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PASCO Biology

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Integrate PASCO® probeware in your biology classes with hands-on investigations incorporating data analysis using the Xplorer GLX™.

PASCO probeware and the Xplorer GLX provide a hands-on way to digitally collect and analyze data in the science classroom. The Xplorer GLX brings scientific problem solving to real-world experiments with an array of sensors and probes designed to measure science as it happens.

Learn to use the Xplorer GLX to collect and display data you collect from lab challenges and demonstrations. Then see the science behind biological phenomena with DataStudio™, a graphical software tool designed for simple data analysis.

Details

  • Dates: July 18, 2008
  • Location: Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
  • Grade Levels: 9-12

What You Take Home

  • Strategies for using the PASCO Xplorer GLX to enhance classroom learning in biology
  • Experience collecting and analyzing data with the Xplorer GLX and PASCO probeware
  • 0.6 continuing education units (CEUs) from Texas Tech University
  • 6 hours Texas State Board for Educator Certification (SBEC) Continuing Professional Education (CPE) credit

About the Instructors

Gregg McDonald teaches Pre-AP Biology and aquatic science for secondary students at Spring Branch Independent School District in Houston. With more than 20 years of science classroom experience, Greg has been a PASCO Peer Teacher Educator for 5 years, sharing his PASCO expertise with with teachers across the nation.

Greg holds bachelor's and master's degrees from Texas Tech University and has worked in the education department of the Texas State Aquarium. He frequently shares his innovative teaching methods at conferences for the National Science Teachers Association and the Science Teachers Association of Texas.

This is Gregg's first summer to train teachers at the T-STEM Center.

Gary Nicholson

Gary Nicholson is the PASCO technical sales representative for Texas, where he travels the state supporting teachers and presenting training workshops that highlight innovative ways to use PASCO products like the Xplorer GLX in the K-12 classroom.

A former mathematics teacher with 16 years of industry experience as an engineer, Gary holds an MBA from Amberton University in addition to a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Texas Tech University.

This is Gary's first year to train teachers with the T-STEM Center.

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