National Science Education Standards Met

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Science as Inquiry

Identify questions and concepts that guide scienitific investigations

  • "Return of the Cuyahoga" Video
  • Stream Sampling Orientation
  • Interpretation of PHWH Stream Data
  • Stream Survey
  • PHWH analysis

Design and conduct scientific investigations

  • Stream Sampling Orientation
  • Stream Survey
  • PHWH analysis

Use technology and mathematics to improve investigations and communications

  • Stream Sampling Orientation
  • "Return of the Cuyahoga" Video

Communicate and defend a scientific argument

  • "Return of the Cuyahoga" Video
  • Stream Sampling Orientation
  • Interpretation of PHWH Stream Data

Understanding about scientific inquiry

  • "Return of the Cuyahoga" Video
  • Stream Sampling Orientation
  • Interpretation of PHWH Stream Data

Life Science

The interdependence of organisms

  • Virtual Wetlands
  • Stream Sampling Orientation
  • "Return of the Cuyahoga" Video

Matter, energy, and organization in living systems

  • Virtual Wetlands
  • Stream Sampling Orientation
  • "Return of the Cuyahoga" Video
  • Tree Keying and Identification

Earth & Space Science

The origin and evolution of the earth system

  • Determination Using ORAM Overview
  • Virtual Wetlands

Science & Technology

Identify a problem or design an opprotunity

  • iPAQs as Learning Tools
  • HTML, Personal webpage construction
  • Interpretation of PHWH Stream Data
  • Stream Survey
  • PHWH analysis

Propose designs and choose between alternative solutions

  • iPAQs as Learning Tools
  • Laser Levels

Evaluate the solution and its consequences

  • iPAQs as Learning Tools
  • HTML, Personal webpage construction
  • Remote Sensing of Landscapes

Communicate the problem, process, and solution

  • iPAQs as Learning Tools
  • Remote Sensing of Landscapes
  • PHWH analysis

Understanding about science and technology

  • iPAQs as Learning Tools
  • Remote Sensing of Landscapes
  • Laser Levels

Science in Personal & Social Perspectives

Personal and community health

  • "Return of the Cuyahoga" Video
  • Urban Landscapes & Biomonitoring
  • Virtual Wetlands

Natural resources

  • "Return of the Cuyahoga" Video
  • Soils
  • Urban Landscapes & Biomonitoring
  • Virtual Wetlands
  • Stream Sampling Orientation

Environmental quality

  • "Return of the Cuyahoga" Video
  • Virtual Wetlands
  • Soils
  • Urban Landscapes & Biomonitoring
  • Stream Sampling Orientation
  • Tree Keying and Identification

Natural and Human-induced hazards

  • "Return of the Cuyahoga" Video
  • Virtual Wetlands
  • Soils
  • Urban Landscapes & Biomonitoring
  • Stream Sampling Orientation
  • Tree Keying and Identification

Science and technology in local, national, and global challenges

  • "Return of the Cuyahoga" Video
  • Stream Sampling Orientation
  • Virtual Wetlands
  • Interpretation of PHWH Stream Data
  • PHWH analysis

History & Nature of Science

Science as a human endeavor

  • Urban Landscapes & Biomonitoring
  • Virtual Wetlands
  • Stream Sampling Orientation
  • Symposium
  • Interpretation of PHWH Stream Data

Nature of scientific knowledge

  • Interpretation of PHWH Stream Data
  • Stream Survey
  • PHWH analysis
  • Symposium