Monday

1:00 – 4:30pm

Showcase – What can we do with the Pasco hardware?

Introduction to one of the most versatile educational technology

You will have a chance to browse and try one of the best hardware environment with all the available options – just to wet your appetite! This is the technology that you will be using during the workshop and hopefully hooked to it so when you go back to your school you cannot wait to implement.

6:00 – 7:15 pm

Dinner

Tuesday

7:30 – 8:30 am

Breakfast

8:30 – 12:00pm

The Xplorer GLX in the Chemistry Lab The stand alone configuration

This will be a hands-on exercise to discover the power of the Xplorer GLX in the chemistry lab. You will have a chance to configure the GLX with a variety of probes and perform simple to more complex tasks to get comfortable with this computerless environment.

12:00 – 1:00 pm

Lunch

1:00 – 4:30 pm

DataStudio and Chemistry – The basics

And finally the big gun! Discover the potential of a computer-based student station in designing group-based lab activities. You will be immersed into a unique teaching-learning environment which you can harness for your own students. Learn what this unique configuration can do for you and get a hands-on experience with it!

6:00 – 7:15 pm

Dinner

Wednesday

7:30 – 8:30 am

Breakfast

8:30 – 12:00pm

Discovering guided inquiry with Chemistry activities

What you have been waiting for! After some initial discussion, get down to start to develop a guided inquiry activity with your teammates. You are welcome to bring a “cookbook” candidate activity with you or we can give you some ideas.

12:00 – 1:00 pm

Lunch

1:00 – 4:30 pm

Guided inquiry at work – Discussion on developed activities

Let’s see how it went! You will perform an activity developed by one of the other teams. Give a feedback to the developing team and hear the thoughts of others on your activity. Let’s have a discussion on challenges, potential problems and pitfalls (there is many!)

6:00 – 7:15 pm

Dinner

Thursday

7:30 – 8:30 am

Breakfast

8:30 – 12:00pm

Unleashing the power of DataStudio – Designing guided inquiry based activities with the Workbook feature of DataStudio

If you thought you knew everything, guess what – you didn’t! Get some experience in developing activities with the Workbook feature of DataStudio. This configuration combines the power of this state-of-the-art hardware with a powerful pedagogical method to create a robust teaching-learning environment.

12:00 – 1:00 pm

Lunch

1:00 – 4:30 pm

DataStudio at full throttle – Performing electronic guided inquiry based activities 

Take a seat of a student to perform one of the electronic activities designed by one other team. See the advantages, potential problems and share it with your colleagues

6:00 – 7:15 pm

Dinner

Friday

7:30 – 8:30 am

Breakfast

8:30 – 12:00pm

Putting it together and facing the challenges – What does it take to develop a guided inquiry based chemistry lab curriculum?

Let’s take a step back and see what and how you can use back in your classroom. We’ll address some common questions such as: When is more just more and not better? When is a technologically highly evolved environment appropriate and when it isn’t? What student audience is appropriate for guided inquiry? Do students think this way? If not, can be trained to think this way? If you have questions, concerns, bring them with you and share them with others!

12:00 – 1:00 pm

Lunch

1:00 – 3:00 pm

Final thoughts

Winding down. If you make it through, you deserve it!