TeacherLine Course Catalog
Understanding Energy Transfer - Special Collection: Teachers Domain, produced by WGBH Boston
A topic immersion course on Teaching Middle School Physical Science. Capture your students' attention in a flash. Discover compelling examples of energy transfer from everyday situations to share with your students. Develop effective ways to illustrate the concept of conservation of energy and to explain what happens when energy is converted from one form to another.
Subject: Science
Understanding Heat Transfer - Special Collection: Teachers’ Domain, produced by WGBH Boston
A topic immersion course on Teaching Middle School Physical Science. Investigate the mechanisms and influences of different types of heat transfer, including radiation, convection, and conduction, using theoretical models and real world examples. Examine teaching models using formative assessment strategies specifically suited to these topics.
Subject: Science
Understanding Motion and Force - Special Collection: Teachers’ Domain, produced by WGBH Boston
A topic immersion course on Teaching Elementary Physical Science. Learn to identify and analyze the forces that cause the motions of rolling, falling, floating, and sinking. Explore ways to foster learning through the making and testing of predictions and develop strategies to employ observation and experimentation to illustrate the major forces that act on moving objects.
Subject: Science
Understanding Numbers and Operations: Addition and Subtraction
Lay the foundation that your students will build on to meet mathematical standards for years to come. Learn to teach "mental arithmetic" to enhance your students' understanding of addition and subtraction. Develop your understanding of computational strategies by observing students, exploring lesson plans, and examining Web resources.
Subject: Mathematics
Understanding Properties and Structure - Special Collection: Teachers’ Domain, produced by WGBH Bost
A topic immersion course on Teaching Elementary Physical Science. Leverage the power of the real-world context for physical science learning. In this course you'll investigate the physical properties of objects and how their structures affect their response to forces. You'll complete the course prepared to use prediction and testing as a learning tool and assess learning in an ongoing manner.
Subject: Science
Understanding Solubility and Density - Special Collection: Teachers’ Domain, produced by WGBH Boston
A topic immersion course on Teaching Middle School Physical Science. Uncover unique and engaging resources that allow you and your students to investigate changes in density, and how dissolving one substance into another affects mass and volume. Within the context of these topics, you will learn to create a classroom that fosters inquiry learning.
Subject: Science
Understanding the Number System
Learn more about base number systems through activities, videos, and readings. Develop lesson plans designed to teach the base-ten number system, including factors, even/odd numbers, negative numbers, fractions, decimals, and percents.
Subject: Mathematics
Understanding Waves - Special Collection: Teachers’ Domain, produced by WGBH Boston
A topic immersion course on Teaching Middle School Physical Science Advance your understanding and increase the effectiveness of your teaching about the fundamental principles of light absorption and reflection and the similarities and differences between different types of waves, from sound waves to visible light. Explore the use of guiding questions and prediction strategies.
Subject: Science
Using Assessment and Evaluation
Delve into the full array of assessment and evaluation tools, including rubrics, journals, formal and informal assessments, and portfolios. Then, create an effective rubric based on an existing student assignment.
Subject: Technology
Using Multimedia to Develop Understanding
Help students in all grades use multimedia tools to demonstrate their authentic understanding of a subject. This course shows how Bloom's Taxonomy can help guide your assessment of a project's promotion of higher-level thinking skills. Learn to instill a strong understanding of content while promoting critical-thinking. Develop a project that integrates the use of multimedia in class assignments.
Subject: Technology
