Wipro Fellows Program Melissa Milius, Lucy Shrout, and Liz Schwab
What is the Wipro Fellows program? The Wipro Science Education Fellowship (Wipro SEF) at the University of Missouri (MU) is made possible by a grant from global information technology company, Wipro Ltd., The program is committed to: • Improving teacher practice • Developing teacher leaders • Increasing student achievement in the sciences 20 science teachers from grades K-12 in Mid-Missouri were selected to participate in this years cohort. We meet once a month as a cohort and once a month as a Biology, Chemistry, Earth or Physics science group.
COURSE OF STUDY Place Based Education Place-Based Education is an approach that connects learning and communities with the primary goals of increasing student engagement, boosting academic outcomes, impacting communities and promoting understanding of the world around us.
4th Grade From Trash to Gas: Biomass Energy
We’ve got GAS! COMMUNITY CONNECTION: Backer’s Potato Chips This is AMAZING! Baker Farms When is SCIENCE?
Lucy Shrout- 8th grade Course of Study: Using science notebooks to increase student achievement and inquiry. I wanted science notebooks to become a place for: *Students to record their predictions, investigations, & reflections. *A place to record their learning process--not what I tell them to record. * Formative assessment.
Liz Schwab- FHS Course of Study Improving Student Achievement in Using Digital Student Notebooks. We used the Google Suite, Rocketbooks, StoryboardThat, and Piktochart - Goal: Existing notebook concept Digital form of understanding
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