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DATE CLIENTOCTOBER 24, 2014 RICHARD P. HECHTER
CHASING AURORA: USING AUTHENTIC
CONTEXT FOR STEM
THE AURORA.
Curriculum BackgroundGrade 9 General Science:
Biology (reproduction)
Chemistry (atoms and elements)
Physics (electricity)
Other (exploring the universe)
Grade 9 ‘Astronomy’ Cluster = the forgotten cluster
Grade 4 - Cluster 2: “Light”
Grade 6 - Cluster 4: “Exploring the Solar System”
My background: Chasing ICE
Extreme Ice Survey. Art Meets
Science.
Founded in 2007 by James Balog, the
Extreme Ice Survey (EIS) is an
innovative, long-term photography
project that merges art and science to
give a “visual voice” to the planet’s
changing ecosystems.
Our background:Manitoba: The heart of the auroral zone.
Where is Manitoba /Churchill?
Our background: Ernest W. Hawkes
…The sky is a great dome of hard
material arched over the Earth. There is a
hole in it through which the spirits pass to
the true heavens. Only the spirits of those
who have died a voluntary or violent
death, and the Raven, have been over this
pathway. The spirits who live there light
torches to guide the feet of new arrivals.
This is the light of the aurora.
….The whistling crackling noise which
sometimes accompanies the aurora is the
voices of these spirits trying to
communicate with the people of the Earth.
Our vision (our lens)STEM/STEAM.
Science (aurora)
Technology (the equipment needed to capture and
study the aurora)
Engineering (can we design the apparatus needed to
help our study)
Art (how can we show what we know?)
Mathematics (where to ‘find’ the aurora)
TRIAL RUN #1 - GIMLI
TRIAL RUN #2 - SANFORD
CNSC (WITH JERROLD WIEBE
AND ELLIOT MACDONALD)
Phase 1 - Early Years.
Part 1: In home classroom -
science fundamentals.
Part 2: Draw/Design/Create
interpretations and write a story
about it.
STUDENT RE-CREATION (ELEMENTARY)
PLASTICINE REPRESENTATION
ELEMENTARY AURORA WORD WALL
ART WALK
Secondary SchoolPart 1: Home classroom -
fundamentals.
Part 2: Make plans with schools
Phase 3: Two-way communication in
real-time
Phase 4: Personal and group
representation, expression, and
explanation
STAR TRAIL
THE MOON
AURORA
STUDENT RE-CREATION (SECONDARY)
PHOTO 4
What is that?
PHOTO 4
PHOTO 4
NAVIGATION 1: MOONWESTERN SCIENCE 1
NAVIGATION 1: ALCYONEWESTERN SCIENCE (2)
NAVIGATION 2: ALCYONEINUIT STARLORE
I N Q U I R Y N E E D S C O N T E X T .
I N Q U I R Y N E E D S C O N T E X T .
( S O W H Y N O T T H E
A U R O R A ? )
Coming up this year (1)1. Continue writing the revised companion curriculum
Science: Electromagnetism/Solar storms/general
magnetism
Technology: Photography/image capture
Engineering: Constructing the platform for the
camera’s, and find ways to keep them working in the
cold
Art: Creating your story
Mathematics: Earth tilt, angles, perspective
Coming up this year (2)
2. New partnerships with Manitoban,
US schools (and European schools?)
for the “overhead view” experiment
3. Visit Churchill in November,
December, March and April (with
different people each time) to continue
our work.
