2012 Thacher Environmental Research Contest - Institute For Global ...

2012 Thacher Environmental Research Contest
GUIDING QUESTIONS
Following are suggestions for
questions that will help guide
student projects:
◆ What is the question that you
are interested in studying/
investigating
◆ Why are you interested in this
problem/topic
◆ What is/are your hypothesis/
problem statement/goals for
your project
◆ What do you already know about
this problem/topic
◆ What do you need to learn to
investigate/solve/explain this
problem/topic
◆ What geospatial tools and data can
you use to investigate this topic
◆ What are other resources that are
available to help you
◆ What procedures or methods will
you use to do your investigation
How will you analyze data
◆ What are possible explanations,
solutions or hypotheses Are there
recommended actions or other conclusions
that you’ve developed as a
result of this project
◆ Are there things that you would
do differently to re-design this investigation
or are there alternate solutions/explanations
RESOURCES
Go to:
www.strategies.org/ThacherContest
for links to suggested resources.
ArcExplorer Java
Edition for Education
(AEJEE) GIS software
These two images are
displayed using AEJEE
GIS software.
Top: Boston's Fenway
Park.
Bottom: Hurricanes of
2005 plotted over 2005
county population.
Images courtesy of ESRI.
Previous Thacher
Winners
(From top to bottom)
Darwin Li, 2nd-place winner,
2011 Thacher Award.
Arielle Alpert, 2nd-place
winner, 2008 Thacher Award.
Scott Elder, 3rd-place winner,
2008 Thacher Award.
Rachael Born, 1st-place
winner, 2007 Thacher Award.
www.strategies.org/ThacherContest
Cover Images
Photo collage, reading from left
to right and down: images #3,
4, 8 and 10, courtesy of the
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA).
Background Image
Front cover and pages 1–3,
courtesy of NASA.
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