This NSF project (DUE 1245730) created a reality-TV college science course called “Fire and Ice”.   The door to this classroom is open for visits and observations at any time. Four video cameras captured the action continuously with a focus on the whole room, the instructor, and two student working groups.  The entire course is available (under construction) at the UNH Scholars Repository:  https://scholars.unh.edu/.  One can download any classroom view in 10 minute segments.  Also on video are focus groups with the students (non-science majors), instructor pre/post class commentary, course design process, and all course materials and student work products.  The course covers the perception, movement, creation, understanding, and use of heat, and the underlying scientific principles from biology, chemistry, engineering, physics, and  physiology.  The historical development of the concepts is also considered.   The course design helps students build their understanding through group discussions and hands-on explorations.  This is a real classroom with instructor and students facing real learning challenges.  The presentation will highlight the features of this resource, and spark questions regarding how it might be used for classroom studies.  Have an observational protocol to test, or a hypothesis about student discourse to investigate, or an interest in hearing how course design compares with the reality of implementation?  Come visit!<br/>

Twenty-four/seven window into an inquiry classroom:  An anytime resource for classroom observation

2019 Spring National Meeting

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