ESPRIT

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ESPRIT
Learning Sciences Using Real-world Data and
Information Technologies

• Edward Robeck, Jing Quan, and X. Mara Chen
• Salisbury University

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ESPRIT

• Learning Sciences through problem solving modules
• Using realistic relevant data from local
  communities
• Situated in Science, Technology, Engineering,
  Mathematics (STEM) curricula
• Real world data collection and analysis
• Inquiry-based materials with the aid of graphics
  and maps
• In short, students need to take data and
  manipulate/analyze them to solve a problem and/or
  answer questions
• Science Learning starts at home communities

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Our World
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Our State
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Our Coastal Bays
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Science Education ApplicationIn Our Community
Hospital
University
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Physics in Business Energy Power

• Types of energy Fossil fuels, Light, electrical,
  chemical, thermal, mechanical, and nuclear
• Energy unit Energy capacity to do work,
  e.g. Joules (J) 1 Newton force
  applied over 1 m
• Power Rate of energy transferred or used
• Watt (W) 1 joule per second (1 J/sec)
• MW (megawatt) 1000 KW

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Energy Use in Poultry Processing
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Energy Use Questions

• What types of energy used in Perdue Farms?
• What is the initial temperature at which the
  carcasses must be kept? Why do you think it is
  important to keep at the temperature?
• Factors contributing to gain of heat at each step
  
• What is the temperature at which the final
  products are packaged and shipped? Is it above or
  below freezing point? Why this is the temperature
  set by Perdue Farms?
• If the temperatures vary significantly from the
  pre-determined benchmark temp, what are the risks
  and benefits?

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USDA Salmonella Verification Testing Sample Data
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Salmonella Verification Testing Sample Data
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Energy Used to Remove Salmonella?

• Radiation (e.g. Cobalt 60 gamma rays)
• Thermal Energy

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NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT OF MARYLAND COASTAL BAYS
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Vital Water Resources

• What factors control the characteristics of the
  water quality?
• What are the major parameters used to measure the
  water quality
• What are the major nutrients in the Coastal Bays,
  and write them in chemical symbols?
• What are the major contributing sources for the
  nutrients in the Coastal Bays?
• What are the physical signs of water with
  overloaded nutrients?
• Do the nutrient levels stay consistent? If not,
  what factors remove the nutrients?

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Physical Characteristics of Water Resources

• Temp
• Density
• Depth
• Turbidity

http//ian.umces.edu/mcb/
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Chemical Characteristics of Water Resources

• DO
• Salinity
• Nutrients (N,P)
• Chlorophyll
• pH

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Daily Variation of DO
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Dissolved Oxygen

• Can DO exceed 100? Where did it happen? Why and
  when does the super saturated condition exist?
• When does the DO peak? Was the water temperature
  near highest of the day or coldest or neither?
• Based on the data you have, what controls DO
  concentration?
• What is the relationship b/w Chlorophyll and DO?

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Regression between the DO and Temp
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Nutrients Load in the MD Coastal Bays
http//ian.umces.edu/pdfs/md_coastal_bays_report.p
df
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GIS in Environmental Planning

• Map Vital statistics
• Hurricane impact
• Coastal flood risk
• Land use/land cover
• Others

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Properties in 100-Year Floodplain
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