Education 3601
Principles of Curriculum and
Instruction
Science
• Instructor: Paul Stevenson
Class 2 –Ed 3601 Resources;
Learning Science
• Outline for January 10, 2007
– Review of Day 1 (Nature of
Science)
– WebQuest Assignment
– Learning Science and
Science Instruction
• Using principles of
Learning
– Conversation with a science
teacher
– Resource Exercise – 2:30
Curriculum Library
Class 2 –Ed 3601 Resources; Learning
Science
• Outcomes of Class 2:
• Students will:
– Apply the Nature of Science ideas
discussed in class 1 to an activity in a
science resource and applying the
Program of Studies.
– Observe the KSA organization within
the Program of Studies
– Apply learning processes and the
learning cycle to a lesson plan
– View WebQuests
– Investigate science resource
materials in the Curriculum Library
Ed 3601 – Review of Day 1:
The Nature of Science
• Science is…
– The empirical basis of
science
• Example: Fertilizer versus
composting
• Other examples?
Ed 3601 - Inquiries
Full
Descriptive
Partial
Comparative
Experimental
Ed 3601 – Further to Day 1:
The Nature of Science
Science and the Program of Studies: Foundations –
How does the Nature of Science fit?
http://www.education.gov.ab.ca/k_12/curriculum/bySubject/science/sci7to9.pdf
Ed 3601 – Further to Day 1:
The Nature of Science
•Example Inquiry
–Inquiry 1-B, Science Focus 9 : Read pp. 13-14
Emphasis of Unit (p. xv)
Which Level of Inquiry?
Partial or Full? (pp. 165/166 Roscoe)
Which type of Inquiry?
Descriptive, comparative, experimental?
-The P of S and KSA’s (p. xvi)
•Knowledge outcomes?
•Skills outcomes?
–Connect each skill (p.14) to a part of the activity.
•Attitude Outcomes?
Ed 3601 – Further to Day 1: The Nature of Science
Using the Diversity Index Investigation 1 - B
• Scientific
Argument:
• Suppose your
students
acquired this
data.
Construct a
Scientific
Argument for
the results.
Student
Group
1X
1Y
2X
2Y
3Y
3X
4Y
4X
5X
5Y
Result
AAABC
ABCC
ABCCC
AABBBB
AA
AAABC
AAAAA
ABB
ABCD
AABBBBC
Runs Specimens Div Index
3
3
3
2
1
3
1
2
4
3
5
4
5
7
2
5
5
3
4
7
Location: X (Natural); Y(Human Activity)
0.6
0.8
0.6
0.3
0.5
0.6
0.2
0.7
1.0
0.4
Ed 3601 – Review of
Day 1: The Nature of
Science
• How might you
teach the
procedure to make
it less of a
cookbook activity
(deductive)and
more discovery
(inductive)?
(Chiapetta and Koballa pp. 150-151)
Ed 3601 – Web Quest Assignment
Web Quests
Ed 3601 – Learning
Cycles (P. 49, fig. 2.1, Roscoe)
The Learning Cycle – Designing lessons
and units with the cycle in mind
Focusing
Reflection and
Application
Exploration
Education 3601 – Learning Science:
Learning Processes and the Learning
Cycle
– Suppose you were a high
school science teacher
starting Unit D – Energy
Flow in Global Systems
and you proposed to your
students that their first
assignment would be to
present an issues paper
relative to climate change.
(Advanced Organizer, Learning
Cycle)
Education 3601
4. Investigate and interpret the role of environmental factors on global energy transfer and climate
change
• describe and evaluate the role of science in furthering the understanding of climate and climate
change through international programs (e.g., World Meteorological Organization, World Weather
Watch, Global Atmosphere Watch, Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic Ocean (SHEBA) project,
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC); the study of paleoclimates and models
of future climate scenarios)
• describe the role of technology in measuring, modelling and interpreting climate and climate
change (e.g., computer models, devices to take measurements of greenhouse gases, satellite
imaging technology)
• describe the limitations of scientific knowledge and technology in making predictions related to
climate and weather (e.g., predicting the direct and indirect impacts on Canada’s agriculture,
forestry and oceans of climate change, or from changes in energy transfer systems, such as ocean
currents and global wind patterns)
• assess, from a variety of perspectives, the risks and benefits of human activity, and its impact on
the biosphere and the climate (e.g., compare the Gaia hypothesis with traditional Aboriginal
perspectives on the natural world; identify and analyze various perspectives on reducing the
impact of human activity on the global climate)
Science 10 P of S, p.31
Education 3601 – Learning
Science: Learning Processes
and the Learning Cycle
– Small Group Activity:
Following learning
processes (pp. 34 – 38
Roscoe) and the
learning cycle, (pp.183189 Roscoe) what
would you do in the
first class on this
topic?
• (Figures 2.1, p.49; 4.8, p.
109:fig. 6.4, p. 167)
Education 3601 – Learning Science:
Learning Processes and the
Learning Cycle
• Include Reference to each of the
following learning processes:
– Students’ prior knowledge
– Active Learning
– Social Learning
– Language and social interaction
– Emotions
– Learning Cycle
• Also Reference the Learning Cycle by
noting each phase in your lesson.
Ed 3601
Conversation
with a Science
Teacher – What
would you like
to know?
Education 3601
• Assignment:
– Read pages 1 – 11 from the
Science 10 Program of
Studies and be prepared to
discuss Program
Foundations and Program
Organization evident in
science teaching in Alberta
Schools
– Be prepared to state your
topic for your Resource
Creation Assignment.