NC Teach Summer 2010

EDN 495 – Teaching in the Content Area

Agenda #5 – Assessment

1. Introductions/Administrative Tasks (5:30 – 7:00)

· Engage – Analyze the Simple and Complex Machines

· Explore –animations and simulations

o Ground water – Corny and Cool! (http://www.leapingmedia.com/Media/groundwater_0413.swf)

o Edheads – Activate your mind! (www.edheads.org)

o Virtual Frog Dissection – Ouch! That hurts! (http://mariemarie0000.free.fr/fichiers/images/frog.swf)

o DNA simulation and animation – Who dat doing dat DNA Dance! (http://www.learnerstv.com/animation/animation.php?ani=169&cat=biology) and (http://nobelprize.org/educational_games/medicine/dna_double_helix/)

2. Discussions (7:00 – 7:30)

· Reading in the Content Area Readings

3. Lesson plan (7:30 – 9:00)

· Review – Lesson Plans

· Task – Describe the reading in the content area(s) and relate to at least one reading

Complete readings from The Science Teacher for next week:

· Colburn, A. (April/May, 2009). The prepared practitioner: An assessment primer. The Science Teacher, p.10.

· Colley, K. (November, 2008). Idea bank: Performance-based assessment. The Science Teacher, p.68-72.

· Doane, W., Rice, R. & Zachos, P. (April/May, 2006) Knowing when you don't know. The Science Teacher, p.46-49.

· Gallagher-Bolos, J. & Smithenry, D. (September, 2008). Whole-class inquiry assessments. The Science Teacher, p.39-44.

· Siegel, M, Wissehr. C. & Halverson, K. (March, 2008). Sounds like success: A framework for equitable assessment. The Science Teacher, p.43-46.