You need to complete
your assignments within certain deadlines, so you should always check
the Course Outline at the beginning of each new week. Then you can plan
when you will do your work.
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Orientation
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Welcome
Week
1
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Individual:
Introduce yourself. Read the Intro and Guide. Decide what type
of terrarium you would like to build. Do the Pre-Course Survey
Team:
Meet and name your team
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Course
Basics
Week
2
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Individual:
Read about Earth system science. Collect containers for the
terrariums. Submit your ideas about sphere/event interaction.
Team:
Name your team
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Practice
Week
3
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Individual:
Build your sample terrarium. Post useful resources. Submit questions
and reflections about learning.
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Land
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Week
4
Teacher As Researcher
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Individual
Classroom Action
Research:
Do an activity with your students, reflect on the activity, respond
to teammates' reflection, and suggest criteria for effective concept-building
activities.
Team
Criteria-Building: Agree on criteria for effective
concept-building activities.
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Week
5
Teacher
As Scholar
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Individual
Earth Sphere Scholarship:
Ask questions
about land. Answer your and your teammates' questions. Post useful
resources.
Team
Essential Question Scholarship: Agree on answers
to essential questions about land.
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Week
6
Teacher
As Designer
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Individual
Lesson Design: Design or find a sphere lesson
for your students, post it for feedback, revise it based on feedback,
and post it again.
Team
Feedback: Give your teammates feedback on their
sphere lessons.
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Living
Things
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Week
7
Teacher As Researcher
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Individual
Classroom Action Research:
Do an activity with your students, reflect on the activity, respond
to teammates' reflection, and suggest criteria for effective concept-building
activities.
Team
Criteria-Building: Agree on criteria for effective
concept-building activities.
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Week
8
Teacher
As Scholar
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Individual
Earth Sphere Scholarship:
Ask questions about living things. Answer your and your teammates'
questions. Post
useful resources.
Team
Essential Question Scholarship: Agree on answers
to essential questions about living things.
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Week
9
Teacher As Designer
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Individual
Lesson Design:
Design or find a sphere lesson for your students, post it for feedback,
revise it based on feedback, and post it again.
Team
Feedback: Give your teammates feedback on their
sphere lessons.
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Water
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Week
10
Teacher
As Researcher
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Individual
Classroom Action Research:
Do an activity with your students, reflect on the activity, respond
to teammates' reflection, and suggest criteria for effective concept-building
activities.
Team
Criteria-Building: Agree on criteria for effective
concept-building activities.
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Week
11
Teacher
As Scholar
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Individual
Earth Sphere Scholarship:
Ask questions about water. Answer your and your teammates' questions.
Post
useful resources.
Team
Essential Question Scholarship:
Agree on answers to essential questions about water.
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Week
12
Teacher
As Designer
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Individual
Lesson Design:
Design or find a sphere lesson for your students, post it for feedback,
revise it based on feedback, and post it again.
Team
Feedback: Give your teammates feedback on their
sphere lessons.
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Air
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Week
13
Teacher
As Researcher
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Individual
Classroom Action Research:
Do an activity with your students, reflect on the activity, respond
to teammates' reflection, and suggest criteria for effective concept-building
activities.
Team
Criteria-Building: Agree on criteria for effective
concept-building activities.
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Week
14
Teacher
As Scholar
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Individual
Earth Sphere Scholarship:
Ask questions about air. Answer your and your teammates' questions.
Post
useful resources.
Team
Essential Question Scholarship: Agree on answers
to essential questions about air.
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Week
15
Teacher
As Designer
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As Designer
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Individual
Lesson Design: Design
or find a sphere lesson for your students, post it for feedback,
revise it based on feedback, and post it again.
Team
Feedback: Give your teammates feedback on their
sphere lessons.
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Final
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Week
16
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Individual
Final Project:
Do the Final Project , Complete the Post-Course
Survey
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