Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Tasks undertaken
1. Revised E-version of paper and data narrative
2. Participated Program sign up for 3/31/14
3. Reviewed Edits for proposal compared to edits for eversion of paper.

Time spent on each
1.   6 hours
2.  .05 hours
3.  .5 hours

Results
1. Submitted materials 3rd attempt at e-version of data narrative
2. Preparing to submit hard copies of paper.

Reflections 
The time in this program will be useful for me as I move forward with continued improvement the secondary science instruction.

The details of this project are important to follow, currently I am trying to figure out how to properly label the pages of my paper.

Monday, March 17, 2014

Intervention



Tasks undertaken
1. Skype tech team at GLOBE.gov 
2. Implement intervention
3. Replace soil sensor
4. Replace multi day digital thermometer
5. Observe tree species for green up protocol
Time spent on each
1.  1 hours
2.  8 days
3.  2 hours
4.  2 hours
5. 1 hours
Results
1. Found error in data entry corrected for 2/28/14.  Updated data for Southern 3/1/14-3/12/14.
2.  Complete work on exercises 1-4. Data collection for maximum and minimum daily temperature.  Collection of soil sensor data calibration.
3. Dug out old sensor, replace with multiday digital thermometer at a depth of 10 cm.  Soil is still warmer because of lack of grass coverage.
4. Students observed two large trees that are within 50 meters of the instrument shelter.  The trees will be the focus of green procedure.
Reflections
The large part of the actual intervention took place over the last two weeks. During the teaching of these interconnected lessons I could appreciate the level of development that went in to this problem.  It seemed that the students were engaged, and gains on pre vs post assessment showed evidence of student gains. 

Ideally out of this lesson preparation style, some type of repeatable model would develop so that I could stream line the planning. A template or lesson model would help me to produce student centered lesson products that provide students the medium to develop their skills and the ability to think like a scientist.