Outcomes for the HSPI Plenary Session • Goals of the HSPI project • Who is involved in the HSPI project • Explanation of how to access the activity collection The HSPI Project: An Overview The High School POGIL Initiative Developing innovative resources for chemistry and biology instruction in secondary schools Funded by The Toyota USA Foundation HSPI Leadership Team • Rick Moog, Project Director Franklin & Marshall College, PA • Laura Trout, Editor in Chief Lancaster Country Day School, PA • Megan Hoffman, Content Advisor (biology) Berea College, KY • Jim Spencer, Content Advisor (chemistry) Franklin & Marshall College, PA • Ellen Yezierski, Project Evaluator Miami University, OH • Cindy Wingenroth, HSPI Coordinator The POGIL Project, PA Goals of the HSPI Project • Create a national network of high school teachers implementing POGIL activities • Write, review, and classroom-test POGIL activities for First-Year and AP Biology and Chemistry • Train high school teachers to facilitate POGIL workshops HSPI Goals: Network of POGIL Users • Three summer meetings to train partners in the writing, editing, and classroom facilitation of POGIL activities • Monthly HSPI newsletter (The HSPI Bond) • Web-based Classroom Implementation Guide • Online support sessions (Elluminate classroom) HSPI Goals: Activity Writing • HSPI editorial board members and partners submitted activities, using the HSPI topic list. • Teachers outside of the HSPI group were also able to submit activities for review. HSPI Activities: The Review Process Clearly defined process to move activities through a review cycle, including all necessary forms, paperwork, systems and personnel to: • Submit • Review • Revise • Classroom Test • Approve for publication The HSPI Activity Collection, Volume 1 • Biology: about sixty activities, divided into AP and First-Year groupings • Chemistry: about sixty activities, divided into AP and First-Year groupings • Look for an announcement on the POGIL website with full details about how to purchase the collection, around January 2012 The HSPI Activity Collection, Volume 1 Subject Area Topics Included Chemistry Nature of science, experimental design, particulate matter, structure of atom, naming & formulas, bonding, gases & states of matter, solutions, kinetics, equilibrium, organic, measurement, electron arrangements, periodic trends, mole & stoichiometry, themodynamics, acids & bases, redox, nuclear Biology Nature of science, experimental design, biochemicals, body systems, cell processes, cell structure, evolution, ecology, genetics, homeostasis HSPI Goals: Professional Development • Partners and Editorial Board members presented workshops during each year of the initiative • The HSPI Project is developing a collection of materials for workshops, to address the needs of secondary school teachers Attend POGIL/HSPI Workshops at Or contact the POGIL office to host/sponsor a POGIL/HSPI workshop in your area. HSPI Editorial Board • Paula Butler (CH), Cincinnati Country Day School, OH • Leigh Foy (BI), York Suburban High School, PA • Diane Krone (CH), Northern Highlands Regional High School, NJ • Pat Ligon (CH), Broughton High School, NC • Joanne Long (BIO), Franklin Township School District, NJ • Susan Richardson (BIO), Wichita East High School, KS • Amanda Zullo (CH), Saranac Lake High School, NY HSPI Editors-at-Large • Megan Hoffman (BIO), Berea College, KY • Elizabeth Mancini (BIO), Cherry Hill High School East, NJ (retired) • Linda Padwa (CH), Stony Brook University, NY • James Wakefield (CH), Chempractice, OR HSPI Partners, Chemistry • Mahesh Alur (IL) • Stef Katz (PA) • Mary Bartholomew (CO) • Rhoda Rush (GA) • Tom Cork (NY) • Marcia Sprang (CA) • Sally Craven (KY) • Tracy Suggs (NY) • Melissa Hemling (WI) • Mare Sullivan (WA) • Carrie Jacobus (NJ) • Bruce Wellman (KS) • Romina Jannotti (FL) HSPI Partners, Biology • Audrey Armoudlian (MI) • Linda Dukes (GA) • Grace Ford (FL) • Michelle Lawrence (MO) • Christine Sands (NY) • Krista Seanor (NJ) Questions and Wrap Up