Creating Implementations Plans for e-Lab Workshops
Teachers who complete an I2U2 e-Lab workshop (Cosmic, CMS, or LIGO) are required by our evaluator under the terms of our agreement with NSF to submit an implementation plan. This plan provides the details of an implementation of the e-Lab in some curricular context. It is understood that the best-laid plans are revisable, so this plan does not constitute a commitment. Rather, it is your best professional estimate of what it would be like for you to implement the e-Lab with (some of your) students. It would be useful for everyone if these plans were detailed, even if much of the detail is provisional or hypothetical.
To post your implementation plan, just complete the following steps:
- Copy the bolded text from the template below;
- Create a new post
- Use the “Add New” pull-down list at the top left and choose “Post” OR
- Choose “Site Admin” button in the upper right sidebar to call up the dashboard, and then the “New Post” button in the top right of the dashboard.)
- Choose the appropriate workshop implementation plan category from the “Categories” box on the right of the page (e.g., CMS Implementation Plan)
- Paste the text into your blog post;
- Add a title to your post.
- Fill in text under each of the headings from the template;
- Name your post “YOURNAME’s E-LABNAME Implementation Plan” (e.g.: “Tom Loughran’s CMS e-Lab Implementation Plan”);
- Publish your post. (After you’ve published it, you may choose to edit, make changes and then update those changes, if you like.)
Workshop Location:
Goals of the Science Experiment (e.g., CMS, LIGO) (If you are working on the Cosmic Ray e-Lab, you can leave this section out.):
Grade(s)/Context:
Challenges:
When/Where:
Learning Objectives:
Standards:
Steps:
Follow-Up Date:
Workshop Location: The University of Kansas
Goals of the Science Experiment (e.g., CMS, LIGO) (If you are working on the Cosmic Ray e-Lab, you can leave this section out.): CMS
Grade(s)/Context: Grades 11-12/AP Physics Students
Challenges: Having enough time to devote to the project.
When/Where: AP Physics class/after the AP test in May
Learning Objectives: Learn about particle physics through the links on the CMS e-Lab resources. Students will learn about fundamental particles and how detectors like CMS detects these particles. They will also use the data function to create a plot that will be on a poster.
Standards: Kansas State Dept. of Education Science Standard #1: actively engages in investigations, including developing questions, gathering and analyzing data, and designing and conducting research
Steps: Step 1: Have the students go through the “The Basics” portion of the students’ page.
Step 2: Have the students go through the “Get Started” portion of the students’ page.
Step 3: Have the students analyze data and make a plot.
Step 4: Have the students make a poster including their plot.
Follow-Up Date: May 1, 2012
Workshop Location:
Goals of the Science Experiment (e.g., CMS, LIGO) (If you are working on the Cosmic Ray e-Lab, you can leave this section out.):
Grade(s)/Context:
Challenges:
When/Where:
Learning Objectives:
Standards:
Steps:
Follow-Up Date: