Schedule for Soil Module Development

General Schedule
week 1 week 2 week 3 week 4
Dec 12/2: Begin new materials prep.
Jan
Feb 2/17: Begin classroom testing
Mar 3/14: Recom. revisions based on pilot 3/21: Review mid-point corrections 3/31: Implement corrections
Apr 4/25: Complete classroom testing
May 5/9: Final selection of new material
Jun 6/6: All GLOBE III materials ready 6/9-13 Train-the-Trainers 6/27: AD's approve all changes
Jul 7/11: Final approval
Aug 8/8: GLOBE III operational

Soils Module team members:
Elissa Levine Jim Washburne Ted Habermann Chris O'Handley Barbara Means
Ken Coles Cyndy Henzel Harold McWilliams Christy Spector Sara Chavarria

Priorities/Developmental Responsibilities

  1. Changes to existing material
  2. Universal activities
  3. New Protocols
    Lead December January
    EL Bulk Density Fertility
    JW Infiltration Soil Temperature
  4. K-3 Discovery Activities
    Team December January
    EL Earth(Worm) Movers
    CH,JW,EL,CO Design-a-Soil Interface
    JW,CH,EL,CS Inquiry-based rewrite of existing material
  5. Physical Modeling
    Team December January
    JW,EL Soil Column Terrarium
    CH,JW Sand box models
  6. Modeling and Analysis

    Team December January
    EL NPK Crop Model
    JW Weight and Volume Infiltration, API, Soil Temp.
    JW,EL,CO Model-a-Soil Interface

Pilot Testing

Ken Coles at Purdue has a network of schools already involved with piloting soils educational materials so this will serve as our main piloting mechanism. In addition, we are in the process of recruiting paired GLOBE/non-GLOBE schools around Tucson to pilot both new and existing material. We hope to get 2 schools at each level, for a total of 12 schools participating.

[Elissa: We need more specifics here!!]

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Last updated: 12/2/96
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