"Hi Diane,
I used to work for COSEE-West helping science teachers incorporate marine science into their courses. At some point the high school teachers here in southern California decided they wanted to teach an entire biology course with a…"
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Gwen Noda
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Gwen Noda's Discussions
Teach Marinie Bio Instead of Bio!
Here in Los Angeles, a bunch of high school teachers came to me and basically said, 'we want to teach marine biology instead of biology, so that the kids don't have to wait until 12th grade to take…Continue
Tags: science, standards, california, lessons, biology
Started Oct 29, 2009
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Gwen Noda commented on Sean Nash's video
Diving for Jellies - from Creaturecast
"Ah, love those siphonophores (despite the stinging). And love MBARI, too. :)"
Gwen Noda commented on Sean Nash's group Marine Biology"Starting two days ago (and lasting for 3 weeks), COSEE-West is hosting a free online workshop about evolution using marine examples. We have lectures from an excellent lecturer, Dr. Pat Krug from CSULA. He will give one of the 3 lectures live online…"
Gwen Noda commented on Colin Matheson's group Fervent Evolution Discussion"Starting two days ago (and lasting for 3 weeks), COSEE-West is hosting a free online workshop about evolution using marine examples. We have lectures from an excellent lecturer, Dr. Pat Krug from CSULA. He will give one of the 3 lectures live online…"
Gwen Noda joined Colin Matheson's group
Fervent Evolution Discussion
The great debate in many high school classes: how to teach evolution, the line between science and faith, etc.
Gwen Noda replied to Debra Garcia's discussion Suggestions for Marine Science Semester course in the group Marine Biology"Hi Debra! How did it go?
I hope some of it was helpful.
Let me know, if you have time.
Thanks,
Gwen"
Gwen Noda replied to Diane DeLoux's discussion Looking for partnerships from landlocked Colorado in the group Marine Biology"Hello,
Although, I work in Los Angeles for COSEE-West, we partner with Lesley Smith at UC Boulder.
We are doing a teacher exchange program this summer. Five Colorado teachers come to Los Angeles for a week and 5 of our teachers go to Boulder for a…"
Gwen Noda replied to Tamar Cunha's discussion Teaching Science Methods"Sorry for the very delayed response!
I am looking for another lesson that was done with bank checks. There are maybe 30 bank checks written by one person for various needs in life... groceries, library overdue book fees, car payments, baby clothes,…"
Gwen Noda replied to Colin Matheson's discussion Science Fair"Thanks for posting! I'll check them out...
One thing I am trying to start this year is bringing high school students to the UCLA undergraduate science poster day where hundreds of students have their posters on display in every science and…"
Colin Matheson left a comment for Gwen Noda"Hi Gwen. I finally added stuff about science fair to the synapse. http://thesynapse.ning.com/forum/topics/science-fair"
Gwen Noda replied to David Knuffke's discussion Google Wave Group for AP Biology"Thanks for sharing. I just got a wave invite over the weekend."
Gwen Noda replied to Sean Nash's discussion THE SYNAPSE on "DELICIOUS""Thanks Debra and Sean for joining COSEE-West on Diigo!"
Gwen Noda replied to Sean Nash's discussion THE SYNAPSE on "DELICIOUS""Thanks, Debra... That makes 4 of us in the COSEE-West group now! I hope a few others will join. Even just a few of us together could be pretty helpful."
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- gwennoda
- Check out my blog:
- http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/07philippines/logs/sept2...
- My job title/titles:
- Currently unemployed. Looking for a job in science or education or both - preferably marine focused. :)
- Interests (away from work):
- scuba, swimming, hiking, farmers markets, fish hatcheries, invasive species, new species, marine protected areas, marine biology, ecology, evolution, crochet, sewing, reading, ocean sciences, music (listening and playing), TED talks, Wait, Wait... Don't Tell Me, Science Friday... (oh, wait "away from work" interests, work interests and non-work interests are sometimes hard to tease apart. I feel lucky that that is the case.), Bill Nye the science guy, Alton Brown, Mythbusters, The Big Bang Theory
My photos are here:
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Comment Wall (5 comments)
- At 9:01pm on October 24, 2009,
Sean Nash said… - Glad you came, Gwen. We happy to have you on The Synapse!
Sean
- At 5:47pm on October 28, 2009, Colin Matheson said…
- It was great to meet you at the conference. Your presentation was packed (especially for the last presentation on Saturday). Thanks for sharing on The Synapse.
PS. You should start a discussion about teaching Marine Bio as Bio 1 and link to this really cool website I found with an entire year's curriculum ;)
- At 7:37pm on October 28, 2009, Sean Nash said…
- We OBVIOUSLY found a winner in you! Thanks so much for "diving" in.
;)
- At 7:34am on October 29, 2009, Sean Nash said…
- Nahhh... pleasantly-whelmed is more like it. I love how folks here get busy otherwise... take care of business, and then return in spare time to comment, question, and share. Asynchronous communication at its best.
- At 9:14am on January 25, 2010, Colin Matheson said…
- Hi Gwen. I finally added stuff about science fair to the synapse. http://thesynapse.ning.com/forum/topics/science-fair
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