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

New Jersey MEL Workshop

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Day 1

8:00 AM to 8:30 AM

Icebreaker

• Throw a skein of yarn while asking table topic questions
• Toastmasters Table Topics (Acrobat (PDF) 143kB Jun26 18)

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

• Linking Scientific Models and Evidence (Acrobat (PDF) 912kB Jun26 18)
• Model Evidence Classification Task (Acrobat (PDF) 66kB Jun26 18)
• New Study Zeros in on Plate Tectonics

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

• New Jersey State Climate Summary
• Greenland's Growing Deltas
• The Flat Earth Theory has seen a resurgence with people trying to prove our planet is not a sphere

12:00 PM to 12:45 PM

Lunch!

12:45 PM to 1:15 PM

Plausibility and the Plausibility Ranking Task

• Plausibility (Acrobat (PDF) 2.2MB Jun26 18)
• Plausibility Ranking Task (Acrobat (PDF) 94kB Jun4 18)

1:15 PM to 2:15 PM

Climate Change MEL

• Climate Change MEL (Acrobat (PDF) 402kB Jun26 18)
• Climate Change MEL Teaching Resources

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

• MEL Architecture (Acrobat (PDF) 2.3MB Jun26 18)

3:00 PM to 4:00 PM

Jigsaw Activity: Articles from "The Earth Scientist"

• MEL TES Jigsaw (Acrobat (PDF) 2MB Jun26 18)
• Teaching Resources

4:00 PM to 4:15 PM

Wrap Up

Day 1 Mentimeter

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New Jersey MEL Workshop Day 2

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Day 2

8:00 AM to 9:00 AM

Wetlands MEL

• Wetlands MEL (Acrobat (PDF) 353kB Jun27 18)

9:00 AM to 10:00 AM

Analyzing Student MELs

• Analyzing Student MELs (Acrobat (PDF) 1.5MB Jun27 18)

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

• NGSS Lesson Screener (Acrobat (PDF) 327kB Jun27 18)
• NGSS Appendix E (Acrobat (PDF) 282kB Jun27 18)
• NGSS Appendix F (Acrobat (PDF) 615kB Jun27 18)
• NGSS Appendix G (Acrobat (PDF) 481kB Jun27 18)

1:00 PM to 1:30 AM

MEL Research Activities

• Educational Research Involving the MELs and baMELs (Acrobat (PDF) 1.6MB Jun27 18)

1:30 PM to 1:45 PM

Break

• Coffee, tea, and a light snack

1:45 PM to 3:00 PM

Freshwater Resources baMEL

• Freshwater Resources baMEL (Acrobat (PDF) 507kB Jun27 18)

3:00 PM to 3:30 PM

MEL Teacher Guide overview

• The MEL Project Teacher Guide Overview (Acrobat (PDF) 1.4MB Jun27 18)
• The MEL Project Teacher Guide (Acrobat (PDF) 932kB Jun27 18)

4:00 PM to 4:15 PM

Wrap Up

• Mentimeter

new Jersey MEL Workshop Day 3

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Day 3

8:00 AM to 9:00 AM

Fossils baMEL

• Fossils baMEL (Acrobat (PDF) 2MB Jun28 18)

9:00 AM to 9:30 AM

Compare and Contrast: MELs and baMELs

• Compare Contrast MELs and baMELS (Acrobat (PDF) 253kB Jun28 18)

9:30 AM to 10:30 AM

Developing a Model-Evidence Task

• Constructing a MEL (Acrobat (PDF) 410kB Jun28 18)
• Construct a MEL Template (Microsoft Word 2007 (.docx) 20kB Jun28 18)

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

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Habitat Loss

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Mass Extinctions

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Ozone Depletion

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Plate Tectonics

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Solar System

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12:00 PM to 12:45 PM

Lunch!

12:45 PM to 2:15 PM

Review of additional baMEL activities

• Practice with Remaining baMELs (Acrobat (PDF) 58kB Jun28 18)

2:15 PM to 2:30 PM

Break

• Coffee, tea, and a light snack

2:30 PM to 2:45 PM

Implementation & Expectations

• Implementation and Expectations (Acrobat (PDF) 183kB Jun28 18)

2:45 PM to 3:15 PM

Workshop Evaluation

3:15 PM

Wrap Up