Sample agenda for Data Camp

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QuarkNet Fellows Group

Prior to Camp

  • The “Swim Test:”
  • Complete assigned reading
  • Watch instructional videos
  • Complete simple coding tasks using a Jupyter notebook
  • Procure all needed hardware
  • Make arrangements to be open and available for AM and PM work sessions

Monday

  • AM All Hands, “Lecture Hall” - Meet and Greet; cover norms and expectations; review results of swim test activities
  • AM Small Group sessions: Break into partner groups and join “small meeting rooms” to complete basic physics and coding tasks
  • PM All Hands: debrief the AM session, discuss obstacles and improvements, assign tasks for following AM meeting
  • PM Small Group sessions: continue and complete introductory coding tasks and physics conceptual goals
  • Ongoing: check in with Fellows throughout the day by re-joining Lecture Hall; complete daily feedback survey at the end of their workday

Tuesday, Wednesday

  • AM All Hands, Lecture Hall: participants share their work and successes from previous day’s sessions
  • AM Small group sessions: work on second-level coding tasks and data analysis
  • PM All Hands: debrief the day, discuss obstacles and improvements, assign tasks for following AM meeting
  • PM Small Group sessions: complete second level coding tasks and begin the “big” data analysis task
  • Ongoing: check in with Fellows throughout the day by re-joining Lecture Hall; complete daily feedback survey at the end of their workday

Thursday

  • AM All Hands, Lecture Hall: participants present their “big analysis” project and interesting results; Fellows introduce the teacher-hat phase involving exploring new datasets
  • AM Small group OR individual sessions: explore a new dataset and write code to perform an analysis
  • PM All Hands: share preliminary results of explorations; Fellows instruct participants to begin writing a lesson plan linked to their exploratory coding project, intended to provide their students the same opportunities
  • PM Small Group sessions: complete exploratory coding project and lesson plans
  • Ongoing: check in with Fellows throughout the day by re-joining Lecture Hall; complete daily feedback survey at the end of their workday

Friday

  • AM All Hands, Lecture Hall: participants share their completed exploratory project and its associated lesson plan
  • AM Individual sessions: develop unit plan (for a block of consecutive classes OR interspersed throughout course) for multiple student coding activities
  • PM All Hands: briefly share unit plan drafts; Fellows provide instructions for submitting final plans and completing program evaluation
  • PM Individual sessions: complete and submit unit plans; fill out exit survey and evaluator questionnaire