SOARHigh Earth System Science

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SOAR-High Earth System Science

• Science collaborations
• for deaf and hard of hearing students
• Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center
• Gallaudet University

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Goals for the workshop

• Science for studying Earth as a system
• Student doing measurements
• Key features of the SOAR-High project
• Share how SOAR-High works
• Collaboration ideas, 2004-05

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The SOAR-High ProjectMary Ellsworth, Developer

• Earth System Science
• The Electromagnetic Spectrum
• Satellites
• Energy in the Earth System
• Doing SOAR-High Earth System Science
• Classroom to classroom videoconferencing
• Student Web Portfolios
• Monday

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Earth System Science

• The Atmosphere
• Teresa Huckleberry, Indiana SD
• Mary Ellsworth, Model Secondary SD
• Equipment Sun photometer
• CALIPSO
• Measuring aerosols reporting data
• Group investigations
• Tuesday

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Earth System Science

• Climate Change
• The Vostok ice core record
• Marian Koshland Science Museum
• Wednesday

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Earth System Science

• The Hydrosphere
• Henry David Snyder, PhD, Gallaudet Univ
• Hands on activities
• Ocean circulation
• Oceans and Climate
• Wednesday/Thursday

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Earth System Science

• The Lithosphere
• Michele Cooke, PhD, Univ of Mass
• Equipment Fault simulation sand box
• 3-dimensional faulting earthquakes
• Curriculum ideas
• Future plans
• Friday Saturday