immersion learning for science teachers
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Pictures of Chicago Public School Teachers learning about earth science: geology, paleontology, fossil hunting, and astronomy.TRANSCRIPT
Immersion LearningImmersion Learning
Benefits
• Learn quickly• Go on a fantastic
“field trip”• Do science• Learn about
scientists• Meet and network• Achieve greatness• “Walk away” with
lessons/activities
Le a r n Q u ic k ly
www.lorelsblog.wordpress.com
Make sure you journal daily…
F a n t a s t ic F ie ld Tr ip
D o S c ie n c e
Prospect! Excavate! Jacket!
Learn About ScientistsWhat Does a Scientist Look Like?
Meet and Network
Achieve GreatnessSuper “Ninja” RobertoLorel , “The Excavator”
Activities for Students
• Observation vs Inference with an egg• Classification with plastic toy animals• Identification game: fossil or not• Great Fossil Find Simulation• Geological Time Zone Research• Bone Excavation• Plaster Casts of Fossils• Blogging for a purpose
A Special Thank You To…• Gabrielle Lyon, Project Exploration• Paul Serino, University of Chicago• Ewan Wolff, University of Wisconsin-Madison• Jason Moore, Texas A&M University• Mark Hammergren, Adler Planetarium• Matt Knoekpe, Homewood-Flossmoor High School• Nancy Bigelow, Benito Juarez High School• Gloria Henllan-Jones, Amundsen High School• Roberto Lituma, Seward Academy• Stephanie Madziar, Perspectives Charter School• Oscar Newman, Chicago Academy Elementary
School• Skye Nicholson, North Lawndale College Prep High
School• Zarina Qadir, Kilmer School• Michael Ramirez, ACE Tech High School