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updated September 18, 2002

Welcome to our MathScience Workshop Home Page!

http://www.caseciw.org/first_light_case/horn/EWE/dcactsmathsciworkshop.html

This workshop is based on Experiment with Enzymes

June 24-28, 2002

DC ACTS Math and Science Institutes

July 29 - August 16, 2002

AAAS, Washington, D.C.

DC ACTS is an action coalition of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Carnegie Institution of Washington and the District of Columbia Public Schools to improve mathematics, science and technology education in the District's public schools.

AAAS publishes Science Magazine, the top magazine for science. Articles are available online by subscription.
Visit the AAAS site, ScienceNOW for free updates in everyday language to share with your students.
Visit AAAS Science NetLinks for science and mathematics lessons and links. Send YOUR suggestions for lesson topics.

Teacher Interest: Sickle Cell Anemia

Materials

HydrogenPeroxide
Potatoes
Yeast

Mathematics includes graphing simulations
Enzyme and Protein Lessons
Enzymes and Chemical Simulations

Be an experimenter for a week! Follow a real inquiry pathway that starts from lab exercise that's in DCPS science textbooks. Learn how to do this during the year in both mathematics and science classes! See how mathematics IS the language of science! Explore together the mathematics and science of enzyme action. Examine factors that affect this biological chemical. Apply mathematics as the everyday language of science. Analyze data. Discover patterns. Experience how mathematics and science naturally connect in real laboratory research that you can do in your own classroom.

Pilot, plan, prepare, and run experiments
Use mathematics to prepare the needed solutions and reagents
Record observations, questions, data and reflections in a laboratory notebook
Discuss data with your team
Use mathematics and statistics to examine data
Conduct Internet research to examine the science, math and teaching literature
Work with models to provide rich experiences for diverse learners
Brainstorm ways to apply inquiry processes to other topics from your textbook
Develop an experiential knowledge base in scientific and mathematical content that connects math and science
Work with each other to design and test out practical inquiry teaching and assessment strategies
Start a RESOURCE PORTFOLIO to connect content, your textbook, assessment, background, and extension materials with the DCPS Standards AND match with your students' learning needs.

Careers: Meet minority scientists in mathematics and science.

Texts

Prentice Hall Physical Science
Prentice Hall Life Science
Holt Biology: Visualizing Life
Holt Modern Chemistry
Campbell Biology (Enzymes lab required) Advanced Placement Biology
Zumdahl Chemical Principles Advanced Placement Chemistry
Molecular Biology of the Cell (university/graduate level)
Molecular Cell Biology (university/graduate level)
Periodic Table of the Elements --- and here and a variety of periodic tables...
Prentice Hall Middle School Mathematics
Prentice Hall Algebra

Advanced level biological science texts available online through the digital library of the National Center for Biotechnology Information. Each text is searchable and has many great images, graphs, charts, and diagrams.

Pedagogy: Putting inquiry and experimentation into action in your classroom

Teaching
Scientific Approaches
More
Bloom's Taxonomy
- questions
- pyramid
- activities --- and here
- related to multiple intelligences
Eight ways of being smart (Multiple Intelligences)
- Lesson plan guide
- Lesson assessment
- Small group activity reflection

Detailed links about enzymatic analysis, lessons, and teaching

What is catalysis? Catalase? Encyclopedia Britannica Merriam-Webster

Dr. Toby's Science Resources for DC ACTS Teachers

Instructors:

Toby M Horn, Carnegie Institution of Washington and District of Columbia Public Schools
Florence Fasanelli, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Leslie Ann Pierce, Thomas A. Edison High School, Alexandria, Virginia

DC ACTS is supported by National Science Foundation award # 9908862