Rice Short Workshop Agenda
Dates: Monday, June 19 - Wednesday, June 21
Location: Rice University
Day 1
Session 1
(20 min) Welcome
- Introductions
- Money → attendance
- Register using this form.
(30 min) Norms discussion and activity
- student hat first, then teacher hat
- Hopes and Fears survey
- In groups:
- Norms poster from APS STEP-UP
- Fermilab norms poster
- Which poster items resonate with what you’re doing this week?
- Which poster would you hang in your classroom?
(10 min) Our philosophy re:coding
(10 min) BREAK
(2 hrs) Driver/navigator time
- Intro to coding
- Remember to MAKE A COPY of the notebooks
- This will automatically create a folder in Drive
- If you finish early, choose one of these notebooks to explore
- Earthquakes
- Sun Position
- Elements
- Sunspots
Session 2
(1.5 hour) Continue driver/nav work from session 1
(15 min) All hands meeting
- Google can be the best programming help
- Daily feedback survey
Day 2
Session 1
(15 min) All Hands meeting
- Successes / challenges from yesterday’s notebooks
(45 min) Particle Physics review
(2 hr) Driver navigator time
Muon Mass
- Calculate the mass of a muon using CMS data
- Take breaks as needed
Session 2
(15 min) share out from session 1
(30 min) Switch to Teacher Hat mode
- What most schools don’t teach video
- Wrapping paper & surface area example implementation
- Arrays sort of
(1 hour)
- Implementation advice on CODINGinK12.org
- Brainstorm lesson ideas
- Start on implementation plan
(15 min) All Hands Meeting
Day 3
Session 1
(20 min) All Hands
- Thoughts from yesterday
- group photo later this AM
- Ideas for optional breakouts later
(2 hrs) Continue working on implementation plan
- Brainstorm and data search
- work individually or in groups
- develop a plan for implementation with your students
- use whatever format or structure you’d like
- A good place to include your implementation plan is in your coding notebook.
- Ask a QuarkNet Fellow to add your link to the list below
- Be prepared to have others look at your implementation plan and coding activity at the beginning of Session 2.
- Upload your implementation plan here
(10 min) Group photo
Implementation plans and coding activities
Session 2
(40 min) Share plans for implementation in groups
- Assign a timekeeper since this timeline is tight
- 5 minutes of each camper “Driving” one notebook; 5 minutes of feedback/questions
- Participate as a student might. The author can make their own notes with comments/feedback.
- Briefly decide upon ONE activity (of the four) that you want to “showcase” later.
(45 min) Coding Activity Showcase
- (3 min each) Showcasers will briefly summarize their lesson, and mention some of the feedback received during the small group session
(10 min) Housekeeping and sign off