10:15 AM to 12:00 PM

More Linking Scientific Models and Evidence

12:00 PM to 12:45 PM

Lunch!

12:45 PM to 1:15 PM

Plausibility and the Plausibility Ranking Task


1:15 PM to 2:15 PM

Climate Change MEL


2:15 PM to 2:30 PM

Break

  • Coffee, tea, and a light snack

2:30 PM to 3:00 PM

MEL Architecture: Theory to Practice


3:00 PM to 4:00 PM

Jigsaw Activity: Articles from "The Earth Scientist"


4:00 PM to 4:15 PM

Wrap Up



Day 2

8:00 AM to 9:00 AM

Wetlands MEL


9:00 AM to 10:00 AM

Analyzing Student MELs


10:00 AM to 10:15 AM

Break

  • Coffee, tea, and a light snack

10:15 AM to 11:30 AM

Analyzing Student MELs continued

11:30 AM to 12:15 PM

Lunch!

12:15 PM to 1:00 PM

Lesson Screener: Evaluating MELS for 3-dimensional Instruction

1:00 PM to 1:30 AM

MEL Research Activities


1:30 PM to 1:45 PM

Break

  • Coffee, tea, and a light snack

1:45 PM to 3:00 PM

Freshwater Resources baMEL


3:00 PM to 3:30 PM

MEL Teacher Guide overview


4:00 PM to 4:15 PM

Wrap Up


Day 3

8:00 AM to 9:00 AM

Fossils baMEL


9:00 AM to 9:30 AM

Compare and Contrast: MELs and baMELs


9:30 AM to 10:30 AM

Developing a Model-Evidence Task


10:30 AM to 10:45 AM

Break

  • Coffee, tea, and a light snack

10:45 AM to 12:00 PM

Developing a Model-Evidence Task continued

  • Click each image for a larger view.

12:00 PM to 12:45 PM

Lunch!

12:45 PM to 2:15 PM

Review of additional baMEL activities


2:15 PM to 2:30 PM

Break

  • Coffee, tea, and a light snack

2:30 PM to 2:45 PM

Implementation & Expectations


2:45 PM to 3:15 PM

Workshop Evaluation

  • Post Workshop Survey
  • 3:15 PM

    Wrap Up