2023 Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) Symposium
Location
ScholarSpace, Rod Library, University of Northern Iowa
Presentation Type
Open Access Poster Presentation
Document Type
poster
Abstract
PocketLab devices by Myriad Sensors were acquired by UNI’s Earth and Environmental Science department in the fall of 2022 through the Carver Grant. These citizen science devices are incredibly useful in educating and exploring real life issues in the environmental sciences that we are experiencing today. Issues such as air quality and weather are increasingly important topics to examine as the climate warms. During the summer of 2023, Iowa has had multiple cases of unhealthy air quality levels due to particulate matter from fires in Canada. Southern states have experienced extreme heat indexes, pointing to the need to consider the effects local environments have on weather aspects such as temperature. The PocketLab devices are very useful in displaying data in real time that can be used to help educate the general population on these real-life issues. Using the PocketLab devices as a tool to guide their learning, I have created and conducted three camps this summer with middle school and high school students on the concepts of air quality and weather.
Start Date
28-7-2023 11:00 AM
End Date
28-7-2023 1:30 PM
Event Host
Summer Undergraduate Research Program, University of Northern Iowa
Faculty Advisor
Alexa Sedlacek
Department
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Copyright
©2023 Isabel Harms and Alexa Sedlacek
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Harms, Isabel and Sedlacek, Alexa, "Exploration of PocketLab Devices for UNI’s Campus, Classrooms, and Community" (2023). Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) Symposium. 9.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/surp/2023/all/9
Exploration of PocketLab Devices for UNI’s Campus, Classrooms, and Community
ScholarSpace, Rod Library, University of Northern Iowa
PocketLab devices by Myriad Sensors were acquired by UNI’s Earth and Environmental Science department in the fall of 2022 through the Carver Grant. These citizen science devices are incredibly useful in educating and exploring real life issues in the environmental sciences that we are experiencing today. Issues such as air quality and weather are increasingly important topics to examine as the climate warms. During the summer of 2023, Iowa has had multiple cases of unhealthy air quality levels due to particulate matter from fires in Canada. Southern states have experienced extreme heat indexes, pointing to the need to consider the effects local environments have on weather aspects such as temperature. The PocketLab devices are very useful in displaying data in real time that can be used to help educate the general population on these real-life issues. Using the PocketLab devices as a tool to guide their learning, I have created and conducted three camps this summer with middle school and high school students on the concepts of air quality and weather.
