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Teaching science

This resource set has been developed based on input from faculty in the science areas at 51吃瓜app. It is by no means exhaustive but intends to initiate a place for faculty to share their favourite teaching and learning ideas and links. Credit is given to Judy Larsen from the Upgrading and University Preparation department for discussing resource ideas with faculty, compiling the initial resource set, and developing its structure.

Resources for instructors

This section includes general teaching strategies that can be used across science areas. These include stories for introducing particular concepts, methods for student engagement and for improving students' quality of scientific writing, assignments that elicit cognitive thinking while maintaining low marking load on the instructor, as well as lab ideas.

Assignment and quiz approaches

  •  — Jeff Chizma, Physics department
  •  — Greg Schlitt, Mathematics department
  •  — Cory Beshara, Chemistry department
  •  — Ben Vanderlei, Mathematics department
  •  — Telyn Kusalik, Mathematics department
  •  - Stan Manu, Mathematics department
  •  — Greg Schlitt, Mathematics department
  •  — Robin Kleiv, Physics department

Class structures

  • — Telyn Kusalik, Mathematics department
  • — Anna Kuczynska, Upgrading and University Preparation department, mathematics
  • — Greg Schlitt, Mathematics department
  • — Judy Larsen, Upgrading and University Preparation department, mathematics
  • — Telyn Kusalik, Mathematics department
  • — Greg Schmaltz, Biology department
  • — Greg Schmaltz, Biology department
  • — Alida Jaanmat, Biology department
  • — Ben Vanderlei and Anna Kuczynska, Mathematics department
  • — Cory Beshara, Chemistry department
  • — Greg Schmaltz, Biology department
  •  - Teacher Vision
  •  - Elizabeth Mulavahill
  • — Theodore Panitz and others

Clickers

  •  — Links collated by Judy Larsen
  •  — Judy Larsen

Icebreakers

  •  — Telyn Kusalik, Mathematics department
  •  — Education World
  •  — Judy Larsen
  •  — Judy Larsen
  •  — Dan Meyer

This section includes content-specific resources organized by subject. These include problem sets, data sets, visualizations, textbook resources, notes, PowerPoints, etc.

Chemistry

  • — Cory Beshara

Science (general)

  • — Suggested by Derek Harnett
  •  — Suggested by Derek Harnett

Mathematics

  • — Judy Larsen, Upgrading and University Preparation department, mathematics
  • — Greg Schlitt, Mathematics department
  •  — Stan Manu, Mathematics department
  • — Dan Meyer
  •  — The Royal Institution
  • — Mathematical Sciences Research Institute
  • (an extensive calculus applet collection) — Recommended by Eugene Yablonski
  • — Susan Milner
  • — Dan Anderson
  • Problems, puzzles, and visuals for a variety of mathematical topics
  • Mathematics courses
    •  — Eugene Yablonsky
    • — Karin Loots
    • — Stan Manu
    • — Telyn Kusalik
    • — Greg Schlitt
    • — Ben Vanderlei
    • — Eugene Yablonski
    • — Ben Vanderlei
    •  - Eugene Yablonski
  • — Recommended by Cindy Loten, Mathematics department
  • (used for creating tests and assignments in LaTeX) — Cindy Loten, Mathematics

Physical Geography

  • — Claire Hay

Physics

  •  — Suggested by Derek Harnett
  •  — Suggested by Robin Kliev
  •  — Georgia Tech
  •  — Joss Ives' Blog
  •  — Derek Harnett
  •  — Derek Harnett
  •  — Jeff Chizma, Physics department
  •  — Jeff Chizma, Physics department

Contact Jeff Chizma for more Maple Visualization resources.

Contact Derek Harnett for Physics-related Mathematica resources.

Statistics

Datasets provided by David Chu

This section includes literature on differentiated instruction, student engagement strategies, flipped classrooms, note taking, math anxiety, creating safe learning spaces, etc.

Flipped classrooms and problem based learning approaches

  • — Judy Larsen, UFV (2015)
  • — Kathleen Fulton
  • — Jonathan Bergmann and Aaron Sams (2012)
  • — Jeremy F. Strayer (2012)
  • — John R. Savery (2006)

Mathematics and culture and mathematical thinking

  •  (A parody of school education) — Paul Lockhart
  • — Sian L. Beilock and Daniel T. Willingham (2014)
  • — Sharon B. Walen and Steven R. Williams (2002)
  • — Matthew Lynch
  • — Louis Lim and David K. Pugalee (2004)
  • — Susan Gerofsky (1996)
  • — Susan Gerofsky (2010)
  • — Luis Radford (1997)
  • — David Tall and Schlomo Vinner (1981)

Student engagement

  • — Peter Liljedahl and Darien Allan (2013)
  • — Peter Liljedahl and Darien Allan (2013)
  • — Stephanie Ahlfeldt, Sudhir Mehta, and Timothy Sellnow (2005)
  • — David J. Shernoff, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Barbara Schneider, and Elisa S. Shernoff (2003)
  • — Karl A. Smith, Sheri D. Sheppard, David W. Johnson and Roger T. Johnson (2005)
  • — Peter Liljedahl
  •  (Implementing Peter Liljedahl’s approach to classroom engagement) — Alex Olverwijk
  • — Reynol Junco, Greg Heibergert, and Eric Loken (2010)
  •  (An article on active and passive learning) — Michelene T. H. Chi
  • — University of Waterloo Centre for Teaching Excellence
  •  (Links to literature on problem-based learning, classroom response systems, etc.)

Resources for students and instructors

This section includes public domain links that may be of interest to instructors and/or students in the sciences. These can also be used to integrate into lesson planning to bring in a real-world connection to a particular lesson.

Science news

TED Talks

This section is intended for student use. Faculty may refer students to these resources to help them with studying, brushing up on prerequisite knowledge, and acquiring technological skills. It includes prerequisite resources, links to labs experiments performed in settings impossible to replicate at 51吃瓜app, scientific writing examples, study apps, LaTeX materials, Excel materials, SPSS materials, information about Windows file management, and using network drives on UFV campus.

Key concepts

The following are sample link. If you are looking for a specific topic, searching YouTube for that topic is a great first step to finding an explanation that is helpful. Not all explanations are always correct online, but the links included on this page have been vetted and/or suggested by UFV faculty.

Mathematics

  • This resource set is curated and collected by Anna Kuczynska who teaches mathematics in the Upgrading and University Preparation department at 51吃瓜app, and works at the UFV Math and Stats Centre. The resource includes videos created in–house by Anna Kuczynska, Judy Larsen, and Telyn Kusalik. See the tabs at the bottom of the Google Sheets to select the UFV Math course number for corresponding resources. Anna has also initiated an Activities tab to collect ideas for in-class activities.
  • (commutative, associative, inverse, identity, distributive, like terms, and simplifying variable expressions) — Judy Larsen
  • (linear equations in one variable) — Judy Larsen
  • (solving multivariable formulas, solving equations) — Judy Larsen
  • — Khan Academy
  • (an extensive calculus applet collection with definitions)
  •  (GeoGebra applet) — Eugene Yablonsky

Physics

  • — For mechatronics students

Biology

  • — Khan Academy

Physical Geography

  • — Earthsceincevids

All topics

LaTeX

  • LaTeX resources from UFV Mathematics and Statistics department — Ian Affleck, Mathematics department
  • — Robin Kliev, Physics department
  • — Jeff Chizma, Physics department
  • — Jeff Chizma, Physics
  • — Recommended by Jeff Chizma, Physics department
  • – Cindy Loten, Mathematics department
  • (a collaborative LaTeX editor with an up-to-date compiled pdf viewer) — Recommended by Derek Harnett, Physics department and Cindy Loten, Mathematics department

Excel

  •  (Excel tutorials with downloadable worksheets)

SPSS

  • — Phil Chan

File management

Mobile apps for studying

A great study idea is to find an app on your mobile device that will help you study your content. There are no recommended apps at this time, but if you have one to suggest, please email Judy Larsen.