Thursday

8:15 - Morning Gathering

Link to Google photo album - drop in pictures!

Big Data for Middle and High School Students

• Brief Video Explaining Big Data
• ‘Big data’ classes a big hit in California high schools
  • Examples of interactive maps linked to big datasets:
    • World pollution map
    • USA water resources map
    • USA PFAS contamination map
    • Measure of America map A tool to understand well-being in America
    • Earthtime visualizations of the Earth's transformation over time
    • OneZoom evolutionary relationships
    • Data.gov
    • Kaggle
    • Teach with GIS
    • Ferry Water Data

Review ISTE Standards for Students and consider how you might integrate 2-3 into your project.

2:30 - Whole Group Activity

• Wrapping up Macroinvertebrates - Jeremy Winsor and Wiline
• Using Trail Camera Images for Inquiry in the Classroom
  • Fulton Students Bear Research
• Introduction to Animal Skulls - Wiline
• Thinking through Notebooking (Activities and Assessments) - Jeremy Hyler and Wiline
  • Art entry
  • Data entry
  • Creative/Reflection (Anytime there was writing)
    • How did you feel as a learner?
    • What additional insights did these entries bring to you now that you have looked at your entries?
    • How do you plan on taking this back to your school?
    • What structure would you use to give your students a similar experience?
  • Jeremy's 7th grade science notebook rubric
    • One Pagers
    • Sheets Rubric: customizable rubric in Excel with built-in formulas to calculate grade
• Creating (Creative) Non-Fiction - Troy