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PEER Intensive 2001 Participants

PEER Intensive 2001 Participants. Packet Contents. Acknowledgements Schedule of Events Bus Schedule Program Overview Participant Contact Information College of Education Contact Information College of Veterinary Medicine Contact Information Session Handouts

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PEER Intensive 2001 Participants

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  1. PEER Intensive 2001 Participants

  2. Packet Contents • Acknowledgements • Schedule of Events • Bus Schedule • Program Overview • Participant Contact Information • College of Education Contact Information • College of Veterinary Medicine Contact Information • Session Handouts • Intensive 2001 Evaluation Forms • Campus and Bryan/College Station Maps • Reimbursement Packets • PEER, eEducation, and Bryan/College Station Brochures

  3. Monday June 11 Tuesday June 12 Thursday June 14 Friday June 15 9:00 – 10:00 Introductions / Intensive Overview (VMA 331) Plant Experiment (Demonstration) (VMA 331) Water Sampling on River (Stiles Ranch–Brazos River) Assignment A Critique (VMS 313; VMA 326B & 331) TrackStar Presentations (VMA 331) Curricular Experiments: Water and Hay Experiments (VMS 309 & 311) 10:00 – 11:00 Introduction to Curricular Modules (VMA 331) Assignment B Critique (VMS 313; VMA 326B & 331) Assignment C Critique (VMA 331 & 326B) Assignment A (VMS 309 & 311) 11:00 – 12:00 Assignment C (VMS 309 & 311) Introduction to "Hazards" and “Organ Systems” Module (VMA 331) Evaluations & Travel Reimbursements (VMS 331) 12:00 – 1:00 Lunch (VMA–Mark Francis Room) Lunch – Introduction to Egypt Adventure (VMA–Mark Francis Room) Lunch (Stiles Ranch) Lunch – Introduction to China Adventure (VMA–Mark Francis Room) Lunch – Week In Review (VMA–Mark Francis Room) Intensive Schedule Wednesday June 13

  4. 1:00 – 2:00 Assignment B (VMS 309 & 311) Introduction to TrackStar (Harrington 627) Travel to Harrington & Clean–up Environmental Health (VMA 331) 2:00 – 3:00 Project Development (TrackStar, Assignments A&B) (Harrington 627) TrackStar Presentations (VMA 331) Water Quality Measurements (VMA 331) 3:00 – 4:00 Project Development (TrackStar, Assignments A&B) (Harrington 627) 4:00 –5:00 Evening Dinner and Social (6:00 – 7:30 p.m.)Golden Corral Restaurant) Open Lab / Project Development (5:30 – 8:00 p.m.)(Harrington 627) Open Lab / Project Development (5:30 – 8:00 p.m.)(Harrington 627) Open Lab / Project Development (5:30 – 8:00 p.m.)(Harrington 627) Schedule Continued Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

  5. Program Overview • The Partnership for Environmental Education and Rural Health PEER program is a collaboration between the College of Veterinary Medicine, College of Education, and the Center for Environmental and Rural Health CERH at Texas A&M University and the Texas Rural Systemic Initiative TRSI

  6. Program Objectives • Provide access to activity based curricular materials over the Internet; • Professional development staff courses for science teachers who wish to integrate web based environmental and rural health science curriculum units; • A one week technology/environmental science intensive training program with scholarships for 20 teachers/year; • Visiting scientists/college students to classes and/or interacting on-line to set-up classrooms.

  7. Resources for the Intensive and Beyond . . . • Web-based Curricula • Professional Development Resources for Teachers • Scientists Visits to Schools • Water Testing Kits • Access to TrackStar Lesson Development Tool

  8. And Now … Assignments A, B, & C

  9. Assignments A, B, & C

  10. Instructions Continued

  11. Instructions Continued

  12. Personal Schedules

  13. Teacher Reviews of Units

  14. Changes to Units

  15. Your Teacher Review Form

  16. Web-based Curricula Modules Currently Implemented • Assignments A & B • 5 Water Quality Units • 5 Cell Biology Units 5 Hazards Units • 1000+ middle school students field-tested the modules • Assignment C • 2 Organ Systems Units • 2 Properties/Sources of Hazards Units

  17. Web-based Curricula Framework • Lesson Objectives • Pre-tests and Post-tests with answer keys • Presentation of Concepts • Downloadable Student Journal Activity Sheets for Experiments and Activities • Teacher Lesson Notes • An outline of science and technology TEKS Standards that are addressed in the lesson

  18. Cells Are UsCell Biology Module Students • Learn key aspects of cell functions • Read about selected scientists’ biographies including their childhoods • Use “Get Smart” game to perform self-study Modules • Levels of Organization • Interacting with the Outside World • Creating Energy • Coding and Translating Instructions • Making Protein Machinery to do Things

  19. Water’s the MatterWater Quality Module Students • Learn that individual bodies of water have unique properties • Focus on five different measurable properties of water Modules • Measuring Mass, Fluid Volume and Concentration • Measuring Temperature and its Effects on Water Quality • Measuring Dissolved Oxygen and its Effects on Water Quality • Measuring pH and its Effects on Water Quality • Measuring Nitrates and their Effects on Water Quality

  20. Toxic or Not?Hazards Module Focus on our surroundings and the hazards present in everyday life Students • Complete lessons on different toxin sources such as bacteria, nutrition, and air quality • Play a mystery game to find what toxic substance has made patients sick, and its sources Modules • Welcome to Your World • Who Are Sam and Ella? • Every Breath You Take • More Than Skin Deep • You Are What You Eat

  21. http://peer.tamu.eduUser peerPassword aggies That’s all folks… We hope that you have an awesome week!!!

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