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30 US$

weekly

or 240 US$ for 16 classes

La ciencia de la construcción de mundos

Edades 13-18

Curso grupal en vivo

En este curso en línea de 8 semanas, exploraremos la física, la química y la biología fundamentales (y cómo estas cosas afectan nuestras vidas) a través de la lente de la creación de mundos, creando un universo gobernado por reglas que inventamos. Presentación final para finalizar.

Maggie Shawver

Videoconferencias en vivo

2 x por semana, 8 semanas

3-12 alumnos por clase

90 min

Acerca de Descripción general del aprendizaje Maestro Reseñas

Qué está incluido

16 reuniones en vivo

24 horas presenciales

Proyectos

1-2 horas por semana. Every week, we will build a small part of our overall worlds, based on the science and technology concepts we have learned that week.

Evaluación

Students will give a final presentation about their built world, which will be graded on a detailed rubric, with scores from 1-3 across several criteria. This rubric will be available from the start of the class for students and families.

Experiencia de clase

Nivel de inglés - A2

Grado de EE. UU. 9 - 12

Nivel Beginner

Welcome to the Science of Worldbuilding! This class stems from one simple idea: it's one thing to learn physics and other science concepts about the world we already live in. But what if you had to create a world...how would you build it? Every week will be 2 90 lectures: one overview lecture where I teach on the topics we'll be exploring that week, and one guided work period where I ask students questions to help them build a part of their worlds, based on the topic overview for that week. There are 7 units, with the 8th week being set aside for presentations, which will be graded on a detailed rubric from 1-3 across a variety of criteria; the rubric will be available for download at any time. This class is aligned with the NGSS standards, and I am a certificated high school physics teacher. With those bonafides stated, I look forward to the conversational and idea-driven nature of this class. I am a conversational teacher by nature, and I am so excited to be able to teach a "fun" lens for physics on Outschool. This class is 100% created by me, with all lecture materials created by me or drawn from widely available sources, but I will draw heavily on both classic and modern fantasy and scifi literature for inspiration, as well as academic prior knowledge for the concept lectures. While we will meet virtually live twice a week for 90 minutes per class, I will also be available for one on ones or emails "off hours". I look forward to having your student in class!

Metas de aprendizaje

Students will learn through study and re-creation how all areas of our world interact in predictable and repeatable ways

Students will learn through study and practice how many different ways cultures can be created, based on available materials and technologies

Programa de estudios

Plan de estudios

Sigue en plan de estudios Teacher-Created

Estándares

Alineado con Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)

8 Unidades

16 Lecciones

más de 8 semanas

Unidad 1: Introduction to Worldbuilding and Basic Physics

Lección 1:

Introduction to Worldbuilding

 What is worldbuilding, and why use it to teach science? Basic Concepts in Physics: Overview of forces, energy, and motion, magnetism, and measurement. Understanding units of measure for length, mass, time, and energy.

90 minutos de lección en vivo en línea

Lección 2:

Foundational Measurement Concepts

 Guided Project: Create a simple world model focusing on different gravitational forces and their effects. Think about a world's geography and physical laws. How does gravity affect landscape, weather, and living conditions? What do we measure in?

90 minutos de lección en vivo en línea

Unidad 2: Materials and Chemistry

Lección 3:

The Building Blocks of Worlds: Elements, Compounds, and Materials

 Exploration of elements and compounds, the periodic table, and atmospheric sciences. Introduction of concepts of thermal and elastic properties; continue to integrate magnetic properties. Students also consider the atmospheric composition of our world and describe how it affects living conditions.

90 minutos de lección en vivo en línea

Lección 4:

Materials Creation

 Guided Project: Invent and describe atmosphere and materials unique to your world, focusing on their properties and uses in construction and daily life. Create a catalog of materials in your world. What are houses and clothes made of?

90 minutos de lección en vivo en línea

Otros detalles

Necesidades de aprendizaje

As a neurodivergent individual, all of my class materials and teaching style are inherently understandable for ND learners. I welcome any requests for accommodations.

Orientación para padres

We will be discussing how science and technology affect societal development. Societal development can be tragic to all and especially harmful to marginalized communities.

Requisitos previos

It is helpful for students to be reading fantasy or scifi, or be nature lovers. This would be helpful for background knowledge. But it's not required.

Lista de útiles escolares

I will supply the rubric for final testing, and any guiding questions will be available as posts.

Recursos externos

Además del aula de Outschool, esta clase utiliza:

Google Docs

Fuentes

I will draw on classic and modern scifi and fantasy literature, as well as widely-available academic physics and general science knowledge.

Conoce al profesor

Maggie Shawver

Se unió el February, 2025

Perfil

Experiencia y certificaciones del docente

Washington Certificado de Docencia en Ciencia

Licenciatura en Ingeniería Química desde Carnegie Mellon University

I am a certificated high school physics teacher in Washington State, and I've taught high school physics for four years at a college prepatory IB school. I'm also a working engineer; I spent the first decade of my career building planes for Boeing. In addition to these two important credentials, though, I'm also a lifetime literature lover; I've always loved reading about how worlds work and how they influence the character and the story. I switched to tutoring and then to teaching from engineering because I grew to love helping students understand how their worlds work, too.