Middle School Collaborative (MSC)

Guided-Inquiry in Middle School Mathematics and Science

Middle School Collaborative Series 2008-09

Workshop #1

Trees, Me and Technology: Using Data to Ignite Critical Thinking

Date: October 29, 2008

Time: 4:30-7:30 PM

Location: Library, Troy A. Howard Middle School, Belfast, Maine

Handouts:

• Big 6 Handouts
• Close Closer Closest!
• FBRI Scientific Observations
• Graphing In Data Studio
• How Old Is Your Tree?
• Leaf Press
• Mashup Tree Maps (using Google Earth)
• Tree Brochures
• Tree Data Sheet
• Tree Rings
• Tree Sketches
• Tree Terrarium

Informational Texts and Articles:

• Cause and Effect
• Cellulosic Ethanol
• Climate Change Microbes
• Compare and Contrast
• Concept Word Map
• Descriptive
• Descriptive Pattern
• Ethanol BioFuels
• Fungus BioFuels
• Nature-Deficit Disorder
• Paper Gets a Nano Makeover
• Persuasive Writing Tools
• Problem solutions
• Something out of Nothing

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	This activity is supported by National Science Foundation award #EPS-0554545 to Maine EPSCoR at the University of Maine