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Musical Plates is an Internet-based multidisciplinary project which will enrich a student's learning experience through "unique and compelling" applications of instructional technology. In particular, this project taps into some of the exciting new applications of the Internet in education by having students access real time earthquake data, interact with experts online, and publish their own work to the project web site.
Musical Plates is an Internet-based multidisciplinary project which will enrich a student's learning experience through "unique and compelling" applications of instructional technology. In particular, this project taps into some of the exciting new applications of the Internet in education by having students access real time earthquake data, interact with experts online, and publish their own work to the project web site. Students will tap into these fantastic resources all in the context of an authentic real world problem which they will need to solve using science and mathematics.
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By analyzing real-time data over a set time frame, students will produce formal results akin to the requirements of the business world. This project encompasses such general career skills as handling numbers, responding to problems, working in teams, using equipment, critical thinking, and communication.This activity could be an ongoing component of an Earth Science unit covering earthquakes and plate tectonics.
By analyzing real-time data over a set time frame, students will produce formal results akin to the requirements of the business world. This project encompasses such general career skills as handling numbers, responding to problems, working in teams, using equipment, critical thinking, and communication.This activity could be an ongoing component of an Earth Science unit covering earthquakes and plate tectonics. The educator could point out the correlations to business performance and general career skills.
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computer
Internet connection
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| Internet browser (e.g. Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator) |
| This technology integrated lesson provides an opportunity for the introduction or reinforcement of the following technology skills: |
| Grades 6-8 |
Use the Internet to retrieve real-time data.
Download pdf files |
| Grades 9-12 |
| Access and interpret online data information |
| Internet Searches & Web Quests |
Internet Resources for the Classroom, Part 2
Using the Internet in the Classroom |
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| Science Academic Content Standards |
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| Earth and Space Sciences | |
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| Benchmarks (6 - 8) |
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| E. | Describe the processes that contribute to the continuous changing of Earth's surface (e.g., earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, erosion, mountain building and lithospheric plate movements). |
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| Benchmarks (9 - 10) |
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| E. | Explain the processes that move and shape Earth's surface. |
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| 9. | Describe the interior structure of Earth and Earth's crust as divided into tectonic plates riding on top of the slow moving currents of magma in the mantle. |
| 10. | Explain that most major geological events (e.g., earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, hot spots and mountain building) result from plate motion. |
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| Grade Level Indicators (Grade 9) |
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| 6. | Explain the results of plate tectonic activity (e.g., magma generation, igneous intrusion, metamorphism, volcanic action, earthquakes, faulting and folding). |
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| Scientific Inquiry | |
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| B. | Analyze and interpret data from scientific investigations using appropriate mathematical skills in order to draw valid conclusions. |
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| Benchmarks (9 - 10) |
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| A. | Participate in and apply the processes of scientific investigation to create models and to design, conduct, evaluate and communicate the results of these investigations. |
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| Grade Level Indicators (Grade 8) |
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| 3. | Read, construct and interpret data in various forms produced by self and others in both written and oral form (e.g., tables, charts, maps, graphs, diagrams, symbols). |
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| Grade Level Indicators (Grade 9) |
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| 3. | Construct, interpret and apply physical and conceptual models that represent or explain systems, objects, events or concepts. |
| 6. | Draw logical conclusions based on scientific knowledge and evidence from investigations. |
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| Technology Standards |
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| Technology and Information Literacy | |
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| Benchmarks (6 - 8) |
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| A. | Evaluate the accuracy, authority, objectivity, currency, coverage and relevance of information and data sources. |
| D. | Select, access and use appropriate electronic resources for a defined information need. |
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| Benchmarks (9 - 12) |
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| A. | Determine and apply an evaluative process to all information sources chosen for a project. |
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| National Science Education Standards |
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| Science as Inquiry | |
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| Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry (Grades 5 - 8) |
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| Use appropriate tools and techniques to gather, analyze, and interpret data |
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| Develop descriptions, explanations, predictions, and models using evidence |
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| Think critically and logically to make the relationships between evidence and explanations. |
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| Communicate scientific procedures and explanations. |
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| Understandings about scientific inquiry (Grades 5 - 8) |
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| Different kinds of questions suggest different kinds of scientific investigations. Some investigations involve observing and describing objects, organisms, or events; some involve collecting specimens; some involve experiments; some involve seeking more information; some involve discovery of new objects and phenomena; and some involve making models. |
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| Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry (Grades 9 - 12) |
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| Use technology and mathematics to improve investigations and communications. |
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| Understandings about scientific inquiry (Grades 9 - 12) |
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| Scientists rely on technology to enhance the gathering and manipulation of data. New techniques and tools provide new evidence to guide inquiry and new methods to gather data, thereby contributing to the advance of science. The accuracy and precision of the data, and therefore the quality of the exploration, depends on the technology used. |
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| Earth and Space Science | |
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| Structure of the earth system (Grades 5 - 8) |
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| Lithospheric plates on the scales of continents and oceans constantly move at rates of centimeters per year in response to movements in the mantle. Major geological events, such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and mountain building, result from these plate motions. |
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| RESOURCE TYPE |
| Instructional Resource |
| PRACTICE LEVEL |
| Best Practice |
| STANDARDS ALIGNMENT |
| Grades 6 - 10 |
| CAREER FIELDS |
Business & Administrative Services;
Engineering & Science Technologies;
Government & Public Administration;
General Career Skills |
| TOPICS |
Science --
Science and Inquiry;
Inquiry Process Skills;
Earth and Space Science;
Processes that Shape the Earth;
Plate Tectonics |
| FOUND IN |
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Standards First |
| KEYWORDS |
natural hazards;
earthquakes;
volcanoes;
real data |
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Publisher: Stevens Institute of Technology
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