SENSE IT
Students participating in the SENSE IT
pilot at Tech Valley High School
built
their own water sensors with a
thermistor, a resistor, a 9V battery and
a voltmeter.
Student Enabled Network of Sensors for the Environment
using Innovative Technology
SENSE IT brings real world environmental sensor networks into the high school classroom. SENSE IT participating students are challenged to design, build, deploy and interpret data from their own environmental sensors.
During the first year of the SENSE IT expansion beyond Tech Valley High School, 41 high school teachers from 31 school districts in New York State participated in the program, and received intensive professional development on the interdisciplinary curriculum modules to implement SENSE IT in their schools.
SENSE IT aims to foster science, technology, pre-engineering and mathematics (STEM) career awareness among students, teachers, guidance counselors, administrators and parents.
2009-2010 Participating School Districts
Potsdam region:
- Seaway Area Tech BOCES
- Brasher Falls
- Canton
- Clifton Fine
- Hermon DeKalb
- Heuvelton
- LaFargeville
- Madrid-Waddington
- Massena
- Norwood
- Ogdensburg Free Academy
- Potsdam
Capital region:
- AuSable Valley
- Cairo-Durham
- Hadley-Luzerne
- Hoosick Falls
- Schenectady City
- Schuylerville
- Shenendehowa
- Troy City
- Waterford-Halfmoon
Hudson Valley region:
- Beacon City
- Blind Brook
- Croton Harmon
- The Masters School
- Oakwood Friends School
- Onteora
- Orange-Ulster BOCES
- Poughkeepsie City
- Sleepy Hollow/Tarrytown
- Valley Central
Read more about SENSE IT :
7/28/09: Teachers from nine Capital region school districts to implement SENSE IT science & technology program in classrooms this fall
3/10/09: Beacon Institute, Tech Valley HS to construct water sensors to gather data
10/23/09: Beacon Institute and Clarkson University Win Coveted National Science Foundation Award
