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School CO 2 Net Start of an educational project around Groningen University Harro A.J. Meijer (CIO) and Martin J. Goedhart (IDO). Goals: Let pupils experience: CO 2 is NOT exotic, but measurable at and around school (and in the class room)

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  1. School CO2 NetStart of an educational projectaround Groningen UniversityHarro A.J. Meijer (CIO) and Martin J. Goedhart (IDO) • Goals: • Let pupils experience: CO2 is NOT exotic, but measurable at and around school (and in the class room) • Learn about making measurements (reliability, calibration) • Learn about the carbon cycle • Learn about atmospheric processes and basic meteorology • Learn about climate issues and global change in general

  2. Necessity (1): Instrumentation Supply secondary schools with a monitoring station consisting of : a CO2 analyser and a basic meteorological station CO2 analyser: needs to be - reliable - cheap - yet reasonably accurate Analyser of choice: Vaisala GMP 343

  3. (1) Instrumentation (cntd): Select a basic meteorological station For monitoring: - Wind speed and direction - Temperature, pressure and humidity Our choice: Davis Vantage Pro wireless. Extras: solar insolation, precipitation amount

  4. Necessity (2): Data handling Database system for - Data storage and processing - Visualisation - Data exchange between schools - Availability of the CIO station Lutjewad data - General information about the project - Educational materials and links

  5. Necessity (3): Educational material Use the existing network between the didactics organisation of the u. Groningen natural science faculty and secondary school teachers • - Consider both the measurement results and the measurement process • - Huge potential for pupil exam projects • - Texts, leaflets, booklets • - Excursions taking the CO2 analyser along • (class room, parking houses, pastures, crop fields, woods, greenhouses) • Visits to the participating schools by CIO scientists • Site visits by school classes or groups of pupils

  6. Practicalities • Financing: First 3 schools paid by private Dutch foundation (Gratama foundation). • One school in the city, one in the "suburbs", one rural. • - Team of 8 interested schools is formed for educational material development, 5 of them on the waiting list for equipment • Time Schedule • July 2005: Gratama foundation grants application • September 05: Selection and Purchase of instruments • November 05: Elementary form of data base ready • November 05: Start of Educational material development • December 05: Installation of the devices on the roofs of the schools

  7. Outlook - General enthusiasm among secondary schools - More funding needed (about 5 k€ instrumentation per school) - If project extends: personnel support will be needed beyond our CIO research group (at present only few months of student assistance included in application) Extension with the Wageningen E-mission project (Hilhorst) European dimensions??

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