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The SOAR-High Project
The SOAR-High Project, established in 1999, is an exploration of web based course work and collaboration. Students and teachers in distant classes are working together to study Earth System Science. Students learn do science as scientists do it - a process which involves reading, learning, experimenting, analyzing, writing, collaboration and sharing information.
Earth System Science is a holistic approach to the study of the Earth. Students investigate the interactions among the Earth's components in order to understand Earth dynamics and global change. In this technology intensive course students will work together in collaborative teams to investigate various aspects of the Earth as a system.
Students will conduct background research, develop a question and a testable hypothesis, model aspects of the Earth system, create visualizations of data, and publish their findings on the Internet. The classes will exchange electronically each other as part of the SOAR-High Earth System Science community.
Units of Study
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Introduction to Earth System Science Unit 2 Energy: Currents & Cycles Unit 3 ESS Interactions: The Lithosphere Unit 4 ESS Interactions: The Atmosphere |
SOAR-High collaborators are
science students
and teachers at six institutions. In the Fall of 1999, the
collaborators
began online and interactive Earth System Science course work developed
on web pages by MSSD science teacher Mary Ellsworth. Now in our sixth
year of the project, students and
teachers interact with each other across the distance via online
discussion,
collaboration
software, and video conferencing.
 Model Secondary School for the Deaf Washington, D.C. |
d Teacher Mary Ellsworth Project Developer 1999 |
d Teacher Kamilla Joskowiak 2004-2006 |
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 Indiana School for the Deaf Indianapolis, Indiana |
 Teacher Teresa Huckleberry 2000 |
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 University High School Irvine, California |
 Teacher Chris Gonzales 2000 |
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 North Caroline School for the Deaf Morganton, NC |
 Jana Lollis 2002 |
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 Iowa School for the Deaf |
 Teacher
Michael George 2004 |
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 Teachers Nancy Little and Rita Miller 2004 |
Goals for Project SOAR-High
1. To explore web based learning through the use of online courseware, group collaboration software, and video conferencing.
2. To provide the opportunity for teachers to collaborate and share innovative classroom strategies and good science teaching practices.
3. To implement classroom strategies that promote science learning for deaf and hard of hearing students, including a constructivist approach, project based learning, use of data in the classroom, use of reading strategies, integration of deaf role models, and development of science portfolios.
4. To encourage students to collaborate in the multidisciplinary study of Earth System Science, the study of the Earth as the sum of many interactive systems and processes.
5. To use technology and the tools of science to experiment, measure, record results, graph, analyze data, and draw conclusions, and in doing so to experience the discipline of science as an investigative endeavor in which a sense of honesty, devotion to facts, healthy skepticism, open-mindedness, and fairness are valued attributes.
6. To meet the specific requirements for meeting science standards at each of the participating schools and their respective localities.
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Student Outcomes for Project SOAR- High
At the end of the project students will ...
1. Exhibit improved independent learning skills such as time management skills, locating relevant resources, following directions, effective communication, and problem solving.
2. Exhibit team collaboration skills.
3. Exhibit the ability to use technology and multimedia to report on, present, and generally communicate about about their work in science.
4. Be able to use video conferencing technology to work with and collaborate with peers at a distance.
5. Exhibit an understanding of science as a method and a process that involves experimentation, reporting, and communicating with other investigators.
6. Produce projects that include the collection of data, use of data and data analysis techniques as a way to verify and learn about their world.
7. Exhibit improved communication skills (reading and writing) through their use of multimedia technologies which provide a rich visual environment.
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| Acknowledgments... |
Project SOAR-High has been made possible through generous grants from
and
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 A Photo Essay to say Thank you! |
Project SOAR-High for high school
students
is an outgrowth of Gallaudet University's
Project S*OAR,
which provided distance learning
graduate
course work for secondary science and math teachers, and explored the
use
of video conferencing between classrooms.
Participating schools are using
VCON ISDN
video conferencing systems
provided through the S*OAR Project.
With deep appreciation the teachers of SOAR-High acknowledge the support of S*OAR project director, Dr. Henry David Snyder, for his vision, inspiration, and innovation as a science educator. Known for his endless energy and dedication, Dr. Snyder provides deaf students and teachers of the deaf with insightful science teaching practices.
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