Tentative Workshop Schedule
July 30 - August 3
8:30 - 4:30
Sternberg Museum of Natural History

Monday, July 30
Sternberg Museum Classroom
8:30 - 9:00 Introductions, overview of project and project objectives, pre-assessments - Taggart
9:00 - 10:30 Standards for Science and Reading and Writing: Making the Overwhelming possible through integration - Taggart
10:30 - 10:45 Break
10:45 - 11:30 Museum Tour - Liggett
11:30 - 12:30 Lunch - Expeditions
12:30 - 12:45 Brain Break
12:45 - 1:30 What is Inquiry Learning? The Learning Cycle Model/ The Private Universe - Taggart
1:30 - 2:15 The Inquiry Unit: Overview of unit - Taggart
2:15 - 2:45 The Inquiry Unit: Sple - Henning
2:45 - 3:00 Break
3:00 - 4:15 Cooperative Learning - Henning
4:15 - 4:30 Wrap-up

Tuesday, July 31
O'Loughlin OWLS site and Tomanek Hall Rms 201 & 209
8:30 - 10:15 O'Loughlin OWLS site - Randy Rogers (Kansas Wildlife and Parks)
10:15 - 10:30 Break
10:30 - 11:00 Aquatics Biology - T. Taggart
11:00 - 11:30 The C.L.A.S.S.I.C. Web Page - T. Taggart
11:30 - 12:30 Lunch
12:30 - 2:00 Technology Integration - Aquatics activities - Ads (6-12)
Integrating Reading and Writing strategies - Bliese (K-6)
Expository writing in science and how to asses it - Bliese (K-6)
The Inquiry Unit: Sple - Bliese (K-6)
2:00 - 2:15 Break
2:15 - 3:45 Technology Integration - Aquatics activities - Ads (K-6)
Integrating Reading and Writing strategies - Bliese (6-12) Expository writing in science and how to assess it - Bliese (6-12)
The Inquiry Unit: Sple - Bliese (6-12)
3:45 - 4:15 The peer-mentoring process - Bliese
4:15 - 4:30 Wrap-up

Wednesday, August 1
Sternberg Museum Classroom
8:30 - 10:00 Insect Basics/Field Exploration - Liggett
10:00 - 10:30 Monarca - Liggett
10:30 - 10:45 Break
10:45 - 11:30 Insect Basics - Liggett
11:30 - 12:30 Lunch - Expeditions
12:30 - 1:00 Brain Break
1:00 - 2:00 A sple OWLS site - Schber
The Inquiry Unit: Sple - Schber
2:00 - 3:00 Exploring the Discovery Room - Liggett
3:00 - 3:15 Break
3:00 - 4:15 Planning Time
4:15 - 4:30 Wrap Up

Thursday, August 2
Sternberg Museum Classroom and Tomanek Hall Rm 201
8:30 - 9:30 Museum Tour (Paleontology - Liggett
9:30 - 10:30 Geologic Time - Liggett & Beecher
10:30 - 10:45 Break
10:45 - 11:15 The Inquiry Unit: Sple - Beecher
11:15 -11:45 Brain Break - A "rolling" time line - Liggett
11:45 - 12:45 Lunch - Expeditions
12:45 - 2:45 Technology Integration - Paleontology activities - Ads
Internet Exploration - Ads
2:45 - 4:15
Planning Time
4:15 - 4:30 Wrap up

Friday, August 3
8:30 - 9:30 The Inquiry Unit: Sple - Hutchinson
9:30 - 10:15 Individualizing an integrated science progr/learning styles - Hutchinson
10:15 -10:30 Break
10:30 -12:00 Roland Stein (Kansas Wildlife and Parks) Project Aquatic Wildlife & Parks resources, OWLS grant participation.
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch
1:00 - 1:30 Brain Break - Taggart
1:30 - 2:00 Field-trials and unit assessment - Taggart
2:00 - 2:30 Workshop Assessment - Roland Stein
2:30 - 4:15 Planning time
4:15 - 4:30 Wrap up.


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