As you leave the summer phase of your professional development, take a moment to reflect on what you've learned and what you have yet to really master. With that in mind, share both the things that excite you, and the elements of teaching CS in Science that you still need some support with. We'll use this information to help craft the followup PD offerings to better fit your needs.
What did you realize while you were completing your implementation document? (Here's a link: Implementation Document)
Think back to your in-person PD experience. What challenged you the most? It may have been a module that you liked quite a bit, but it may have been one that you didn't understand as well. What about it did you find challenging? Did you want to set it aside and move on to something else, or did you want to conquer it?
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Think back to your in-person PD experience. What do you remember? Which of these modules did you feel like you had the best experience with? What was it that made that module feel special?
Take a moment to share these answers and more with your fellow teachers. Come back after a while to see what others thought of their PD experience.
Reflect on your identity as a Science teacher--what do you aspire to? Then reflect on how learning to integrate Computer Science in Science through modeling and simulation relates to your professional goals and identity.
Reflect on the classroom culture you would like to promote in your classroom. Describe it and then reflect on some barriers you anticipate running into.
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Build a definition of a successful Science classroom that integrates modeling and simulation. Tell us what you imagine a successful Science classroom looks like, how it functions, how the teacher and students interact, how the students interact with one another, and the role of computers.
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Reflect on the Science practices you teach with regards to conducting experiments in class. How is it similar/different from the experimental design enabled with computer models?
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Reflect on the complex adaptive system (perhaps one you identified after watching the Complex Adaptive Systems video). Describe the phenomenon in terms of how you might model it
What is the phenomenon you thought was a complex adaptive system?
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Reflect on the Science you learned in school. What is similar / different in computational science? Give an example of an experiment you might conduct in computational science that would not be possible in a traditional science lab.
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