[LTER-education] Draft 1 - Cross-site activity - focus on precipitation

[Sarah Thorne]

Hi All,
I want to let you know that I will no longer be joining you for your LTER
Education Team meetings. As of the end of October, I have resigned from my
job as Educator for Hubbard Brook Research Foundation. I will miss you and
the essential work of HBRF and other LTER sites. I wish you all the best in
your dedicated work.

This will allow me to make more room in my life for my volunteer
activities. Meanwhile, Anthea Lavalley and Sarah Garlick will continue
receiving your e-mails on LTER Education activities. Stay tuned for the
next chapter of HBRF education programs!

Best wishes,
Sarah

On Tue, Oct 6, 2020 at 3:55 PM Jill Haukos <konzaed at ksu.edu> wrote:

> Educators -
>
> I've attached a first draft of what I'm imagining for a potential
> cross-site activity.  If you and your site are interested in participating,
> here are some details and info I'm seeking from participants:
>
> Audience:        5th – 7th grades
>
> Goal:                Increase understanding of the different biomes and
> how they react to water –
>
>    including aspects that affect water, including (but not limited to):  drought,
> elevation, temperature, and salinity
>
>
>
> *What I need from each site participating: *
>
>
>
> *1.  Name of site *
>
> *2.  Biome or habitat of site *
>
> *3.  Describe your site – how would you describe your site to a child who
> had never visited before?  Include as much detail as you      think
> necessary for a child to really “get” your site.  *
>
> *4.  How does water affect your site?  What aspects of water are part of
> the equation? *
>
> *5.  Include a data set from your site that relates to water that a child
> could easily understand.  If it exists! *
>
>
>
> What I’m thinking of asking kids:
>
>
>
> 1.  Read about the sites and then answer questions relating to what
> they’ve read, such as:
>
>
>
>             a.  Which of the sites would be most affected by:
>
>                         - Drought
>
>                         - Rising temperatures of the ocean
>
>                         - Hurricane
>
>                         - High amounts of rain
>
>                         - Dry winter – low snowfall
>
>                         - An unusually warm winter
>
>                         - An unusually cold winter
>
>                         - Forest fires
>
>                         - others?
>
>
>
>             b.  Which sites have:
>
>                         - Distinct seasons
>
>                         - Just one season that is about the same all year
>
>                         - The least precipitation
>
>                         - The most precipitation – what affects this?
>
>
>
> 2.  What is the average amount of precipitation that each site receives?
>
> 3.  At what sites do you think it’s important that the precipitation
> arrives at a certain time of the year?
>
> 4.  Which sites seem to get about the same amount of precipitation every
> year?
>
> 5.  What sites seem to get a very different amount of precipitation every
> year?  Why do you think there are differences in the annual precipitation
> at some of the sites and not others?
>
> I've attached my responses for Konza Prairie that could serve as a
> template. Note: this is a work in progress, I foresee it changing/morphing
> as necessary. Nothing is set in stone.
>
> Many thanks!
>
> Jill
>
>
>
> Jill F. Haukos
> Director of Education
> Konza Prairie Biological Station
> 116 Ackert Hall; Division of Biology
> Kansas State University
> Manhattan, KS  66506
> (785) 587-0381
> konzaed at ksu.edu
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*Sarah Thorne, Educator*
*Hubbard Brook Research Foundation*
sthorne at hubbardbrookfoundation.org
cell: (603) 717-5124
https://hubbardbrook.org/education
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