TEA Collaborative Learning Group
Team Meetings

French
2001

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Date: 5/20/01
Duration: 1 hour
Location: Cincinnati
Parcticipants: Jan French, Barbara Marin, Lydia Brashear

Goal(s) of Meeting
Start organizing for next year's unit

Overview of Session (e.g., resources used, discussion points, next steps, etc.):
Discussion: how TEA works & what I'll be doing; possible ways Barbara and Lydia can "plug in"

How did your team address pedagogy, content, the process of science, and the use of technology during the session?
Discusiion: how polar science fits into the already existing curriculum

Additional reflections:

Goal(s) of Meeting
To discuss overview of what I do with polar science in my classroom

Overview of Session (e.g., resources used, discussion points, next steps, etc.):
Discussion of specific activities, and peruse web sites (Blue Ice: Focus on Antarctica/Blue Ice)

How did your team address pedagogy, content, the process of science, and the use of technology during the session?
Discussed time frame for the unit, what each of our responsibilites were, and how we would organize the unit.

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Goal(s) of Meeting
1. Give presentation to 3rd graders 2. Discuss Marcia's TEA application 3. Discuss how Marcia could increase the amount of polar science in her classroom.

Overview of Session (e.g., resources used, discussion points, next steps, etc.):
1. We discussed each other's science-teaching backgrounds and what my TEA responsibilities will be in Antarctica. 2. Brainstormed was to demonstrate the drilling of an ice core. Tried 2 different ways. 3. Reviewed Marcia's TEA application to see where she coulod improve it. 4. Classroom presentation on my upcoming trip.

How did your team address pedagogy, content, the process of science, and the use of technology during the session?
Discussed advantages of hands-on science and how we achieve it in our respective classrooms. Discussed state and national standards.

Additional reflections:

Goal(s) of Meeting
To discuss step-by-step the writing process involved for the writing portions of the unit; who would be responsible for what.

Overview of Session (e.g., resources used, discussion points, next steps, etc.):
Review of the critical thinking question the students will answer; what quality of answer are we expecting; what specific writing skills will we concentarte on

How did your team address pedagogy, content, the process of science, and the use of technology during the session?
Discussion of how the questions relate to the unit; what we hope to accomplish by asking the questions; how the students will organize their information into a cohesive essay.

Additional reflections:

Goal(s) of Meeting
To discuss at length the culminating project: diary of an imaginary expedition to Antarctica

Overview of Session (e.g., resources used, discussion points, next steps, etc.):
Review of the required elements for the diary and how the students would go about writing it.

How did your team address pedagogy, content, the process of science, and the use of technology during the session?
Discussed Barbara and Lydia's pedagogy on the writing process and how they would like to handle this part of the project.

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Goal(s) of Meeting
To review how unit was going so far

Overview of Session (e.g., resources used, discussion points, next steps, etc.):
Discussed major issues of what worked and what didn't, who needs extra help, and how to go from here.

How did your team address pedagogy, content, the process of science, and the use of technology during the session?
Discussed how to help the students that were struggling with the Internet portion of the unit and how they use what they were able to do to show what they had learned. Discussed what the more advance students could do while the slower ones completed their work. Mapped out a plan for the remainder of the unit.

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