THE JASON EXPEDITION:
MYSTERIES OF EARTH & MARS
Case Western Reserve University’s (CASE) Center for Science and
Mathematics Education partners with the JASON Foundation for Education (JFE)
to bring the JASON Expedition Program to northeast Ohio. The JASON
Expedition Program is an excellent model for teaching and learning for
4th to 9th grade students, but is also a model for any grade level. It is
a standards based, multi-media, supplemental science and technology
program rich with examples of hands-on, inquiry based learning
experiences tied to a real expedition research team. It is
multidisciplinary in its approach, making the expedition even richer in
content, and takes an integrated approach to teaching and involving
students in real research.
The Role of CASE as a JFE PIN Site:
Case Western Reserve University is a field training site for the JASON
Project in northeast Ohio. Case’s Center for Science and Mathematics
Education (College of Arts & Sciences) provides professional
development programs for teachers in the use of this supplemental,
multi-media science and technology program; to provide access to the Team
JASON On Line gated web site.
CASE faculty members, area experts in a variety of disciplines, and our
community partners provide content for teacher professional development.
Community partners include institutions and organizations such as the
Great Lakes Science Center, the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, the
Western Reserve Historical Society, NASA Glenn Research Center, U.S.
Coast Guard, Cuyahoga Valley Environmental Education Center, the Opal
Group, Polaris Career Center, the Cleveland Metroparks and many others.
Teachers and representatives from our community partner group serve on
the JASON Advisory Council to guide us as we introduce each expedition to
schools in northeast Ohio. We offer continued support for the JASON
Expedition Program throughout the school year/expedition year by tapping
into the expertise on campus and in the community.
About the JASON Expedition: MYSTERIES OF EARTH & MARS
Entering its 17th year of virtual expeditions, JASON offers Mysteries of
Earth & Mars. Students and teachers will embark on their
virtual journey to Mars and like places on Earth to compare the geology
of both and search for extreme lifeforms on both planets. Students and
teachers engage in real research and have opportunities to chat with the
key expedition researchers using the Internet through the gated web site,
Team JASON On Line (TJO). They will also use TJO to conduct research, to
chat with JASON students around the world, and to guide their own virtual
exploration of the expedition sites.
Students and teachers are encouraged to conduct local field studies and
analyze and compare the data collected with that collected on the
expedition research site. There is opportunity to compare data with
schools around the world using Team JASON On Line. JASON expedition
participants are found throughout the United States, the United Kingdom,
Bermuda, Australia, Mexico, Pacific rim countries, Peru, Cuba, and Guam.
CASE’s Hall of Fakers:
Ellen Drake, a 13 year old student at Ruffing Montessori
School, Ellen Drake successfully met the challenges of both the local and
national competition for one of nine positions available for JASON
Project Student Argonaut for 2006. Joining eight other students from
across the country, including three other students from Ohio, Ellen will
be a part of the Monster Storms expedition. She will begin her training
in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on June 25th, 2006, and await her Monster Storms
assignment for later this summer. Ellen will be a fine representative of
students participating in JASON from Case's Center for Science and
Mathematics Education and will represent students all over the world who
are involved in JASON expeditions. Congratulations and Best Wishes,
Ellen.
Joshua Blackwell, a ninth grade student at Bedford High School, served as
a Student Argonaut for JASON Expedition: Disappearing Wetlands. Joshua
was introduced to JASON by Kim Rado at Aurora Upper Intermediate
Elementary School (Bedford City Schools) and worked with Josh and other
interested students throughout their middle school experience at Heskett
Middle School. Josh is an A student with a keen interest in technology.
He is a member of the National Junior Honors Society and was actively
involved in school activities at Heskett. He appeared with other student
and teacher Argonauts in the live broadcasts from Louisiana in January
and February, 2005.
Kim Rado, 6th grade teacher at Aurora School in Bedford, was awarded the
JASON Foundation for Education’s Hilda Taylor Award, given to outstanding
JASON teachers. Kim was selected to be a part of the JASON Foundation’s
national training team and travels around the country delivering teacher
professional development sessions for JASON expeditions.
Samantha Catella, a ninth grade student at the Andrews School for Girls
in Lake County, represented CASE as our Student Argonaut for JASON XIV:
From Shore to Sea. Samantha has a passion for wildlife biology and the
technology that is used to study animal life. She is an A student, is a
leader in her school, and is active in team sports. She worked with the
expedition team at the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum in California and
appeared in the live broadcasts from the Channel Islands region in
January and February, 2003.
Emily Bacha, a ninth grade student at Cuyahoga Heights High School
participated as a Student Argonaut for JASON XIII: Frozen Worlds,
representing St. Martin of Tours School in Maple Heights. Emily is an A
student at Cuyahoga Heights High School, is a competitive swimmer, and
has responsible leadership roles in her school. She worked with the
expedition team at the Alaska Sea Life Center in Seward, Alaska and
appeared in the live telepresence broadcasts in January and February,
2002.
Letty Maxwell, a former science teacher at Orchard Elementary School of
Science (Cleveland Municipal Schools), participated in the Hawai’i Field
Institute (2000) for JASON XII: Hawai’i, A Living Laboratory and as a
team leader for the Alaska Institute for JASON XIII: Frozen Worlds
(2001). This institute was sponsored by the National Geographic Society,
the JASON Foundation for Education, and the University of Wisconsin at
Milwaukee.
Allegra Shunk, a student at Andrews School for Girls (Lake County) was
the first CASE Student Argonaut. She conducted research locally and on
the island of Kaua’i for JASON XII: Hawai’i, A Living Laboratory. Allie
was one of the students participating in the live telepresence broadcasts
from Hawai’i to CWRU during the winter of 2000-2001.
Barbara Zimmerman, 7th & 8th grade math teacher at Albion Middle School,
Strongsville City Schools, was the first Teacher Argonaut selected to
represent CASE’s PIN Site and participated in the research at the
Aquarius Underwater Research Laboratory in the Florida Keys with the
research team for JASON XI: Going to Extremes (1999-2000).
Need More Details? Please call 216-368-5075 or E-mail:
kmk21@case.edu.
Feel free to check out the public web site for JASON at
www.jason.org or
the web site for the Center for Science and Mathematics Education at CASE
at www.cwru.edu/artsci/csm.
DISAPPEARING WETLANDS
2004-2005
Case Western
Reserve University’s (CASE) Center for Science and Mathematics Education
partners with the JASON Foundation for Education (JFE) to bring the JASON
Expeditions Program to northeast Ohio. The JASON Expeditions Program is
an excellent model for teaching and learning for 4th to 9th
grade students, primarily, but is also a model for any grade level. It
is a standards based, multi-media, science and technology program rich
with examples of hands-on, inquiry based learning experiences tied to a
real expedition research team. It is multidisciplinary in its approach,
making the expedition even richer in content, and takes an integrated
approach to teaching and involving students in real research.
The Role of CWRU
as a JFE PIN Site:
Case Western
Reserve University acquires the rights to become a Primary Interactive
Network Site (PINS) for the JASON Foundation for Education and to
distribute the JASON Expeditions curriculum to northeast Ohio. Those
rights require CASE’s Center for Science and Mathematics Education
(College of Arts & Sciences) to provide professional development programs
for teachers in the use of this supplemental, multi-media science and
technology program; to provide access to the Team JASON On Line gated web
site; and to provide the opportunity for teachers and students to
interact with the expedition team through an interactivity platform
during live broadcasts from the expedition site downlinked to our campus.
CASE faculty
members, area experts in a variety of disciplines, and our community
partners provide content for teacher professional development. Community
partners include institutions and organizations such as the Great Lakes
Science Center, the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, the Western
Reserve Historical Society, NASA Glenn Research Center, U.S. Coast Guard,
Cuyahoga Valley Environmental Education Center, the Opal Group, Polaris
Career Center, and many others. Teachers and representatives from our
community partner group serve on the JASON Advisory Council to guide us
as we introduce each expedition to schools in northeast Ohio. We offer
continued support for the JASON Expeditions Program throughout the school
year/expedition year by tapping into the expertise on campus and in the
community.
About This
Year’s Expedition: DISAPPEARING WETLANDS>
Entering its 16th
year of virtual expeditions, JASON offers Disappearing Wetlands
(2004-2005). Students and
teachers will journey to wetlands of the Mississippi Delta with
nationally known researchers from the Louisiana Bayou. Examination of
the region will include the development of an understanding of the
structure and function of wetland systems, the structure of river
systems, wetland systems and interactions, aquatic food webs, populations
and wetland ecosystems, society and wetland systems, natural hazards and
coastal wetlands, and our own local wetlands. Students and teachers
engage in real research and have opportunities to chat with the key
expedition researchers using the Internet through the gated web site,
Team JASON On Line (TJO). They will also use TJO to conduct research, to
chat with JASON students around the world, and to guide their own virtual
exploration of the expedition site.
Students and
teachers are encouraged to conduct local field studies and analyze and
compare the data collected with that collected on the expedition research
site. They have the opportunity to compare their data with schools
around the world using Team JASON On Line. JASON expedition participants
are found throughout the United States, the United Kingdom, Bermuda,
Sweden, Australia, Mexico, Japan, Peru, Cuba, and Guam.
CASE’s PIN Site
Hall of Famers:
Joshua
Blackwell,a ninth grade
student at Bedford High School,has been selected as a Student
Argonaut for JASON Expedition: Disappearing Wetlands. Joshua was
introduced to JASON by Kim Rado at Aurora Upper Intermediate Elementary
School (Bedford City Schools) and worked with Josh and other interested
students throughout their middle school experience at Heskett Middle
School. Josh is an A student with a keen interest in technology. He is a
member of the National Junior Honors Society and was actively involved in
school activities at Heskett. He will appear with along with other
student and teacher Argonauts in the live broadcasts from Louisiana in
January and February, 2005.
Kim Rado,
6th grade teacher
at Aurora School
in Bedford, was awarded the JASON
Foundation for Education’s Hilda Taylor Award, given to outstanding JASON
teachers. Kim was selected to be a part of the JASON Foundation’s
national training team and travels around the country delivering teacher
professional development sessions for JASON expeditions.
Samantha
Catella,a ninth grade student
at the Andrews School for Girls
in Lake County, represented CASE as our
Student Argonaut
for JASON XIV: From Shore to
Sea. Samantha has a passion
for wildlife biology and the technology that is used to study animal
life. She is an A
student, is a leader in her school, and is active in team sports. She
worked with the expedition team at the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum in
California and appeared in the live broadcasts from the Channel Islands
region in January and February, 2003.
Emily Bacha,
a ninth grade student at
Cuyahoga Heights High School participated as a Student Argonaut
for JASON XIII: Frozen Worlds, representing St. Martin of
Tours School in Maple Heights. Emily is an A student at Cuyahoga
Heights High School, is a competitive swimmer, and has responsible
leadership roles in her school. She worked with the expedition team at
the Alaska Sea Life Center in Seward, Alaska and appeared in the live
telepresence broadcasts in January and February, 2002.
Letty Maxwell,
a former science teacher at Orchard Elementary School of Science
(Cleveland Municipal Schools), participated in the Hawai’i Field
Institute (2000) for JASON XII: Hawai’i, A Living Laboratory and
as a team leader for the Alaska Institute for JASON XIII: Frozen
Worlds (2001). This institute was sponsored by the National
Geographic Society, the JASON Foundation for Education, and the
University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee.
Allegra Shunk,
a student at Andrews School for Girls (Lake County) was the first
CASE Student Argonaut. She conducted research locally and on the
island of Kaua’i for JASON XII: Hawai’i, A Living Laboratory.
Allie was one of the students participating in the live telepresence
broadcasts from Hawai’i to CWRU during the winter of 2000-2001.
Barbara
Zimmerman, 7th & 8th
grade math teacher at Albion Middle School, Strongsville City
Schools, was the first Teacher Argonaut selected to represent
CASE’s PIN Site and participated in the research at the Aquarius
Underwater Research Laboratory in the Florida Keys with the research team
for JASON XI: Going to Extremes (1999-2000).
Need More
Details? Please call
216-368-5075 or E-mail: kmk21@case.edu. Feel free to check out the public web site for
JASON at
www.jason.org or the web site for the Center for Science and
Mathematics Education at CASE at
www.cwru.edu/artsci/csm.
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