Each of these inquiries is an investigation that students and teachers can carryout using resources in the classroom and on the Internet. The inquiries are fully-developed activities that have been used by hundreds of schools.
Web-Based Projects
Project Ozone |
Project Ozone is designed to assist you in a science inquiry investigation of ground-level ozone. In one of the activities, students measure ground-level ozone levels in and around their school using a chemically treated paper, called the EcoFilter. |
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Hurricane Katrina |
This Website is about one of the worst (if not the worst) natural disasters in the history of the United States. This is about the havoc that a hurricane shed on a very large region of the United States. It's not just about New Orleans, its about the entire Gulf Coast, the entire United States. The devastation is beyond belief, and this online experience is about education, humanity, and hope for the future. In this experience you will learn something about hurricanes, but more importantly a lot about the region and the people that this particular hurricane, "Hurricane Katrina" impacted. Hurricane Katrina brought havoc to an area of approximately 90,000 square miles. This activity and resource is designed to help us understand the magnitude of this natural disaster, and to point us toward ways to reduce the destruction and loss of life caused by natural disasters. |
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Mission to the Blue Planet |
You are part of a team of planetary scientists and explorers contracted by a firm from the Planet Gliese 581c, orbiting a dim red star Gliese 581, 20 light years from Earth. Your team's task is to investigate various PHENOMENA that interest the Prime Scientific Society (PSS) of Gliese. Your team should use Terrra Firma Data Bases available on the World Wide Web and on CD-Roms secured from the GlieseResource Center. Your team will have to provide a written report to be submitted to the Prime Scientific Society. You will also have to create a PowerPoint and/or Website and publish it on the WWW. |