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Science Methods for Secondary Teachers
Dr. Peter Rillero SED 482
rillero_at_asu.edu please make primary means of
contact
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Turning Points

• Young adolescents face significant turning
  points. For many youth 10 to 15 years old, early
  adolescence offers opportunities to choose a path
  toward a productive and fulfilling life. For many
  others it represents their last best chance to
  avoid a diminished future.
• Carnegie Council on Adolescent Development,
  1989.

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• Peace Corps Volunteer (8th to 11th grade) science
  in Kenya for three years
• Taught science (general science, life science,
  Regents Biology, Regents Physics, science
  research) in the Bronx (Lehman High School)

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• A professor of science education at ASU since
  1994
• Elementary and secondary science methods
• Classroom Research
• Inservice teacher development grants
• Ph.D. Science Education (Ohio State University),
  M.A. Biology (City University of New York, M.A.
  Science Education (Teachers College, Columbia
  University)

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Perspectives of Hands-on Science Teaching (free
online)
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• Was a Fulbright Lecturer in Iceland (6 months)
  teaching science methods
• Spent six months as an exchange professor at
  Costa Ricas Universidad Nacional teaching
  Tropical Ecology and Conservation Biology
• Spent 6 months (sabbatical) working in Cebu,
  Philippines working with university science
  faculty and supervising grade 6 to 12 student
  teachers

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Adaptive Curriculum Developer

• Helped produce 160 engaging and interactive
  middle school science Activity Objects
• Working on high school now

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• I have a son who is in 7th grade and a son in
  4th grade.
• The cumulative collection of experiences has
  given me insights and ways to improve science
  teaching that are
• Practical
• Easy to implement

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Dr. Peter Rillero 602-543-6316 rillero
_at_asu.edu Office hours Monday 130 to 230 PM
Monday 730 to 800 PM
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OUTLINE for Week 1

• Introductions
• Syllabus
• Pre-Self Assessment
• Intro to Science and technology

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Interests or familyHow long at ASU West (what
program)?What types of Science will they
teach?Why they want to be a teacher?
INTERVIEW Someone and find out
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Syllabus

• Seek help early library for resources,
  Technopolis for Inspiration, me for methods
• Do readings for due date
• Must turn in assignments during class time on the
  due date!

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Concept Map
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Questions?
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Pretest

• put an X in the box

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What is science?

• Think, pair, share

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Science is

• Science is the thoughts, actions, and products of
  people seeking to understand and describe the
  universe

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Body of Knowledge

• What we know
• Content

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Way of Knowing

• How we know what we know
• Science process skills
• Inquiry

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Which is more important?

• Science Content
• Science Process Skills/Inquiry

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Ideal lessons have

• Content
• Process Skills
• Wrapped in an meaningful context

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History of Science

• Can develop content, process skills
• The story is the context

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Science stories
The Structure of Benzene

• The story of penicillin
• The story of smallpox

August Kekule

• The cure of stomach ulcer

Alexander Fleming
Robin Warren Barry Marshall
Variolation, cow pox, Edward Jenner
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Science, Technology, Society
Society
Technology
STS
Science
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Introducing Inquiry and the Nature of Science