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Summer 2007:

Biology Building

room 215 and 205

Dr. Carol D. Hanley
Director of Education and Communications
Tracy Farmer Center for the Environment
Cooperative Extension Service, 4-H Youth Development
University of Kentucky
107 Dimock Building
Lexington, KY 40546-0076
Cell: 859-333-8248 or 859-351-3885
Fax: 859-323-8788
chanley@uky.edu

Day 1 (Monday, July 23, 2007)
Nature of Science
(Hunt Morgan Building, 215)
8:30 Welcome and introductions (Kandris)
8:45 Overview of project (Carol, Brian and Kandris)
9:00 Discussion of role of laboratory in science based on America's Lab Report (Carol)
9:30 Overview of nature of science and generic examples of each theme (Teddie)
11:30 Project specific examples of some themes TBD
12:00 Lunch
12:30 The nature of science compared with other content areas (Ann)
12:30 Drosophila experiment showing many of the themes, experimental design, and process skills (Robin, Blake and Brian)
3:30 Debrief Drosophila experiment (Everyone)
4:00 Adjourn
5:00 -7:30 Reception

Day 2 (Tuesday, July 24)
AM: (for crayfish based projects see www page: GO TO)
PM:

Day 3 (Wednesday, July 25)
AM: (for crayfish based projects see www page: GO TO)
PM:

Day 4 (Thursday, July 26)

Introduction 
.... Agenda items 
.... Literacy goals for the day 
.... Read aloud

Examining assumptions about reading and writing in Science
.... What does reading and writing in Science mean to you?
.... Discussion of four assumptions held by content teachers
.... Working through the roadblocks for teachers

Addressing the first assumption
.... Text Sets
.... Digital Texts Sets
.... Accessible texts
.... Alternative Texts

Addressing additional assumptions
.... Pre-Reading Strategies
.......... Anticipation Guides
.......... KWL Charts
..........Tea Party

.... During Reading Strategies
.......... Say Something
.......... Bookmarks

.... After Reading Strategies
.......... Something Happened and Then
.......... Text Reformulation
.......... Sketch to Stretch

Lunch

Scientific Notebook-Set Up, Use, Management and Assessment
Notebook Strategies-writing to learn
.......... Fast Write
.......... Questioning the Scientist
.......... Drawing
.......... Observations

Interactive Notebook-writing to learn
.......... New Info.
.......... Conclusions
.......... Questions

Reading and Writing in Science-Management and Assessment
Reflection and Evaluation

July 27th AM Day 5: Mathematics Day
8:30 Welcome and introductions (Ann Bartosh)
8:45
12:00 Lunch

July 27th PM Day 5: Encouraging Girls in Science and Scheduling
1:00 Welcome and introductions (Sondra Floyd)
2:00 Scheduling for next year (Everyone)
3:30 Adjourn

Closing session- feed back from teachers. Go over where to obtain the goods they need for their classrooms.
Present some standard ppt files that can be used by the teachers for their classes. Burn CDs and distribute content folders.