OUTLINE

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Kevin Czajkowski Mikell Lynne Hedley The
University of Toledo Art Samel Bowling Green
State University
http//remotesensing.utoledo.edu/edu/SATEL.html
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Build Off Our Successful SATELLITES Program

• Have trained over 350 teachers in 8 years

Remote Sensing GIS GPS Field Campaign Inquiry-base
d projects Linked to Standards
Institute 2 2005
Institute 1 2005
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SATELLITES-GIS Institute

• Focused on GIS used Mapping Our World.
• Focused on water quality field observations.
• Links students/teachers/scientists
• Inquiry-based research projects
• SATELLITES conference in April 2009

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SATELLITES-GIS Institute

• 15 Teachers from NW Ohio, Cleveland and SE
  Michigan.
• 5 day institute good food
• Daily evaluation

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Turbidity Water Temperature pH Nitrates Phosph
ates Dissolved Oxygen
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Example of Teacher Inquiry-based Project
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Google Map Image of Heilman Ditch
Sample Taken Here
Heilman Ditch
Sample taken at Helman Ditch By Ann Hajibrahim
(7/17/08)
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Heilman Ditch

• Turbidity gt120cm
• pH 7
• Nitrates 0.44 mg/L
• Phosphates 1 ppm
• Elevation 188 m (617 ft)

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Nitrate Data
Data tested in 2008



Creek/Rivers Listed West to Northeast
West
Northeast
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GLOBE Inquiry-based Research Project!

• Connect with Scientists Teams Teachers/
  Students/Scientists
• Opportunities for Students to Participate in
  Authentic, Inquiry-based Research Projects,
  designed around current scientific issues
• Intensive Field Campaigns
• Share Classroom Project at SATELLITES Conference