Steps to bring ideas from Sandy Hook into your classroom

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Jul 23, 2009, 5:50:29 AM7/23/09

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4 Steps to Bring Sandy Hook into your Classroom

1. Select a focal point or variable to measure:
Living: Plants (Wildflowers, grass, trees), Animals (birds),
Seashells, Seaweed
Non-living: pH (soil, water), light, Temperature, salinity

2. Select a location or locations:
School yard
Students' homes
Sandy Hook
Also, consider collecting samples yourself.

3. Decide on a sampling method:
Area
Transect
How deep to dig?
How many recordings?
What time of day?

4. Develop a Project Webpage:
Sections include
This is what we did-->Background; include pics of location(s),
instruments used, organisms counted, Description of project

This is what we found--> charts, graphs, more pics

Math topics that can be included:
Averages
Range
Ratio
Percent
Probability
Precision
Accuracy
..among others

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Jul 23, 2009, 5:51:17 AM7/23/09

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See pictures from yesterday at: http://picasaweb.google.com/greg.bartus/SandyHookTrip#

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Jul 23, 2009, 5:59:09 AM7/23/09

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see pics as a slideshow in my website: http://sites.google.com/site/ciese07030/

On Jul 23, 5:50 am, gb <greg.bar...@gmail.com> wrote:

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