PEER Intensive 2000 Roster

Participants	TrackStar Projects	Summary
George T. Burks	Taking the Hurt Out of Windmill Punch	This track will provide the student with information that will help them learn about drinking water treatment, determine how water came to be recognized as a factor in disease outbreaks, how domestic water supplies are treated, and extensions of various kinds that are associated with drinking water treatment.
Dwight McHazlett	Water Conservation	This Track will allow students to research, design, follow and evaluate a water conservation plan.
Debra Duffy	A roach is a roach is a roach...	There is a learning (work) sheet provided which will allow students to study various types of roaches,- including South Texas natives and visiting Madagascan Hissers.
Jeff Duffy	Courtyard Classroom, You be the Judge	This lesson will describe the shortcomings/difficulties of traditional field trips and examine the advantages and disadvantages of creating an on-site microenvironment on campus.
Cheryl Frazier	Endangered Species of Central Texas	Students will be introduced to the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Students will research endangered species of Texas (Hill Country), what factors contributed to their listing, and what people can do to help in their recovery. Students will also develop a final product.
John Harbison	Soil Erosion in East Texas	These 3 lessons acquaint students in middle and high school with the problems and solutions involved with soil erosion in East Texas.
Nancy Hayter	Is our school air sick? How can we improve our air? Sick School Buildings --- Don't Breathe too Deeply	Grade 7 students will learn how to investigate air quality of their school. Students will produce a lab report using the scientific method. They will create a checklist to see if the building is sick, then they will select a solution to improve the air quality.
Judy King	Whole Health of a River	This lesson which is intended for grade 8 students deals with the quality of the river as well as its surroundings. The students will be doing testing and collecting. The results will be used for an end of the year in a final scientific paper written on the whole health of the river.
Marca Morris	Water Quality in Underground Wells	Students will orientate themselves with the properties and makeup of water. They will also be introduced to chemicals and/or impurities found in water. Finally, students will test the water and compare with current known standards.
Randy Ridgway	Effects of excess nitrates on organisms	Students will learn what are the detrimental consequences of the over use of nitrogen based fertilizers on organisms.
Davida Starkey	Basic Atomic Structure	8th grade science students will learn how matter is composed of atoms, and learn about the structure of atoms. Students will also have the opportunity to construct a model of an atom.
Susan Terry	Affect of the drought in our area	Student will research the effects of a drought on the water quality, plant and animal life. Students need to make a hypothesis and research the answers to various questions.
Margaret Thayer	polution solutions Polution Solutions	This lesson is designed for 6-8 grade students to understand the problems associated with pollution. Students will look at methods of detecting pollution problems, and will come up with suggestions for correcting the problem.
Debbie Weir	Resources for Water Quality Testing, including tests for nitrates and phosphates	These sites include ideas and experiments for testing water samples.

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