EDTC 5410 W1 – Saturday, September 18 & October 2, 2010, 9 a.m. to
3 p.m.
Instructor: Dr. Mary G. Beckmann, ponotoc2@yahoo.com Beckmann@webster.edu
Time Frame:
Saturday, September 18, 2010
·
9 to 9:30 –
introductions and discuss handhelds in general and introduce students to the
Pasco equipment and other options such as Vernier
·
9:30 to 10:00 –
walk to check out area – pick up equipment - discuss check out and check-in procedures
(responsibilities), time frame for keeping the equipment, care of equipment,
and responsibility (the individual who checks out the equipment is the one responsible
for the equipment, even when working with a partner or in groups) – check back
in by Thursday, September 9, second group picks up equipment on the 13th
or 14th and returns by Friday, the 17
·
10:00 to 11:00 – expectation
o
Activity: due
second class day, Saturday, October 2 - informal presentation
§ create an exercise of your own or use one of Pasco’s ideas
at this website – download complete exercises http://www.pasco.com/resources/labdownloads/home.cfm
§ http://www.pasco.com/resources/online-experiments/biology-online-experiments.cfm
visit this website for online Biology experiments
§ collect data
§ explain what you discovered in a few paragraphs –
detail any problems, solutions, ease of use, difficulties, etc.
o
Final project:
due Thursday, October 7, 2010, submit
via email to your instructor – ponotoc2@yahoo.com
§ create a two to three page paper (this can be a
continuation of the first assignment but in much greater detail)
§ collect data as you did for the activity above - choose
any of the five probes, give the details of the process and outcome, include, for
example: the objective/goal, state a problem, explain an experiment, create a compare/contrast
scenario, provide an explanation of what you did, what your classroom students
would do if you would use these tools to teach, state a curriculum/topic, explain
a description of your experiment, the method you used to collect data, explain the
outcome (summary), issues, problems, and solutions, etc.
§ save the data you collected to a flash drive, import
into Excel and create a graph, table, or chart to submit with your final paper
§ provide at least two standards ISTE NETS that would relate to your experiment
http://www.iste.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=NETS
·
view the video
titled Lesson 1 – Quick Start http://www.pasco.com/featured-products/xplorer-glx/page_3.cfm
·
11:00 to 1:00 – lunch and experiment:
o
use each of the
five probes
o
save data to
flash drive
o
use flash drive
to bring data into Excel
·
1:00 to 2:30 - groups
of two in the field w/ handhelds to collect data and discuss afterwards
·
2:30 to 2:45 -
visit the Pasco website
·
2:45 to 3:00 –
clean the equipment, walk back to the check out area and turn the teacher unit
in so everyone can see the check-in process
Saturday, October 2, 2010, we’ll discuss the following (if time allows experiment
with PDAs and ebooks and search for apps for iPhone, SmartPhones, and
Blackberry)
·
9 to 9:30 – discuss
equipment use, issues, solutions
·
9:30 to 10:00 – share
how each used the equipment and the data each gathered
·
10:00 to 11:00 –
connect data to standards and curriculum and discuss ethical, social, moral
issues if applicable and fine tune the activity/assignment paper from last week
that will culminate in their final paper to be presented at the end of class
·
11:00 to
12:00 – transfer data to Excel, create a
Word document, create graphs in Excel that will demonstrate data gathered and
then copy and paste the graphs onto their paper in a Word document
·
1:00 to 1:30 – finalize their papers and group together to
practice presentations
·
1:30 to 3:30 –
present in groups of two – final project will consist of a paper that presents
a goal and problem statement, solution and procedure from gathering data, ties
to curriculum, ties to standards, and
graphs and charts to prove their point
PROBES AVAILABLE http://www.pasco.com/products/probeware/PASPORT/sensors.cfm?type=PASPORT&science=HighSchool&heading=All
1.
Exercise heart rate Exercise
Heart Rate Sensor
2.
Water quality
3.
Temperature, light, sound Temperature/Sound
Level/Light Sensor
4.
Soil moisture Soil
Moisture Sensor
5.
GPS GPS
Position Sensor
ABOUT
THE XPLORER GLX: as well as various units, provide
probeware-based experiments that provide excellent methods for hands-on real
world activities and experiences even when computers are not available.
GPS
OBJECTIVES:
·
construct
geospatial awareness
·
pinpoint
location
·
discuss
latitude, longitude, altitude, and velocity
·
measure
and observe running, walking, and bicycling
ACTIVITIES:
Using the
relative position mode students will collect data, input data, then analyze the outcome of motion
and energy of moving objects including cars, bicycle, boats, and people to
compare and contrast kinesthetic understanding of kinematic graphs
Using the default mode students will
examine and discuss latitude and longitude and compare and contrast local and
distant areas relative to activities such as sports and leisure
PROJECT: Data
accumulation would be observed and maps would be created using either a mapping
software program or a computer generated mapping program along with Google
maps, or GoogleEarth.
SOIL MOISTURE
OBJECTIVES:
·
measure
water content of soil
·
results
are in percentages
·
conduct
experiments in environmental science, horticulture, biology, and agricultural
science
ACTIVITIES:
Students will collect data, input, and then
analyze the outcome to determine measures of loss of soil moisture over time
due to weather variances such as sun vs. cloud activity and plant uptake,
weather cycles can be examined. Students will evaluate necessary soil moisture content
and examine how soil moisture affects plant growth with various plant species.
PROJECT: Data
accumulation would be documented and presented via a PowerPoint presentation and
include digital photographs and/or video showing the variances of data. Oral presentations would follow.
TEMPERATURE, LIGHT, SOUND
OBJECTIVES:
·
conduct
all three measurements simultaneously and continuously – temperature, light,
and sound
ACTIVITIES:
Students will collect data, input data, and then analyze the outcome
to determine temperature differences between areas in a room or building.
Determine light levels on a sunny vs. cloudy day and carry over the study into
different seasons, track weather cycles. Students can compare sound levels of
voice pitch, whispering, singing, applauding, animal sounds, birds singing,
dogs barking, etc.
PROJECT: Data
accumulation and compare/contrast analysis using charts, graphs, and tables and
Excel.
WATER QUALITY
OBJECTIVES:
·
conduct
water studies including temperature, pH, purity, conductivity and dissolved
oxygen
ACTIVITIES:
Students will collect data, input data, and then analyze the outcome
to determine thermal pollution, drinking water purity from public water systems
and rural well water systems, conduct acid rain investigations, and measure
photosynthesis. T
PROJECT: Investigative
study activities would culminate with a research paper in Word and
compare/contrast using Excel.
EXERCISE HEART RATE
OBJECTIVES:
·
measure
electrical signals from the cardiac muscle
·
measure
pulse and heart rate in rest and exercise mode
ACTIVITIES:
Students will collect data, input data, and then analyze the outcome
to determine heart rate before, during, and after exercise, recovery rate after
exercise, affects of caffeine, how heart rate changes when sitting, standing,
laying, flex muscles, raise limbs, etc.
PROJECT: Investigative study activities would
culminate with a research paper using Word.
INSTALL
DataStudio SOFTWARE http://pasco.com/featured-products/datastudio/index.cfm
a. download a trial
version at the web site above
b. double click the
zip icon
c. extract to the
desktop
d. locate the icon
and double click to install – follow screen prompts
e. double click the
icon to open the software – when you see license and key information choose the
lite version – no keys are needed
HOW IT WORKS: Video
tutorials: http://www.pasco.com/featured-products/xplorer-glx/index.cfm
1.
Turn on – bottom
right green button
2.
Hit ‘home’ – middle right button w/ house
icon
3.
Press F4 to see “connect a sensor”
4.
Connect sensor
and wait for the sensor connected to
appear
5.
Choose what data
you want to collect by choosing
‘visible’
a.
NOTES: to
cancel an action or to move away from ‘home,’
hit the ESC button
b.
Move through with
arrows, select is really ‘enter’ using the check
mark button -
6.
Click on home (house) icon
7.
Use the arrow
keys to select a chart, table, graph,
etc.
8.
Press the check
mark to select
9.
Press the large right arrow to start data
collection and then again to stop data collection
a.
Ideas: busy
side of street, vs. slow side, different times of the day, stand in front of a
building, go to busy side, stay one minutes, walk up steps for one minute, keep
track of what you’re doing and measuring – details… repeat this for another
street to get two sets of data
10.
As soon as the
stop button is pushed, that is first run
11.
To create a
second run press the button to start then
again to stop
a.
Ideas: Press auto scale in the far left corner to make the graph larger and easier to read
b.
Press F4 to see
different displays of the data collected – choose 2 runs if you collected two
runs of data and the runs will show in the same graph
c.
To save, go home, press F2 (go to data files to rename – press F4, scroll down, to rename, use the keypad to label the
file)
d.
Choose the
function keys and scroll to make choices
e.
To create a new
file, choose F4 and ‘new file’
HOW TO TRANSFER TO A FLASH DRIVE and EXPORT TO EXCEL
After one or several runs are made:
a.
Insert a flash drive into the Pasco unit
b.
click the ‘home’ button
a.
F2 (table
menu) – this defaults to two columns, both might be blank with dashed lines
across the top
b.
Might need to
populate the table by hand if the table is blank (move the data from graph to
table)
c.
Press the check
button to highlight the dashed lines
d.
Press the check
button again and choose a heading from the drop down menu
e.
Attach the flash
drive
f.
Press F4 to export all data
g.
Leave all as is,
default is Unicode, i.e.
h.
Okay
i.
Wait until finished
j.
Remove the flash
and insert it into a computer
k.
Open Excel and
choose ‘open’
l.
Select the flash
drive in the ‘look in’ window at the
top
m. Make sure ‘all
files’ shows in the ‘file name,’
bottom window
n.
Select the text
file name similar to: GLXportRun1
o.
Choose delimited then next, next, finish
p.
Date will show in
the Excel document
q.
Create charts,
graphs, etc.
r.
If using the
DataStudio software choose file, import data, look for the file name
similar to: GLXportRun1
12.
a.
Highlight sets
and press the ck mark to exclude or f4 to select all
b.
F1 for okay
c.
Take flash out of
the pasco and insert it into a computer
d.
Open the flash
and look for text file
e.
Chose import
tab-delimited data
13.
NOTE: before
returning, delete all files – home, data files – select – file – F3 to delete
CURRICULUM IDEAS: http://www.pasco.com/products/curriculum/index.cfm (Click
on a curriculum topic, click on the ‘experiments’
tab, click on sample handouts and activity sheets for each probe
14.
Open the file, F1
to open, ‘home’ to look at data – use arrows to move through and use the check
mark to select a method to view
15.
To move the point
in time in a graph use the arrow keys
16.
If a probe can
collect two or more things there is no choice to make when collecting but there
is a choice to make when displaying –
17.
To Export: be in
a table or graph mode, F4, connect USB, OK, it will be named GLexport.glc,
choices appear, choose ‘add all’, OK, bar will show as it is being saved – ok
when complete – rename flash drive file on the computer
18.
Go to Excel or
use the PASCO software, file, import, change to text file, flashdrive, select
it, open in Excel, get data, deliminated, DOS, next, next, OK