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Science Curricula Options (page2)
DragonFly TV SciGirls
http://pbskids.org/dragonflytv/parentsteachers/scigirls.html
Funded by NSF, SciGirls will empower your girls to ask questions,
communicate, and encourage one another. This project supports
collaborative, tactile learning, setting girls on the "science
fast track" toward improved critical thinking skills, enhanced
problem solving abilities, and ultimately, career success. Video
segments and activities include kite flying, backyard biology,
building a hovercraft, noise pollution, engineering a robot and
more.
GLOBE
http://archive.globe.gov/tctg/globetg.jsp
GLOBE online curricula provides students an opportunity to learn by taking
scientifically valid measurements in the fields of atmosphere, hydrology, soils,
and land cover/phenology. Students report their data through the Internet,
and can create maps and graphs on the free interactive Web site to analyze
data sets. Students can use the Web to collaborate with other scientists and
other GLOBE students around the world. The curricula can be used even if students
do not take part in the online collaboration.
CIESE Online Classroom Projects
http://www.k12science.org/currichome.html
CIESE sponsors and designs interdisciplinary projects,
which teachers around the world can use to enhance their curriculum
through the use of the Internet. Projects use realtime
data from the Internet, and collaborative
projects take advantage of the Internet's potential to
reach peers and experts around the world. Each project has
a brief description and links to the National
Science Standards and NCTM math standards it supports.
Realtime Data Projects
http://www.k12science.org/realtimeproj.html
Air Pollution: What’s the Solution?
http://www.k12science.org/curriculum/airproj
Through this project, students will focus on ground level ozone, discovering
what ground level ozone is, what factors contribute to its formation and
the health effects from breathing ozone. Students will use data and
animated maps from the internet and monitor for the presence of ground level
ozone. Students are challenged to think critically and creatively about
the problems surrounding ground level ozone.
The Stowaway Adventure: Adventure on the
High Seas
http://www.ciese.org/curriculum/shipproj/
Use live remote sensing data from cargo ships at sea
to take your students on a virtual adventure. Focus is on math
concepts and navigation. Project is ongoing.
Collaborative Projects
http://www.k12science.org/collabprojs.html
Some of the collaborative projects have specific start and
end dates, because students are collaborating with people from
other schools.
Take a Dip
http://www.k12science.org/curriculum/dipproj2/en/
Students are teaming up around the globe to test fresh water. Join us in
this collaborative project, comparing the water quality of your local river,
stream, lake or pond with other fresh water sources around the world. Available
in Spanish too. Two sessions: Fall 9/12/05-11/18/05 and Spring 3/27/06-6/2/06.
The Sun Times: The Global Sun Temperature
Project
http://www.k12science.org/curriculum/tempproj3/en/
Join schools from around the world as they try to figure
out how proximity to the equator affects average daily temperature
and hours of sunlight. Available in Spanish too. Two sessions:
Fall and Spring.
Down the Drain: How Much Water Do You Use?
http://www.k12science.org/curriculum/drainproj/
Do you know how much water you use everyday? Do
you think people in other parts of the world use more or less
water than you? Join this project and find out! (Ongoing
Project)
Projects using Primary Sources and Archived Collections
Population Growth
http://www.k12science.org/curriculum/popgrowthproj/
This series of activities explores the mathematical and environmental
aspects of population growth. Using archived census and
demographic data as well as up-to-the-minute population estimates
from the U.S. Census Bureau, students will learn how to model
population growth and study the implications of a changing population.
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