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Here is a link to our MAIN conference from June, 2020

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What a fabulous conference! THANK YOU to all that attended our FIRST virtual conference!

Based on 150 of our attendees that have completed the post evaluation

Here are some key links to resources from our virtual conference. The first link is to a complete recording of the conference. (

92.3% gave the conference FIVE out of FIVE!!!!

91% felt better prepared to plan and deliver remote learning after attending our 90 minute session!

99% were highly satisfied with the conference content!

NOTE : If you did not register for the conference, the link will require take you to register first to gain access to the video. This is so we can track who is viewing our MABT resources).

CONFERENCE RESOURCE LINKS FROM JUNE 25, 2020

(Please note each event requires a Coming MABT Discussion Tables ... separate registration!)

posted May 11, 2018, 12:27 PM by Mark Eberhard

MABT Conference Schedule with Session Descriptions 2019

posted Apr 24, 2018, 4:24 PM by Mark Eberhard

The Michigan Association of Biology Teachers is pleased to kick off the 2020-2021 school year with our third annual, summer professional development workshop for biology and life science teachers in Michigan.

In addition, we are planning a fall event and several biology focused events in the winter at MSTA 2021. More information will be available at the conference in June.

Please use the link below to complete the form to register for our upcoming professional development workshop to be held at Holt High School, in Holt, MI on Tuesday, June 23, 2020 from 8:45 AM - 3:30 PM. There will be an optional social hour after the workshop.

There is a small fee for attending the MABT workshop. The fee covers your lunch, workshop materials, and other conference related costs. If you pay on or before June 01, 2020 the cost is $25.00. If you pay after June 01 but before June 21, 2020 the fee is $35.00. Unfortunately, we may not be able ot accommodate payment at the door for this event.

2020 MABT Summer PD Conference went virtual on June 25, 2020!

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MABT Summer PD Conference 2020 - Michigan Association of Biology Teachers

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What a fabulous conference! THANK YOU to all that attended our FIRST virtual conference! Based on 150 of our attendees that have completed the post evaluation Here are some key links to resources from our virtual conference. The first link is to a complete recording of the conference.

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Upcoming Sessions on July 23 and August 06 - Register at

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Discussion Table - Thursday, July 09 - 10:00-11:15 AM

Discussion Table - Monday, July 20 - 10:00-11:30 AM - AP BIOLOGY PLC SPECIFIC - Registration Page

Discussion Table - Thursday, July 23 - 10:00-11:15 AM - Registration Page

Discussion Table - Thursday, August 06 - 10:00-11:15 AM - Registration Page

Discussion Table - Thursday, August 13 - 10:00-11:15 AM - Registration Page

The MABT Discussion Tables will use the following format ...

1. Welcome and Overview

1. Presen
tation #1 as a whole-group (10 Minutes)

2. Questions and Answer from the Chat for Presentation #1 (2-3 minutes)

3. Breakout room discussions based on Presentation #1. Participants will be randomly placed into breakout rooms of 4-5 people. (10 minutes) (During breakout rooms one volunteer will record shared ideas in a common document for the conference that will be shared with all participants.)

2. Presentation #2 -> Q&A for Presentation #2 -> Breakout rooms for Presentation #2 (NOTE: Based on feedback from prior sessions, the makeup for breakout rooms will change after each session.)

3. Presentation #3 -> Q&A for Presentation #3 -> Breakout rooms for Presentation #3

4. Panel Discussion with Q&A as a whole-group

5. Closing and Wrap-up as a whole-group

Please plan on logging into our virtual Discussion Tables a few minutes BEFORE 10:00 AM so we may get started right on time, we always have a packed agenda!

We will be recording all presentat ions and sharing a link to the recording with all participants. Breakout rooms will not be recorded, but we will create a common document that all breakout rooms contribute to and this document will be shared with participants.

During the presentations we will use the CHAT for participants to ask questions and contribute ideas. Members of the MABT Board of Directors will monitor the chat and help answer questions. Presenters will also address questions in the chat and on camera as time permits.

Please understand space is limited for these sessions, so if you register and end up not being able to attend please use the link at the bottom to cancel your registration and open your seat for another potential participant!

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MABT Discussion Tables 2020 - Michigan Association of Biology Teachers

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Discussion Table - Thursday, July 09 - 10:00-11:15 AM Discussion Table - Monday, July 20 - 10:00-11:30 AM - AP BIOLOGY PLC SPECIFIC - Registration Page Discussion Table - Thursday, July 23 - 10:00-11:15 AM - Registration Page Discussion Table - Thursday, August 06 - 10:00-11:15 AM - Registration Page Discussion Table - Thursday, August 13 - 10:00-11:15 AM - Registration Page The MABT Discussion Tables will use the following format ...

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Ideas for building Classroom Community in an Online Teaching Environment

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Ideas for building Classroom Community in an Online Teaching Environment

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Britt Czupryna
We created this doc at our local PLC Meeting...some fun ideas:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gAk0JJ-Q_OrVvIWv9L-G_jG7T_gGXzlL6vgCCICR-uU/edit?fbclid=IwAR0RS59Iq8qKDwTmCATmv7HnaUNbcYlkFvG3ddhM1VXeLi3BaxisWE0MTrU

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Teacher's account of teaching 3 weeks during Covid with social distancing measures in place- interesting read. 

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Teacher's account of teaching 3 weeks during Covid with social distancing measures in place- interesting read. 

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https://blog.usejournal.com/i-spent-three-weeks-in-school-with-kids-under-covid-19-21b78c1a9339

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Biograph simulations.
https://www.edx.org/es/course/biograph-teaching-biology-through-systems-models-a
Using the argumentation toolkit.
http://www.argumentationtoolkit.org/

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PDQ
Pre-Discussion Questions

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In our June 25 Virtual Conference - I showed how to use EduFlow to go through a Peer Review/Guide Inquiry Lab process with my freshmen biology students - a process we normally do in person, Eduflow provides tools to do it remotely - again see our recording (link below) of this session for more details ... Mark Eb

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MABT Summer Virtual PD Conference - Keeping the Science Practices Alive During Remote Learning

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Group 1 Can people share data sets from classic AP labs? Then we can give students them to analyze different data sets in different breakout rooms.

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Group 1 Can people share data sets from classic AP labs? Then we can give students them to analyze different data sets in different breakout rooms.

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Use asynchronous time for watching lecture/demo videos instead of when all together - use EdPuzzle to get them to reflect
Flipgrid for students do alone

CHALLENGE - keep them engaged during the online asynchronous time. Keep videos on.
When together - time for student discussions, more engagement, breakout rooms, putting ideas on padlet, use jamboard
If in person but socially distanced- use small white boards so each individual does a portion of the group board, but they all work together of what goes on each square and then they put their small boards together to make their one large board

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Start with remote tools even if face to face
one note with notebook and can write in - maybe keep paper notebook too
One-note can draw and write, matching insert images
Use teams or zoom for POGILS in class so get used to using them before go remote
Flipgrid or other remote tools for homework etc
Set up groups in notebook with a selective set of questions,
Breakout rooms to put kids into small groups
Create a question in Google Classroom and kids can reply to each other in the question - a chat they have to comment onto so many students answers
Modified flip - lecture videos, report back into calss face to face - fill out google form

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ATTENDANCE:
-who's responsible?
-does admin accept responsibility for chasing down the kids to "attend" classes

BEST USE OF SYNCHRONOUS TIME:
-student to student interaction?
-set up student groups
-students set schedule for getting the work done

BEST USE OF ASYNCHRONOUS TIME:
-students do activity, assignment
-setting up a support team for students

-having remote and virtual at the same time
- have 1 student paired up with 1 who is virtual
-having camera in room recording the teacher - saving and mailing to virtual students
-virtually panned given that none of us sit at front of room & lecture

FLIPPED:
-good use of teachers' time
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ISSUES
-getting  students to "turn up" to virtual class
-where is the accountability for the students for synchronous  learning
-1 teacher is expected to be online with the students all day
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Breaking down time:
-giving students a task and telling them to "come back" at a specific time
--works for her AP classes because they are responsible; they go out
-can assign AP Progress Check for HW - review in class

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-Using a "flipped classroom" model: students watch 1-3 videos on their own (videos done by teacher); students can access Bozeman/Amoeba Sisters for extra help; synchronous learning involves going over questions on 1-3 videos
-Sending out a form at beginning of the week (asking students for goals, questions, etc.); synchronous meeting addressed student questions
-Students pose questions on discussion board; class discussions during synchronous meetings (participation points awarded)
-How to make labs equitable for students who are not planning to come back to school (pairing up remote and in-person students)

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Group 1 Jamboard to encourage group work.

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Group 1 Jamboard to encourage group work.

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Sharing this resource of digital labs my school created as a summer project

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Sharing this resource of digital labs my school created as a summer project

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Britt Czupryna
These are created for freshman level biology but can be scaled up for AP.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1D4XTAyFnbEV4sDZlfVrkUHE-IESgqI6xqcTaMmjFw0E/edit

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(PDF) The effect of implementation of science writing heuristic on students' achievement and attitudes toward laboratory in introductory physics laboratory

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The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of implementing the Science Writing Heuristic (SWH) approach in the introductory physics laboratory and to learn students' views about the SWH. Such implementation and investigation was conducted on mechanic unit by measuring students' conceptual understanding of subjects and attitudes towards implementation.

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Convert physical models to digital using drawings in Google Docs. so students can move objects around to form a model.  

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Convert physical models to digital using drawings in Google Docs. so students can move objects around to form a model.  

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Britt Czupryna- I did this with the HHMI Stickleback Lab- see link below:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gwMmuqLvDe-6ANUOtyJkfP-A3ojZZPLXY0yPHdOtneQ/edit

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Kitchen science for experimental design- beans can be sent to all on the cheap. Have kids measure root growth relate to mitosis.  Simple transpiration experiments with the beans they grow..
-Use

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Idea to have students complete 2-3 "events" at home and share results.

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The Water Kit gives students hands-on activities for 1) observing the many different properties of water and 2) understanding these properties on a molecular level.

Overview: To foster understanding, students are engaged by observing different properties of water (cohesion, adhesion, capillary action). To explain these properties, students will build and evaluate the structure of water at the molecular level using the magnetic models from 3D Molecular Design. The fun of these water molecule models is that they are magnetic to reflect their partial positive and negative charges. The non-magnetic ethane model also helps to demonstrate polarity in non-polar molecules.

The Water Olympics give students hands-on activities to closely observe different phenomena of water. Each event station exhibits different water properties such as cohesion, adhesion, density, and more. This introduction helps students gain a larger understanding of water before diving into the molecular forces the of water.

The Water Molecule Models from 3D Molecular Design allow students to explore water on the molecular level. Each water molecule in the model kit has magnets that represent the partial positive and negative charges. A non-magnetic ethane model and strongly magnetic sodium chloride models help students explore interactions between water and other substances.

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LibGuides: SEPGuides: Science Education Partnership: Water Molecules

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SEPGuides is the go-to place for all SEP kit protocols and activities, as well as the posting area for announcements and program updates. If something is missing or you have an idea to contribute, please e-mail us at sep@fredhutch.org Water Molecule Model Kit by 3D Molecular Design

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Data Nuggets and HHMI for data analysis but remember answers are out there so might need to tweak and write more application ones.

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Group 12
Home lab kits - teacher or student supplied
Student idea to show properties
Live demo - students assess color change etc.
Student or citizen science - create their own experiments

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Going through the process of desging and experiment, predicting results, planning data collection methods can be very helpful - even if the student never conducts the actual investigation ---- also provide data from past years labs - can still do data analysis and stats - Mark Eb

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Search virtual labs -- some very good virtual labs - students generate data, do data analysis, do statistical analysis - Mark Eb

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In this activity, students further explore the short film Popped Secret: The Mysterious Origin of Corn, by working through the mathematical concepts behind George Beadle's claim that teosinte is the wild ancestor of maize.

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Empowering Educators. Inspiring Students. Real science, real stories, and real data to engage students in exploring the living world.

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Lactaid tablets? could be expensive
Pineapple and Gelo lab for protease activity
Factors affecting surface tension of water on a penny - good for intro to statistics and data analysis
Factors affecting germination - basic but students can plan their own independent variable, good for variables, control expriments.
Students design their own experiments and present in a gallery walk - good for taking ownership and engagement

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We don't remember our number.... We discussed doing some at home labs that may be basic but then giving them the protocols for the more higher level AP labs with data from previous years that they can analyze, graph. 

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We don't remember our number.... We discussed doing some at home labs that may be basic but then giving them the protocols for the more higher level AP labs with data from previous years that they can analyze, graph. 

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Safety contracts?  Maybe we need an at-home safety contract that parents read and sign too.  Encourage kids to get their own safety glasses EVEN IF in person so we don't have to sanitize as often?

Going outside more, doing labs outside.

Pipecleaners for protein modeling, sandwich baggies can be used as dialysis tubing.

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-Prefer labs that make students go through the steps of collecting data, measuring, choosing variables.
-Wondered if we could create little kits (graduated cylinder, pH paper,  seeds, dialysis tubing etc) and when kids pick up chromebooks or textbooks they could get their lab kit
- PIVOT was suggested (cost)

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-1 has used and likes lab Xchange
-For demos: give students different data sets in their groups (even with outliers); even let them decide the variables they want you to test
-Send-home kits for students: (small scale, graduated cylinder, coffee filter, etc) for things like osmosis lab, properties of water lab
-Look into APSI summer training and what they did
-Citizen science

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KITS
-would like to put basic kits together to pick up at the beginning of the school year
-Science Take-out for kits
-Centre for Biomolecular coming out with individual kits - making smaller
-CIBT (Cornell Institute for Bio Teachers) loans out lots of kits to area teachers

LAB IDEAS to be performed at home:
-Accountability:
-students having webcam showing them doing their work
-have students videotape themselves  doing the lab HOT TIP - their faces must also be included
Activities
-penny lab (water drops on penny)
-potato core and osmosis
-photosynthesis - floating disc lab
-mitosis sets of pictures that the students can analyze at home
-strawberry DNA lab at home
-DNA origami modelling
-M&M lab for Chi-Square - have students buy M&M's for this

MODIFICATIONS:
-have students write a flow chart for a procedure (after they read the procedure) then give them the data to write up report
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DEMOS:
-electrophoresis

VIRTUAL LABS
-Jon Darkow - excellent for data collection virtually
-if using ZOOM or other virtual platforms, can put students into breakout rooms to collect data in teams (e.g. Lactase lab); good that they have to record the rate (not just raw
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-Gizmo's- really worthwhile
-now including more AP stuff
-STEM case studies are really good

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Group #2

Pivot Interactives ($5 labs/per student) Vernier probe video
MiniOne (individual students)
3D Molecular Design student kits (price varies) - could use for teacher demo sets
Grants have helped to purchase individual student supplies.
Concern over at-home labs and safety/liability.
Lee Fergurson's list of at-home labs.

At home possibilities
Leaf Disk Assay - photosynthesis lab
Pill Bug - animal behavior

Reference to Paul Anderson's PD - students ask teacher to run a particular experiment/trial and then teacher can run the lab exercise.

Use of jewelry scale for mass
https://www.amazon.com/Digital-Portable-Jewelry-Cooking-Diamond/dp/B084D5HZTS/ref=sr_1_43?dchild=1&keywords=jewelry+scales&qid=1595257654&sr=8-43

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Other platforms:
HHMI (free), explorelearning.com/Gizmos case studies (paid), LearnGenetics (univ of utah)
At home labs:
Concern about access/equity, teacher based demos and then students analyze data, give option to have students do experiment at home

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-Modeling with random objects at home
-Jon Darkow's website for gene expression
-Starting year with data analysis, stats, etc.
-Using basil plant and plastic wrap for transpiration lab; parking lot diversity index
-Design and executive at least 1 lab yourself; other options could be watching a video on lab, doing lab online, etc.
-$10 balances on Amazon to use at home (https://www.amazon.com/American-Weigh-Scales-AWS-600-BLK-Nutrition/dp/B000O37TDO/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=AMERICAN+WEIGH+SCALES&qid=1595257762&sr=8-3); using cooking scale at home
-Data Nuggets
-Google Science Journal
-Using "Measure" app on iPhone; grab leaves on 1 tree, measure leaves, teach mean/standard deviation

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Group 2 Buying individual labs through MiniOne, 3D Molecular Designs, and Science Take-Out. 

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Group 2 Buying individual labs through MiniOne, 3D Molecular Designs, and Science Take-Out. 

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- Tutorial school setting: Darkow's simulation help with lab analysis & critical skills
- Water droplets on the penny - stat skills. Have students move webcams to see them working.
- Add dropper pipettes to the take home kits.
- Potato lab
- Dialysis bags
- Hole punch for photosynthesis lab
- mitosis pictures deck
- Choice chamber
- Electrophoresis demo from home
- Read investigation plan and draw a flow chart and give students class data from previous years
- Science take-out kits
- Milwaukee - CBM- Center of Biomolecular kits - individual kits
- Cornell Institute for Biology Teachers
- M&M lab
- Strawberry DNA Extraction & DNA Origami - students can video record the lab but make sure you ask students' face is available
- Gizmos through Explore Learning - STEM case studies
- Jamboard
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- AP Classroom Progress Checks as formative assessment
- Multiple choice in EdPuzzle
- Some use of browser lockdown
- Using google forms
- Documenting the process of taking the exam using google hangout-- see sample below:

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FRQs on AP Classroom

Lightspeed for chromebooks - can see what the kids do

Albert.io

Using released questions.....

Eduflow - youtube videos for tutorials

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Group 13

Writing own essays most useful for assessment to avoid students googling answers
Eduflow to practice FRQs and have students write prelabs
Use CED and work backwards to write assessment
Use task verbs
Make 1-on-1 appointments with students (if allowed) to build relationships and possibly quick assessments

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Google forms- with students answering a post at start of week, then teacher going over in "class"; live frq-s assign the frq- give them 20 minutes, then immediately go over

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Thoughts from group 9 - Tracee Panetti
Platforms - edulastic and google forms
Benefit/concerns - cheating
Tips - practice, grade other students‘ FRQ

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Use Edpuzzle with review videos and practice online FRQs that College Board provided

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Felt AP Classroom was cumbersome for grading
Used Microsoft and Google forms for FRQ practice
Will explore Peer Grade or eduflow for FRQ peer editing

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Address Honesty Upfront
How can we use Classroom?  Need to see updates for ideas.  Timing could be important.  May alter question stems to thwart googling.
Perhaps need to emphasize explanations on top of multiple choice.
Can have whole class work on MCQ and explanations to submit for part of the test grade.
May also have students submit random video clip "explainers" of their answers as an accountability measure.

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www.eduflow.com - online resource - great potential!  replacing Peergrade but still does same job - great for doing practice FRQs - anonymously shares student writing with peers for peer grading - you can use the AP rubrics - default is each student's writing is review by 3 other students - but can changed to more or less -  can also load the writing samples from College Board and have them score those sample and compare to real score - students learn a lot by look at various quality of writings about their own writing  - there is a presentation of this in our June 25 PD conference on MABT website
Mark Eb

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Whether you're an educator or in a supporting role Eduflow can be used in K-12, higher education and professional training.

Create fun & engaging activities

Keep track of student progress

Teach collaboration & teamwork

Up-skill your team to keep them experts

Streamline new hiring onboarding

Deliver more effective 360° reviews

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Eduflow · Build an incredible learning experience

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-Campbell textbook workbook (Practicing Biology) has application of content questions. Use this (or any source, like data nuggets?) to have short verbal formative assessments to assess mastery.  Guide students to FRQ skills through personal interactions. - JBarreto
-Timed FRQ practice
-Was the exam format this year  requiring more specific but less well developed responses?

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Science music videos - paid site but has quizzes, FRQs all units good review and practice - Michelle Krofft
Breakout rooms - frqs and MC
Edflow
Kami or Classkick

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People used google forms with form limiter, ap classroom,  and review that the college board put out.

We also used peergrade to practice frq. It is changing to Eduflow

Some would like to try screencasting grading their responses to show students what they should do differently.

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Biggest concern
-some kids are really awesome at cheating! - backchannels

Classkick
-used by whole school
-available free, but school has purchased a license which gives additional support
-students do homework , tests online
-can mark online
-students can ask for help or ask the teacher to check by raising their virtual hand
-with "portfolio" registration, students can download graded work
-teachers can hide, lock, allow help on assignments
-teacher can download student work as pdf

Flexiquiz
-I, Meg O'Mahony, started using this in Feb to maintain consistency with AP testing. LOVE THIS
-secure
-can time whole test, sections of test, allow students to move back and forth through questions
-easy for students to write answers
-download as pdf to mark
(perk - download had students' e-mails which makes it easy to email the graded work back to the students)
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Google Classroom

AP Classroom
-found it to be really clunk to use,
-little flexibility with marking students' work

Schoology
--could write on the screen,
-mark on the screen,
-diaglogue  with students
-robust (comment by 2 teachers)
2 teachers using this
-can be slow grading if using the assessment suite (a delay)
-has a lock-down brower - Schoology lockdown (?)

Google Forms
-Forms is good for assessment
-great for FRQ's
-straightforward for grading with the forms
-can also add MC questions
-can have timed assessments

Google Forms
-single
-has a lock-down browser that can be used

Can make voice comments with  Kaizenza (sp)

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AP Classroom has lockdown browser and it can be timed
AP classroom allows to make tests
AP Classroom has both MC and FRQ
Reviewed FRQ answers as a group
Students would write their answer on paper on Zoom
Use discussion boards - start with a question
Use Breakout Rooms for students to grade together-- start beginning of year with explaining how to do FRQs
Importance of wording from CED -- what FRQ  power words mean
FRQs available online and from AP Classroom

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Science music videos

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-AP Classroom for practice vs. summative assessments; can we use ALL AP Classroom questions for online summative assessments?
-Lock Down program (cannot take screenshots or access other screens)
-Using Progress Checks for practice
-EduFlow: putting up FRQ and rubric; peer review
-Using FRQs in Google Docs and then sending students Scoring Guideline to get to know rubric and scoring system
-Microsoft Forms or Google Forms for assessments

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Used some online formats but had challenges with the grading.
Google Forms used to give out FRQ's and then review the answers.
Assessment???? difficult question to answer.
FRQ Friday: Present a problem & Discuss as a class
Assessments???? Need ideas

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- Microsoft Teams & Meet
- AP Classroom before shutdown
- Albert.io (access through the district)
- FRQs are intimidating and we need practice
- Google Forms
- Peer grading - how to do it remotely?
- GO over terminology
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Mini Lesson on Evolution since so much of this is referenced throughout the entire year (Just natural selection /history)
Mini lessons on stats
Then start in on the order as presented in the binder

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Tracee Panetti Group 9
Liked the CED and AP Classroom Question bank
Struggles - AP Classroom - Lockdown never worked, printing was problematic
Students with language comprehension
Pacing
Different - order of units,

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struggles - using as many illustrative examples as possible; focus on practices

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PHET simulations
Boseman videos

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-We have discussed that we feel comfortable with CED but are wanting to hear more about how can we make sure to incorporate all of the science practices if we have to be remote.

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-We have discussed that we feel comfortable with CED but are wanting to hear more about how can we make sure to incorporate all of the science practices if we have to be remote.

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Group 11

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Group 4: 1 person not teaching this year,
2 people teach Evolution first
1 person teaches in order (previously used  Evolution  1st, but teach prerequisite course so students are well prepared in evolution and still integrates throughout course.

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-Use diseases to teach units (example: influenza to study viral structures, cell structures, etc)
-Suggested: use COVID this year
-Struggle to fit it all in

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-Printing out Essential Knowledge & Learning Objectives for each student each unit; having students track their own knowledge by ensuring they understand the Essential Knowledge
-Conversation on starting with Unit 1 vs. Units 7-8
-Discussing WHAT makes science practices accurate (ex. WHAT makes a good model? HOW do you conduct a good experiment?)

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all considering doing a mini evolution but following order after that

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Group 4:  Finding that the AP Bio teachers Facebook page is a great support & resource for ideas

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Group 4:  Finding that the AP Bio teachers Facebook page is a great support & resource for ideas

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Catherine Walsh through College Board Discussion group is an excellent resource.

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Science practice questions at the back of the chapter, assign as in class group project.
Disease focus on units - science practice and assess with different data sets - diabetes, viruses - Survival of the Sickest diseases and evolution
Case studies to teach practices

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Sample activities given in CED
Importance of inquiry - designing own labs
CER on whiteboards at end of lab - students comment on each others' boards
Importance of students questioning each other
Using modified flip gives more class time with students
Google Form so students can give short summaries of what was learned from multiple sources (students can also give questions)

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Making the course more of an inspirational and lab-based experience in which they're thinking and doing the daily work of scientists as opposed to a more compartmentalized -- here's a unit on biochemistry, now cells, etc.

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Group 4: Found CED clear: like the Practices moving across most/all of the AP Science courses

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Group 4: Found CED clear: like the Practices moving across most/all of the AP Science courses

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6 participants. Only 5 taught AP Bio last year
- Starting with Evolution & Ecology
- Did not do labs like Gel Electrophoresis
- Keeping students engaged during the 2 weeks of enrichment material
- How to start a rigorous class virtually
- Mental well-being
- Not all students took the test

Group 14: Moving Forward
What will we do differently this year?
- Focus more on science practices
- FRQ Fridays - Dissect the questions
- Storylining pieces
- Will go in order with the CED
- FRQs on Google Forms to give feedback
- Students could see the FRQ scoring as per the rubric
- AP Classroom

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Group 2- Hard to determine what is still taught (confusing because questions are still in AP Classroom). 

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Group 2- Hard to determine what is still taught (confusing because questions are still in AP Classroom). 

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