NECC Session: Integrating Real-World Data in Classrooms

Notes from

NECC 2007
Integrating Real-World Data in Classrooms

Liesl Hotaling, Stevens Institute of Technology with Greg Bartus





Monday, 6/25/2007, 8:30am–9:30am;

Handout:

CIESE: Integrating Real-World Data in Classrooms





http://www.ciese.org/currichome.html

Collaborative projects include finding circumference of the earth; need collaboration to highlight points for real data;

Run these twice a year



Real time data is data happening right now, eg weather, air quality, ocean, ; use webcams, monitor news

showed example of national weather temperature today;

eg time site shows daylight on the earth

http://www.time.gov/timezone.cgi?Mountain/d/-7/java

can calculate roughly number of hours per day with width of shadow



Example of a math story problem of time ship takes to go somewhere;better if use noaa hurricane tracking for students to solve prlbem

Stowaway adventure on handout

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