Overall Project Concept:
Students at three different High School’s will conduct this investigation and compile their data. The completed test results and materials will be compared and contrasted with a local Community College through the Internet. A progress report will be prepared and submitted to the University of Washington by December 1997, a final report will follow in May 1998.
This investigation will build upon the student’s prior knowledge of metals. The students working in groups will secure samples, subject samples to a variety of conditions (used to change the characteristics of the metals), test samples with pressure from a testing device, compile data using a computer generated spreadsheet, share compiled data with participating High Schools, and provide collected information, including samples, to the Community College. The Community College will run the same tests from an industry standard and evaluate the results obtained by the High School groups. The High School students will evaluate the accumulated data.
Job Assignments:
| Group Leader: | Kathi Medcalf Mt. Rainier High School 22450 19th Ave. South Des Moines, WA 98198 klmedcal@sttl.uswest.net 1-253-433-2441 |
| Recorder: | Joan Marshall Timberline High School Mullen RD, Lacey, WA 98503 jmarsha1@esd113.wednet.edu 1-360-491-4949 |
| Materials Manager: | Andy Nydam Olympia High School 1304 North Street Olympia, WA 98501 anydam@osd.wednet.edu 1-360-753-8958 |
Outline:
 | Identify knowledge benchmarks |
| Determine standardized experimental procedure |
| Determine evaluation tool |
| Secure samples, and testing equipment |
| Subject samples to testing conditions |
| Test samples |
| Compile data |
| Share and compare data between high schools, using Internet |
| Share and compare data with community college, using Internet |
| Student reports generated |
| Final report to Dr. Stoebe |
Timeline Project Development:
| July 1997:Project Developed |
| August 1997:Janet Hannon contacted at Tacoma Community College |
| Dec. 1997:Group meeting for progress report to Tom Stoebe |
| May 1998:Group meeting for final report compilation to Tom Stoebe |
Timeline Student Activities:
| Oct. 1, 1997:Standard samples to individual schools |
| Nov. 1, 1997:Samples subjected to test conditions, and a set of samples from each school sent to Tacoma Community College |
| Dec. 1, 1997:Samples tested, and compiled on excel, and sent via the Internet to all schools involved |
| Jan. 1, 1998:Reports from students generated |
Knowledge Benchmarks: Should include a working knowledge of the following:
| Metals |
| Alloys |
| Crystal structures and growth |
| Phase changes |
| Heating and cooling (annealing and quenching) |
| Varying quench rates derived from a variety of fluids |
| Phase diagrams |
| Mechanical stress analysis (tension compression, shear) |
| Compiling data |
| Data analysis |
| Working in teams |
| Generating standardized format for recording and reporting (using a computer generated spreadsheet, and graphs) |
| Communication of results in a oral and written form |
| Utilizing the Internet |
| Documentation of learning objectives achieved |
Word 97 doc file of this project: olympia.doc
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