Learning Mathematics and Science Through the Arts
Opportunities for UNI Education Majors
Professional Development Workshops for Students
Scientific Thought in Motion
For pre-service teachers of grades 3 - 12
Date: Friday, October 9th
Time: 1-4 p.m.
Location: Center for Multicultural Education (CME), Maucker Union
Teachers can translate many basic concepts in science into meaningful, self-assessing movement activities that put abstract ideas into tangible, visible form. In lessons that engage students in movement, participants learn the elements of dance and how those elements relate to scientific content. Participants leave the workshop with a set of immediately useful movement activities for classroom study of the water cycle and the systems of the human body, along with the skills necessary to adapt those activities to teach other curriculum ideas. Randy Barron guides teachers in easy-to-duplicate lesson plans, which draw upon students’ kinesthetic, visual, and musical intelligence to increase their achievement in science and strengthen their repertoire of learning and social skills.
Musically Moving Math!
For pre-service teachers of Early Childhood Education
Date: Friday, November 13th
Time: 1-4 p.m.
Location: Center for Multicultural Education (CME), Maucker Union
In this workshop, participants explore how the conceptual parallels between music and movement can deepen students’ understanding of elementary math concepts. Participants discover creative and experiential ways to help students learn about patterns and sequences, groupings, planar and 3-dimensional geometry, fractions, addition/subtraction, multiplication/division, pre-probability and set theory, and beginning algebra. And, teachers learn how to assess student learning through students’ performance of mathematical concepts! Participants see how integrating music and movement with the teaching of math can make full use of students’ aural, kinesthetic, visual, analytical, creative, and social intelligences.
Pre-registration is required, at least one-week prior to workshop:
Call 319-273-3658
Email educationgbpac@uni.edu
Refreshments will be provided.
Learning Mathematics and Science Through the Arts is funded by The Iowa Mathematics and Science Education Partnership (IMSEP), a state funded initiative led by the University of Northern Iowa, in partnership with Iowa State University and the University of Iowa. IMSEP’s goals are to improve mathematics and science performance of Iowa students; to prepare more high quality mathematics and science teachers for Iowa’s schools; and to promote statewide collaboration and cooperation.
This project is supported in part with a grant from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Download the workshop flyer (pdf)
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