DTI Curriculum Database Grid

The Universe We See

Seminar year:  2018
Seminar number: 01
Seminar name: The Universe: It’s Full of Stars
Fellow number: 01
Fellow name: Lars Andrew Jensen
District School: COLO: Penn High
Seminar Leader: Veronique Petit and John Gizis
File Name: 18.01.01
Primary Subject: Science
Keywords: Science, universe, NASA, Rover, Mariner, Astronomy, Optics, Electromagnetic spectrum, telescope, luminosity, spectroscopy
Grade Level: 11 Eleventh Grade
Grade Span: High School
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Where did the Light Go?

Seminar year:  2019
Seminar number: 02
Seminar name: Light
Fellow number: 05
Fellow name: Monica Cohen
District School: NCCVT: St. Georges HS of Tech
Seminar Leader: Matt Doty and Stephanie Law
File Name: 19.02.05
Primary Subject: Science
Keywords: Biology, photsynthesis, cellular respiration, trophic levels, conservation, energy, matter
Grade Level: 10 Tenth Grade
Grade Span: High School
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New Worlds: Storytelling, Music and Writing

Seminar year:  2019
Seminar number: 05
Seminar name: Writing
Fellow number: 03
Fellow name: Cecilia Hann
District School: COLO: Eisenberg Elem
Seminar Leader: Joe Harris
File Name: 19.05.03
Primary Subject: Music
Keywords: music, storytelling, writing, fiction, creativity, non-fiction, collaboration, improvisation, history, Africa, North America, culture
Grade Level: 00 Kindergarten;01 First Grade;02 Second Grade;03 Third Grade;04 Fourth Grade;05 Fifth Grade
Grade Span: Elementary
Standard 1: Delaware Music MU: Cn10.0.5a
Standard 2: MU:Cr2.1.5a
Standard 3: MU:Cr3.2.5a
Standard 4: MU:Pr4.1.5a
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Using Cartoons and Graphic Novels to Teach Elementary Writing

Seminar year:  2019
Seminar number: 01
Seminar name: Comics
Fellow number: 02
Fellow name: Courtney Cleghorn
District School: RCCSD: Cooke Elementary
Seminar Leader: Greg Shelnutt
File Name: 19.01.02
Primary Subject: English
Keywords: Elementary, Writing, Cartoons, Graphic Novels, Special Education
Grade Level: 04 Fourth Grade;05 Fifth Grade
Grade Span: Elementary
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Comprehending and Creating Graphic Novels and Comics

Seminar year:  2019
Seminar number: 01
Seminar name: Comics
Fellow number: 08
Fellow name: Michelle Wiedenmann
District School: RCCSD: Conrad Schools of Science
Seminar Leader: Greg Shelnutt
File Name: 19.01.08
Primary Subject: English
Keywords: Comics, Graphic Novels, Maus
Grade Level: 06 Sixth Grade
Grade Span: Middle School
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The Poetry of Fear

Seminar year:  2018
Seminar number: 02
Seminar name: The Fantastic Ekphrastic Scholastic
Fellow number: 01
Fellow name: Amanda Wlock
District School: APPO: Appoquinimink High
Seminar Leader: David Teague
File Name: 18.02.01
Primary Subject: English
Keywords: Poetry, Art, Figurative, Rhetorical, ekphrasis, fear, gothic
Grade Level: 12 Twelfth Grade
Grade Span: High School
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Dr. Sustainable or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Climate Change

Seminar year:  2019
Seminar number: 04
Seminar name: Sustainability
Fellow number: 02
Fellow name: David Ostheimer
District School: COLO: Wilbur Elementary
Seminar Leader: Joel Rosenthal
File Name: 19.04.02
Primary Subject: Science
Keywords: climate, science, elementary, sustainability, palm oil
Grade Level: 01 First Grade
Grade Span: Elementary
Standard 1: NGSS K-LS1-1
Standard 2: NGSS 1-LS1-1
Standard 3: NGSS 2-LS4-1
Standard 4: NGSS K-2-ETS1-1
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Shedding Light on Art: The Use of Optics in Visual Art

Seminar year:  2019
Seminar number: 02
Seminar name: Light
Fellow number: 03
Fellow name: Bobby Graham
District School: CHRIS: Christiana High
Seminar Leader: Matt Doty and Stephanie Law
File Name: 19.02.03
Primary Subject: Art
Keywords: Light, Art, Optics, Visual, Conservation, History, Electromagnetic spectrum, wavelengths
Grade Level: 06 Sixth Grade;07 Seventh Grade;08 Eighth Grade
Grade Span: Middle School
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Questions of Sustainability: Paper vs. Plastic, Meat vs. Plant-Based Diets, and Gas Powered vs. Electric Cars

Seminar year:  2019
Seminar number: 04
Seminar name: Sustainability
Fellow number: 07
Fellow name: Michael Doody
District School: COLO: Penn High
Seminar Leader: Joel Rosenthal
File Name: 19.04.07
Primary Subject: Science
Keywords: environmental science, sustainability, electric vehicles, plastic, carbon footprint, plant-based, diets, AP Environmental Science
Grade Level: 12 Twelfth Grade
Grade Span: High School
Standard 1: APES
Standard 2: APES 5.12 STB-1.A
Standard 3: APES 1.10 ENG-1c
Standard 4: APES 5.4 EIN-2.D
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Our Differences Can Change the World

Seminar year:  2019
Seminar number: 03
Seminar name: Stamped
Fellow number: 05
Fellow name: Melodie Miller
District School: APPO: Townsend Elem
Seminar Leader: Adam Foley
File Name: 19.03.05
Primary Subject: English
Keywords: culture, english, diversity, differences, race, antiracism
Grade Level: 01 First Grade
Grade Span: Elementary
Standard 1: RL 1.1
Standard 2: RL 1.2
Standard 3: RL 1.3
Standard 4: RL 1.9
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Telling Stories through Addition and Subtraction

Seminar year:  2019
Seminar number: 01
Seminar name: Comics
Fellow number: 09
Fellow name: Regina Mulvena
District School: COLO: Wilbur Elementary
Seminar Leader: Greg Shelnutt
File Name: 19.01.09
Primary Subject: Math
Keywords: Elementary, Kindergarten, Operations, Math, Storytelling, Comics
Grade Level: 00 Kindergarten
Grade Span: Elementary
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Harnessing the Sun: A Critical Look at the Feasibility of Solar Energy

Seminar year:  2019
Seminar number: 02
Seminar name: Light
Fellow number: 07
Fellow name: Terri Eros
District School: RCCSD: First State School
Seminar Leader: Matt Doty and Stephanie Law
File Name: 19.02.07
Primary Subject: Science
Keywords: Solar energy, photovoltaic, renewable energy, cells, ninth grade, tenth grade, eleventh grade
Grade Level: 09 Ninth Grade;10 Tenth Grade;11 Eleventh Grade
Grade Span: High School
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Chopsticks and Pandas: A Matter of Scarcity

Seminar year:  2019
Seminar number: 04
Seminar name: Sustainability
Fellow number: 04
Fellow name: Joseph Parrett
District School: COLO: Wilbur Elementary
Seminar Leader: Joel Rosenthal
File Name: 19.04.04
Primary Subject: Social Studies
Keywords: social studies, scarcity, conservation, sustainability, natural resources, pandas, chopsticks, elementary
Grade Level: 00 Kindergarten
Grade Span: Elementary
Standard 1: RI K.1
Standard 2: RI K.3
Standard 3: RI K.4
Standard 4: Delaware Social Studies Economics Anchor Standard One
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Developing Higher-Order Thinking Through Personal Narratives in a Spanish II Classroom

Seminar year:  2019
Seminar number: 05
Seminar name: Writing
Fellow number: 08
Fellow name: Samanta Lopez
District School: NCCVT: Howard HS of Tech
Seminar Leader: Joe Harris
File Name: 19.05.08
Primary Subject: English
Keywords: spanish, high school, narrative, spanglish, higher order, thinking, hybridity, spanish II
Grade Level: 09 Ninth Grade
Grade Span: High School
Standard 1: ACTFL
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Click! Snapshots of Our Lives

Seminar year:  2019
Seminar number: 05
Seminar name: Writing
Fellow number: 01
Fellow name: Beth Wagner
District School: COLO: Pleasantville Elem
Seminar Leader: Joe Harris
File Name: 19.05.01
Primary Subject: English
Keywords: writing, revision, topic sentence, narrative, details
Grade Level: 03 Third Grade
Grade Span: Elementary
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The Culture of Sustainability

Seminar year:  2019
Seminar number: 04
Seminar name: Sustainability
Fellow number: 01
Fellow name: Christina Marsett
District School: COLO: Penn High
Seminar Leader: Joel Rosenthal
File Name: 19.04.01
Primary Subject: Science
Keywords: Geography, sustainability, culture, GIS, development, popular culture, AP Human Geography, high school
Grade Level: 09 Ninth Grade
Grade Span: High School
Standard 1: Geography 3
Standard 2: RH 9.10.1
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A Study of Stars: How Everything in Sight Came from the Stars

Seminar year:  2018
Seminar number: 01
Seminar name: The Universe: It’s Full of Stars
Fellow number: 04
Fellow name: Allison Diodati
District School: NCCVT: St. Georges HS of Tech
Seminar Leader: Veronique Petit and John Gizis
File Name: 18.01.04
Primary Subject: Science
Keywords: NGSS, stars, science, astronomy, physical science, earth, radiation, life span, sun, energy
Grade Level: 09 Ninth Grade
Grade Span: High School
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What Do You Value? A Question to Guide Us Through the Sustainability Discussion

Seminar year:  2019
Seminar number: 04
Seminar name: Sustainability
Fellow number: 05
Fellow name: Kathleen G Gormley
District School: RCCSD: Highlands Elem
Seminar Leader: Joel Rosenthal
File Name: 19.04.05
Primary Subject: English
Keywords: english, NGSS, earth, sustainability, recycling, footprint, mentor text, single-use, refuse, reduce, reuse, recycle
Grade Level: 03 Third Grade
Grade Span: Elementary
Standard 1: ELA W3.1
Standard 2: ELA W3.7
Standard 3: ELA W3.6
Standard 4: NGSS K-ESS3.3
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Ultraviolet Solar Radiation: Friend or Foe?

Seminar year:  2018
Seminar number: 01
Seminar name: The Universe: It’s Full of Stars
Fellow number: 10
Fellow name: Terri Eros
District School: RCCSD: H B duPont Middle
Seminar Leader: Veronique Petit and John Gizis
File Name: 18.01.10
Primary Subject: Science
Keywords: NGSS, solar, radiation, sun, ultraviolet, sunscreen, IEP, hands-on, problem-based
Grade Level: 07 Seventh Grade;08 Eighth Grade;09 Ninth Grade;10 Tenth Grade;11 Eleventh Grade
Grade Span: High School
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The Moon and How it Looks from Earth: Phases of the Moon

Seminar year:  2018
Seminar number: 01
Seminar name: The Universe: It’s Full of Stars
Fellow number: 07
Fellow name: Lori Brown
District School: CHRIS: Oberle Elem Sch
Seminar Leader: Veronique Petit and John Gizis
File Name: 18.01.07
Primary Subject: Science
Keywords: NGSS, moon, earth, phases, writing, waxing, waning, exploration
Grade Level: 01 First Grade
Grade Span: Elementary
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