Multidisciplinary
/ Inter-Institutional Research Experience:
An
Interdisciplinary Approach to Enhancing Quantitative Literacy
Schedule for Workshop
and Follow-up Activities
Monday, August 13th,
1:00 pm – 3:30 pm Science 313
1) Introduction:
Workshop expectations and introduction of faculty participants and
student assistants. (Karen Donnelly)
2) INSGC goals and expectations (Jennifer Coy)
3) Introduction to data collection using GO!TEMP for timed collection and events with entry (Marge McIlwain) Lab
Handout
10
minute break
4) Group activity “Musical Math” using
microphone (Jennifer Coy)
Lab Handout
5) Discussion with participants on possible
connections to Core and other courses (Jennifer Coy)
6) First homework assignment: (Marge McIlwain)
§ View Tutorial 1 and 2
on LoggerPro
§ Bring smart phone
with camera, iPad if available for tomorrow.
§ Watch some sample
movies on LoggerPro.
§ Peruse manuals and
available probes (probes and manuals are in Marge’s office Science 303; Karen
Donnelly also has manuals in her office Core 257).
Tuesday, August 14th,
8:30 am – 11:30 am Science 313
1) Fundamentals of
linear and exponential modeling, including links to Core (Jennifer Coy) Lab Handout
Materials from Jennifer’s
Core 1 Teaching Activity:
·
Suggested Discussion Exercises
·
Dice Breaker Teaching Activity
·
Student Instruction Sheet for Dice Breaker
·
Lottery Spreadsheet for Homework
2)
Use of videos and LoggerPro (Karen Donnelly) Lab
Handout
10
minute break
3)
Motion detector and “Walk the Line” – Discussion of linear functions (Marge McIlwain)
Lab Handout
4)
Wrap-up and more on website
(Karen Donnelly) ( website
address: http:/www.saintjoe.edu/~karend/QLTech
)
5)
Second homework assignment (Marge McIlwain)
·
Each
participant is to come up with 2 or 3 possible ideas of a project that could be
tied to and used in their own classroom (departmental and/or core). These will be shared on Thursday. Participants are responsible for developing a
lesson plan, using the data collection devices, for use in one of their classes
in either semester 121 or 122. These
will be showcased after September faculty meeting in the library during
soiree.
·
Continue
going through LoggerPro tutorials to get ideas.
Thursday, 8:30 am –
11:30 am Science
313 and 316
1) Equipment Workstations: Student assistants and project leaders each
will have an activity set up for participants to try out in a round-robin
fashion. Participants will move through
the following stations and perform the hand-on experiments.
·
Projectile
Launcher (Steven Quella) Lab
Handout Word PDF
·
Heart
Rate Monitor (Adrienne DiRuzza) Lab
Handout Word PDF
·
pH
Meter (Hanna Walters) Lab
Handout Word PDF
·
Force
Plate Balance Activity (Taylor Stacy) Lab
Handout Word PDF
·
Gas
Pressure Sensor - Boyle’s Law (Marge McIlwain) Lab Handout Word PDF
·
Its an Accident Cart on a Ramp with
variations (Jennifer Coy) Lab Handout Word PDF
·
Damped
oscillation of a spring using motion detector (Karen Donnelly) Lab Handout Word PDF
10 minute
break
2) Discussion:
·
Sharing
of ideas for possible classroom projects.
·
Templates
for lesson plans (Jennifer Coy) Template
·
Roll
of student mentors for the project.
·
Pre
and post classroom student surveys (Jennifer Coy) Pre-Survey Post-Survey
3)
Debriefing and reminder about the project website. (Karen Donnelly)
Wednesday,
September 19th : Soiree in Library Following Faculty Meeting
(Approximately 6:00 p.m.)
·
Showcase
of workshop participant lesson plans and activities, showing the actual
activities with equipment demonstration.
All faculty are invited to visit the
demonstrations.
During Fall and / or Spring Semesters 2012-2013
·
Activities
and lesson plan will be used in at least one of each participant’s classes.
·
Follow-up
reporting of pre and post surveys.