Session 2: Day 10 – August 1

stepintoscience — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:20:25 +0000

7:30 – 8:00 a.m.
Breakfast / Turn in Rebecca Missler test

8:00 – 11:30 a.m.
Group Lesson Presentations in Translation Groups

11:30 – 12:00 p.m.
ASC Wrap Up

12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Lunch

1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Feedback session

2:00 – 2:15 p.m.
Break

2:15 – 5:00 p.m.
Follow-up Course, Evaluation and wrap-up (turn in parking passes, laptops and jump drives)

Session 2: Day 9 – July 31

stepintoscience — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 01:01:47 +0000

7:30 – 8:00 a.m.
Breakfast / Turn in Nicole Molders test

8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
“The Rock Cycle” – Rebecca Missler

12:00 – 1:00p.m. Lunch

1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Discrepant Event
-Housekeeping
-Science Opportunities
• ASTA, NSTA
• ASC
• BaP, Math/Science Conferences, PA
• SEON

2:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Translation Groups – Work on lesson #2
• Rewrite lesson #2
• Prep for group presentation

5:00 p.m.
Journaling – Turn in lesson #2

Homework Take home test for Rebecca Missler and Prep for group presentation

Session 2: Day 8 – July 30

stepintoscience — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:32:22 +0000

7:30 – 8:00 a.m.
Breakfast / Turn in Jon Dehn and Peter Webley test

8:00 a.m. -12:00 p.m.
“Volcanic Eruption” – Nicole Molders

12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Lunch

1:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Translation Groups – Work on lesson #2

5:00 p.m.
Journaling – Turn in lesson #2

Homework Take home test Nicole Molders and prep for group

Session 2: Day 7 – July 29

stepintoscience — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:14:52 +0000

7:30 – 8:00 a.m.
Breakfast

8:00 – 11:30 a.m.
“Volcanoes” – Jon Dehn and Peter Webley

11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Dr. Syun-Ichi Akasofu. International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks

12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Lunch

1:00 – 1:30 p.m.
Discrepant Event
Housekeeping

1:30 – 5:00 p.m.
Translation Groups – Work on lesson #2
Peer review

5:00 p.m.
Journaling – Turn in lesson #1

Homework Take home test for Jon Dehn and Peter Webley and work on Lesson #2

Session 2: Day 6 – July 28

stepintoscience — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:15:03 +0000

7:30 – 8:00 a.m.
Breakfast / Turn in Paul McCarthy/Sarah Fowell test

8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
“Volcanoes” – Jon Dehn and Peter Webley

12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Lunch

1:00 -1:30 p.m.
Discrepant Event
Housekeeping

1:30 – 5:00 p.m.
Translation Groups – Work on lesson #2

5:00 p.m.
Journaling – Turn in lesson #1

Homework Work on Lesson #2

Kenji Yoshikawa – Permafrost

stepintoscience — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:29:37 +0000

STEP students, under the direction of UAF Associate Professor Kenji Yoshikawa, investigate the Permafrost Tunnel, a site created by the U.S. Corps of Engineers to research permafrost. The tunnel travels underground approximately ten meters and shows firsthand frozen soil layers and deposits dating as far back as 40000 years ago. Shown here is a fossilized bison bone from 14,000 years ago.

Session 2: Day 5 – July 25

stepintoscience — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:44:32 +0000

7:30 – 10:30 a.m.
Board bus and eat breakfast while traveling to Denali National Park

10:30 – 5:30 p.m.
Denali National Park Hands-on Learning

5:30 – 9:30? p.m.
Board bus and travel back to UAF

Homework Take home test for Paul McCarthy/Sarah Fowell and work on Lesson #1

Session 2: Day 4 – July 24

stepintoscience — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:42:11 +0000

7:30 – 8:00 a.m.
Breakfast / Turn in Kenji Yoshikawa test

8:00 -12:00 p.m.
“Fossils” – Paul McCarthy/ Sarah Fowell

12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Lunch

1:00 – 1:30 p.m.
Discrepant Event
Housekeeping

1:30 – 4:00 p.m.
Introduction to Formal Loop

4:00 -5:00 p.m.
Translation Groups
Work on Lesson #1

Homework Take home test for Paul McCarthy/Sarah Fowell and work on Lesson #1

Session 2: Day 3 – July 23

stepintoscience — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:49:07 +0000

7:30 – 8:00 a.m.
Breakfast / Turn in Cathy Hanks test

8:00 – 8:30 a.m.
Discrepant Event
Housekeeping

8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Translation Groups – LCM Scoring Guide
Choose group science content GLE, process skill GLE, and math or language GLE; Science Concept
Narrowing your lesson focus – Using the Atlas for Science Literacy

12:00 -1:00 p.m.
Lunch

1:00 – 5:00 p.m.
“Permafrost” – Kenji Yoshikawa

5:00 p.m. Journaling

Homework Take home test for Kenji Yoshikawa, work on Lesson #1

Cathy Hanks – Oil and Gas

stepintoscience — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:00:37 +0000

Led by UAF Geologist Cathy Hanks, STEP students drop rubber ducks into the Chena River. The experiment includes observation of how depositional environments lead to accumulation of source rocks, ultimately affecting river flow patterns.