TEMI Workshop

18th October 2014

Maynooth
Peter Childs
Anne O Dwyer
Beulah McManus
Orla McCormack
Joanne Broggy
Co-funded by
the Seventh Framework Programme
of the European Union

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Todays Workshop
AGENDA

Hour 1

What is TEMI?
TEMI Enquiry Lesson Simulation
Explore the 5E model of enquiry
Two ways to teach Density

Hour 2

What is a Mystery?
Develop your own TEMI ideas
Present and share ideas

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Todays Workshop
AGENDA

Hour 1

What is TEMI?
TEMI Enquiry Lesson Simulation
Explore the 5E model of enquiry
Two ways to teach Density

Hour 2

What is a Mystery?
Develop your own TEMI ideas
Present and share ideas

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The UL Team

Peter Childs
Anne ODwyer
Beulah McManus
Joanne Broggy
Orla McCormack

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What is TEMI?
Teaching Enquiry with
Mysteries Incorporated
Funded by the FP7
programme
12 European partners
Professional
Development
Workshops
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TEMI Goals
Improving Science and Maths teaching
across Europe.
Focus on pupil enquiry as a driving
force for learning.
Teaching is organised around problems
and questions in a highly pupil-centred
enquiry process.

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European Science Education

Projects
http://www.scientix.eu/web/guest/home

Meeting Irish Priorities

.Personalised
learning skills can
also be developed by
means of short
courses that focus
on enquiry based
learning.
(NCCA, 2011, p.17)

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Todays Workshop
AGENDA

Hour 1

What is TEMI?
TEMI Enquiry Lesson Simulation
Explore the 5E model of enquiry
Two ways to teach Density

Hour 2

What is a Mystery?
Develop your own TEMI ideas
Present and share ideas

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The Blue Bottle

Student Task
Work in groups of 4.
Using the bottle provided investigate what is
happening.
You are only allowed to shake the bottle.
Do not open the bottle!
Record your observations

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Simulate Enquiry Lesson

The Blue Bottle
What did you observe?
Why could this be
happening?
Develop a working
hypothesis
How could we test this?

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Todays Workshop
AGENDA

Hour 1

What is TEMI?
TEMI Enquiry Lesson Simulation
Explore the 5E model of enquiry
Two ways to teach Density

Hour 2

What is a Mystery?
Develop your own TEMI ideas
Present and share ideas

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5E Model of Enquiry
ENGAGE

EVALUATE

EXTEND

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EXPLORE

EXPLAIN

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Engage
The purpose for the ENGAGE stage is to
gain student interest and to get students
personally involved in the lesson, while
building on prior understanding.

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Explore
The purpose for the EXPLORE stage is to
get students involved in the topic;
providing them with a chance to build on
their own understanding.

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Explain
The purpose for the EXPLAIN stage is to
provide students with an opportunity to
communicate what they have learned so
far and figure out what it means.

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Extend (Elaborate)
The purpose for the EXTEND or
ELABORATE stage is to allow students to
use their new knowledge and continue to
explore its implications.

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Evaluate
The purpose for the EVALUATION stage
is for both students and teachers to
determine how much learning and
understanding has taken place.

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5E Model of Enquiry
ENGAGE

EVALUATE

EXTEND

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EXPLORE

EXPLAIN

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Key Idea Behind TEMI

Use mysteries or discrepant events to
engage students in the enquiry
process.

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What is a mystery?
In science education, a mystery is a
phenomenon or event that provokes the
perception of suspense and wonder in the
learner to initiate an emotionally-laden
want to know-feeling which leads to a
raise in curiosity and which initiates the
posing of questions to be answered by
inquiry and problem-solving activities.

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Lesson Approach
How syllabus
is currently
designed

Common
Textbook
Approach

Concrete level using activity to start at more everyday

concrete ideas
Interested students

Abstract level- starting with scientific principles &

mathematical equations
Switched off & unmotivated students

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TEMI
Approach

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How else does TEMI engage and

motivate students?

Sense of autonomy for

students

Relevant to students
lives

Active student learning

experience

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Active Learning
TEMI project encourages student-centred active
learning experience through the use of mysteries
for engagement
80% of JC science students surveyed, reported that most or all of class
time is spent listening to [their] teacher.

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Todays Workshop
AGENDA

Hour 1

What is TEMI?
TEMI Enquiry Lesson Simulation
Explore the 5E model of enquiry
Two ways to teach Density

Hour 2

What is a Mystery?
Develop your own TEMI ideas
Present and share ideas

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Density Textbook
Approach
What is density?
Definition: density is mass per unit
volume
Density = mass/volume
Units = g/cm3

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The Density Triangle

Density = mass/volume
Volume = mass/density
Mass = density x volume

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Some Density Problems

Calculate the density of the following
objects:
1. 500 cm3 of water that weighs 500 g
2. A concrete block 30 cm x 20 cm x 10
cm which weighs 10 kg
3. Etc.

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Measuring Density
Now you know how to do the
calculations we will measure the
density of some objects:
a) regular objects blocks, cylinders
b) irregular objects e.g. stones, pieces
of wood

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Assessment
Define density.
Give me an equation to calculate
density.
If two blocks were the same size and
one was heavier than the other, which
has the largest density?
Which is heavier a tonne of iron or a
tonne of feathers?
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An Alternative
Approach

ENGAGE
Why do you
think this
happens?
What do you
observe?

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EXPLORE
Why does one can of Coke float and
other sink?
What do the two cans have in common?
Shape, size, volume
In what way do they differ?
Different label; different mass
What makes an object float?
How could you test your answer?
Can you design an experiment to verify your idea?
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EXPLAIN
What variables affect whether an object
sinks or floats?
What is the relationship between these
variables?
How are the variables related? If you
increase one, what happens the other?

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EXTEND
What happens when you use 7-Up;
Fanta etc.
Do you think you would have the same
observations when you use bottles
instead of cans?

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EXTEND

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EXTEND
How is it that a small
piece of steel will sink in
water, yet ships can be
made out of steel?

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EVALUATE
Explain density in your own words
If a tourist was stranded on an island,
which materials from the following list
would be the most suitable to make a raft?
Why?
[Plastic, wood, leaves, ice, balloons, plastic
bottles]
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 Begin with concrete experiences and

lead the discussion/lesson to include the
abstract idea.
We are involving students in the idea of
density so that they can understand the
concept.
The end of the lesson is the definition
and the equation and the calculation.
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Todays Workshop
AGENDA

Hour 1

What is TEMI?
TEMI Enquiry Lesson Simulation
Explore the 5E model of enquiry
Two ways to teach Density

Hour 2

What is a Mystery?
Develop your own TEMI ideas
Present and share ideas

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What is a mystery?
In science education, a mystery is a
phenomenon or event that provokes the
perception of suspense and wonder in the
learner to initiate an emotionally-laden
want to know-feeling which leads to a
raise in curiosity and which initiates the
posing of questions to be answered by
inquiry and problem-solving activities.

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Good Classroom Mystery

It can be investigated and explained scientifically and
is within the competency of the students involved
Provides affective engagement for the students
Generates curiosity and leads to student questions
Is simple enough to be a discrepant event, and
generate cognitive conflict
The time between mystery and answer is limited (1-2
lessons)

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Bad Classroom Mystery

Provides engagement for the teacher only and the
students are not excited
Generates little curiosity and the teacher has to do
all the work
Is answered by science concepts that are too
difficult for students to grasp

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Keep in Mind.

This doesnt require expensive

chemicals or equipment.
Should be easy to prepare and set up.
Should work quickly and reliably in class

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Possible Approaches
Mysteries can be:
Teacher Demonstration
Pupil Activity
Video Clip
Real-Life Problem /Observation
Scenario
..
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Turning the Lesson

Around
The TEMI approach may just involve
turning the lesson around, not inventing a
new experiment.
Instead of using an experiment or
demonstration at the end to
illustrate/confirm the theory, use it at the
start but dont explain it!
Make sure the textbook is closed and out of
sight!!
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Todays Workshop
AGENDA

Hour 1

What is TEMI?
TEMI Enquiry Lesson Simulation
Explore the 5E model of enquiry
Two ways to teach Density

Hour 2

What is a Mystery?
Develop your own TEMI ideas
Present and share ideas

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Group Task
Work in groups of 3/4
Using a copy of the syllabus provided,
select a topic for which you will develop
a mystery
Complete the short lesson planner
based on your mystery
Present your mystery to the group
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Todays Workshop
AGENDA

Hour 1

What is TEMI?
TEMI Enquiry Lesson Simulation
Explore the 5E model of enquiry
Two ways to teach Density

Hour 2

What is a Mystery?
Develop your own TEMI ideas
Present and share ideas

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Group Task
Topic

Mystery

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Group Task
Topic

Mystery

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Group Task
Topic

Mystery

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Group Task
Topic

Mystery

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TEMI Lesson Resources

Web based Resources

Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/lrentfro/discrepant-events/
The Science Guru: http://thescienceguru.com/?p=271
Discover Sensors Project Website: http://www.discoversensors.ie/home
Steve Spangler: https://www.youtube.com/user/SteveSpanglerScience/videos
Brain Powered Science Teaching and Learning:
http://static.nsta.org/files/PB271Xweb.pdf

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Resources

Blue Bottle Lesson Plan

Leaking Bag Lesson Plan
Under Pressure Lesson Plan
Questioning - Asking thought
provoking questions
5 E model information

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Why should I get involved in

TEMI?
Enable you (and your students) to:

Experience Inquiry-Based Learning,

To develop your own TEMI lesson ideas
Become a member of the online Community of Practice
Have access to a bank of teacher-developed and tested
teaching resources

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What does participation involve?

Attendance at 2 single full day workshops

Implementing 5 TEMI lesson ideas (provided by the UL
team)
Developing at least 2 TEMI lessons yourself
Contribute to discussion/comments on the Google
Forum

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Cohort 3: Workshop 1- 21 January 2015

Contact joanne.broggy@ul.ie

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