Original presented 11 May 2002
Introduction to this Workshop
Introduction to Hydrology
Dr. Michael J. Passow
Earth Science Content
“Case Studies of Water Resource Problems”
Dr. Upmanu Lall
Senior Research Scientist, IRI
http://www.columbia.edu/~ula2/
Integrating Educational Technologies
Building your own WebQuest (Desktop Publishing)
Today you will build your own WebQuest while you start practicing some desktop publishing skills. You don’t have to get complicated to build a WebQuest. You can do it in Word (see sample below – third link), put it on the Web (there are several online tools that help you do this which we will see in future workshops), or even do it in PowerPoint!
Today we will use Word to practice:
How to copy, paste and activate a hyperlink in a local file (Word, PowerPoint, Inspiration, whatever…)
How to toggle back and forth from the Web Browser window to the local document window.
How to copy an image from the web to a local document.
Saving the document as a template that all students can start the activity from and then save as their own.
Using the materials presented today, think of an activity related to the classroom curriculum you are teaching. Following the Format Sheet (first link below and handouts), you will quickly plan a WebQuest activity using the links provided in the resources section (you can use one, two, or all of them!). You then will start developing a document to present the WebQuest to your students.
WebQuest Format Sheet (Word downloadable* and printable version)
Sample WebQuest using Word (.doc)
Here are some examples of projects that use Real-time Data, developed by the Steven’s Institute, that you could participate in or get ideas from:
* To download any of our files, right-click on top of the link and choose Save Target As… This command will download the file to your computer, be it Word, PowerPoint, HTML, image, whatever.
A WebQuest Lesson Using Filamentality (Online)
Click on the link below to learn how to use an online tool to build your WebQuest. This is an easy way to have a published activity!
http://www.filamentality.com/wired/fil/formats.html
Resources
Links from Dr. Passow’s Hydrology PowerPoint Presentation
Water Cycle
http://www.chias.org/www/edu/mitc/wkshp/ocean/oceans.html
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/wtsm5.htm
http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/GSFC/EARTH/atmos/ozone.htm
AMS’s “Water in the Earth System”
http://www.ametsoc.org/amsedu/WES/home.html
Monitoring Stream Flow
http://www.epa.gov/surf3/locate/
Flooding
http://www.noaa.gov/
Drought
http://enso.unl.edu/monitor/monitor.html
Water Quality Issues
www.water.usgs.gov
http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/pictureshtml/fishshock.html
Groundwater Systems
http://www.groundwater.com/
http://www.groundwater.com/what_is_groundwater.html
http://water.usgs.gov/
Coastal Issues
www.nos.noaa.gov
http://www.noaa.gov/coasts.html
Observations from Space
http://www.goes.noaa.gov
NASA’s Earth Observatory
http://www.earthobservatory.nasa.gov/
Climate Influences on the Water Cycle
http://www.noaa.gov/
Examples of Hydrology-Related LDEO Research
Hudson River Research
http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/programs/index.html
IRI
http://iri.ldeo.columbia.edu/application/sector/water/
Dr. Upmanu Lall
Senior Research Scientist, IRI
http://iri.ldeo.columbia.edu/