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

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MEL NJ Workshop

Provenance: Carla McAuliffe, TERC
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Day 1

8:00 AM to 8:30 AM

Logistics

• Paperwork and such

8:30 AM to 9:00 AM

Icebreaker

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

9:00 AM to 10:15 AM

Linking Scientific Models and Evidence: Science in the News

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• Linking Scientific Evidence and Models (Acrobat (PDF) 1MB Jun25 19)
• Model Evidence Classification Task (Acrobat (PDF) 84kB Jun25 19)
• New Study Zeros in on Plate Tectonics

10:15 AM to 10:30 AM

Break

• Coffee, tea, and a light snack

10:30 AM to 12:00 PM

More Linking Scientific Models and Evidence

• Greenland's Growing Deltas
• Fracking -- not wastewater disposal -- linked to most induced earthquakes in Western Canada
• Creeping danger: Landslide threatens peruvian village especially when earth quakes
• What do we know about the origin of the earth's oceans? Is it more likely that they derive from icy comets that struck the young earth or from material released from the earth's interior during volcanic activity?
• Republican lawmaker: Rocks tumbling into ocean causing sea level rise
• Climate Change Deniers Present Graphic Description Of What Earth Must Look Like For Them To Believe
• 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

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• Plausibility and the Plausibility Ranking Task (Acrobat (PDF) 961kB Jun25 19)
• Plausibility Ranking Task (Acrobat (PDF) 158kB Jun25 19)

1:15 PM to 2:15 PM

Climate Change MEL

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• Climate Change MEL (Acrobat (PDF) 1.7MB Jun25 19)
• Exploring Climate Graphs (Acrobat (PDF) 5.4MB Jun25 19)
• 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

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• MEL Architecture (Acrobat (PDF) 1.9MB Jun25 19)

3:00 PM to 4:00 PM

Jigsaw Activity: Articles from "The Earth Scientist"

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

4:00 PM to 4:15 PM

Wrap Up

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Day 1 MEL Mentimeter

Provenance: Carla McAuliffe, TERC
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New Jersey MEL Workshop Day 2

Provenance: Carla McAuliffe, TERC
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Day 2

8:00 AM to 9:00 AM

Moon Formation MEL

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• Moon Formation MEL (Acrobat (PDF) 1.4MB Jun26 19)
• Moon Formation MEL Teaching Resources

9:00 AM to 10:15 AM

Assessing Student Work Samples

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• Assessing Student Work Samples (Acrobat (PDF) 1.1MB Jun26 19)
• MEL Explanation Task Rubric (Acrobat (PDF) 163kB Jun26 19)
• MEL Explanation Task (Acrobat (PDF) 159kB Jun26 19)

10:15 AM to 10:30 AM

Break

• Coffee, tea, and a light snack

10:30 AM to 11:30 AM

Talk Moves

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• Talk Moves (Acrobat (PDF) 3.4MB Jun26 19)
• Talk Moves Infographic (Acrobat (PDF) 603kB Jun26 19)
• Talk Moves Checklist (Acrobat (PDF) 139kB Jun26 19)
• Talk Science Primer (Acrobat (PDF) 880kB Jun26 19)
• Ready, Set, SCIENCE

11:30 AM to 12:15 PM

Lunch!

12:15 PM to 1:00 PM

Educational Research Involving MELs & baMELs

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• Educational Research Involving MELs and baMELs (Acrobat (PDF) 1.6MB Jun26 19)

1:00 PM to 2:30 PM

Freshwater Resources baMEL

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• Freshwater Resources baMEL (Acrobat (PDF) 994kB Jun26 19)
• baMEL instructional materials

2:30 PM to 2:45 PM

Break

• Coffee, tea, and a light snack

2:45 PM to 3:30 PM

Comparing MELs and baMELs

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• Comparing MELs and baMELs (Acrobat (PDF) 300kB Jun26 19)

3:30 PM to 4:00 PM

MEL Teacher Guide Overview

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• Teacher Guide Overview (Acrobat (PDF) 519kB Jun26 19)
• MEL Project Teacher Guide (Acrobat (PDF) 4.6MB May24 21)

MEL/baMEL Gameboard

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MEL Gameboard for Climate Change pcMEL

Provenance: Carla McAuliffe, TERC
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Components

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• Arrow Cards (Acrobat (PDF) 73kB Jun26 19)
• baMEL instructional materials

4:00 PM to 4:15 PM

Wrap Up

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Day 2 Mentimeter

Provenance: Carla McAuliffe, TERC
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Day 3 MEL Institute

Provenance: Carla McAuliffe, TERC
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Day 3

8:00 AM to 9:00 AM

Origin of the Universe baMEL

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• Origins baMEL (Acrobat (PDF) 1.4MB Jun27 19)
• baMEL instructional materials

9:00 AM to 10:15 AM

Developing a Model-Evidence Link Task

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• Developing a Model-Evidence Link Task (Acrobat (PDF) 537kB Jun27 19)
• NGSS Appendix F: Science and Engineering Practices
• Constructing a MEL Task (Acrobat (PDF) 56kB Jun27 19)
• Constructing a MEL Task (Microsoft Word 2007 (.docx) 86kB Jun27 19)

10:15 AM to 10:30 AM

Break

• Coffee, tea, and a light snack

10:30 AM to 11:45 AM

Developing a Model-Evidence Link Task, Continued

11:45 PM to 12:30 PM

Lunch!

12:30 PM to 1:30 PM

Transfer Task

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• Transfer Task (Acrobat (PDF) 241kB Jun27 19)
• Transfer Task Teacher Guide (Acrobat (PDF) 97kB Jun27 19)
• Oxygen-rich Air (Acrobat (PDF) 316kB Jun27 19)
• Oxygen-rich air emerged super early, new data show

1:30 PM to 2:30 PM

Review of Other baMELs

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• Remaining baMELs (Acrobat (PDF) 48kB Jun27 19)

2:30 AM to 2:45 AM

Break

• Coffee, tea, and a light snack

2:45 PM to 3:15 PM

Workshop Evaluation

• Post Workshop Survey

3:15 PM to 3:30 PM

Wrap Up: MEL and baMEL Implementation and Expectations

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• MEL and baMEL Implementation & Expectations (Acrobat (PDF) 127kB Jun27 19)