Activity:  Stream Gauge Lab

Pre-Activity:  Discussion of remote sensing tools.

Do Now:  Show the maps and images that you included in your essay.

Aim:  To find and analyze results from remote sensing tools.

Major Assignment:  Find stream gauges, obtain observations, analyze them and report findings.

Processes, Skills, Goals:  Using interactive map interfaces to obtain science measurements, analyze and report on them.  Continue to learn limits and capabilities of specific technologies.  Examine the rate of change of major and minor local water features.

Content:  Stream Gauge Lab

Instructions:  Remind students to use maps and images to tell their essay stories.  Explain stream gauges as simple remote sensing devices, encourage students to stay on task to complete assignment, then go on to explore.  Relate findings back to Water lab.

Materials:  Computers with online access and GE installed.  Stream Gauge Lab.  

Guiding Questions:  How much time and energy did you save by not having to travel to the stream gauge site?  How current is the data?  Could you have gathered synchronous data simultaneously?

Homework:   Complete lab and anticipate another one.