Triple Helix

As part of the GK-12 Triple Helix program at Rensselaer fellows, Chris Shing and Louis Gutierrez, teacher Liz Franklin and graduate student Kirk Jalbert are working to make sensor technology and environmental studies a theme of the middle schools’ science curriculum.  By combining sensors for various applications they hope to be able to cover a lot of topics, ranging from measuring the temperature of a beaker to observing air pollution patterns, in an attempt to link the research world, the classroom and the community.

Kirk Jalbert’s Community Sensing Workshops solicit conversation around communal responsibility and social justice issues related to environmental monitoring.

Louis Gutierrez’ Community Sensing and indoor air quality in Langui, Peru

Fellows Chris Shing and Louis Gutierrez presented their poster at the Association of American Geographers Annual Conference held in NYC in February 2012. Their poster was part of the paper session, Geospatial Technologies in the K-12 Classroom.

As part of the Triple Helix program at Rensselaer fellows, Chris Shing and Louis Gutierrez, teacher Liz Franklin and graduate student Kirk Jalbert are working to make sensor technology and environmental studies a theme of the middle schools’ science curriculum.  By combining sensors for various applications they hope to be able to cover a lot of topics, ranging from measuring the temperature of a beaker to observing air pollution patterns, in an attempt to link the research world, the classroom and the community.

Kirk Jalbert’s Community Sensing Workshops solicit conversation around communal responsibility and social justice issues related to environmental monitoring.

Sensor Workbook Ver2.0

For complete information about the sensor program, visit the Culturally Situated Community Sensing Website.