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This description of warmups offers the rationale and producures behind some exercises in an introductory oceanography course at Winona State University. Warmups are based on the reading for the next class period and are to be answered via email the morning before class. The instructor can then review the questions and be able to address misconceptions in class.
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This
on-line
project
is
part
of
the
Center
for
Improved
Engineering
and
Science
Education
(CIESE)
program
which
has
developed
internet
activities
for
the
elementary,
middle,
and
high
school
level
student.
In
the
course
of
the
project,
students
learn
about
Eratosthenes
and
his
experiment,
do
a
similar
experiment
by
collaborating
with
other
schools,
and
analyze
and
reflect
on
the
collected
data
to
determine
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Rivers
of
Life
is
a
full
model
for
contextual
learning:
a
flood
of
projects,
adventures,
and
resources
to
help
K-12
teachers
and
students
learn
about
and
from
their
watershed.
Using
Rivers
of
Life,
teachers
utilize
rivers
and
watersheds
as
an
entry
point
to
studies
of
the
environment,
and
our
relationship
to
Earth.
This
site
offers
two
hands-on
project-based
learning
programs:
The
Mississippi
Adventure
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This
resource
is
part
of
the
Science
Education
Gateway
(SEGway)
project,
funded
by
NASA,
which
is
a
national
consortium
of
scientists,
museums,
and
educators
working
together
to
bring
the
latest
science
to
students,
teachers,
and
the
general
public.
In
this
project,
students
will
be
asked
to
find
information
on
the
Internet
and
make
a
presentation
to
the
class
about
a
satellite.
This
lesson
plan
is
...
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Arctic
Alive!
is
a
distance-learning
environment
that
transports
learners
virtually
to
unique
and
remote
locations
within
the
arctic
region.
It
is
not
an
information
site,
but
an
interactive,
real-time,
and
unique
web-based
education
program.
Using
a
variety
of
delivery
methods
and
e-learning
strategies,
it
delivers
arctic
research
to
the
K-12
classroom.
Two
key
program
components
are
(1)
a
teacher
...
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In
this
Internet-based
collaborative
project,
students
will
investigate
their
local
schoolyard
environment
and
share
information
about
the
plants,
animals
and
non-living
objects
found
there
with
other
students
from
around
the
country
and
the
world.
Participants
will
look
for
similarities
and
differences
in
the
reported
data
and
prepare
a
final
report
or
presentation
based
on
their
findings.
The
site
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This
site
offers
information
and
research
projects
that
engage
students
in
learning
about
ground
level
ozone.
As
part
of
the
Pathfinder
Science
Collaborative
Research
program,
students
conduct
scientific
research
on
real-world
topics
to
understand
the
process
of
science.
They
then
submit
their
data
so
that
other
students
and
scientists
around
the
world
gain
a
better
understanding
of
the
issues
and
...
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The
Living
Machine
Unit
is
a
series
of
activities
and
studies
designed
to
focus
the
student
on
various
aspects
of
wetlands
systems.
In
groups,
students
build
an
artificial
wetland
in
the
classroom.
This
is
a
long-range
study
designed
to
allow
students
to
discover
the
interrelations
between
flora
and
fauna
in
an
ecosystem.
They
will
use
writing,
math,
and
research
skills
to
investigate
the
artificial
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In
this
project,
students
pretend
they
have
been
hired
as
an
environmental
consulting
firm
to
present
the
case
for
or
against
the
closing
of
(fictitious)
downtown
Ramford
to
vehicular
traffic
in
an
upcoming
debate.
Student
arguments
will
focus
on:
the
extent
of
the
potential
ozone/
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During
the
course
of
this
project,
students
will
learn
how
to
build
instruments
to
measure
weather,
access
online
weather
observations,
collect
weather
data
for
an
extended
period,
analyze
weather
data
to
reveal
trends,
and
make
predictions.
They
will
develop
a
basic
understanding
of
how
weather
can
be
described
in
measurable
quantities
such
as
temperature,
wind
and
precipitation.
The
module
contains
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