Goals:
  • Explore how the Hitchcock Center’s “living building” uses sensors and other technologies to create a sustainable built environment.
  • Use observation and hand-held microprocessors to collect and record qualitative and quantitative data on abiotic elements that influence plant growth.
  • Reflect on how student-collected data can be combined with online environmental data portals to teach the data strand of the MA Digital Literacy and Computer Science standards. 
Tentative agenda:
  • Tour of the “living building” led by the staff at the Hitchcock Center
  • Hands-on data collection outside, using digital and non-digital tools
  • Discussion about K-8 classroom application
Facilitators:
  • Barb Gilbert, Office Manager & Volunteer Coordinator at Hitchcock Center for the Environment
  • Tiffany Davis, Instructional Coach at  Ashburnham Westminster Regional School District
  • Melissa Zeitz, Digital Literacy and Computer Science Teacher at Springfield Public Schools
This is a face-to-face, rain or shine activity. Dress for walking around outside!