Title: GCU 672 Physical Geography for Teachers
1GCU 672Physical Geography for Teachers
- Review of the Syllabus and Assignments
2Outline for this Review
- Instructor information
- Contact information
- Introduction to class
- Organization of topics
- How to approach each topic
- Assignments
- Student A Example Assignments
31. Instructor Information
Ron Dorn, Professor School of Geographical
Sciences PO Box 870104 Arizona State University,
Tempe AZ 85287 FAX 480-965-8313 Phone
480-965-7533 E-mail (most reliable contact)
ronald.dorn_at_asu.edu My role is to organize and
present the content, score assignments, help
students develop ideas, and help connect class to
broader MAS-GE program
- http//alliance.la.asu.edu/dorn/dorn.html
- Rons homepage
42. Contact Information
- How to Contact start by e-mailing
(ronald.dorn_at_asu.edu). Let me know if you want me
to phone you back. Never hesitate to ask
questions, schedule a phone contact, or a visit
in person. I am dedicated to trying to provide
you with the best possible online educational
experience. - Associate Director Denise Dorn will visit you at
your site if you are having trouble with this
class. E-mail her to schedule a phone or
in-person visit(denise.dorn_at_asu.edu)
53. Introduction to the Class
Physical geography is the first holistic natural
science, asking how Earths surface came into
being. The complexity is traditionally divided
into six parts shown in this diagram.
- Note the 2nd presentation explains in detail the
reasons for a physical geography class in this
masters program.
64. Organization of topics
75. How to approach each topic
- http//www.asu.edu/courses/gcu600/gcu672a/672Calen
dar.html
8Watch presentation first
9How to listen to the breeze presentations
- You can listen straight through
- You can pause at any time
- You can repeat a slide at any time
- You can interrupt the presentation and open up
one of the classroom resource movies to watch the
indicated animation
10Animations Discussed in Presentation
11Watch Animations
- Click on the animation
- .mov .mpg .avi .wmv .swf
12Online Text to Assist
13Extra Readings Teacher Suggestions
14Online Resources Discussed in the Presentation
156. Assignments
- 90 of Grade Integrating GCU672 with your
classroom - Option 1 take 3 tests. Test 1 would cover units
12. Test 2 would cover units 34. Test 3 would
cover units56. - Option 2 Complete 1 assessment for each of the 6
class units. You can mix different types of
assessments to fit your instructional setting
16Test 1 would be 2 units
17Unit Assessments
- One assessment for each unit with options to
allow you to best integrate material into your
educational context
18Unit Assessments - Options
- Bulletin board for your classroom or hallway
display (can be done twice). Send digital photo
of your display. - Design your own assessment (can be done once),
linking to standards that you teach and involve
an outcome that would improve your teaching. - Discussion thread leader. Blackboard has an
interface that allows students to discuss
material on a topic that greatly interests you
(can be done twice). Work with instructor on how
best to design discussion thread to integrate
class material and active learning (discuss later
idea in the context of beaches).
19Unit Assessments Options (continued)
- Journal Article Analysis (can be done twice).
Find journal article in ASUs library on topic
related to unit. Present summary of journal
article (1/2 page), summary of the material
covered in class (1/2 page), and compare the
differences similarities. - Write a Binko style lesson. style of lesson
plan used in GCU 671. However, add a new section
on Background Information that provides your
research and sources. (can be done for all units) - Online lesson adaptation (can be done twice).
Take an internet lesson. Evaluate the validity of
the content, and then modify the lesson to
improve content and student activity.
20Unit Assessments Options (continued)
- Powerpoint Presentation (can be done for all
units). Make powerpoint presentation (can modify
the powerpoint available for this class). Submit
your performance objectives, student assessment
for the powerpoint (e.g. quiz, notetaking sheet,
worksheet, other activity) along with the answer
key. - Student Readings. (can be done twice). Find
grade appropriate readings/literature on the
subject matter. Then, develop the complete
assignment that you would give your own students
including handouts, instructions, worksheets,
keys and other items that would make this ready
to use tomorrow. - Study Guide and Test (can be done twice).
Develop a test guide for your own classroom for
when you would teach the material in this module.
217. Student A Example Assignments
- Profile of Teacher Middle School Social Studies,
mostly history
Choice of Assignment Binko Lesson on
Earthquakes and Chinese Emperors reviews the
tectonic setting of China, before examining how
prior earthquake disasters has influenced Chinese
history.
22Choice of Assignment Binko Lesson on Nikita
Khrushchev and the Aral Sea reviews the
hydrology (drainage basin) of the Aral Sea, why
and how it was altered by the Soviets in the
1950s, and the current environmental crisis.
23Choice of Assignment Start and Lead a Discussion
Thread on re-interpretation of my favorite
beach.
24- Baymouth bar carried by littoral drift?
- Changing river supply of beach sediment?
- Summertime beach (supplied by offshore bars)?
25- Find student reading about global warming on side
of skeptics and side of those believing that
humans are altering climate. - Develop assignment such as a classroom debate,
how individuals can make a difference, or other
standard-based activity.
26- Develop powerpoint presentation student
activities about the role of storms on major
events in history, based on book by Randy
Cervenys Freaks of the Storm
27- For the ½ semester course on world geography,
develop a study guide and test for teaching
deserts of the world based on unit 23,
subtropics
28Integrative Assignments
- 10 of the Grade Integrating GCU 672 in your
Classroom and School Setting . (Same assignment
will be for GCU 673, 675, and 676 to be compiled
in GCU 677) - Final Exam. (5) Compile your thoughts in less
than 500 words on how the subject matter has
changed your perspective on geography, and how
pieces of the material might be incorporated into
what you teach - AYP Strategic thinking (5). Analyze how the
content of this class might be used to improve
your schools AYP. First, overview the situation
of your school, providing a brief history of the
past. Second, provide a brief summary of your
schools current strategy at improving AYP.
These first two paragraphs will be repeated for
GCU 673, 675 and 676. Third, specify steps that
you think should be taken to integrate geography
content and skills into your schools AYP
strategy.