UTRAC: Using Technology for Research After Class

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School Yard Weather

Real-time data from weather stations in school yards.

Why Don't Rivers Run Out of Water?

UTRAC has created several hands-on inquiry-based activities in which students solve a mystery. The activities are all approximately 50 minutes long and can be used as individual , stand-alone lessons.

Resources

New Technology

Find out more about what types of technology UTRAC has used to collect weather and climate data, as well as data on student engagement and learning.

Get Involved

Get Involved

Find out about past schools that participated in UTRAC, and how you can get involved in the future.

Using Technology to Research After Class (UTRAC)

Using Technology to Research After Class (UTRAC) is a Montana State University and Montana Institute on Ecosystems project to engage Montana kids in scientiric explorations relating the water and carbon cycles -- in their very own school playgrounds. In this project, youth in Montana after-school programs will use environmental sensors to record and compare schoolyard measurements to improve science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).

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