Science On Seneca Curriculum Development Project

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Science On SenecaCurriculum Development
Project

• Eric Pasho
• FLI Internship
• Fall 2004

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Science On Seneca-Goals

• To enhance the teaching of environmental science
  in area schools
• To introduce students to environmental field
  studies using Seneca Lake and its watershed as
  their laboratory
• To create and disseminate useful science content
  and standards-based curricula for regional
  science teachers and students
• To expand our understanding of Seneca Lake and
  its watershed via long-term monitoring

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Current SOS Curriculum

• Teacher Training Session
• Training Manual
• Boat Trip - three data collection stations
• Water Chemistry
• Plankton Collection and Turbidity
• Sediment Analysis
• Student data entered into SOS Database

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New SOS Curriculum Development

• Zebra Mussels
• Glaciers
• Sediments
• Plankton
• Water Chemistry
• Stream Monitoring vs. Seneca Lake
• Physical Oceanography

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Science On Seneca Protocols

• Zebra Mussels
• Sediment Analysis
• Physical Conditions
• Water Depth
• CTD - Conductivity/Temperature/Depth Profile
• Sediment Cores
• Macro-Invertebrate Sampling
• Turbidity
• Plankton Tow and Analysis
• Water Chemistry
• Positioning
  focus on Plankton Unit

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New Curriculum Unit - Plankton

• Introductory Lesson(s)
• Boat Trip
• Using SOS Protocols
• Data Analysis (classroom)
• Extension Lessons
• Inquiry lessons
• Computer investigations

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Goals Of Internship

• Completed SOS Teacher Training
• Developing a curriculum unit on plankton
• Background science resource
• 7-8 lesson plans
• Developing new Plankton Identification Sheet
• Developing a dockside fieldtrip for elementary
  students

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Driving Question

• Why are plankton so important to the ecosystem of
  Seneca Lake?

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Plankton Unit Overview
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Plankton Unit Overview
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Lesson 1 Intro to Plankton

• Water samples for students
• Microscopes and/or Microscope Projector
• Documentation of distinctive characteristics
  between phytoplankton and zooplankton
• Microsoft PowerPoint presentation or lecture
• Assessment
• What are the functional differences between
  phytoplankton and zooplankton?
• How do phytoplankton and zooplankton differ in
  relation to reproduction?
• Why are their so many types of phytoplankton and
  zooplankton?
• Driving question (Unit)
• Why are plankton so important to the ecosystem of
  Seneca Lake?

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Lesson 3 William Scandling Boat Trip

• Captains safety discussion and groups assigned
• Turbidity Testing (protocol 1)
• Historical data
• Plankton Tow (protocol 2)
• Microscope Skills
• Lake Chemistry Testing (protocol 5)
• Compare with Plankton Data
• Understand the importance of recording accurate
  data
• Global and Local Positioning System (protocol 7)
• Overall better understanding of planktons role
  in the
• environment and how that role may be
  threatened

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Lesson 5 Culturing Daphnia

• Groups will develop their own experiment to
  effect the temperature, pH, nutrients,
  salinity,light, and dissolved oxygen levels
  daphnia receive
• Hypothesis and methods will be developed by the
  students
• Separate aquariums will be set up for each group
  and closely monitored according to their
  procedures
• Assessment with individual lab reports
• Introduction, Materials, Procedures, Conclusions,
  and Explanation of Results

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Whats Next?

• Curriculum testing
• Working with local teachers
• Refining lessons and units
• Incorporating new units into SOS training