In this workshop, we will engage in activities you can use in the classroom and include applications to various real-world problems. Topics will include logic (e.g., constructing truth tables, critiquing logical arguments), graph theory (e.g., DNA sequencing, directed graphs and adjacency matrices), and matrix applications (e.g., Markov chains).  The following NC mathematics standards may be…

NC has new science standards that leverage Science and Engineering Practices (SEPs). Modeling is the central practice of the SEPs. This research-based, reform-oriented pedagogy helps correct the many weaknesses of the lecture-demonstration method of instruction found in many classrooms, including the fragmentation of knowledge, student passivity, and the persistence of naive beliefs about the physical world. Scientists learn by doing: they…

Experience a fun, turnkey approach to tackling the new science standards. Is your school or district looking for fun, hands-on STEM lessons to meet the new science standards? Come experience the Center for Inquiry-Based Learning (CIBL) easy-to-use, standards-aligned, Student Activity Packs Student Activity Packs Offer: standards-aligned curriculum – including Science and Engineering Practices; materials packed…

Active learners make the best learners.  In the learner role this week, participants will experience a variety of collaborative, engaging, and minds-on strategies.  We will compare and contrast "old school" methods with more inquiry-based pedagogy.  In the teacher role this week, we will analyze how to shift traditional good lessons to great lessons.  Tony Wagner’s…