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When does data analysis make a difference? An 11-minute video offers a look at how a teacher, with help from a local college, engaged his 5/6 class in exploring the safety of well water in their community. The students collected the actual data themselves as they took samples from 63 wells to test for contamination. Using spreadsheets, they analyzed the data and presented the surprising results to their community.
Summary
| Subject keyword(s) | Communication, Connections, Data analysis, Data collection, Data presentation, Earth's water, Earth and space science, Education, Experimenting, Geoscience, Learning theory, Mathematics, Process skills, Real world applications, Science as inquiry, Science process skills, standards, professional development, mathematics science inquiry, Statistics, Teaching strategies |
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| Grade level | Elementary School, Middle School, Vocational/Professional Development Education |
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| Intended audience | Administrator, Educator, Professional/Practitioner |
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| Resource type | Audio/Visual, Instructional Material |
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| Resource format | text, text/html, video |
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| Rights | Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University "All Rights Reserved"
Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University. All Rights Reserved. |
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| Title | Middle School Portal: Math and Science Pathways (MSP2) |
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| Link | http://msteacher2.org/ |
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| Description | The Middle School Portal 2: Math and Science Pathways (MSP2) supports middle grades educators with high-quality, standards-based resources and promotes collaboration and knowledge-sharing among its users. Educators use MSP2 to increase content knowledge in science, mathematics, and appropriate pedagogy for youth ages 10 to 15. MSP2 employs social networking and digital tools to foster dynamic experiences that promote creation, modification, and sharing of resources, facilitate professional development, and support the integration of technology into practice. MSP2 is a project of the Ohio State University College of Education and Human Ecology, National Middle School Association, and Education Development Center, Inc., and is funded by the National Science Foundation. The partners integrate resources, tools, and services across projects, and support multiple methods of resource discovery to meet the needs of this audience. |
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| Title | Harvard-Smithsonian Digital Video Library |
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| Link | http://hsdvl.org/ |
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| Description | This extensive collection of digital video materials supporting K-12 STEM education reform has been developed by the Science Media Group, part of the Science Education Department at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. The collection features clinical interviews with students exploring how they develop ideas; demonstrations of physical phenomena; case studies of master teachers at work and of research in both science and education; interviews with experts in STEM research or education; and correlations to state and national curriculum standards. |
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Content contained within the resource
Quick Search By AAAS Benchmarks Using Strand Map By Other Standards Relating To Instruction Using Any Criterion View All TITLE Principles for Principals: Workshop 3. Math/Science Skills�What's Important? CLIP DESCRIPTION In a long term collaboration with a local community, 5th/6th graders at a rural school analyze water samples taken at over 100 locations across their town. Using spreads sheets to collate their data, they look for possible patterns of trace metal contamination and prepare a report which they will present publicly at a town meeting. AAAS BENCHMARK 1C (K-2) #2 . In doing science, it is often helpful to work with a team and to share findings with others. All team members should reach their own individual conclusions, however, about what the findings mean. View Transcript LENGTH 00:11:19 PROGRAM DESCRIPTION In this workshop, principals examine what teachers, college and business leaders, and parents believe students should know and be able to do to be successful in math and science. RIGHTS Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University. All Rights Reserved. PUBLISHER Annenberg/CPB
