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Science & Internet
How to use the internet for
teaching exact science
Karl Sarnow
Gymnasium Isernhagen
ESP & ECOLE meeting
4-9 March 2003
Rome
Background
Teacher (Mathematics, Physics,
Computer Science) at Gymnasium
Isernhagen (Germany).
Co-founder of BioNet e.V.
National coordinator for the
ESP in Germany.
Participant of CERN HST
activities.
LINUX fan.
Karl Sarnow
4-9 March 2003, Rome
Reasons for using the
internet
The internet is...
... a huge resource of scientific
material.
... a wonderful community of
people who think like you.
... an actual newsletter
informing about projects, people
and performances.
... GREAT!
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4-9 March 2003, Rome
Kinds of resources
Text.
Images.
Software and toolkits for
explanation, simulation,
measurement, analysis.
Projects to help teachers
engaging students in self
responsible work.
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Resource of scientific
material (I)
HTML documents.
Articles about a subject from
your curriculum.
Interactive.
Readable/writeable on all computer
platforms.
Easily translatable in foreign
languages.
Cooperative authors.
Guidelines for project work.
Easy to publish.
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Resource of scientific
material (I)
Examples of HTML material
CERN HST pages
Biologie 2000
KworkQuark
Physics 2000
Table of Elements
Biochemistry
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Resource of scientific
material (II)
Pictures...
... you cannot take yourself.
Astronomy
Hubble/NASA
ESO
National/International Laboratories
CERN
DESY
... diagrams and movies you can't
create yourself.
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Resource of scientific
material (II)
Picture examples:
Historical CERN bubble chamber
photos.
Prepared for teaching using the
GIMP.
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Resource of scientific
material (III)
JAVA programs.
Run on all computer platforms.
Can be embedded in an HTML page.
Great tool for simulation and
visualization.
Many toolkits to support
programmers.
Cost free implementation.
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Resource of scientific
material (III)
JAVA program examples.
Walter Fendt's programs.
Geonext.
Physics 2000
Disadvantage:
Many different JAVA versions.
Many programmers still produce
native versions, neglecting JAVA.
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Resource of scientific
material (IV)
Projects.
Many organisations help you
organising project work.
Ressource of people thinking like
you.
Jump into framework and
contribute your own work.
Make your work visible to others.
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Resource of scientific
material (IV)
Examples of projects in the
exact sciences:
BioNet e.V.
CERN HST.
TiE.
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BioNet e.V.(I)
Project to support field work
in the exact sicences.
AquaData.
Water qualitiy of rivers.
AeroData.
Air quality.
TerraData.
Soil properties.
RadioData.
Environmental radioactivity.
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BioNet e.V.(II)
Basic concept:
Central Web-Database.
Students apply experiments and
sample data in their local
environment.
Data input into the database.
Data retrieval from the database.
Students workout statistics
framework.
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BioNet e.V.(III)
OpenSource approach.
BioNet offers its material for
free use.
Copy, use and modify, just keep the
Copyright notice.
Give us back your developments.
Development based on HTML/PHP/JAVA.
Invitation for cooperation.
Get your free webspace & e-mail
address for documentation of your
work.
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BioNet e.V.(IV)
Contact:
http://www.bionet.schule.de
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4-9 March 2003, Rome
CERN - HST (I)
Centre Européenne de Récherche
Nucléaire.
Europes large research center for
particle physics.
High School Teacher programme.
3 weeks in summer holidays to get
the latest information about
particle physics.
Learning by doing: Create
teaching material while you have
the specialists near you.
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CERN - HST (II)
OpenSource approach.
Use and modify the material, but
keep the copyright.
HTML based material.
Contact:
http://teachers.cern.ch
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4-9 March 2003, Rome
Linux: IT survival kit
for schools
OpenSource gives you:
Software for all problems without
cost and licensing problems.
Webserver, HTML authoring tools,
software development tools,
databases, data mining tools, data
exploration, data display, data
analysis,...
Ideal school environment for
project work.
Login based:
individual responsibility, controlled
access, unsupervised learning.
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4-9 March 2003, Rome
Linux: Software for the
political aware school
Prepare children to live in a
free world.
Monopolism generates control.
OpenSource garantees insight into
software and prevents misuse of
information.
For democratic, independent
countries, OpenSource in
education is a must.
Karl Sarnow
4-9 March 2003, Rome
Thanks...
...for your patience.