Student Analysis of Data Driving Learning about the Earth (SADDLE): A Next Generation GLOBE Proposal

学生分析数据驱动学习关于地球（鞍）：下一代地球仪提案数据驱动学习关于地球（鞍）项目的学生分析为地球仪学生和教师提供了机会，进行与流域科学相关的基于调查的调查。 该项目正在创建便于学生使用的界面，使学生能够与促进水文科学大学联合会正在建造的大型科学观测站的实时和存档数据库进行互动。 正在探讨的具体专题包括：水通过分水岭的流动、人类活动如何影响分水岭，反之亦然，以及土地使用对分水岭生态系统的影响。 两项新的开放式科学调查将使学生能够使用来自自己流域的CUAHSI和地球仪数据进行调查。 在中学阶段，学生将调查流域的水预算，并制定数据收集策略，以探索系统中任何通量不平衡的根源。 一项更高级的研究允许高中学生考虑土地利用变化对河流流量的影响以及城市和农业发展对水质的影响。 与许多其他地球仪项目不同，该奖项的重点是数据分析和解释，而不是数据收集。 正在定制新的界面和可视化工具，包括地理信息系统技术，使非科学家能够方便、无缝地访问CUAHSI和地球仪数据库，使学生能够在“学以致用”的教育背景下进行定性和定量分析。 目前正在制定基于浏览器和桌面环境的战略（以“我的世界”为基础），以适应各个学校现有的各种技术能力。 还正在开展新的学习活动，帮助学生掌握进行开放式调查所需的科学内容。 几个机构的水文科学家在设计这些资源时提供内容方面的专门知识，这些资源在广泛传播之前正在由一批教师进行实地测试。 三种类型的专业发展讲习班（教师的基础和高级讲习班; CUAHSI人员的外联讲习班）将在奖励的传播阶段提供关于使用这些学习活动和流域调查的培训。

Student Analysis of Data Driving Learning about the Earth (SADDLE): A Next Generation GLOBE ProposalThe Student Analysis of Data Driving Learning about the Earth (SADDLE) project is providing GLOBE students and teachers with opportunities to conduct inquiry-based investigations related to watershed science. The project is creating student-friendly interfaces that allow students to interact with the real-time and archived databases associated with the large-scale scientific observatory being constructed by the Consortium of Universities for Advancement of Hydrologic Science (CUAHSI). Specific topics being explored include the flow of water though a watershed, how human activities impact watersheds and vice versa, and land use impacts on watershed ecosystems. Two new, open-ended science investigations will enable students to conduct investigations using CUAHSI and GLOBE data from their own watersheds. In middle school grade levels, students will investigate the water budget for the watershed and developing data collection strategies to explore the origins of any flux imbalances in the system. A more advanced study allows high school students to consider the impacts of land use changes on stream flow and the effects of urban and agricultural development on water quality. Unlike many other GLOBE projects, the emphasis of this award is on data analysis and interpretation, rather than data collection. New interfaces and visualization tools, including GIS techniques, are being customized to provide non-scientists with easy, seamless access to the CUAHSI and GLOBE databases, allowing students to conduct qualitative and quantitative analysis within the "Learning-for-Use educational context. Both browser-based and desktop environment strategies (based on My World) are being developed, to accommodate the variable technological capabilities that exist at individual schools. New learning activities that help students master the scientific content needed to conduct the open-ended investigations are also being created. Hydrologic scientists at several institutions are providing content expertise during the design of these resources, which are being field-tested by a cohort of teachers before widespread dissemination. Three types of professional development workshops (basic and advanced for teachers; outreach for CUAHSI personnel) will provide training on the use of these learning activities and watershed investigations during the dissemination phase of the award.