TEAMS Poster Session

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TEAMS Poster Session

• Roy Boyle
• TEAMS Institute 2008

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Essential Elements of Inquiry(as described in
Inquiry and the National Science Education
Standards, 2000)

• Learners engage in scientifically oriented
  QUESTIONS.
• Questions guide the investigations
• Questions are relevant to science concepts and
  students interests/lives

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Essential Elements of Inquiry(as described in
Inquiry and the National Science Education
Standards, 2000)

• Learners give priority to EVIDENCE in responding
  to questions.
•  Evidence is collected using senses and
  instruments
• Procedures are student-created and/or modified
  from other science investigations.
• The group decides what data to collect and how to
  collect it

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Essential Elements of Inquiry(as described in
Inquiry and the National Science Education
Standards, 2000)

• Learners DRAW CONCLUSIONS or FORMULATE
  EXPLANATIONS from the evidence.
• Group members provide preliminary explanations
  for patterns seen in the evidence
• Explanations are based on evidence from the
  investigation

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Essential Elements of Inquiry(as described in
Inquiry and the National Science Education
Standards, 2000)

• Learners CONNECT and EVALUATE explanations with
  scientific knowledge.
• Explanations are explained and contrasted against
  alternative explanations
• Earlier explanations are revised in light of new
  evidence.

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Essential Elements of Inquiry(as described in
Inquiry and the National Science Education
Standards, 2000)

• Learners COMMUNICATE and JUSTIFY their proposed
  explanations.
• Discuss your ideas in small groups with your
  team, other teams, professors, and others
• Present your ideas through writing, drawing, or
  talking
• Present to different audiences

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Helpful Guidelines

• Emphasize the important points
• Catch the viewers eye
• Communicate your results
• Say thank you!
• Proofread! Proofread! Proofread!
• Know your stuff

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Poster Sections

• Title
• Abstract
• Methods
• Results
• Conclusion
• Credits

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Scoring Rubric

• Investigation Question
• Title
• Abstract
• Hypothesis
• Variables
• Methods
• Data Collection / Results

• Sharing Results
• Poster Appearance
• Graphs / Diagrams / Pictures
• Conclusion