Implementation of PhET Activities for STEM Education
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Implementation of PhET Activities for STEM Education
This course is part of Active Learning in STEM with PhET Interactive Simulations Specialization
Instructors: Zachariah Mbasu
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Become familiar with strategies to facilitate student use of simulations during a simulation-based activity.
Implement a simulation-based mathematics or science lesson.
Reflect on and revise a sim-based Teacher Guide before and after your implementation.
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There are 3 modules in this course
PhET Interactive Simulations ( https://phet.colorado.edu/ ), a project of the University of Colorado Boulder, provides fun, free, interactive, research-based science and mathematics simulations for use across, primary, secondary, and higher education levels. We extensively test and evaluate each simulation to ensure educational effectiveness. All simulations are open source and free to all students and teachers.
In this course, you will learn how to effectively design and implement a Teacher Guide that makes use of PhET’s simulations for mathematics and science. To finish this course, you need to complete two assignments with Peer Review: 1) Design a Teacher Guide that integrates an inquiry-based activity with simulations, and 2) Implement your lesson in your class, and reflect on the results. This course is the fourth and final of four courses that make up the specialization “Active Learning in STEM with PhET Interactive Simulations”. This course is also available in Spanish as “Implementación de Actividades PhET para la Educación STEM” and in Portuguese as "Implementação de Atividades PhET para Educação STEM".
In this module, you will learn how to effectively design a Teacher Guide that makes use of PhET’s mathematics and science simulations, and then reflect upon the implementation of a PhET simulation-based lesson.
What's included
6 readings1 discussion prompt
6 readings•Total 251 minutes
- Course Updates and Accessibility Support•1 minute
- Welcome!•5 minutes
- Getting Ready to Implement•5 minutes
- Reviewing a Pre-Made Teacher Guide•60 minutes
- Your Teacher Guide•120 minutes
- Reflect on Your Teacher Guide•60 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 30 minutes
- Reviewing a Teaching Guide•30 minutes
In this module, you will take the Teacher Guide you have already prepared, and consider a number of facilitation strategies. You will then again review your guide and make improvements before submitting it for peer review.
What's included
9 videos11 readings1 peer review9 discussion prompts
9 videos•Total 52 minutes
- Facilitating Activities with PhET: An Overview•6 minutes
- Preparing for a PhET Activity•4 minutes
- Getting Started in Class•4 minutes
- Starting Out with Open Play•5 minutes
- Circulating and Helping Students in Small Groups•8 minutes
- Pacing and Checks for Understanding•5 minutes
- Supporting Student Ownership•9 minutes
- Facilitating Whole Class Discussions•7 minutes
- Pulling it All Together•3 minutes
11 readings•Total 22 minutes
- Facilitation Overview•1 minute
- Preparing for a PhET Activity•1 minute
- Getting Started in Class•1 minute
- Starting Out with Open Play•1 minute
- Circulating and Helping Students in Small Groups•1 minute
- Pacing and Checking for Understanding•1 minute
- Supporting Student Ownership•1 minute
- Facilitating Whole Class Discussions•1 minute
- Pulling It All Together•1 minute
- Technical Tips•3 minutes
- Teaching Online or Asynchronously•10 minutes
1 peer review•Total 90 minutes
- Teacher Guide & Pre-Implementation Reflection•90 minutes
9 discussion prompts•Total 170 minutes
- Preparing Your Teacher Guide•20 minutes
- Getting Started in Class•20 minutes
- Starting Out with Open Play•20 minutes
- Circulating and Helping Students in Small Groups•20 minutes
- Pacing and Checking for Understanding•20 minutes
- Supporting Student Ownership•20 minutes
- Facilitating Whole Class Discussions•20 minutes
- Pulling It All Together•20 minutes
- Technical Tips•10 minutes
In this module, you will take the Teacher Guide you have created and implement it in your own classroom. If you aren’t currently teaching, be creative! We invite you to trying it out with an age-appropriate learner or a teaching colleague. However you decide to try your materials, ensure that you capture some evidence of implementation (e.g., completed learner activity sheet, anonymized multimedia showing learners using the simulation, etc.) for inclusion in your assignment submission.
What's included
7 readings1 assignment1 peer review1 plugin
7 readings•Total 199 minutes
- Final Preparations•3 minutes
- Observation Tool•30 minutes
- Time to Teach!•90 minutes
- Post-Implementation Reflection•60 minutes
- Submission to the PhET Activity Database•10 minutes
- Spread and Promote PhET Resources•5 minutes
- Get Your Certificate•1 minute
1 assignment•Total 10 minutes
- Congratulations!•10 minutes
1 peer review•Total 90 minutes
- Teacher Guide & Post-Implementation Reflection•90 minutes
1 plugin•Total 15 minutes
- Final Evaluation•15 minutes
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