- Archived Page Features That Make These Materials Easy to UseIt Is Easy to Find Out What Is In a Module or Activity |
Finding Out What Is In a Module |
|
Finding Out What Is In an Activity |
The Activities and Modules Are Organized To Make Them Easy To Use |
|
The modules are written as teacher guides, making it possible to give them a conceptual and pedagogical structure while still providing teachers the flexibility to tailor the activities to the needs of their classes. The teacher's guides prepare teachers to conduct classes around core questions, and they outline investigations that explore those questions. | |
Learning Activities Clear, detailed activity procedures (with reproducible student sheets, when required) facilitate planning and classroom implementation. Background Thorough, easy-to-understand background information enables you to understand the key concepts in an activity. |
|
Classroom computers and the Internet can give students access to a rich set of related support materials, and the modules describe pertinent Web sites, CD-ROM's, and videos and how to get actual Martian data and images. However, the modules do not require the use of any classroom technology. |
Teaching Pointers Each page has teaching pointers such as presentation tips, classroom management strategies, extensions, and answer keys to assist you in conducting hands-on, inquiry-based activities. Assessment Suggestions This modules outline several options for assessing students including pre-assessment questions, question sets, case studies, and suggestions for alternate ways of exhibiting student understanding. |
|
|
Case Studies Each module has a particular story to tell and each activity in a module provides a part of that story. A case study gives students the opportunity to piece together that module's story by applying and integrating the key concepts introduced in module. Case studies help students synthesize their learning and can be used as an assessment tool. |
|
Curriculum Modules | Activities | More Classroom Ideas | Mars Ed Home |
Curriculum Pages Created by TERC, 1998 |