Department:
Science
Year Group:
Year 8
Venue Region:
Yorkshire & Humberside
Town:
Hull
Summary:
On the 25 th November 30 intrepid Year 8’s braved the atrocious weather to take part in an environmental experiment conducted at the cities Botanic gardens with the help of Hull University. The project is part of a series of experiments which are repeated in the Spring and summer terms. It is designed to investigate the effect of sunlight and soil temperature on the micro habitats found in the three distinct environments developed by the Universities Biology department at the Botanic Gardens. After a morning of conducting these scientific experiments the group went to the Universities Computer department.. The groups then worked collaboratively to process their results electronically. They produced excel spreadsheets of their results and gave a presentation to explain which type of visual display they had decided was the best. The rest of the group produced power point presentation with embedded hot spots that hyperlinked the location of their micro habitats from a map of the Botanic Garden. They then presented this to the rest of the group. This project is funded by a National body called the Field Studies Council with National Lottery funding. This organisation is so excited by the details of Kelvin hall’s Project it is planned to incorporate it in their national website as an example of good practice.
Venue:
Hull Botanic Gardens, University of Hull
very cheap great fro purpose
Benefit:
satisfied some many aspects eg collaborative learning, cross curricula , ICTAC, working with outside agencies
Plus points:
Collaborative learning
using the local amenities
working with University
demonstrating the relevance of IT as a tool
using the local amenities
working with University
demonstrating the relevance of IT as a tool
Minus points:
not enough time!!!
Overall:
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