Training for trainer "Teaching Science in English language"
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“Train the Teachers” workshop series sponsored
by the IPST (Institute for the Promotion of
Teaching Science and Technology)
9-10 March 2013, At Ambassador Bangkok
Reported by
Kamonrat Chimpalee
Thanonhakpittayakom School
The Secondary Educational Service Area Office 32
Office of the Ministry of Education
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“Train the Teachers” workshop series sponsored by the IPST
(Institute for the Promotion of Teaching Science and Technology)
9-10 March 2013, At Ambassador Bangkok
Science High School
Expert
Teacher David Byrum began teaching in 1972, He have
experience Teaching in Chemistry, Physic, Earth Science
Mathematic and programmer in high school and
University of Education and Science faculty. Now a day,
He is head staff of Science Department and Science
Teacher at Ruamrudee International School Thailand.
Reported by
I’m Kamonrat Chimpalee, Biology Teacher at High
School, I have been teaching since 2009. Now, I’m
Ph.D. Candidate in Curriculum and Instruction at
Mahasarakham University.
Before join in Workshop series Teacher David send email for us about record our
classroom and school for sharing with all participant.
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“Training for Trainer: Teaching Science in English Language”
Saturday 9, March at Peony Room
Activity 1 : Demonstrate Science Inquiry 1
1. After Teacher David greet and told his profile, we got Outline for today acitivity.
We were doing activity with partner.
This Outline :
Workshop #1
Workshop Objectives
1-1 Introduction of workshop leader and overall plan for the eight workshops
1-2 Compare and Contrast the benefits and rational for using Two inquiry activities
to introduce students to a science class.
1-3 Introduction of participants and individual goal setting for these workshops.
Workshop Agenda
1. Introduction of instructor including background, teaching experience, and
expectation for this workshop series.
2. Activity: Front wheel drive vs. Rear wheel drive-which is most efficient?
3. Discussion of the results of the activity.
4. Activity: Penny Lab-Can you explain the data?
5. Discussion of the results of the activity.
6. Comparing these two activities with an emphasis on what pitfalls an ELL might
have, the teachers’ role, and how to teach these activities.
7. Lunch with time for informal discussion about the morning’s activities.
8. Introductions: Individual participants show their video of their classroom and
describe what their goals are for their students and for themselves, and what they
need to achieve these goal.
9. Participants learn how to access, setup and use the workshop Edmodo website.
10. Participants start their personal journal.
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1. Material
2. Problem
3. Every group (2 people) design experiment and record data on newsprint paper.
Explain answer from you data.
4. Every group learns from others group for sharing knowledge.
3. Everyone answer 4 questions.
Item 2 : Everyone share on newsprint paper in front of class.
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My Answer. My Answer.
1. I’m very enjoy when I do activity. I want 2. Speed/Factor of distance
to find method, data for the problem, not
fear about right or wrong answer. I plan to
experiment with friend and think about
how to explain by data.
My Answer. My Answer.
3. I’ll show a map of town for them, 4. This activity based on curiosity, begin
choose start point and end point. Let with question, set of situation and
them think “how to go place by Model equipment. Thinking plan to experiment,
car” condition: distance about 1.5 m., car find data to support your answer. This
must to stop when arrived end point. activity let me think about inquiry.
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Activity 2 : Demonstrate Science Inquiry 2
1. Material
1. Different years of Penny 2. Digital scale
2. Problem
Example : recording data
2. Present data by hand writing graph : drawing graph upon your design. You must
learn how to organize data.
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Example of drawing graph
3 years of record
and different 0.5 weight
3. Answer 4 Questions.
My Answer. My Answer.
1. This activity based on collect data, 2. relation/explanation/prediction/Trend to
analyze data, try to explain and find
relationship between data. It’s motivating
us to think about way to present data.
My Answer. My Answer.
3. 4. It’s very important when we must to
Give situation “Year and weight present data and explain data. In science
have relation of penny” always present data in graph, concept
Give different penny and digital mapping, diagram.
scale
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Principle of Activity
Brain storming
“How to help student with Vocabulary”
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Teacher David introduce : Edmodo => http://www.edmodo.com/home#/ which
create group for communicating between us.
Poll maker at => http://www.polleverywhere.com
*****Finish this day by Watch our Video******
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Sunday 10 March at Peony Room
Activity 3 : Demonstrate Science Inquiry 3
Outline:
Workshop #2
Workshop Objectives
2-1 Discuss the differences between Curriculum Goals and Instructional
Objectives and Demonstrate their ability to organize a body of curriculum
into short instructional units with the appropriate instructional objectives.
2-2 Describe how to teach a set of objectives in multiple ways.
Workshop Agenda
1. Activity: Deciding what should be taught in one semester.
2. Activity: Deciding how the semester’s work should be broken up into 6-10 day
segments.
3. Discussion about how these two activities impact ELL.
4. Activity: Use Thai National Science curriculum and decide what should be taught in
one semester.
5. Discussion about strategies that can be used to help ELL with their learning.
6. Lunch with time for informal discussions about the morning’s activities.
7. Activity: Search for learning activities that will help ELL master the curriculum in
several of the 6-10 day segments.
8. Discussion about how different learning activities impact ELL.
9. Participants work on their personal journal.
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1. Material
1. Different dimester of 4 Penny (26.3 mm, 24.1 mm, 21.0 mm และ 17.8 mm)
2. Dropper 3. glass of water 4. tissue paper
2. Problem
Report data
This activity try to explian your data/evident.
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Brain storming
“Way for students to Learn concept, vocabulary anything”
3. Answer 4 questions.
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My Answer. My Answer.
1. This activity must to be carefully 2. variable/tension
because the experiment contains validity
and reliability.
My Answer. My Answer.
3. 4. This activity can teach basic skill of
Give Problem “what are factor of scientist. Design experimental, control
dropping on surface of penny” extraneous variable and interpret data and
make conclusion.
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Activity 4 : Analyze aim of curriculum and design learning activities
1. Material
1. Course Outline 2. Unit plan 3. lesson plan 4. Paper of Teacher English
Language
1. Corse Outline
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2. Unit Plan
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3. Lesson Plan
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4. Teacher English Language
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BIOLOGY Grade 12 : Course Outline and Due Dates
1St and 2nd Semester
Unit Description Due Date
1 Heredity of Human (Sc 1.2 and Sc 8.1) 10 hours
2 Mendel’s Model (Sc 1.2 and Sc 8.1) 10 hours
3 Crossing principles (Sc 1.2 and Sc 8.1) 12 hours
4 Many human traits (Sc 1.2 and Sc 8.1) 12 hours
5 Chromosomal Basics of Inheritance 12 hours
(Sc 1.2 and Sc 8.1)
6 Review of Units 1-5 2 hours
7 Testing 2 hours
End of 1st Quarter : Oct.
Unit Description Due Date
8 Molecular genetics (Sc 1.2 and Sc 8.1) 9 hours
9 Protein synthesis (Sc 1.2 and Sc 8.1) 9 hours
10 Mutant (Sc 1.2 and Sc 8.1) 3 hours
11 Application of Biotechnology 6 hours
(Sc 1.2 and Sc 8.1)
12 Review of Units 8-11 2 hours
13 Theories Evolution 6 hours
14 Evidences of evolution 9 hours
15 The process of evolution 6 hours
16 The evolution of human 6 hours
17 Review of Units 13-16 2 hours
18 Test 2 hours
End of 1st Quarter : Oct.
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Unit Description Due Date
19 Ecology and Environmental Issue 12 hours
(Sc 2.1 and Sc 8.1)
20 Global Climate (Sc 2.1 and Sc 8.1) 12 hours
21 Biomes (Sc 2.1 and Sc 8.1) 9 hours
22 Ecological succession 9 hours
(Sc 2.1 Sc 5.1 and Sc 8.1)
23 Ecosystems (Sc 2.1 and Sc 8.1) 9 hours
24 The Cycling of matter through ecosystems 5 hours
(Sc 2.1 Sc 5.1 and Sc 8.1)
25 Review of Units 19-24 2 hours
26 Testing 2 hours
End of 3rd Quarter: Mar.
27 Introduction Population (Sc 1.2 and Sc 8.1) 10 hours
28 Human population (Sc 2.1 and Sc 8.1) 6 hours
29 Community (Sc 2.1 and Sc 8.1) 15 hours
30 Energy Transfer (Sc 2.1 Sc 5.1 and Sc 8.1) 8 hours
31 Conversation of Ecology 12 hours
32 Conversation of population 6 hours
33 Review of Units 19-22 2 hours
34 Testing 2 hours
End of second Semester: May
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Global Climate: Thanonhakpittayakom School
Leading Question: What is the evidence of Global Warming?
Topic Title Strand Core content
1. Climate Change 2 2.2
2. The Greenhouse Effect 8 8/3 Search and collect data, talking into
3. Human actions and Climate consideration important factors or
Change variables, including factors that may
4. Global Warming affect other factors that are
uncontrollable, and the number of
repeats in an investigation, to ensure
reliable and sufficient data.
Instructional Objectives
20-1 Identify evidence of Climate Change
20-2 Explanation effect of climate Change
20-3 Communication: They can communicate with their friend, family how to
prevent Global worming.
20-4 Application: They can understand and interpret news or information about
Climate change and Global worming.
Worksheet
1-Monthly Tropopause Temperature 3 – Black bag
2- Chages in Sea 4 – Human Actions
Instructional Activities
1. Key Question 7. Global Climate 1
2. Activity: Management data 8. Global Climate 2
3. Gallery walk 9. The atmospheric heat budget
4. Argumentation 10. Greenhouse Gases
5. Lec : Video : Global Climate 11. Pollutants
6. Simulation: Global Warming 12. How to prevent Global warming
Concept Map
Unit Review
Unit Test________________
Test Date
Vocabulary- Unit 20
Climate - the long-term weather conditions for a region, generally determined by
30 or more years of records.
Global warming an increase of Earth’s average temperature which could lead to
climate change. Scientists are concerned that human activities are altering the
concentration of greenhouse gases and might cause such global warming. See
definition of greenhouse effect.
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Reflective Journal of Teaching Science to English Language
Kru PUM
I’m (KruPum) a Biology teacher at Thanonhakpittayakom, Thanonhak Sub-
district, Nangrong District, Burriram Province. I was really nervous about my English. I
decided writing mail to David, He’s very kindness teacher who cheer up me to
confident to learn. In 1st workshop, ฺI study how to engage student in inquiry way.
The activities change role of teacher who not talk and chalk but teacher must to
design how to learn by inquiry. David teaches me to know principle of Teaching
Science in English Language; I must to give their student opportunity to use English.
I imagine about my classroom, begin with powerful activity, learn vocabulary, let
student use English. How to help student to do that? They should study partner or
group. A Study partner can share and help each other in hard time; sometimes one
can’t communicate in English or ones can’t understand science, partner can help
you. I very impressed with workshop reasons by:
1. I have opportunity to use English with teacher David and all participants
2. I love to learn how to design Science activities; Teacher can demonstrate
good activities in inquiry, Science clip and any media.
3. I believe Teacher David can develop my skill.
4. I learn how to improve my English: Just speak, write and listen more and
more.
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