Data in the Wild

Join us for a fun day outside as we learn how to use small handheld devices, like the micro:bit and PocketLab, to collect and analyze environmental data. Leave with a hands-on activity you can use to teach the data strand of the MA DLCS.

• 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. 

• 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

• 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