Table of Contents:

1. Overview
2. Objectives
3. Materials and/or Software Required
4. Prerequisites
5. Module Description
6. National Standards Addressed
7. Assessment Techniques
8. Areas of Focus
9. Appropriate Grade Level(s)
10. Relevant Links and Related Resources

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Overview:

Asthma is a chronic lung condition characterized by difficulty in breathing. When people with asthma are exposed to certain allergens such as dander, pollen, dust, mold, cockroaches, and air pollutants, it triggers a narrowing or obstruction of the airways. By researching asthma as reported by various regions in North Carolina and southern California, the students will determine what factors may contribute to the activation of asthma.

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Objectives:

The objectives of this module is to aquaint students with a variety of visualization tools and to beome familiar with the process of researching, filtering data, and presenting their findings visually. At the end of this project the students will be able to:

• Collect and intepret data
• Filter and display collected data as models

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Materials:

• A variety of research data
• Gnuplot
• Excel
• Powerpoint

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Prerequisites:

The students will need prior knowledge of gathering and interpreting researh material. They will also need some knowledge of computers

• Microsoft Excel
• gnuplot
• Powerpoint
• Data Filtering
• Interpreting Data

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Module Description:

In recent years the number of reported cases of asthma has been rapidly increasing in our area of northeastern North Carolina. Over the years there has been a noticeable increase in the number of students entering our school requiring daily medication or some form of treatment for asthma. The purpose of this module is to determine if region and environment account for the increase of reported asthma cases in our area. The research data examines some environmental and regional factors as causes of asthma. The visualizations will present statistics of reported cases of asthma by region in North Carolina and southern Callifornia.

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National Standards Addressed:

• 1. Formulate questions that can be addressed with data and collect, organize, and display relevant data to answer them.
• 2. Recognize and apply mathematics in context outside of mathematics.
• 3. Use major research findings and trends related to the use of technology in education to support interpretation throughout the curriculum.
• 4. Develop and implement scientific inquiry

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Assessment Techniques:

• Inquiry
• Question/Answer Series
• Survey
• Discussion
• Essay
• Self-disclosure

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Areas of Focus:

• Social Studies, Science
• Mathematics
• Technology
• Communications Skills

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Appropriate Grade Level(s):

Appropriate Grade Levels: 6-12

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Relevant Links and Related Resources:

• www.cdc.org
• www.nationalhealthstatistics.com
• http://cnets.iste.org (technology)
• www.nap.edu/readinggroom/books/nses/html/overview.html (science)
• Revitalise Staff
• http://www.nctm.org/standards/ (Math)
• http://www.lung.ca/asthmadef.html

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