MATHEMATICS/SCIENCE TEACHING RESOURCE FILES
CI 402/413 INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES IN MATH AND SCIENCE

SPRING 2000

Organization:
The main purpose of this assignment is to provide a starting place for you to collect resources to use in teaching mathematics and science. Since these resource files will be yours for use in your present and future teaching situations, please organize it in a way that you think will be most useful to you. Some suggestions include file boxes of various sizes, notebooks for various topics or skills, milk crates, etc. Think about how easy it will be for you to locate the specific materials you will include in it once you have filed them. Consider how easy it will be to add materials in each area. The only thing we ask is that you have some type of organization that is logical and useful and that you list resources in a Table of Contents.

Materials:
Your files should include a variety of materials such as pictures, trade books, bulletin board ideas, games, speakers, local resources, and computer software. Class materials should be organized into these files. Your entries should include materials for both primary and upper elementary grade levels. If you are considering the possibility of teaching middle school mathematics or science, then you should also include entries appropriate for that level.

You may find that you have overlapping materials between files; cross reference them.

Mathematics/Science topics - One lesson plan from each of the following:
Nature of mathematics and science - Problem Solving
Nature of mathematics and science - Reasoning and Proof
Nature of mathematics and science - Communication
Nature of mathematics and science - Connections/Integration
Nature of mathematics and science - Multiple representations
Life Science
Physical Science - Physics
Physical Science - Chemistry
Earth and Space Science
Numeration/Estimation/Computation
Patterns/ Relations/Algebra
Geometry
Probability
Statistics

Grading: 
3 points per topic +  8 points for organization and creativity = 50 points.

Due March 1/2.

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