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Shenandoah Workshop 2-
the second of two workshops held for earth science teachers in the Shenandoah Valley
June 21-22, 2004
James Madison Univeristy, Information Science and Technology Building (ISAT)
Science Learning Standards to be Adressed
1. Students will plan and conduct investigations in which computers, probeware and GPS are used. (ES.1)2. Students will investigate and understand how to read maps, globes, models, charts and imagery. (ES.3)
3. Students will understand how freshwater resources are influenced by geologic processes and human activities (incudes karst topography) (ES.9)
4. Students will understand economic and public policy issues concerning Chesapeake Bay (ES.11)
Agenda
Day 19:00- 9:50 AM Registration ISAT Room 348
10:00 AM Introductions- go around table and find out what worked since our last meeting and what did not
11:00 AM GPS review- go outside, practice, take waypoints
11:30 AM Satus of the Chesapeake Bay
12 Noon LUNCH (1 hr.)
1:00 PM USA Photomaps- learn how to connect GPS to PC, download waypoints, go on the web to download photos and topo sheets (1.5 hrs.)
2:30 PM Break
2:45 PM PLT- Places We Live Activity- Far Reaching Decisions
4:15 Introduction to GPS Utility
4:45 Wrap up, housekeeping chores
5:30- 6:30 PM Dinner
OPTIONAL FIELD TRIP FOR AFTER DINNER (Black's Run)
Day 2
7:00- 8:30 AM Breakfast
8:30 AM Stream habitat analysis- Lou Helfrich, VT Fisheries Dept.
9:30 AM Stream Walk- led by Lou Helfrich, using habitat analysis protocol
11:30 Building a collaborative web site to facilitate learning- Dan Dunlap, VT Computer Science Dept.
LUNCH
1:00 PM Building a collaborative web site, continued.
3:00 Evaluation and Strategies for collaborating in the future
5:00 Depart for Home
Participants
Sandy Greene, Education Specialist, Headwaters Soil and Water Conservation District (Augusta)
Steve Glassman, Earth Science Teacher, Riverheads High School (Augusta)
Carol Marshall, Science Department Chair, Clarke Co. High School (Clarke)
Amanda Kern, James Wood HS (Frederick)
Aaron Barnes, Millbrook HS (Frederick)
Tracy Sawyer, Sherando HS (Frederick)
Michael Wagner, Earth Science Teacher, Heritage High School (Loudoun)
Todd Mumpower, Earth Science Teacher, Harmony Intermediate School (Loudoun)
Jeanette Fehr, Stone Bridge HS (Loudoun)
Gale Bartley, Earth Science Teacher, Broad Run HS (Loudoun)
Carolyn Kipps, Teacher, Turner Ashby High School (Rockingham)
Dennis Marstiller, Earth Science Teacher, Broadway High School (Rockingham)
Don Remnant, Earth Science Teacher, Spotswood High School (Rockingham)
Richard Newcomer, Teacher, Earth Science, Biology II, Ecology, AP Environmental, Central High School (Shenandoah)
Laurie Gould, Dominion High School (Loudoun)
John Hoffman, Harmony Middle School (Loudoun)
Rob Maxwell, Augusta County
Robert Wever, Frederick County Schools
Andrew Jackson, Harrisonburg High School
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