Science Matters
Program Director - Mark D. Greenman
Science Professional Development
Schedule & Information
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Chemistry (2007 DOE) |
Earth Science (2006 DOE) |
Physics (2007 DOE) |
If you are interested in receiving more information concerning any of our professional development opportunities, my e-mail address is greenman.mark@marbleheadschools.org or leave a message at (781) 248-4952. We can customize any of these science workshops to fit your individual district's science teaching needs.
- Science Study Group - “WEB Page & GradeKeeper: Sharing Information w. Parents, Students and Resource Personnel."
This WEB page is a sample of the final project that results from taking this workshop.
- Each participant will create a WEB site that will at a minimum give students, parents, and appropriate resource personnel the ability to find the goals & objectives, weekly assignments, and individual student grade progress (password protected) for the participant's classes
Each participant will create a GradeKeeper (or other electronic rank book) file for recording grades and taking attendance for the participant's classes. The rank book file must allow students to access their personal grade file via the Internet.
- Department of Education Summer 2007 Content Institute
A Laboratory Based Chemistry Content Institute for Teachers in Grades 6-10. Funded by the Massachusetts Department of Education.
(Additional Pictures - 2006 & 2007)
Go home with over $200 worth of valuable classroom equipment and instructional materials.67pdps and an option to earn 3-graduate credits from Endicott College for a total of ~$150!
Contact: email Mark Greenman (greenman.mark@marbleheadschools.org) for more information and/or to register for this course.
Summer Component: 8:30AM to 3:30PM; July 9-12 (M-Th) and July 16-19 (M-Th). Location: UMASS Lowell, Olney Hall.
Fall Component: Participants will be expected to attend two follow up sessions during the fall of 2007. October 13 and December 8.
Course Descriptor
This will be a collegial, hands-on laboratory based course that is especially relevant to teachers in grades 6 through 10. This Chemistry course will provide you with classroom activities, help you develop more competency in chemistry, and increase your comfort in teaching ideas related to chemistry.
Investigations will involve the study of physical/chemical properties (e.g. density, viscosity, solubility, etc.), physical/chemical changes, solutions, acids and bases, the atomic model and chemical formulas and nomenclature. We will use a mix of computer probe-ware and traditional equipment to gather and analyze data. Teachers will leave this program with an assortment of equipment, supplies, classroom activities, written resources, and most importantly with a new found confidence in teaching and doing physical science.
Three graduate credits will be available through Endicott College (“Chemistry for Elementary and Secondary Teachers” - ED571) at a very reduced rate of ~$50 per credit, and 67.5 PDPs will be awarded for full participation in the institute.
Key Concepts
Participants will be able to:
Use the Bohr-Rutherford model to describe subatomic structure and to understand the location of elements within the periodic table.
Distinguish between physical and chemical properties and physical/chemical changes.
Distinguish between homogeneous mixtures (solutions) and heterogeneous mixtures.
Use molecular models to distinguish between elements and compounds, and to visualize the molecular changes that occur during chemical reactions.
Use chemical nomenclature and chemical formulas to represent simple molecules, and to balance simple chemical equations.
Distinguish between acids, bases, salts, predict the products of an acid/base reaction, and use pH indicators to describe the acid/base nature of a solution. Use the Bohr-Rutherford model to describe subatomic structure and to understand the location of elements within the periodic table.
- Department of Education Summer 2006 Content Institute
A Hands On Earth Science Content Institute for Teachers in Grades 4-9. Funded by the Massachusetts Department of Education.
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NOT RUNNING THIS SUMMER
Go home with over $200 worth of valuable classroom equipment and instructional materials$200 stipend
67pdps and an option to earn 3-graduate credits from Endicott College for a total of ~$150!
Contact: email Mark Greenman (greenman.mark@marbleheadschools.org) for more information and/or to register for this course.
Summer Component: 8:00AM to 4:00PM; June 17 & 24 (Saturdays) and June 26-30 (M-F). Marblehead High School, 2 Humphrey St., Marblehead, MA 01945.
Course Descriptor
This will be a collegial, hands-on course that is especially relevant to teachers in grades 4 through 9. This course will provide you with classroom activities, help you develop more competency in earth science, and increase your comfort in teaching ideas related to earth science.
Investigations will involve classifying and identifying rocks and minerals, the study of rock formations, plate tectonics and crustal movement, understanding the earth-sun-moon relationship, and study of the earth's atmosphere. We will visit a variety of geological formations taking samples as we work on classifying and identifying rocks and minerals. In addition, participants will use technology to work in a “virtual laboratory” to identify rocks, minerals and geological formations. Participants will leave with the Washington State 36 sample rock kit, a mineral kit, a sieve kit and several fascinating charts.
Three graduate credits will be available through Endicott College (“Earth Science for Elementary and Secondary Teachers”) at a very reduced rate of ~$50 per credit, and 67.5 PDPs will be awarded for full participation in the institute.
Housing accommodations (Salem State dorm-suites) are available from Salem State College at $25 per night - a five minute drive from the Institute site.
Key Concepts
Participants will be able to:
Describe the role of igneous activity on the earth in the formation of igneous rocks.
Describe the role of erosion and deposition in the formation of sedimentary rocks.
Describe the theory of plate tectonics and its role in the formation of metamorphic rocks.
Explain how the relationship between the sun, earth, and moon results in seasons, day & night, and moon phases.
Explain how the relationship between temperature, pressure, and moisture results in “weather”.
- Department of Education Summer 2007 Content Institute
A Laboratory Based Physics Content Institute for Teachers in Grades 7-12. Funded byt the Massachusetts Department of Education.
(Additional Pictures - 2007)
Go home with $250 worth of valuable classroom equipment and instructional materials
67pdps and an option to earn 3-graduate credits from Endicott College for a total of ~$150!
Contact: email Mark D. Greenman (greenman.mark@marbleheadschools.org) for more information and/or to register for this course.
Summer Component: 8:30AM to 3:30PM; July 23-26 (M-Th) and July 30-August 2 (M-Th). Location: UMASS Lowell, Olney Hall.
Fall Component: Participants will be expected to attend two follow up sessions during the fall of 2007. Dates October 13 and December 8..
Course Descriptor
This will be a collegial, hands-on laboratory-based course that is especially relevant to teachers in grades 7 through 12. This physics course will provide participants with classroom activities, new strategies for teaching physics, and help develop more competencies in physics, to increase participant’s comfort in teaching ideas related to the Massachusetts state frameworks standards in high school physics and middle school physical science.
The academic content in physics is centered on concepts of motion, changes in motion, forces, work, energy and power. Participants will learn to connect an object’s motion to Newton’s force laws and relate and interpret graphs of distance-time, velocity-time, acceleration-time, and force-time. Participants will learn how work done by a force is measured and how power is the rate at which work is done. Participants will learn about kinetic energy, potential energy, and the conditions under which mechanical energy is conserved.
Instruction and related activities will be modeled after the work done by Dr. Ron Thorton of “The Center for Science and Mathematics Teaching” at Tufts University. The concepts will be introduced using microcomputer based laboratories (MBL) and interactive lecture demonstrations (ILD).
Three graduate credits will be available through Endicott College (“Physics I for Elementary and Secondary Teachers”) at a very reduced rate of ~$50 per credit, and 67.5 PDPs will be awarded for full participation in the institute.
Key Concepts
Participants will be able to:
Interpret distance-time graphs by relating them to physical motion, and predict the velocity-time graph from a distance-time graph.
Interpret velocity-time graphs by relating them to physical motion, and predict the distance-time graph and acceleration-time graph from a velocity-time graph.
Interpret acceleration-time graphs by relating them to physical motion, and predict the velocity-time graph and force-time graph from an acceleration-time graph.
Interpret acceleration-time graphs by relating them to forces acting on an object, and predict force-time graph from an acceleration-time graph.
Interpret force-time graphs by relating them to forces acting on an object, and predict the a-t, v-t, and d-t graph from a force-time graph.
Interpret and apply Newton’s 1st and 2nd Laws to physical situations.
Interpret and apply Newton’s 3rd Law to physical situations.
Apply the relationship between force, displacement, and time to determine work performed and power generated.
Determine the potential energy and kinetic energy of a system acted on by the force of gravity near the Earth’s surface and/or the force of a spring.
Apply the principal of conservation of mechanical energy to predict the behavior of an object acted on by gravity and/or a spring.
Present an “Interactive Lecture Demonstration” illustrating one of the above concepts.
- Department of Education Summer 2006 Content Institute - "WEB Page & GradeKeeper: Sharing Information w. Parents, Students and Resource Personnel."
Course Descriptor
This will be a collegial, hands-on computer based course that is especially relevant to teachers in grades 7 through 12.
Each participant will create a WEB site that will at a minimum give students, parents, and appropriate resource personnel the ability to find the goals & objectives, weekly assignments, and individual student grade progress (password protected) for the participant's classesEach participant will create a GradeKeeper (or other electronic rank book) file for recording grades and taking attendance for the participant's classes. The rank book file must allow students to access their personal grade file via the Internet.
Three graduate credits will be available through Endicott College (“Sharing Information - WEB Design” - EDxxx) at a very reduced rate of ~$50 per credit, and 67.5 PDPs will be awarded for full participation in the institute.
Please click on the following link Greenman WEB Page to see an illustration of the WEB page teachers will be creating. To see a student grade report, click on the Term 1 grades for Physics 524 A-Block. When the program queries you for a student name and password, type in the name Mark Green and type in the password 007
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