earth science tools for educators: workshops for k-12 teachers
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Earth Science Tools for Educators: Workshops for K-12 Teachers. Mary O’Neill South Dakota State University Brookings, SD Cassie Soeffing Axtell Park Middle School Sioux Falls, SD. The ESTE Workshops: What are they?. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Earth Science Tools for Educators:
Workshops for K-12 Teachers
Mary O’NeillSouth Dakota State University
Brookings, SD
Cassie SoeffingAxtell Park Middle School
Sioux Falls, SD
The ESTE Workshops:What are they?
The Earth Science Tools for Educators workshops are a unique opportunity for K-12 educators to acquire foundational concepts and skills for the study of earth system science.
They are week-long workshops held annually for the past three summers in South Dakota with funding from UMAC EdPARC.
Earth Science ToolsProfessional research tools used
in the workshop include GIS software and data, GPS data
collection equipment and processing software, remote
sensing data, and technologies for the visualization and
presentation of geospatial data.
What is UMAC? The Upper Midwest Aerospace
Consortium (UMAC) is a NASA-funded project that involves nine universities in five states--ND, SD, MT, WY and ID.
UMAC began in September 1995. Its purpose is to find practical uses
for remotely sensed data products and associated technologies in the grass-roots user community.
What is the EdPARC?
The Education Public Access Resource Center (EdPARC) is one of three
PARCs within UMAC. Its purpose is to promote the utilization of remotely
sensed products and associated technologies in the education
community. The other two PARCs are the AgPARC (agriculture) and the
NRPARC (natural resources).
EdPARC Council Consists of a university scientist or
teacher educator and pilot K-12 teacher from each of the nine UMAC institutions
Recognizes that students, as citizens and professionals of tomorrow, are very special UMAC end users
Mission of the EdPARC Council
Develop teaching/learning activities that reflect recent developments in understanding how people learn--actively, collaboratively, conceptually, constructively, contextually, multisensorily--and are consistent with on-going work in national reform efforts
Utilize remote sensing, GPS and GIS as tools to inspire students and teachers to think systematically about the earth
Distribute the relevant information in forms usable in schools
EdPARC Council Accomplishments
Train-the-Trainer workshops Curriculum templates for
individual UMAC-state workshops
Example lesson plans Prairie-to-Mountain Explorer
What is Prairie to Mountain Explorer?
PTME is a set of three CDROMs containing spatial datasets for the UMAC states.
PTME includes a user’s guide.
PTME is a tool for integrating GIS, GPS and remote sensing technologies in the classroom.
PTME Datasets Regional (5 UMAC
states) 1:2,000,000 scale
State 1:100,000 -
1:500,000 scale County
1:100,000 scale
Geographic coordinate system
Geographic units = decimal degrees
NAD83 datum ArcView shapefiles Naming
conventions for files and fields
Area units = acres
PTME Datasets transportation streams/lakes elevation soils land ownership land cover NDVI geology Lewis and Clark
sites/routes
crops/livestock mineral deposits demographics temp/precip cities/landmarks dams toxic waste sites pollution emissions species habitats
PTME Methodology
Acquire data from various sources Process the data to comply with
standards Create ArcView project (.apr) file Use Avenue programming language
to create user-friendly interface Design directory structure Write the User’s Guide
PTME 3 CDROMs
SD, ND MT, ID WY, Regional
Datasets 34 regional 18 state 6 county
Installation procedures for PC and MAC
NEXT
Assignment:
Explore PTME datasets to determine if precipitation is a significant factor in the spatial distribution of corn as an agricultural crop in South Dakota
One possible solution presented as an ArcView layout
Exploring WyomingSpecies Habitatsby Holly Copeland
National Standards Relevant to This LessonSocial Studies: Performance Expectation IIIc: Use appropriate resources, data sources, and
geographic tools such as aerial photographs, satellite images, geographic informationsystems (GIS), map projections, and cartography to generate, manipulate, andinterpret information such as atlases, data bases, grid systems, charts, graphs, andmaps
Science: Content Standard C: As a result of activities, students should develop an
understanding of populations and ecosystems: The number of organisms an ecosystem can support depends on the resources
available and abiotic factios, such as quantity of light and water, range of tempertures,and soil composition.
A population consists of all individuals of a species that occur together at a givenplace and time. All populations living together and the physical factors with whichthey interact compose an ecosystem.
Suggested Grade LevelMiddle/Junior High-High SchoolMaterials1. A PC or Macintosh with Arcview 3.02. PTME CD-ROM set3. “Exploring Species Habitats Worksheet”--provided
Estimated Time To Complete The Lesson1 1/2 hours (or about 2, 50 minute periods)Overview Query the data for species within a county, elevation, range, rivers and streams, land
cover, etc. Make a data table—summarize data Make up a species question for other students MORE....
Concept SummaryA species’ habitat contains the elements necessary for it to sustain life. Habitat data for a givenspecies can be investigated to determine preferred types of vegetation, availability of water,elevation, and land use.
Example Lesson Plan Using
PTME Datasets
Workshop Activities (I) Examine topics related to GIS, GPS,
remote sensing, earth science and geospatial data sources
Visit research and applied science facilities
Collect and review educational materials on-line from the USGS EROS Data Center and other sites
Practice a “hands-on” instructional approach integrating science, mathematics, geography and technology
Workshop Activities (II) Work cooperatively in a group to
use new knowledge and skills Receive and learn how to use a
GPS unit Receive and learn how to use
ArcView GIS software Receive Getting to Know ArcView
tutorial and multimedia CDROM
Workshop Activities (III) Receive Prairie-to-Mountain
Explorer CDs and User’s Guide Receive a packet of lesson plans
developed by K-12 teachers Develop your own transportable
GIS/GPS lesson plan Present the lesson plan to the
workshop participants
Workshop Details Fee: $250 per participant Credit: 3 graduate credits Stipend: $175 Housing: Dorm rooms provided upon
request Daily Schedule: 8 am – 5 pm and evenings Duration: Monday – Friday Who: K-12 educators - teams of 2 from
same school encouraged
Workshop Sponsors UMAC EdPARC ESRI USGS EROS Data Center South Dakota State University South Dakota School of Mines and
Technology University of Sioux Falls Sinte Gleska University
Workshop ScheduleEarth Science Tools for Educators 2001
South Dakota EdPARC 8:00- 12:00, 1:00 – 5:00 @ EROS and 6:30 – 9:30 @ USF Computer Lab
Monday 11 June
Tuesday 12 June Wednesday 13 June
Thursday 14 June Friday 15 June
8:00 – 8:30 Registration EDC-Dave Greenlee
8:30 – 9:00 Welcome, Intro, Expectations, PreTest
Review OziExplorer
EDC-John Hutchinson
City of Sioux Falls GIS Steve VanAartsen
PostTest & Evaluation
9:00 – 9:30 SD Space Grant Consort. Tom
9:30 – 10:00
10:00 – 10:30
UMAC EdPARC GIS Day Video
EDC-Earth Explorer
10:30 – 11:00
11:00 – 11:30
11:30 – 12:00
GIS Lessons Kelly, Cassie, Deanna
GPS-GIS project GIS
Projects
Projects
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch
1:00 – 1:30
1:30 – 2:00
2:00 – 2:30
2:30 – 3:00
GIS-ArcView Prairie to Mountain Explorer
3:00 – 3:30 GPS
3:30 – 4:00
EDC-Tour
4:00 – 4:30
4:30 – 5:00
GPS Scavenger Hunt
Discussion
Projects Projects Project Reports
5:00 – 6:30 Supper Supper Supper Supper
6:30 – 9:30 Lesson Plan Template OziExplorer, GPS
Hotlink, Layouts Projects Projects
Workshop Statistics 1999
One two-week workshop Funding from SD Dept. of Education 12 participants
2000 Two one-week workshops 24 participants
2001 Two one-week workshops 51 participants
The Future Case Studies
Precision Agriculture Controlled Burns Leafy Spurge
Remote Sensing Workshop July 31 – August 2, 2001 Grand Forks, ND
GIS Showcase October 8-10, 2001 Billings or Bozeman, MT