How might you use these report cards with your students?
In reply to tote 2016
Re: How could you use these report cards with your students?
by Maureen Larkin -
We know that the Bay is sick but we also know that its health is slowly improving.
I could separate a middle school science class into 3 groups and assign one of the report cards to each group. The students could study their assigned report, brainstorm ways to improve the Bay’s health, and then present their ideas to the rest of the class.
In reply to Maureen Larkin
Re: How could you use these report cards with your students?
by tote 2016 -
I like it. I think another key thing to explore here is asking the students to think about the sources and the perspectives the have.
In reply to tote 2016
Re: How could you use these report cards with your students?
by Jennifer Aydelotte -
I would use these scores in conjunction with the water quality data (N, P, pH, turbidity, benthic organisms, etc.) my students have collected over the past several years at Dam #4 on the Potomac River, I think it would be interesting as we look at the trends over the years at a single location and compare them to the Bay ecosystem at large.
In reply to Jennifer Aydelotte
Re: How could you use these report cards with your students?
by tote 2016 -
I definitely like seeing the data collected by students getting compared to other data. I think the longer term and often more volumous data sets can tell some good additional stories. - bart
You could have students read all reports and discuss which ones they think is the most reliable. They could also discuss ways to improve the health of the Bay.