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How much water do we use everyday in our homes? Would you be suprised to learn that the average American uses between 80-100 gallons per day? Do we think people in other parts of the world use more or less water than Americans? This collaborative project will help students find out the answers to these questions. By collecting data on water usage from people around the world we will be able to see how our water use compares to others, and determine what we might do to use less water.
Learning Objectives:
This Internet-based collaborative project will allow
students to:
-- share information about water usage with other students from around the world.
-- determine the average amount of water used by one person in a day.
-- compare the daily average amount of water used per person in other parts of the world.
-- record the water use by members in their household for one week.
-- compile results as a class.
-- calculate the average amount of water used by one person per day.
-- submit this information to the project web site.
-- develope a hypotheses
-- predict relationships within the data.
-- analize the data.
-- confirm or reject thier hypotheses.
State Standards:
Standard 3 - Technology Productivity Tools
3T-E1, 3T-E2,3T-E3, 3T-E4
Standard 4 - Technology Communication Tools
4T-E1, 4T-E2, 4T-E3
Standard 5 - Technology Research Tools
5T-E1, 5T-E2
Standard 6 - Technology as a Tool for Problem Solving
6T-E1
Challenges that need to be addressed:
This project requires students to have access to the Internet primairly for research, and global collaboration through email. Concerns that inhibit implementation are slow Internet speed, students access to email, and an unreliable network.
