1 WELCOME Julia McDowell and Sierra Reid July 12, 2010
Dec 16, 2015
2Who We Are
• Julia McDowell• Rising senior at Wilson• Club swimmer• Member of Model United Nations• Member of National Honor Society
3Who We Are
• Sierra Reid• Rising senior at Westview• Cross country runner and swimmer• 2nd place at 2009 Oregon cyclocross
championships• Member of National Honor Society• Triathlete
4Backgrounds in Science
• Courses in bio, chem, physics, computer modeling
• Volunteer at OMSI• Career/major interests-
oceanography, math, physics, engineering
• Colleges-Cornell, Stanford, Rensselaer, Claremont McKenna, Carnegie Mellon
• EXITE camp through IBM• Courses in bio, chem,
environmental science• Career/major interests-
marine biology, engineering, environmental science
• Colleges-Cornell, Stanford, Gonzaga, UC Berkeley, Harvey Mudd
7Our Project
• Our goal: to improve the understanding of the Columbia river and what goes on around it
• Give guidance on how to improve the model• Understand variability• Look at short term and long term ranges of model and
observed data• Visually and statistically analyze modeled and observed data• http://www.stccmop.org/
8Relating to Classroom
• Real Data• Gives hands on experience• Salinity and temp data related to density of ocean
water– Experiment with cold-hot water density, relate to
observations• Hypoxia newspaper articles• Field trips• All available online, no new programs necessary• Lots of different programs
14Things to avoid– from a high school perspective
• Too many work days• Labs with no hands on• Vocab activities• Reading the book out loud• Going over every answer on review packets• Busy work• Delaying due dates • Focusing on a few students
16Things to do
• Projects, hands on activities• Consistent homework• Discuss key chapters in class, after reading for
homework• Interactive lectures• Outline notes• Test on key ideas, not inconsequential pieces
of information
17Thing to do, cont.
• Relate projects and labs back to key concepts• Provide calendars with important dates, and
follow them• Individual and group projects• Interact with ALL students• Provide further learning opportunities• Use digital aids• Take a walking field trip to interact with outside
world• More positive feedback