Welcome to Week 3 of AusPREP Online!
In this newsletter, you'll find information about:
- This week's lesson module - Geography
- Weekly schedule and virtual office hours
- Meet the instructor of the week - Mr. Deane!!!
- Featured resources for extending learning
- How to access AusPREP Online
- Registration information - students are welcome to sign up any time.
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If you haven't registered for AusPREP Online yet, there is still time!
Registration is open throughout the summer
. Click the Register Now link, or scroll down for more information on registration.
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Lesson Module 3 - Geography
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Geography
One of the silver linings of AusPREP Online is the flexibility to include lessons that are not part of the standard
AusPREP curriculum. We are excited to bring this Geography lesson module to you this week. The first three lessons have been available for the past two weeks, and we bring you the final two lessons and instructor office hours this week.
The study of World Geography focuses on the relationships between the vast multitudes of people, places, and environments across the earth. The best part about geography is it helps students gain a better understanding of their world. The geography module is an introduction to geography with a STEM focus. Students will take geography in 9th grade, so this is a great opportunity to check out some of the tools, especially ArcGIS, that students will use in upcoming years.
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Virtual Office Hours with Mr. Deane
Tuesday, June 23rd, 11 am-12:30 pm
Office hours are optional. This time is for students to ask questions of the instructor and check-in with us and each other.
Meeting ID: 995 2738 8868
Password: 466472
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Meeting ID: 995 2738 8868
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Bryant Deane
has been teaching for 10 years, and is currently at Anderson High School. He is the instructional coach for the social studies department, and has taught world geography for 5 years as well as several other courses. In addition to teaching, he is also the varsity soccer coach at Anderson.
Mr. Deane loves making social studies come alive for his students. Finding connections with the past and present helps students gain a deeper understanding of their lives and the world around them. He also strives to teach empathy and a greater understanding of world cultures through geography.
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In addition to AusPREP Online, we are happy to connect participants to high-quality resources available from outside sources that will extend learning and enrichment. The links will also be accessible via the
AusPREP homepage
and
here
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Families In Nature Ecologist School
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This informal science education program allows people to earn badges in 16 branches of science by learning in nature together. The lessons in the guidebook are intended for all ages all together and most can be done in your own backyard, or even in your house, with minimal materials. Over the next few months, they will be posting 6 lessons per week from their Ecologist School Guidebook
Partners for Education, Agriculture, and Sustainability Distance Learning
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Keep Your Children/Students actively engaged in outdoor & edible education with these great resources for exploring nature in your neighborhood/backyard, gardening, and cooking. Austin-area students can answer video inquiry questions and be entered into a drawing for fun summer fun prizes
California Education and the Environment Initiative K-12 Curriculum
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This curriculum uses the environment as a context to help students learn science and history-social science. It is a model to demonstrate how to integrate environmental literacy into instruction. Teachers may access all of the EEI Curriculum online for free, and until the end of this school year students may access form-fillable workbooks and other materials directly from their website. For this week, we recommend exploration of the History-Social Science Units. The environment can provide depth to the study of history-social science, including the influence of geography on human settlements, the availability and conservation of natural resources, and the location of trade routes.
National Geographic Resource Library/The Real Time Curriculum Project
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Created by a National Geographic Fellow, the Real Time Curriculum Project is comprised of a series of "minute projects", each focused on a relevant current event. Minute Project #1 is focused on the COVID-19 / coronavirus pandemic. Check in daily and follow along @LearnMinute as they connect you to content to engage & empower educators AND students.
Cincinnati Zoo Home Safari Videos
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Join the Cincinnati Zoo for a Home Safari Facebook Live each Tuesday & Thursday at 3pm EDT where they will highlight one of their amazing animals and include an activity you can do from home. All videos are posted from their webpage and on their YouTube channel shortly after the Facebook Live ends.
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How to Access AusPREP Online
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How to access AusPREP Online
We are using an online learning platform, Canvas, to host the AusPREP Online lesson modules. Some students may be familiar with this platform (Blend) from their home school districts.
Once registered, we will create an account on Canvas for this course for you. After the account is created, you will receive an email asking you to complete your registration and create a password for Canvas.
To return to the AusPREP Online course after your password has been created. You will use
this portal
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For families with multiple students wanting to access AusPREP Online, it is recommended you create separate accounts using different email addresses for each student to track progress through the course material. Please submit separate registration request for each student.
Please reach out to us if you have any issues logging on or accessing materials. We are here to help! Contact us at
ausprep@htu.edu.
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AusPREP Online Registration
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Registration is still open!
AusPREP Online is series of self-paced lessons you can access anytime free of charge.
We will accept new student registrations anytime this summer. Click the "Register Now" ribbon to be taken to the registration request form,
also found here
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Each week, the lessons are presented as a 5-day module. We are launching one new module a week, but all lessons will be available for the entire summer once they are released. So, students are free to work on them anytime.
If you have registered, but haven't received your email confirmation, please hold tight for us!
We are working to process registration requests as quickly as possible.
You will receive an email asking you to complete your registration followed by the link to create an account for Canvas.
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Thank you for your continued support of AusPREP and patience this summer. We will be adding content and times to connect online throughout the summer. Please feel free to forward this email to anyone who might be interested in AusPREP.
We look forward to the time when we can host everyone on campus again in 2021. If you have any questions, please contact Karen Magid, AusPREP Director,
kmagid@htu.edu
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Austin Pre-Freshman Engineering Program (AusPREP) at Huston-Tillotson University is one of the Texas Pre-Freshman Engineering Programs (TexPREP) located on college campuses in Texas. PREP was founded to identify high achieving middle and high school students with the potential and interest in becoming scientists and engineers and to reinforce them in the pursuit of these fields.
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