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T&L 2900: North Dakota STEM Research Fellows
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- Detailed invoice/receipt email
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The cohort will start with an all day in person meeting. During the morning, the participants will learn about the backwards design model of unit planning and how it can be used to plan student research projects in the topics they are already teaching. They will then learn about, through going through a sample research project themselves, the steps needed to go through planning and completing a student research project. They will also dive into North Dakota Native Americans Essential Understandings and North Dakota's academic content standards for science and make connections between the two. The afternoon will give the participants time to look at what they are already planning to teach for the fall and to brainstorm ideas about what their whole class research project could be using the framework that was learned about in the morning.
During the rest of the summer and into the beginning of the school year, the participants will fully develop their project including what materials and partnerships they will use, standards addressed and assessments they will use, and the steps their students will take during their research, evaluation of results, and sharing their project with a wider audience.
During the rest of the semester the teachers will implement their plan, reflect on what is happening in their classroom, and continue to meet monthly with their cohort to share updates and collaborate to problem solve and plan next steps. The participants will also be attending Society for Science's STEM Research Teacher Conference in Washington, D.C. in October where they will have the opportunity to learn even more about methods and materials to guide their student research projects.
In the spring, they will follow their whole class project with 3 to 5 small group projects all based round the same content topic. They will continue collaborating with their cohort in monthly virtual meetings. The end of the year will culminate in a reflection of lessons learned through this process and a plan for how they can continue to develop this practice in their classroom the following year.