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 ======AY 375 - Fall 2016: Fifth Day Lesson Plan====== ======AY 375 - Fall 2016: Fifth Day Lesson Plan======
  
-=====Section Recap (20 minutes)=====+=====Section Recap (15 minutes)=====
  
-=====Quiz Exchange=====+(5 minutes) Students will take a few minutes to pick partners for this week's homework (see below). We'll record who's visiting who on the wiki in real time.
  
-=====Board Work===== +=====Quiz Exchange (30 minutes) ===== 
-Ideas:+ 
 +Take each other's quizzes and provide feedback as to the structure, wording and efficacy of the quiz. 
 + 
 +  * Quizzes are not just assessments of a student's understanding but opportunities to teach as well. 
 +  * Well constructed quizzes reward engagement with the material, test multiple levels of Bloom's Taxonomy, incorporates questions of various types, tests what was taught, and encourages deeper learning and understanding. 
 +  * Remember to take your own quiz slowly and time yourself. Multiply that time by ~3 to estimate how long it'll take your students.  
 +  * Don't grade in red pen! 
 + 
 +=====Break (5 minutes) ===== 
 + 
 +=====Board Work (40 minutes) ===== 
 +(15 minutes) Group Activity
   * Groups of 3-4: Each person takes a turn using their mini whiteboard. The others in the group get to choose one question off that person's quiz and ask it. The person must answer that question using the whiteboard.    * Groups of 3-4: Each person takes a turn using their mini whiteboard. The others in the group get to choose one question off that person's quiz and ask it. The person must answer that question using the whiteboard. 
-  * As a class: Introduce Jason's photometry activity. Groups do the activity. Class discusses results and importance of breaking down a difficult problem into a simpler, tangible one and using fake data and graphs/pictures to elucidate an analytic concept. +(25 minutes) Class Activity 
 +  * As a class: Introduce Jason's photometry activity and explain centroiding procedure. Groups will work on their mini whiteboards to show why sky background can lead to biases in astrometry. Class discusses results and importance of breaking down a difficult problem into a simpler, tangible one and using fake data and graphs/pictures to elucidate an analytic concept. 
  
-=====Media===== +=====Media (15 minutes) ===== 
-Ideas: +  * Sometimes a point is better made with a visual aid such as a video or a digital demo. 
-  * Sometimes a point is better made with a visual aid such as a video or a digital demo +  * As a class: Watch examples of educational videos and critique. What works and what doesn't? What is best suited for use in a discussion section setting? 
-  * As a class: Watch examples of educational videos and critique. What works and what doesn't? +    * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEheh1BH34Q|Size of the Sun - Version 1]] | [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tWK5ou1ziE|Size of the Sun - Version 2]] | [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u70lZSMP9Bo|Size of the Sun - Version 3]] 
-  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEheh1BH34Q|Size of the Sun - Version 1]] +  * Videos and interactive programming can be a useful tool to demonstrate difficult mathematical concepts. 
-  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tWK5ou1ziE|Size of the Sun - Version 2]] +    * [[https://youtu.be/pTohpPDvzds|Galaxy Rotation Speed]] | [[http://highered.mheducation.com/olcweb/cgi/pluginpop.cgi?it=swf::800::600::/sites/dl/free/0072482621/78780/Retro_Nav.swf::Retrograde%20Motion|Retrograde Motion]]
-  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u70lZSMP9Bo|Size of the Sun - Version 3]]+
  
 =====Feedback Notecards (5 minutes)===== =====Feedback Notecards (5 minutes)=====
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 =====Homework===== =====Homework=====
  
-  - Find a partner with whom you will visit each other's sections. Aim to complete both visits and meet up for discussion by 9/21. Make sure to complete the {{:peergsivisit.pdf| Peer Visitation Worksheet}}.+  - Find a partner with whom you will visit each other's sections. Aim to complete both visits and meet up for discussion by 9/28. Make sure to complete the {{:peergsivisit.pdf| Peer Visitation Worksheet}}.

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