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Week	Discussion topic	Journal reflection topic	Research project
Week 1 Sept 28	Training Day!!!  Please come prepared to head outside - bring raingear, waterproof journal, snacks and a backpack.	Please tell me your goals and expectations for this course.  What do you plan to contribute, and what would you like to take away from your Capstone experience?
Week 2 Oct 5	Science, Inquiry, and Science Inquiry:  just what is it that we're teaching?	Discuss your students' hypotheses in the field.  What process led to their question/hypothesis?  What was your role in the process?	Initial discussion of project, topic assignments
Week 3 Oct 12	Teaching tips 'n tricks:  how to manage kids in the field	Try out a new trick in the field.  How did it work out for you?
Week 4 Oct 19	Socratic Dialogue and the Art of Questioning	Evaluate your Socratic efforts so far.
Week 5 Oct 26	Diversity of learning:  Multiple Learning Styles, Multiple Intelligences	Assess your students' learning styles.  Were you able to accomodate all of them?
Week 6 Nov 2	Progress so far, challenges to overcome	What's your weakest mentoring skill?  Try to address it in the field.
Week 7 Nov 9	Ethics and the importance of non-value laden language	Evaluate your own impartiality.  Have you stepped over any ethical lines?
Week 8 Nov 16	Project based learning and extended  inquiry
Week 9 Nov 23	Open discussion; project work
Week 10  NOv 30	Open discussion; project work
Final Colloquium:	Monday, Dec. 7 12:30-2:20 Pizza at 12:00!