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2003

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Date: 1-9-03
Duration: 1 hour
Location: Simmons Middle School Class A105
Parcticipants: Amie Foster, Carol Harrimon, Roger Kaspar and Karen Morris

Goal(s) of Meeting
Aquent team with the Kotzebue project that I have been assigned to. Get preliminary ideas for classroom activites.

Overview of Session (e.g., resources used, discussion points, next steps, etc.):
After I explained my project we ajourned to the computer lab and looked at My PI's website, and visiting the websites for the Kotzebue area

How did your team address pedagogy, content, the process of science, and the use of technology during the session?
As general discussions of directions we might head.

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Goal(s) of Meeting
Discuss what Inquiry based Learning means Go over a couple exerpts from "Inquiry-Based Learning and the National Science Standards" Begin to develop an inquiry based polar unit

Overview of Session (e.g., resources used, discussion points, next steps, etc.):
Discussed Inquiry-learning, We had a bit of a stand still trying to think of the best ways to boil it down into a polar unit. I am going to look at the notes from the activities meetings to find some more ideas.

How did your team address pedagogy, content, the process of science, and the use of technology during the session?

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Goal(s) of Meeting
Refine plan for polar unit

Overview of Session (e.g., resources used, discussion points, next steps, etc.):
Decided to make a polar based webquest to go with the weather book. Want to compare and contrast the Arctic and the Antarctic. Some discussion about making it an all-inclusive unit for all subjects, but finally came te the conclusion that that would not meet with distrcit goals and individualteacher preferences

How did your team address pedagogy, content, the process of science, and the use of technology during the session?

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Goal(s) of Meeting
To work on inquiry based unit

Overview of Session (e.g., resources used, discussion points, next steps, etc.):
As Karen and Roger couldn't be present, we brain stormed points of classroom transfer for before, during after my field experience and strategies for classroom transfer over the summer.

How did your team address pedagogy, content, the process of science, and the use of technology during the session?

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Goal(s) of Meeting
Become familiar with differnt webquests, and how to design them

Overview of Session (e.g., resources used, discussion points, next steps, etc.):
We checked out other teachers webquests at www.webquest.org. We looked up a few polar resouces, but were unable to find sites we wanted to use. I think we are going to base the webquest on the unofficial site form my project. Note: need to get permission from DR. Clough

How did your team address pedagogy, content, the process of science, and the use of technology during the session?

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Goal(s) of Meeting
To learn the logistics of webpage design

Overview of Session (e.g., resources used, discussion points, next steps, etc.):
Roger, the "techi" of the group ran the meeting. We went to yahoo webpages and tried to lay the foundations for a webpage for our webquest. Had some trouble figuring it out and were not able to get more done that signing up.

How did your team address pedagogy, content, the process of science, and the use of technology during the session?

Additional reflections:

Goal(s) of Meeting
Try to come up with a webquest plan

Overview of Session (e.g., resources used, discussion points, next steps, etc.):

How did your team address pedagogy, content, the process of science, and the use of technology during the session?
Decided to have students research the website from the project and have students work in teams of 3 on each of the 3 hypothesis. Students will do a parallel project in their local communites. limitations, students will need acess to a local natural area, with a body of water. We are trying to overcome this limitation

Additional reflections:

Goal(s) of Meeting
Shifting our focus to my impending field experience and planning classroom transfer

Overview of Session (e.g., resources used, discussion points, next steps, etc.):
Brain stormed ideas for classroom transfer. As I was going to be giving 5 audio presentations we decided that the only way feasable was to ask my partner teacher Veronica Leon to switch history with science for a week and parcticipate in the conference calls.

How did your team address pedagogy, content, the process of science, and the use of technology during the session?
>Telephone needed to be set up in Mrs. Leon classes >Needed to make a plan to classroom action to go with telephone calls

Additional reflections:

Goal(s) of Meeting
Continue to plan for the first field experience

Overview of Session (e.g., resources used, discussion points, next steps, etc.):
Having met with the curriculum writer for Actic Alive this week we decided that we needed to have a plan for what science we will be doing on which days to plan curriculum. We decided to start with a basic overview of the Arctic and reserach that is beign done. We looked through "polar Press Clippings Books and found several to distribute through reading and language arts.

How did your team address pedagogy, content, the process of science, and the use of technology during the session?
We decided that we should make our lessons "process of science based" that is relate everything we do in the field to which part of the process of science it goes along with.

Additional reflections:

Goal(s) of Meeting
Last meeting before I go to visit my team in North Carolina, need to plan what information I need so that we can proceed planning concurent curriculum

Overview of Session (e.g., resources used, discussion points, next steps, etc.):
>Brainstormed questions to ask >Discussed ideas to match curriulum >possible language arts connection- decided to approach principal for a classroom set of books to go along with experience. Looked through books online and in clasroom to make a decision. Karen offered to read through some at home as will Amie.

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Goal(s) of Meeting
>Discuss findings from North Carolina >Finalize classroom transfer for field experience

Overview of Session (e.g., resources used, discussion points, next steps, etc.):
After I set up soup and salad for dinner, we discussed what I learned about my trip and my second meeting with the curriculum writer from Acrtic Alive who lives in the Chicago land area. We planned what the theme will be for each days broadcast, but decided to keep alternatives in mind as the field experience can vary based on weather and other factors. Mon. Overview of Arctic Research- guest speaker- Dr. Lisa Clough Tue. SEK (Scientific Ecological Knowledge- Guest Speaker Marta Whiting Wed. TEK (Traditional Ecological Knowledge) Guest speaker- John Goodwin Thur. Combining TEK and SEK Dr. Jeff Johnson, Dr. David Griffith Fri. Inupiaq Perspective- Melinda Reynolds

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Goal(s) of Meeting
To install card for firewire, install software for video camera and learn to make movies for field experience

Overview of Session (e.g., resources used, discussion points, next steps, etc.):
We install hardware and soft ware and used test footage to prepare movies, learned to use Pinnacle program for adding sounds, transitions and polishing finished image

How did your team address pedagogy, content, the process of science, and the use of technology during the session?

Additional reflections:

Goal(s) of Meeting
Review field experience, view video tape and photos

Overview of Session (e.g., resources used, discussion points, next steps, etc.):
Looked at photos and video, Amie related the higlights of field experience.

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Goal(s) of Meeting
Review and reflect on the graded work from Amie's absence and try to find a direction for the summer field expereince

Overview of Session (e.g., resources used, discussion points, next steps, etc.):
Decided to work with summer school classes. Unable to find a science teacher with whom it is feasable to work, so we decided to work through the language arts class of Ms. Morris.

How did your team address pedagogy, content, the process of science, and the use of technology during the session?

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Goal(s) of Meeting
Talk about summer session plan Arctic Curriculum for summer school

Overview of Session (e.g., resources used, discussion points, next steps, etc.):
Reviewed Arcticles and an arcticle my PI sent me. Looked at the curriulum for summer school. Substituted some of the readings for reading of polar explorers and scientists.

How did your team address pedagogy, content, the process of science, and the use of technology during the session?

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Goal(s) of Meeting
make final plans for field expereinces

Overview of Session (e.g., resources used, discussion points, next steps, etc.):
Talked about posters. Karen discussed the Arctic Center she had set up in her classroom. We discussed what lead in she was going to do, when we were going to Email and what direction we wanted the live audio to go.

How did your team address pedagogy, content, the process of science, and the use of technology during the session?

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Goal(s) of Meeting
Discuss field experience Make an over- all plan for next year

Overview of Session (e.g., resources used, discussion points, next steps, etc.):
>Went over trip highlights >We decided that we still wanted to plan inquiry based lessons to go with each of the science text. We are going to talk to the service center and see if they are interested in paying for curriulum. We thought the best idea was to plan one to present to Dr. Struck and Dr. Radokovich. >Decided time table to be delayed, Amie going in for surgery on the 12th and will not be back until October.

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Goal(s) of Meeting
> Show video/photos from field experience > Talk about polar seminar that Amie will present a portion of in Crystal Lake on Nov. 1

Overview of Session (e.g., resources used, discussion points, next steps, etc.):
Showed photos talked about field expereince Talked about the polar presentation. Karen, Angie and Roger (and 2 other teachers (Lisa Pena and Crystal Cepek) plan to attend.

How did your team address pedagogy, content, the process of science, and the use of technology during the session?

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Goal(s) of Meeting
Put together a presentation board for polar workshop.

Overview of Session (e.g., resources used, discussion points, next steps, etc.):
Cut and mounted photos and captions on presentation board

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Goal(s) of Meeting
Learn how to bring polar science into classrooms

Overview of Session (e.g., resources used, discussion points, next steps, etc.):
Set up display and 2 looping powerpoints. Listened to Betty Trummel, Hillary Tulley and Louise Huffman present different activities. Amie presented her expereince, listed to different PI's present their research. Cleaned up and went out to dinner.

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Goal(s) of Meeting
To share my field experience with the staff at Simmons and invite people to join the Polar Colaborative Learning Team.

Overview of Session (e.g., resources used, discussion points, next steps, etc.):
Showed pictures, journal exerpt and discussed possible directions we at Simons could use to expetend this fabulous opportunity.

How did your team address pedagogy, content, the process of science, and the use of technology during the session?

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