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Participation This course will be moderated by a facilitator. Additional support from an Earth scientist mentor will be provided as the course progresses. All assignments are expected to be submitted by the posted deadlines. Instructions for the assignments and the rubrics, as well as the deadlines, can be accessed from Weeks 4-16 in the Outline. After the first three weeks of introduction and orientation, this course is structured in four, three-week cycles (Weeks A,B,C) during which you will study—both individually and in teams—a sphere (land, living things, water or air). In Week A (4,7,10,13): Teacher As Researcher of each three-week cycle, you will conduct an activity with your students and reflect on the effect it has had on their learning. As a team, you will develop Criteria for Effective Activities.
In Week B (5,8,11,14): Teacher As Scholar is devoted to improving your Earth system science knowledge by answering your individual questions and by addressing essential questions with your team.
In Week C (6, 9,12,15): Teacher As Designer, you will design a sphere lesson for your students and explain in your portfolio how the lesson helps students answer their essential questions. You will also offer feedback to your teammates concerning their sphere lessons.
In the last week of the course, you will weave the four sphere lessons you have created in the previous weeks into an Earth system science unit plan that addresses a unifying essential question, problem, puzzle or situation. In your unit, students will apply what they have learned from those lessons to achieve a greater understanding of Earth's interacting systems. You will also provide a rationale for your unit plan design stemming from your action research, scholarship and sphere lesson design experiences as well as your collaboration with teammates. [
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