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WELCOME

WELCOME. Julia McDowell and Sierra Reid July 12, 2010. Who We Are. Julia McDowell Rising senior at Wilson Club swimmer Member of Model United Nations Member of National Honor Society. Who We Are. Sierra Reid Rising senior at Westview Cross country runner and swimmer

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WELCOME

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  1. WELCOME Julia McDowell and Sierra Reid July 12, 2010

  2. Who We Are • Julia McDowell • Rising senior at Wilson • Club swimmer • Member of Model United Nations • Member of National Honor Society

  3. Who We Are • Sierra Reid • Rising senior at Westview • Cross country runner and swimmer • 2nd place at 2009 Oregon cyclocross championships • Member of National Honor Society • Triathlete

  4. Backgrounds in Science • Courses in bio, chem, physics, computer modeling • Volunteer at OMSI • Career/major interests-oceanography, math, physics, engineering • Colleges-Cornell, Stanford, Rensselaer, Claremont McKenna, Carnegie Mellon • EXITE camp through IBM • Courses in bio, chem, environmental science • Career/major interests- marine biology, engineering, environmental science • Colleges-Cornell, Stanford, Gonzaga, UC Berkeley, Harvey Mudd

  5. Cornell

  6. Research cruise!

  7. Our Project • Our goal: to improve the understanding of the Columbia river and what goes on around it • Give guidance on how to improve the model • Understand variability • Look at short term and long term ranges of model and observed data • Visually and statistically analyze modeled and observed data • http://www.stccmop.org/

  8. Relating to Classroom • Real Data • Gives hands on experience • Salinity and temp data related to density of ocean water • Experiment with cold-hot water density, relate to observations • Hypoxia newspaper articles • Field trips • All available online, no new programs necessary • Lots of different programs

  9. User Interface

  10. Things to avoid– from a high school perspective • Too many work days • Labs with no hands on • Vocab activities • Reading the book out loud • Going over every answer on review packets • Busy work • Delaying due dates • Focusing on a few students

  11. What to Avoid • Wasting paper

  12. Things to do • Projects, hands on activities • Consistent homework • Discuss key chapters in class, after reading for homework • Interactive lectures • Outline notes • Test on key ideas, not inconsequential pieces of information

  13. Thing to do, cont. • Relate projects and labs back to key concepts • Provide calendars with important dates, and follow them • Individual and group projects • Interact with ALL students • Provide further learning opportunities • Use digital aids • Take a walking field trip to interact with outside world • More positive feedback

  14. Things to do, cont. • Things related to the real world, i.e. oil spill

  15. Thank you for listening. Any questions?

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