VUSTI WORKSHOP
	Day 1	Day 2	Day 3	Day 4	Day 5
9-10:30	Just A Classification/dichotomous sorting	Just A Rule of Four Algebra Definitions	Just T Antibiotic resistant bacteria	Inverse square Just T	Exponential A
10:45-12	Working with a model Leg length v height	Just A Rule of Four applied	Just T Genetics/ inheritance	Just T	Pop growth T
12-1	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch
1-2:30	Learning theory	Learning theory discussion	Algebra Project 5 Step Program	Algebra Project discussion	Team/interdis teaching issues
2:45-4:00	Density of city building materials proportionality	Just T Balancing Chemical Equations	Just A Hardy-Weinberg; quadratics	Just A Dimensional analysis	Closing ceremonies
Math HW	Rule of Four reading	Rule of Four proportionality	Rule of Four in standard texts
Science HW	proportionality in sciences
Ed HW	learning theory reading	learning theory writing	reading Moses/Cobb	writing Moses/Cobb

Day 1 Team Teaching – teaching together

9-10:30

What is this workshop for

Classification; dichotomous sorting exercise

Break

10:45-12

Testing our sorting

Mathematical Models

Height vs Leg Length

Lunch Break

1-2:30

Ideas about learning mathematics and science

Skinner and Behaviorism

Piaget and constructivism

Situated learning, interdisciplinary teaching

Break

2:45-4

Density of building materials.

Proportionality relations in science: densities and concentrations.

Day 2 Coordinated Teaching

9-10:30

Alice: Rule of Four: every topic should be presented numerically, graphically,

symbolically, and verbally”.

The nature of definition in mathematics and science

Break

10:45-12

Alice: The Rule of Four applied

Lunch Break

1-2:30

Your ideas about learning mathematics and science

Break

2:45-4

Tom: Balancing chemical equations – proportionality and equivalent fractions

Day 3 Cooperative teaching

9-10:30

Tom: Antibiotic resistant bacteria

Break

10:45-12

Tom: Genetics; inheritance; sickle cell trait

Lunch Break

1-2:30

Intro to Algebra Project

Math Literacy as Civil Rights

Civil Rights movement philosophy -- don't speak for the oppressed, teach them to speak for themselves.

Mathematics of Trips

Break

2:45-4

Alice: Quadratics for squares; Hardy Weinberg formula

Day 4

9-10:30

Tom: Inverse square law in physics, astronomy, ecology

Break

10:45-12

Tom: Inverse square law continued

Lunch Break

1-2:30

5 step program

1. Physical Events

2. Pictorial Representation/Modeling

3. Intuitive Language

4. Structured Language

5. Symbolic Representation

Break

2:45-4

Alice: Dimensional Analysis

Day 5 Both teachers teaching both

9-10:30

Alice: Exponential Functions, exponential growth

Break

10:45-12

Tom: Exponential Functions, exponential growth

Lunch Break

1-2:30

Teaching together, interdisciplinary instruction; discussion and writing.

Break

2:45-4

Closing ceremonies