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TEA Collaborative Learning Group
Annual Report
Muhs
2003
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How did your work with your team help you meet the professional growth goals you
set for yourself?
We brought a long-standing project to a conclusion this summer. After almost 3 years in development, and more than a few setbacks, we put a cosmic ray detector onto a NASA high altitude balloon, collecting data that became the centerpiece of a multimedia CD on the experience. The entire experience involved at least 25 students and 10 teachers at various times, and I was able to take students and teachers to the National Scientific Baloon Facility in Palestine, Texas for the flight itself.
How did your work with your team impact your content knowledge and pedagogy?
Not so much on pedagogy. In my content area, physics, just keeping content knowledge current is a daunting task. But the task of assembling a cosmic ray detector (on a shoestring budget), preparing it for the balloon flight, and analyzing the data really made us parcticipants in science, much more than previously.
What materials / resources / workshops did you
use / produce / host with your team members over the last year?
2 multimedia CDs came out of the collaborations. Last year, I finished a CD on cosmic rays, and Becky Fowler has been working to add to the curricular activities part of the CD as part of her Master's degree. And we produced a CD on the balloon flight experiment. Both of these are on line at www.invisiblemoose.org
Based on the past year,
what ideas do you have to improve the effectiveness of
your team interactions?
I'm pretty excited about continuing to do experiments.
Total hours of collaboration with each team member:
Tom Haff : 60
Bob Olona : 7
Paul Witt : 6
Becky Fowler : 35
Mark Buchli : 84
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