SOAR-High Workshop Earth System Science  for Teachers of the Deaf
A Teacher Training Workshop at Gallaudet University and  Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center   Funding provided by the

Day 1, Monday, August 2, 2004  .   .   .   .   Introduction to Earth System Science      Mary Ellsworth
             Themes:  Earth as a System, Student Inquiry 

TIME	LOCATION	ACTIVITY
9:00 - 10:00	HMB 411	Welcome Participants!  Workshop logistics Agenda for the week
10:00-11:00	HMB 411	Introduction to Earth System Science Spheres and Sphere Interactions Event Analysis Activity Handout ,   Group activities: Volcano , Hurricane
11:00-11:15	HMB Tree	Break  and Group Photo
11:15-12:00	HMB 411	The Electromagnetic Spectrum Notes and Activity The ALTA Spectrometer ALTA measurement activity (Data sheets) Reflectance Calculator ( ALTA I )  (ALTA II )
12:00-1:00	SUB Snackbar	Lunch
1:00-1:30	HMB 411	Energy in the Earth System Handout
1:00-2:30	HMB 411	The SOAR-High project Online curriculum Daily Teacher messages Student Collaboration
3:00-4:00		Classroom to Classroom Videoconferencing Photos VC Activity - Karen Warren, American School for the Deaf Videoconferencing for Deaf and Hard of hearing Polycom web site
4:00-5:00	HMB 411	Managing Student Online Portfolios   ppt File Transfer and using a Server
5:00	GU Cafeteria	Dinner
Homework	Chapters 1-5	Dr. Art's Guide to the Planet Earth

TIME	LOCATION	ACTIVITY
9:00 -10:00	Rm 411	Vinton Cerf - Interplanetary Internet Overview of the CALIPSO project   [TH] A-Train Animation Lidar Animation Aura Animation (Surface Ozone)
10:00-10:15		CALIPSO website tour  [ME]
10:15 - 11:15		Sun and Earth’s atmosphere - An overview  [ME] Energy from the Sun lab UV Sensitive beads
11:15-12:00		Light and Atmospheric Aerosols  [TH] Scattering of light Activity Dust from China Animation Mt. Pinatubo Animation Volcanic Ash Circulation Animation Absorb/Reflect Animation Water Vapor Circulation Animation Good Atmosphere resource: LEARN (from UCAR)
12:00-1:00	GU Cafeteria	Lunch
1:00-3:00	Rm 411	The Sun Photometer: Measuring Aerosols  [TH] Relative Humidity Barometric pressure (Cloud Cover, Air temperature)   Go outside and measure aerosols Sling Psychrometer - from Wards
3:00-3:30	402	Enter Aerosol data - GLOBE   [ME]
3:30 - 5:00	402	Teacher Daily messages - Create Web pages  [ME] SOAR-High
5:00	GU Cafeteria	Dinner
Homework	Chapter	Atmosphere reading Graeme Stephens Cloud Paintings Seabird Populations,  UK New England Snow

Space

TIME	LOCATION	ACTIVITY
9:00 - :9:45	HMB 411	Climate Change:   The Vostok ice record [ME] Vostok Graph s
9:45 - 12:00	6th & E Streets, NW	Marian Koshland Museum - a Fieldtrip
12:00-1:00	GU Cafeteria	Lunch
1:00 - 2:00	HMB 411	The Hydrosphere     H David Snyder Overview  : Ocean Circulation Basics
2:00 - 2:30	HMB 411	Questions for Reflection
2:30-4:00	HMB 403	Ocean Investigations 1 Closed Loop Navigation
4:00-5:00		Ocean Plates and Basins Questions for reflection
5:00	GU Cafeteria	Dinner
Homework	Chapter	Hydrology reading

Space
Space

TIME	LOCATION	ACTIVITY
		Dave's Links    go!
9:00-10:00		Sea Water
10:00-10:30		Questions for Reflection
10:30-12:00		Ocean Investigations 3
12:00-1:00	GU Cafeteria	Lunch
1:00-1:30	Rm 411	Oceans and Atmosphere The DataStreme Project
1:30-2:00	Rm 402	Questions for Reflection
2:00 - 3:00		Oceans Investigations 4
3:00 -3:30		Currents
3:00 -4:00		Questions for Reflection
4:00 - 5:00		Oceans Investigations 5
5:00		Dinner
		NEWS: Alaskan Volcano may erupt Scientists Predict Earthquakes Pacific may see new El Nino

TIME	LOCATION	ACTIVITY
9:00-10:15	Rm 411	Introducing Dr. Michele Cooke Why is Michele here? How did the Fault System Evolution project come to be? A little bit about Michele’s Research Quantitative exercise for stresses in the earth
10:15-10:30		Break
10:30-11:30	LAB Rm 403	Growing  faults in clay Background on analog experiment philosophy Boundary conditions! Show  Movies of the experiments Outline example inquiries     Fault reactivation     Indentor     Material heterogeneities     Orientation of faults that form     Erosion of mountains Set-up and run an experiment in contraction
11:30- 11:40		Break
11:40 – 12:00	Rm 411	Stresses and Faults in the Earth Exercise Hole in a plate is analogous to borehole breakouts Are faults orientations related to the breakout orientations?
12:00-1:00	SUB Snackbar	Lunch
1:00-2:00	LAB Rm 403	Second Faults in Sand Demo     Hands on Set-up and run a second experiment in contraction with different materials or boundary conditions
2:00-3:00	Rm 402	Small group work: Curriculum design  (create web pages)
3:00-4:00	LAB Rm 403	Introduction to Earthquake studies Earthquake distribution worldwide Earthquake distribution in the crust     Strength profile of the crust  - rheology demonstration earthquake hazard estimates in California and elsewhere
4:00-4:15		Break
4:15-5:00	Rm 402	Three-dimensional Visualization great data sets for southern California example inquiries with these data sets Download a VRLM plug-in
5:00		Dinner
Evening	Team work	Small group work: Curriculum Design News:  EarthQuake Prediction New Volcano Activity Pacific sees new El Nino

TIME	LOCATION	ACTIVITY
9:00 -10:30	Rm 411	Small group work: Curriculum design
10:30-12:00	Rm 411	Sharing Curriculum Design Ideas Team 1     Activity Idea  Team 2     Activity Idea Team 3     Activity Idea
12:00-1:00	GU Cafeteria	Lunch
1:00-2:00	Rm 411	Future plans  Incorporationg of GPS/INSAR data Involving motivated students
2:00 - 3:00		Workshop Wrap up & Logistics Evaluation
		Departure

Need Help?? For assistance and/or questions SOAR-High teachers can contact:         David.Snyder@Gallaudet.edu                Mary.Ellsworth@Gallaudet.edu For GLOBE-related questions, contact either the addresses above, or         Help@GLOBE.gov

Last modified  June 21, 2004

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