From ross at uen.org Mon Feb 4 09:48:37 2008 From: ross at uen.org (Ross Rogers) Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 09:48:37 -0700 Subject: [Gis] Activity testers needed for Rural STEM project Message-ID: <75D162263CC9994AA77901CD479E285FAB2C4E@CAMPUSV2.xds.umail.utah.edu> Remember that I don't like to forward a lot of things to this list serve but this one is that could earn you some money for your pocket or classroom. Some of you might be interested in doing this others will just delete it. If you have any questions, you will need to contact Barbaree Ash Duke. Her contact info is below. Ross Ross Rogers Utah Education Network 1705 E Campus Center Drive, RM 205 Salt Lake City, UT 84112 (801) 585-7905 (801) 585-9040 Fax ross at uen.org www.uen.org/development From: edgis-bounces at list.terc.edu [mailto:edgis-bounces at list.terc.edu] On Behalf Of Bob Kolvoord Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 12:19 AM To: edgis at list.terc.edu Cc: Barbaree Ash Duke Subject: [EdGIS] Activity testers needed for Rural STEM project GIS in Education Community The National Center for Rural STEM Education at James Madison University is looking for activity testers for a new set of GIS activities written for AEJEE and ArcGIS 9. The lessons are written for middle school students, but we would be interested in testers at all primary and secondary school grades. We'll offer a $100 stipend for teachers to classroom test and comment on two of the lessons in the collection. You'll need to do the lessons with your students, fill out an evaluation form and send in a couple of examples of student work. If you'd like to be involved in this, please send Barbaree Ash Duke (baduke at mindspring.com) the following information by 20 Feb.: Name School Size of School (students and urban/suburban/rural) Location Grade Level/Subject Taught Number of Students List of activities you're willing to test** **Choose 3 activities from our collection (we'll try to give you 2 from your choices, but we want to make sure we can get them all tested). The collection is as follows (more info is available at http://www.isat.jmu.edu/stem/curriculum.html): Cabela's Activity - Revised 26 July 2007 In this activity, students use GIS to find the ideal location for a new Cabela's outdoor gear store in Virginia. World Demographics - Revised 26 July 2007 In this activity, students use GIS to explore the economies and standards of living of countries across the world. Disasters - revised 23 July 2007 In this activity, students use GIS to explore the impact of natural disasters, including hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, etc. on their local area. They also explore which health care facilities are important in the case of disaster. Energy - revised 23 July 2007 In this activity, students use GIS to explore the production and consumption of energy by countries around the world. By comparing energy use of different types, students explore energy sustainability. Both the AEJEE and ArcMap versions are included in the zip file below. Drinking Water Activity - Posted 26 July 2007 In this activity, students use GIS to explore the source and quality of drinking water in their community by investigating local aquifers. They'll use the concentration of Arsenic and EPA-listed toxic discharge sites to help them compare the quality of their water with drinking water across the U.S. Watersheds - Revised 26 July 2007 In this activity, students use GIS to explore their watershed and how that watershed relates to other watersheds. This is a good follow-on to the water quality activity above. Carbon Footprint - Revised 2 September 2007 In this activity, students use GIS to explore the concept of carbon footprint and the its relationship to the population and size of different countries. It is part of the Environment series of activities. Bats in the Neighborhood - New 14 October 2007 In this activity, students use GIS to explore the habitats of bats in their state or region and compare/contrast the different species of bats. It is part of the Environment series of activities. Survivor Agriculture - New 28 November 2007 In this activity, students use GIS to explore the agriculture productivity of their state and determine if it could support the state's population in the wake of a large-scale disaster. Students also compare and contrast their state with neighboring states. It is part of the Environment series of activities. Farm Economics - New 15 January 2008 In this activity, students use GIS to explore the agriculture economics of their state and county and discover where high sales farms are located across the U.S. The students also construct a plan for creating a viable farm locally. It is part of the Environment series of activities. Invasive Species: Plants - available by 15 Feb. 2008 In this activity, students use GIS to explore the impact of invasive plant species on their local area. They also explore what their state and community can do to prevent further damage. Invasive Species: Animals - available by 15 Feb. 2008 In this activity, students use GIS to explore the impact of invasive animal species on their local area. They also explore what their state and community can do to prevent further damage. Testing can start soon (though the Invasive Species activity won't be available until Feb.). Testing must be completed by the end of April. Stipend checks will be sent when you've returned the evaluation paperwork to Barbaree Ash Duke. We only have 30 testing slots available, so if you're interested, please let us know soon. Thanks for considering this request. Bob Kolvoord Bob Kolvoord, Ph.D. Professor, Integrated Science and Technology and Educational Technologies James Madison University MSC 4102 Harrisonburg, VA 22807 +1 540/568-2752 (o) -2768 (f) kolvoora at jmu.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Take part in this international event called GLOBE at Night to observe the nighttime sky and learn more about light pollution around the world. GLOBE at Night is an easy observation and reporting activity that takes approximately 15-30 minutes to complete. Citizen-scientists record the brightness of the night sky by matching its appearance toward the constellation Orion with 1 of 7 stellar maps of different limiting magnitude. They then submit measurements on-line at www.globe.gov/globeatnight/. The five easy star-hunting steps, for which more information is provided on-line, are: 1) Find your latitude and longitude. 2) Find Orion by going outside an hour after sunset (about 7-10pm local time) 3) Match your nighttime sky to one of our magnitude charts. 4) Report your observation on our website. (Observations can be made February 25 through March 8; you may report through March 15). 5) Compare your observation to thousands around the world. In addition to the web-based map output, users can download the complete, real-time dataset directly into ArcGIS Explorer, a free digital globe from ESRI. Learn more about ArcGIS Explorer ( edcommunity.esri.com/software/AGX ). The data can be download from the 2008 web-based map (see the "Map". Helpful and user-friendly ancillary materials such as a teacher packet and science standards, a family packet, and student games and information are provided on-line at www.globe.gov/globeatnight/. You can also subscribe to our mailing list to receive updates and results of this campaign. Visit www.globe.gov/globeatnight/ and click on "subscribe" at the bottom of the webpage. During the inaugural event in 2006 over 18,000 people from 96 countries submitted 4600 observations, including data from every U.S. state. In 2007, the number of observations almost doubled! Help us exceed 10,000 observations in 2008! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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