Students in my science classroom and engineering club will have weekly opportunities to utilize the Vernier data-logging equipment in both directed inquiry lab activities to learn about core earth science concepts and relationships as well as to implement independently-designed research projects as the year progresses. Student projects will relate to school indoor air quality, local sustainable community practices and ecological health indicators in the Susquehanna River and greater Chesapeake Bay watershed. Student research and design endeavors will be presented publicly as part of a school-wide community science symposium and to our school administrators in order to make facilities recommendations for the environmentally low-impact management of our school campus.
The integrated use of this data-logging interface and digital sensors will give my students the extra time they need to wrestle with their understanding about what the relationships between "the numbers" in a controlled experiment mean and developing science story-telling skills by clearly articulating results in creative ways to our school and local community.
Students’ use of the probeware and digital interface will build transferable 21st century skills. My students will be able to collaboratively share first-hand research data to any device they are tapped into (mobile phones, tablets, school computers or the on Labquest2) to independently interpret and analyze lab data from inside the classroom walls or in field investigations in order to develop creative solutions that improve urban stormwater runoff quality in their neighborhood. Student access to analysis time may additionally benefit them by increasing their scientific literacy. Many probeware developers link the regular use of engaging data collection and analysis tools to student growth on high-stakes tests, too!
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Students in my science classroom and engineering club will have weekly opportunities to utilize the Vernier data-logging equipment in both directed inquiry lab activities to learn about core earth science concepts and relationships as well as to implement independently-designed research projects as the year progresses. Student projects will relate to school indoor air quality, local sustainable community practices and ecological health indicators in the Susquehanna River and greater Chesapeake Bay watershed. Student research and design endeavors will be presented publicly as part of a school-wide community science symposium and to our school administrators in order to make facilities recommendations for the environmentally low-impact management of our school campus.
The integrated use of this data-logging interface and digital sensors will give my students the extra time they need to wrestle with their understanding about what the relationships between "the numbers" in a controlled experiment mean and developing science story-telling skills by clearly articulating results in creative ways to our school and local community.
Students’ use of the probeware and digital interface will build transferable 21st century skills. My students will be able to collaboratively share first-hand research data to any device they are tapped into (mobile phones, tablets, school computers or the on Labquest2) to independently interpret and analyze lab data from inside the classroom walls or in field investigations in order to develop creative solutions that improve urban stormwater runoff quality in their neighborhood. Student access to analysis time may additionally benefit them by increasing their scientific literacy. Many probeware developers link the regular use of engaging data collection and analysis tools to student growth on high-stakes tests, too!