Iteration 1: Using USGS and NOAA to investigate water quality (temperature, pH, and DO) across the United States.
Iteration 2: Using Probeware, compared water quality (temperature and pH) of 3 bodies of water: swamp, brook, and beach.
Iteration 3: Open-Inquiry investigation of water quality...
Think about how humans and the environment are connected; how do education and advocacy have an impact on the environment?
Remember the following when writing your laboratory report...
- your background should include all information necessary for students to proceed with their own investigation. For example, make sure they know what temperature, pH and DO are, and the standard ranges of these factors in oceans and lakes. Why is this experiment interesting?
- materials & research plans/procedures should be VERY detailed. Make sure you include ALL details so others can read your report and repeat your experiment.
- after performing your experiment, REVISIT your results - they should state EXACTLY how you performed your experiment. For example, state how you Constructed your charts/graphs (took average of 3 experimental runs and averaged them together).
- provide websites for all of your sources of background information, databases, and tools used in this experiment.
Pointers...
-Google Earth is a great method of visually sharing information. You can add TONS of details (background information, photos, videos) to each location/landmark.
- Probeware - think about how your results may differ if your probe was left in the water for 30 seconds versus 30 minutes.
- Posted using BlogPress from my iPad
No comments:
Post a Comment