Course curriculum

  • 1

    Welcome to the course!

    • Welcome to Teaching Science Holistically - An International Teacher Capacity Building Workshop (Athar Osama)

    • Pre-Workshop Questionnaire (45mins)

    • Lesson Plan Submission (3mins)
  • 2

    Lesson #1: Setting the Stage (Nidhal & Athar)

    • Welcome, Setting the Stage, Introduction to Holistic Teaching of Science (Athar Osama & Nidhal Guessoum)

    • Session Assessment - L1 (10mins)

    • Quiz #1 (5mins)

    • Assignment #1 (30mins)
  • 3

    Lesson #2: Lesson Planning using UbD (Tasneem Anwar)

    • Lesson Planning using Understanding by Design (UbD) (Tasneem Anwar)

    • Session Assessment - L2 (10mins)

    • Assignment #2 (30mins)

    • Draft Lesson Plan - Stage 1 (Submission)
  • 4

    Lesson #3: The Code of Life (Faisal Khan)

    • The Code of Life - Advances in Modern Biology (Faisal Khan)

    • Session Assessment - L3 (10mins)

    • Assignment #3 - Philosophical Implications of New Biology (5mins)
  • 5

    Lesson #4: The Nature of Science (Nidhal Guessoum)

    • The Nature of Science (Nidhal Guessoum)

    • Session Assessment - L4 (10mins)

    • Quiz #2 - What type of Question is this? (15mins)
  • 6

    Lesson #5: Using Experiments to Inspire (Sabieh Anwar)

    • Using Experiments to Inspire in the Classroom - I (Sabieh Anwar)

    • Session Assessment - L5 (10mins)

    • Quiz #3 - Scientific Method and Experiments (15mins)

    • Assignment #4 - Hands-on Learning and Lesson Planning (30mins)
  • 7

    Lesson #6: What Kind of Question is this? (Nidhal, Athar, Faisal, Tasneem)

    • What Kind of Question is this? (Nidhal, Faisal, Athar, and Tasneem)

    • Session Assessment - L6 (10mins)

    • Assignment #5 (30mins)

    • Draft Lesson Plan - Stage 2 (Submission)
  • 8

    Lesson #7: Cosmology - The New Universe (Nidhal Guessoum)

    • Cosmology: The New Universe (Nidhal Guessoum)

    • Session Assessment - L7 (10mins)

    • Assignment #6 - Philosophical Implications of New Cosmology (15mins)
  • 9

    Lesson #8: Scientific Method in the Classroom (Sabieh Anwar)

    • Using Experiments to Inspire in the Classroom - II (Sabieh Anwar)

    • Session Assessment - L8 (10mins)

    • Quiz #4 (5mins)

    • Assignment #7 - Scientific Method and Experiments II (15mins)
  • 10

    Lesson #9: Big Questions in the Classroom (Nidhal, Faisal, Athar et al.)

    • Big Questions in Science: Biology, Physics, Cosmology, Artificial Intelligence (Nidhal, Faisal, Athar et al)

    • Session Assessment - L9 (10mins)

    • Assignment #8 - Big Questions (15mins)
  • 11

    Lesson #10: The Nature of Technology (Abubakr Muhammed)

    • The Nature of Technology: Case of Artificial Intelligence (Abubakr Muhammad)

    • Session Assessment - L10 (10mins)

    • Assignment #9 - Relationship between Science and Technology (15mins)
  • 12

    Lesson #11: Teaching with Creativity and Technology (Sana and Azra)

    • Teaching with Creativity and Technology in the Classroom (Sana Khalid and Azra Naseem)

    • Session Assessment - L11 (10mins)

    • Assignment #10 - Creativity and Technology in Lesson Planning (15mins)
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    Lesson #12: Ask me Anything (Nidhal, Abubakr, Tasneem et al)

    • Ask Me Anything (Nidhal Guessoum, Abubakr Muhammad, Tasneem Anwar, et al)

    • Session Assessment - L12 (10mins)

    • Final Lesson Plan (Submission)