MORE GLOBAL LAB STUDIES
Water, Air and Extended Investiations
Describing Your Water Study Site
What type of water is at your study site? What are its challenges? What is its watershed?
Water Travels
How fast does it go? What are the implications for this?
Water Carries Particles
How big are the particles your water can carry? How and where do they get deposited? What are the implications?
Water Dissolves Substances
What can water dissolve? What does it matter?
Water Supports Life
What lives in water? Where in the water? Are there indicator species for the quality of your water??
AIR
INVESTIGATIONS
Air as Mixture of Gases
What is in air?
Air Moves
Does it motion change?
What causes wind?
Air Carries Particles
How far can they travel?
What filters work as protectors?
Plants Act as Bioindicators
What can they tell us?
CO2 Levels are Rising
What difference will that make?
How does CO2 vary in classrooms?
What is the role of oceans?
Students form collaborative teams to pursue an extended project.
Launching the Investigation
Identify a Topic Area and Investigative Question
Planning the Investigation
Identify materials needed
Describe data needed
Post plan and peer review other plans
Making a Research Schedule
Conduction the Investigation
Collecting Data
Making Sense of the Findings
Analyzing Data
Presenting Your Research Findings
Drawing the Investigation to a Close
Review Conclusions
Peer Review other reports