Weather, Worms, and Musical Animals

Dave Hawkins

Georgia

Contents How Did This Happen To Me? The Replication Process The Lunch Bunch The Wormies The Weather Watchers The Math Marvels The Music Makers The Animal Farm

How Did This Happen?

Attended START sponsored by The Miami Museum of Science and the University of Miami

Prof. Math/Technology Piedmont College Cohorts Students needed a Science course Ergo: called into new service role

The Replication Process

Choose a Science Project to Enhance Learning Research Your Topic on the Web Evaluate the Chosen Web Resources Decide Technology Best Suited Field Research Component Create Supporting Web Site (pages) Create Project Portfolio

The Lunch Bunch Lunchtime science School Sponsored Volunteer basis Direct result of START Specific Science project

focus

The Wormies Worm-Composting

(potentially profitable worm farm)

Direct result of START method

Total classroom project Goal to “vermicompost”

cafeteria garbage http://cyrus.piedmont.edu/user

s/athens/newways.htm

The Weather Watchers Meteorology infusion School funded Weather station Related to phenomena On-line forecasts Interdisciplinary Data collection Aspect replication

The Math Marvels School supported Before school Summer school On-line math projects Math application to

science Partnership with water

treatment facility

The Music Makers Music teacher takes

Science for first time School funds field

research project On-line research how to

make instruments Sound wave study on-

line The “Science of Music”

The Animal Farm PreK Special Ed Science

instruction Field research with

Ranger On-line research with

Atlanta Zoo, etc. Words & pictures of

animal kingdom

In Appreciation

To the staff at the The Miami Museum of Science and the University of Miami

and Piedmont College