Tasks undertaken

1.  Revised Atmosphere protocol unit plan worksheets

2. Participated in obtaining soil sensor from MATES.  Dug soil sensor trench 10 cm deep.  Purchased ½” PVC and elbows for sensor wire protection.  Purchased lithium ion batteries for use in sensor during sub-freezing temperatures.

3. Reviewed Visualizations and data on the GLOBE.gov website

Time spent on each

1.  3 hours

2.  1.5 hour

3.  2 hours

Results

1. Submitted materials Update worksheets exercises at Google Site Worksheets page

2. Connected Dr. John Wnek at MATES

3. Preparing to submit Site definition along with sensor calibration to GLOBE.gov Also plan on updating content intervention to reflect mock up test run of intervention.

Reflections A bit of challenge to work this material in to the lesson at this time of year.  This content is better suited for use at the start of the year during marking period 1.  That being said, this project once up and running takes minimal time during a normal school week.  The startup is rather labor intense.  I have still run in to issues for uploading data to the GLOBE site, currently I am trying to reset solar noon for our thermometer.  I am not sure whether this site reset time is reflecting Greenwich Mean Time UTC or local time.