Online Scienceathon
Short Description
Science-athon events are easy to implement, fun, and instructive. Each event includes the exploration of questions using displays of student-generated data.
Subjects
Technology Needed
Computer with Internet access and a browser
Time Commitment
10-12 hours of classtime
Registration Information
Log into http://scithon.terc.edu/; click on the event, go to Step 3 and Enroll your class.
Registration Deadline
now or during each event
Full Project Description
The Online Science-athon offers elementary and middle-grade students opportunities to discover the science in
their daily lives. Each event challenges students to investigate their world in ways that are engaging and fun, easy for teachers to incorporate into their teaching, and instructive. Yet, common to all of the events is that they are delivered from the Science-athon web site, result in class data that is submitted to a central data base,and include the exploration of questions using displays of student-generated data.
Events include:
| The Marble Roll | November, 2000 - January 30, 2001 |
| How Tall Am I? | January - April, 2001 |
| Catching Sunshine | April - June, 2001 |
Project Objectives
Students doing the Scienceathon will develop standards-based understandings of
- technological design
- science process
- science content relevant to the event
- the use of data to accomplish the above.
Assessment
- formal
- research report
- sharing designs
- predicting/explaining
- oral presentations
- paragraphs
- pre and post questionnaires
- informal
Sponsored by
TERC (Center for Learning, Teaching, and School Partnerships)
