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Following a Drop of Water |
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Written by Steven Moore
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Tuesday, 06 July 2010 |
During four-hour sessions with two groups of participants in June, 2010, Steven Moore led middle- and high school Upward Bound students through an activity entitled "Follow a Drop of Water from Tucson to the Gulf of California." The goal of the activity was to provide students with a perspective on how their actions locally can impact the distant ocean. Learning objectives for the activity included: (1) identify how the health of the ocean and human health are intertwined; (2) learn about pollutants that arise from human activities, how they affect humans and wildlife, and how they pollute the ocean; (3) use topographic maps to identify how water flows from Tucson to the Gulf of California; and (4) identify potential sources of pollution that a drop of water could pick up on its trip from Tucson to the ocean. Students in the session first discussed the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and identified impacts the spill could have on humans and wildlife. Then, the students read an editorial from Environmental Health Perspectives (April 2004) entitled "Ocean Health and Human Health," listed ways that human and ocean health are connected, and discussed the interconnections. Next, the students watched portions of the FRONTLINE documentary "Poisoned Waters" (originally broadcast April, 2009) and listed pollutants produced by human activity and how they get to the ocean. After that, the students used highlighters and topographic maps to trace the route that a drop of water from Tucson, Arizona, takes down the Santa Cruz, Gila, and Colorado rivers to get to the Gulf of California. Finally, the students created posters that illustrated what they had found.
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Chuck Bowler Presents at the MD Association for Environmental and Outdoor Educators Conference |
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Written by Steven Moore
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Wednesday, 10 March 2010 |
On February 25, 2010, 2009 Coastlines Cohort graduate Chuck Bowler presented “Helping Kids ‘Find Themselves’ with GIS at the annual MAEOE conference. The conference was held at the Rocky Gap Resort Hotel near Cumberland, MD and was attended by environmental educators from 5 different states. The program discussed using GIS to help minority students, especially ELL students, to learn more about the world near them. Integrating digital storytelling, field research, and GIS can provide unique insights into the student’s world using technology as the “gateway”. Short GIS lessons can be invaluable to explore teachable moments such as earthquakes, hurricanes, snowfall, or flooding, once the students are familiar with the software.
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