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EDUC
343/543 Integrated Methods IIIa:
Teaching Mathematics, Science, and Health
in the Early Childhood/Elementary/Middle School
Dr. Kevin Carr and Dr. Mike Charles
Resources related to important topics in the
course:
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- Course syllabus
- Discrepant events
Discrepant events are events designed by a teacher to puzzle the
student because what takes place in the event is contrary to what they might have expected. In
trying to explain what has taken place, students can be led to a better
understanding of scientific principles that are in play in the event
observed. Discrepant events can be an excellent way to teach science.
- Turtle Geometry
Activity
Logo
is a computer language that used
technology to address the NCTM Mathematics Standards well before those
Standards were written. Click here to link to the page that outlines
the
polygon experiments we did in class as well as listing resources for
doing Logo in your own classroom.
- Links for the course
texts and videos
- http://www.prenhall.com/cathcart
links to the
Cathcart (Mathematics text) website for easier access to the "related
links" portions of the text.
- Teaching Math: A video library, K-4
for links to the videos for the AV reflection assignments. There are 53
different clips here, all about 15-20 minutes in length, where you can
see reform based mathematics teaching in action in classrooms. In
addition to viewing lessons like "Choose a Method" and "Shapes from
Squares" for our AV reflections, consider looking at some of
these lessons as you prepare work samples and lessons in your
placements.
- Download a PDF
 copy of the "Try this" activities.
- Teaching Math: A video library, 5-8 for
links to upper elementary and middles school videos. There are 6
different clips here where you can
see reform based mathematics teaching in action in classrooms.
"Fraction tracks" is one of my favorites. Consider looking at
some of these
lessons as you prepare work samples and lessons in your placements.
- NCTM
Standards Presentation
Presentation about the
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) Standards as they
have evolved over the years and a description of three general ways
that
mathematics is generally taught in classrooms today.
- Problem
Solving Presentation
Just what does it mean to
say that problem solving should be central to all mathematics? And just
what is a problem? View the presentation slides about this topic from
class.
Electronic Examples of
the
Problem Solving Standard
- Conferences
Links here to various sites
that will have more information about local conferences to attend for
the conference report assignment.
Fall
- THE BRAIN AND THE CLASSROOM: A Brain Awareness Workshop and Resource
Fair for K-12 Teachers--a free
Saturday
1/2 day
workshop at OHSU.
- The OTEN Teacher Education Showcase Conference--a free conference in the Portland area featuring
technology integration projects
across the grade levels and across the curriculum completed by student
teachers and first year teachers in their classrooms this spring.
- Intel
Northwest Science
Expo--this expo brings together over 600 middle and high school
students from Oregon and Washington to Portland State University for a
giant science fair. Volunteers are needed to
help with set-up, clean-up, safety checks, and numerous other jobs.
Pizza provided for volunteers--register
online.
- Project
Learning
Tree Workshop--Learn how to implement an outstanding
interdisciplinary outdoor education curriculum. Click on "Workshop Calendar" for specific
information and online registration. The Oregon Forest Resources
Institute pays for all fees and instruction.
- Help organize the screening of two films here on campus in cooperation with other education students. Contact Mike or Camille for further details about this project affiliated with Adventures in Democracy.
- Astronomy
- Reasons
for the Seasons--Websites with resources related to our astronomy
presentation in class
- Stellarium--planetarium
software that shows exactly what you see when you look up at the stars.
It's easy to use, and since it is open source software, it is free.
- An animation
from the University of Oregon that shows the seasonal variation in
surface temperatures across the whole planet. Note that this is an
animation, so don't miss the PLAY button!
- Explore
a model of the earth's annual revolution around the sun. You can
also see the earth rotating as it revolves. Don't miss the "Show view
from above" button that allows a unique look that illustrates that the
earth's orbit is essentially circular. This model was created by the
talented folks at TERC.
- Explore
a model of the earth's daily rotation. This clearly shows which way
the earth rotates in space. It loads slooowly... but is worth the wait.
- Other great earth
science visualizations from this same website. Keyed to the Exploring Earth textbook, checkout
this table of contents.
- A
good explanation of "what causes the seasons" with reference to the
same video we viewed in class (A
Private Universe). This site is part of the from the National
Science Digital Library. It includes a
description of an activity you can do with your students similar to the
one we did in class. Do beware of the "season's diagram" that might
lead students to the incorrect conclusion that the earth's orbit is
highly elliptical--the same misconception documented so clearly in the
video!
- A series of terrific images that show comparative sizes of the planets and even a couple of stars. Thanks to Pacific graduate Erin Johnson for sending these our way.
- Download a remarkable movie
(about 5 minutes) about the phases of the moon created by Juliet Tae
and Meghan Perkins as a final project. This movie is 40 MB in size (it
will take a while to download even on a high speed connection) and
plays on Windows Media Player (available for Windows and Mac).
- Rosa
Hemphill's Astronomy Resources--collected by a local Oregon teacher
who has assembled some outstanding web resources for beginning
astronomy
students. She introduces her page as follows:
Among
the
most
rewarding investigations students (or anyone) can undertake is one in
astronomy. Stars and dinosaurs just seem to be topics almost everyone
finds exciting...Resources for students interested in astronomy work
abound. This page provides a few links for online resources for the
beginning student. With a bit of experience, the sky is the limit!
- Can
you find Pluto?
Link here to the images and directions for an
activity that will enable your students to try to find Pluto using the
same images that Clyde Tombaugh used in 1930.
- Numeration
Systems
Ancient numeration systems can be an interesting
topic
of study for elementary and middle school students. The Babylonian,
Egyptian, Mayan, and Roman numeration systems are each featured on
this
page.
- Oregon's
OPEN Practice
Scoring Math Assessment guide
Link here to the Oregon State Department of Education's excellent site
for learning how to score the Mathematics Problem Solving assessment.
This excellent site features problems, sample student solutions, and
expert commentary to guide your own understanding of this assessment.
- Electricity
- Electrical
Circuits
Do
light bulbs in
a circuit
light simultaneously or in rapid sequence? Posted here is a PowerPoint
presentation created based on our investigation into this question in
class. (Note: This presentation is viewed best using Internet Explorer
and not Netscape Navigator).
- Arizona Lightning
How long does it take for a bolt of lightning to flash? The answer to
this and other interesting questions about lightning can be found at
this link.
- Metric
System
For the history of the metric system, or for assistance in learning the system, try these websites:
- Online mathematical "manipulatives" that support inquiry-based approaches
Click here for more information about two terrific online websites that
give hands-on manipulatives that you can use for free with your
students: the NCTM Illuminations site and the National Library of
Virtual Manipulatives.
- Just
Your Average Class
In our discussion of measures of central tendency
in
mathematics, we created an average image of all the students and
instructors in our course. Posted here is the final image that resulted
after registering the images (i.e. lining them up, in this case by the
eyes).
- Resource purchase
assignment--Online
sites
- Mixing
Primary Colors
Here's a terrific interactive web page Kevin created
that
demonstrates the principles of mixing colors that we investigated in
the
discussion of color and light in class. A terrific
resource
for you or your students to revisit some of the ideas of color mixing.
- Health
related Internet
resources
Dr. Wainwright's collection of helpful Internet resources for educators
to use in teaching health.
- Our failing public schools
Download the presentation given in class concerning the decline in SAT scores.
- The constant math problem...
A timely article from the Oregonian.
- Following Children's Ideas in Mathematics...
A link to the video
we watched in class that follows students through 12 years of
mathematical study to see how their thinking evolves as they
occasionally have the opportunity to do a different kind of
mathematics. This video is from the Private Universe in Mathematics series.
- Portfolio
Posted here is a PowerPoint presentation
summarizing what was discussed in class about the portfolio assignment.
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