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When

Activity

Investigative Questions

Science area

Science concept and process skills

What students will do collaboratively

1

SEPT

Joining the Global Lab Community

Who are we? Where are we located?

What does our study site look like?

General

Describing, Mapping

Students construct a collaborative interactive community map

II

OCT

Exploring Life on the Study Site

How diverse is life on our study site?

How best can we sample information about life on our site?

Biology

Sampling

Share images, understand diversity, discovering rules and relationships (is it true that…)

IV

NOV

Seeds: from Dormancy to Germination  

What are seeds and what do they require in order to germinate?

Botany

Controlling experiments

Student collaboration: Testing different levels of toxicity

III

DEC

Traveling Down to Atoms and Molecules

What is the water cycle? What is happening at the molecular level?

Chemistry

Modeling

Students share snapshots from their models.

V

Jan 15- Feb 15

Earth History Recorded in Rock

What difference does one's position on a continent make? What is our own history?          

Earth Science; Atoms, molecules, ions

Testing

Comparing rock profiles on the study sites.

VI

Feb 15-Mar 15

The Gl Snapshot: Sun, Light, Energy and Heat

How does sunlight vary over Earth and what is the effect?

Physics: Atoms, photons and light matter interaction.

Calibrating instruments, Measurements

Student collaboration: Students compare sun angle, temperature and more in a synchronous measurement

VII.

March15- April 15

Our Study Site in Time

Has it always been the same?

Social Science: Interviews

Interviewing

Student collaboration: they share their histories

(Optional)

April 15- June

Further Research

Students pursue their own investigations and share their findings.