STEM Education Professional Development

STEM Education Professional Development
- Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math -
Graduate Courses For Secondary Teachers
Summer 2015
Be a STEM Leader in your School!
Ignite and Invigorate your Practice with STEM Summer Courses
Focusing on Common Core-Math, Next Generation Science Standards, Engineering, and Technology!
Physics for the Next
Generation
Aug. 10—14
Biology for the Next
Generation
Chemistry for the Next
Generation
Aug. 3-7
June 17— 19
June 16-22
Teaching Science with
Project Nano
Advanced
June 18 - 22
Integrating the
Common Core and
NGSS — through The
Private Eye®
July 27-31
Technology Enhanced
Personalized Learning
as a Pathway to STEM
Success
Hybrid—Face-to-Face
Aug. 3-5 and
Online Aug. 6 & 7
STEM
TEACH
Aug. 3—7
Place-Based Education:
Authentic STEM in the
Community
Using (Vernier)
Technology to Teach
NGSS
Fully Online
OPENS July 15 and
teachers can start
anytime Summer term
Let us know your interest by completing the Summer
2015 Course Interest Survey on www.pdxstem.org
July 6—July 17
Questions or Need Help?
[email protected]
June 22—July 2
Statistics for
Mathematics Teachers
July 20-Aug. 13
Aug. 11-14
For Middle School
Teachers
History of Mathematics
Arithmetic and
Algebraic Structures
Hybrid—Face-to-Face
June 22 & 29, Aug. 11
and Online
Supporting English
Language Learners and
Equity Practices in STEM
EXPLORE
Teaching Science with
Project Nano
Moving Science into the
Next Generation
Topics in Technology for
Math Teachers
June 22—July 9
Topics in Geometry for
Math Teachers
July 20-Aug. 13
Flyer Printing Courtesy of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Portland Metro STEM Partnership/Portland State University Course Highlights
 Focus on Common Core-Math, Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), Engineering & Technology
 Attends to both content and pedagogy and the ways in which pedagogy can support the learning of content
 Supports educators with varying levels of experience and prior knowledge
 Courses use a shared measurement system to identify teachers' increase in content knowledge and instructional practices
For complete details visit:
www.pdxstem.org
Portland State University STEM EDUCATION COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
DESIGNED FOR EDUCATORS WITH OR WITHOUT A MATH/SCIENCE BACKGROUND
SCI 510 Biology for the Next Generation
Grades 6-12
3 credits
Grant Sponsored Tuition Rate
Teachers will learn how to integrate science and engineering with biology content knowledge in a Next Generation biology classroom. Practical examples of both engineering
and inquiry labs that engage students in higher-order thinking skills and application of conceptual knowledge will be explored. With goals of equity and rigor, this course
focuses on engaging all students with challenging, scaffolded experiences that meet the NGSS life science performance expectations. Participants use a standards-basedlearning-system and an interactive, data-based patterns approach that increase achievement for all students.
SCI 510 Physics for the Next Generation
Grades 6-12
3 credits
Grant Sponsored Tuition Rate
The Patterns Approach for Physics is driven by the recurring question: “How do we find and use patterns in nature to predict the future and understand the past?” Patterns
teaches students to make predictions, plan and conduct experiments, collect data, analyze the results, argue from evidence, and evaluate their conclusions. Teachers
experience how scientific practices are used throughout the course, and additional experiences show how inquiry is used to spiral the anchoring patterns to new physics
concepts, helping students develop conceptual, graphical, and symbolic understanding. Each inquiry begins with an initial guess that is contrasted with a data-informed
prediction, found by extrapolation of the pattern in the data using Vernier software. Teachers discuss how to enhance productive student science talk, especially in explicitly
comparing low- to high-evidence predictions. Whiteboards will be frequently used to demonstrate how evidence-based reasoning and data-informed decision-making can be
implemented in the classroom through Board Discussions. The importance of creating models and discussing their limitations will also be a recurring theme.
SCI 510 Chemistry for the Next Generation
Grades 6-12
2 credits
Grant Sponsored Tuition Rate
This course focuses on intertwining the disciplinary core ideas of chemistry with the science practices as described in the Next Generation Science Standards. Teachers
experience means of using inquiry experiments and engineering design tasks to guide students through typical learning progressions and explore means to engage students
in the scientific and engineering practices when student data collection is not reasonable, such as mining existing data and simulations. Another strand of the course centers
on using formative assessments that target known misconceptions and help teachers move students along their learning continuum as assessed on a rubric. The course
culminates with teacher sharing of their modified sequence implementation plan.
SCI 510 Teaching Science With Project Nano (Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Opportunities)
Grades 6-12
3 credits
http://projectnano8.wix.com/project-nano
A very unique, hands-on course that is standards focused and outcomes based that provides teachers with a pedagogical system to utilize a variety of STEM technologies
that integrate seamlessly into their curriculum. Project NANO specializes in the use and workings of the Phenom, (a table top Scanning Electron Microscope-SEM), dissecting
and compound optical light microscopes (OLMs), and image analysis software. Through their own authentic science inquiry experiences, participants will explore objects over
a range (>12,000x) of magnifications to increase inquiry questions and student motivation for learning content and scientific practices. Participants will design and test inquirybased lessons centered on the Desktop SEM use in classrooms and are eligible to have the Project NANO toolkit (including the SEM) in their classroom for 2-3 weeks.
SCI 510 Teaching Science With Project Nano Advanced Grades 6-12
2 credits
This is a follow up course to provide collegial feedback, refining, coaching, and supports for further implementing nanoscience and nanotechnology in trained teachers’
classrooms. Participants will share and receive feedback on their own lessons and test inquiry-based lessons from colleagues as they become more proficient on the Phenom
desktop SEM. The time on the Phenom will refine and enhance microscopy skills and provide for extended applications. STEM lesson plan delivery/ methodology, classroom
management, along with increasing rigor, learning targets and assessment tools for measuring student-learning gains will be emphasized.
SCI 510 Using (Vernier) Technology to Teach NGSS
Grades 6-12
2 credits
Vernier Workshop & Fully Online
After attending a hands-on workshop, scheduled with Vernier Software and Technology, students can enroll in this online course. The course goals include expanding upon
knowledge for using data collection devices, developing a plan for utilizing inquiry-based investigations in the classroom, and considering how to improve data collection in the
classroom. Course introduces the scientific and engineering practices outlined in the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). These practices serve as the foundation for
the development of a science inquiry or engineering design experience that uses Vernier technologies for data collection and for the assessment of 6-12 student-work.
SCI 510: Place-Based Education: Authentic STEM in the Community
3-12
3 credits
Course supports teachers to identify the connections between place-based education, STEM, and sustainability to engage students in authentic learning in their community. A
variety of outdoor settings within the Portland-Metro area provide the study of nature and community from aesthetic, historic, and scientific perspectives. Content standards
and practices and Next Generation Science Standards will be the backdrop to create integrated instruction across disciplines. Participants will develop an understanding of the
content learning progressions and the rich experiences that can be created by using place-based practices as a pathway for student engagement and achievement. Teachers
will utilize a variety of community-based resources and develop instructional materials addressing place-based education and STEM to incorporate meaningful experiences
into academic learning. Participants engage in both class and field programming, receiving philosophic and pragmatic organizational strategies for student success.
SCI 510 Moving Science into the Next Generation
K-12
3 credits
Hybrid
Align to student performance expectations in the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and the correlate shifts in teacher instructional practices necessary to meet
these new standards. Using a variety of digital, print, and collaborative learning formats (including video exemplars, student work samples and perspectives of scientists and
engineers) participants increase their skills in incorporating the NGSS Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Disciplinary Ideas into their instruction.
SCI 510 Supporting English Language Learners and Equity Practices in STEM
K-12
3 credits
Focus on the language practices that all English Language Learners must acquire to successfully engage in the Common Core State Standards and Next Generation Science
Standards. Identify how to implement effective instructional strategies to engage students in the scientific and mathematical sense making and language use for teaching
English to ELLs. Develop formative assessments to measure student progress in the development of essential academic language skills needed for success. Incorporate
research-based instructional shifts to provide equitable learning opportunities for non-dominant student groups.
SCI 510 Technology Enhanced Personalized Learning As a Pathway to STEM
K-12
3 credits
Hybrid
As instruction expands beyond traditional boundaries, technology-enhanced personalized and student-centered learning focuses on providing all students with equitable
access to the knowledge and skills to achieve success in STEM. Learn how technology can provide a powerful teaching tool to help diagnose and address individual needs,
equip students with the essential skills for work and life in a 21st century global society, and provide an active experience for all students. Strategies will be explored for
developing a classroom, school and district culture that promotes effective technology use and the adoption of new teaching practices through collaboration.
Integrating the Common Core and NGSS — through The Private Eye®
K-12
3 credits
Dandelions! Crickets! Eyeballs! Explore how to use this hands-on, interdisciplinary program to rev up student motivation, enrich content understanding, and heighten critical
and creative thinking. Apply crosscutting ideas of analogies, patterns, scale and proportion, systems and models, and structure and function throughout science, math, and
literacy. Focus on embedding the use of a jeweler's loupe and questioning strategies into literacy and art, STEM content areas, and scientific and mathematical practices. You
will: 1) enhance student ability to build motivational bridges between content areas; 2) make investigations into content areas simpler, but sophisticated and scholarly; 3)
develop students who naturally write-across-the curriculum with high-level results. You’ll design lesson plans that incorporate The Private Eye® process and activities to
address specific learning targets for elementary students in STEM areas. And you’ll bring the Next Generation Science Standards and the Common Core to life for all your
students. (As part of a grant, participants receive a set of Private Eye loupes.)
MTH 494/594 Arithmetic and Algebraic Structures for Middle School Mathematics Teachers
Grades 6-8
3 credits
Course immerses students in engaging explorations of mathematics and will include activities that can be adapted for use at the middle school level. Activities and pedagogy
principles follow NCTM and Common Core Standards. Mathematics background assumed is MTH 111-112 (college algebra & trigonometry) and MTH 211-212-213
(mathematics for elementary school teachers). May be applied to the Graduate Certificate in Mathematics for Middle School Mathematics Teachers.
(http://www.pdx.edu/math/graduate-certificate-in-mathematics-for-middle-school
MTH 495/595 History of Mathematics for Middle School Mathematics Teachers
Grades 6-8
3 credits
Course immerses students in engaging explorations of mathematics and will include activities that can be adapted for use at the middle school level. Activities and pedagogy
principles follow NCTM and Common Core Standards. Mathematics background assumed is MTH 111-112 (college algebra & trigonometry) and MTH 211-212-213
(mathematics for elementary school teachers). May be applied to the Graduate Certificate in Mathematics for Middle School Mathematics Teachers.
(http://www.pdx.edu/math/graduate-certificate-in-mathematics-for-middle-school
MTH 488/588 Topics in Technology for Math Teachers
Grades 9-12
3 credits
Topic will be on developing programming skills so to create simulations for problem solving activities in basic probability and other pre-calculus topics. A must for those
thinking of starting an introductory computer science course at their high school; or those wanting to incorporate computing into their high school courses Course carries
graduate mathematics credit and may be applied toward the M.S. in Mathematics for Teachers Program. http://www.pdx.edu/math/MS-MTCH
MTH 482/582 Statistics for Mathematics Teachers
Grades 9-12
3 credits
A must for those teaching dual-credit or AP Statistics, or just come to refresh your statistics knowledge. Course carries graduate mathematics credit and may be applied
toward the M.S. in Mathematics for Teachers Program. http://www.pdx.edu/math/MS-MTCH
MTH 482/583 Topics in Geometry for Math Teachers
Grades 9-12
3 credits