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 * 9:00-9:15 || Registration/ Sign-in/ Welcome || Sign into the Ning
 * 9:15-9:30 || IceBreaker: Brief Background about yourself . || http://nycscience.ning.com/group/frair/forum/topics/please-tell-us-a-little-about ||  ||
 * || Investigating Science Through Inquiry || [[file:lesson planning template.doc]] ||  ||
 * || What is inquiry? || Class Poll-media type="custom" key="5264477" ||  ||
 * || Resources || Websites: Various sites that support learning the [|inquiry process] ||  ||
 * || How do you teach students the inquiry

Various Science Lessons [|Bubble Suspension Experiment] ||  || [|Cyberbees] [|Bubbles] [|Bubblesphere] [|Art and Science of Bubbles] ||  || ||  || [|Project Feeder Watch] [|Globe] [|Wildlife Watch] [|Jason] Extras: [|All About Birds] ||  || [|Group Ning] ||  ||
 * ||  || [|Science,Optics and You http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/optics/tutorials/index.html]
 * || Exploring Science through Projects and Problems || Sample Lesson
 * || Resources || Online Projects:
 * ||  || Please share science project ideas that you have used and that have been successful in the classroom.
 * || Integrating Science through the curriculum || Exploring Earthquakes[[file:Exploring Earthquakes.doc]]

Pedometer Lessons ||  || http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/ This Dynamic Earth: The Story of Plate Tectonics http://pubs.usgs.gov/publications/text/ Savage Earth Animations http://www.wnet.org/savageearth/animations/ Plate Tectonics—The Cause of Earthquakes http://www.seismo.unr.edu/ftp/pub/louie/class/ Ring of Fire map http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Glossary/ FEMA for Kids, information and links about natural disasters http://www.fema.gov/kids/ World and Other Maps http://www.eduplace.com/ss/ssmaps/ http://www.peclogit.org/logit.asp ||  || What ways have you used the inter- disciplinary approach in your instruction?
 * || Resources || University of Michigan, facts and graphics about the Earth
 * || Activity || [|Group Ning]

How can we make science more of a collaborative process with other subject teachers. ||  || American Association for the Advancement of Science, Science NetLinks, What Is a Graph? http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/Lessons.cfm?DocID=37 Annenberg/CPB Learner.org, Getting the Picture: Communicating Data Visually http://www.learner.org/exhibits/dailymath/getpicture.html Directions for Making Scientific Graphs Using Excel http://www.ncsu.edu/labwrite/res/gt/gt-menu.html National Center for Educational Statistics, Create a Graph http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/graphing/ American Association for the Advancement of Science, Science NetLinks, What Is a Graph? http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/Lessons.cfm?DocID_=37 Annenberg/CPB—Getting the Picture: Communicating Data Visually http://www.learner.org/exhibits/dailymath/getpicture.html Directions for Making Scientific Graphs Using Excel http://www.ncsu.edu/labwrite/res/gt/gt-menu.html National Center for Educational Statistics, Create a Graph http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/graphing North Carolina State University, LabWrite Resources, Graphing Resources http://www.ncsu.edu/labwrite/res/gh/gh-linegraph.html North Carolina State University, LabWrite Resources, Graphing with Excel (for high school students) http://www.ncsu.edu/labwrite/res/gt/gt-menu.html ||  || What can science teachers do to make science more interesting for their students? ||  ||
 * || Enhancing Science Skills || **Learning to Make Bar Graphs**
 * Learning to Make Line Graphs**
 * || Group Work: Learning in Virtual Spaces || Divide into groups. You will collect data from each site reporting back to the group, which sites are for educators only, student friendly, type of resource. ||  ||
 * || Resources || [] (Default) ||  ||
 * ||  || Final Question
 * || Survey ||  ||   ||