Imagine-itSPring 2016 Timeline
Looking forward, this is the semester where my Imagine-IT project really takes off. Over the next few months, my students will be challenged to take true ownership of the statistical concepts they are learning about in Math and applying in Biology. To support them, I want to build on the collaboration I’ve started between myself and their math teacher. I also want to introduce them to some of the exciting (and free) online presentation software that can add style and interest to their statistics projects.
In the fall, I met with the math teacher to begin coordinating the instruction of statistics skills between our two classes. This strategy helped students navigate data analysis on two labs where they calculated standard deviations and plotted data with error bars. Moving forward, I want to meet with the math teacher to talk about the labs I have planned for the second semester. The goal of the meeting is to plan out the statistics skills students will need to analyze the data in those labs. Each lab takes on different questions and has students collect unique data. Students will need to use different statistical tools to determine the validity of their results including chi-squared, and t-test. I want to get the math teacher’s input into what statistical tools will be best suited to the data collected in each lab.
After the meeting, I will work through two lab practicals with my classes before meeting the math teacher again. The second meeting will focus on planning the student presentations on statistics topics. This project will be a combined math and biology assignment. On the math side, this project will represent a major IB assignment called the internal assessment. For my class, this project will instead be focused on using technology to creatively present a statistics topic. Ideally, students will create awesome, funny and insightful presentations about various statistics topics that I can share on twitter and facebook at the end of the semester!
In the fall, I met with the math teacher to begin coordinating the instruction of statistics skills between our two classes. This strategy helped students navigate data analysis on two labs where they calculated standard deviations and plotted data with error bars. Moving forward, I want to meet with the math teacher to talk about the labs I have planned for the second semester. The goal of the meeting is to plan out the statistics skills students will need to analyze the data in those labs. Each lab takes on different questions and has students collect unique data. Students will need to use different statistical tools to determine the validity of their results including chi-squared, and t-test. I want to get the math teacher’s input into what statistical tools will be best suited to the data collected in each lab.
After the meeting, I will work through two lab practicals with my classes before meeting the math teacher again. The second meeting will focus on planning the student presentations on statistics topics. This project will be a combined math and biology assignment. On the math side, this project will represent a major IB assignment called the internal assessment. For my class, this project will instead be focused on using technology to creatively present a statistics topic. Ideally, students will create awesome, funny and insightful presentations about various statistics topics that I can share on twitter and facebook at the end of the semester!