Our goal is to provide both material and instructional support to ensure implementation and to provide students with the opportunity to meet the teacher and student expectations for LEAs involved in the E2T2 GPS/GIS project.

The Van Allen Science Teaching Center at GWAEA has six kits on reserve for participating teachers.  Following training teachers are able to reserve the GPS Kits or the Water Quality Kits for a two week cycle. 

Reservations are accepted on a first come, first served basis.  To reserve the GPS or Water Quality Kits contact:

Mary Zobeck, 1-800-798-9771, Ext. 6432:  email mzobeck@aea10.k12.ia.us

Carol Mann 1-800-798-9771, Ext. 6432:  email cmann@aea10.k12.ia.us

Kits are sent to LEA building sites via the GWAEA Van System and are cycled out for two weeks on a reservation basis.  Kits can be extended beyond the two week cycle by special request, if available.  Contact your AEA Science Consultant for additional support.  The Van Allen Science Teaching Center (VAST) of GWAEA has:

Six GPS kits containing 10 Garmen e-Trex™ GPS Receivers, 1 copy of Terrain Navigator™ Software, 10 Brunton compasses, 10 Bullseye compasses and associated teaching materials.

Six Water Quality kits containing one TI-84 Graphing Calculator with CBL2 and water monitoring probes (including dissolved oxygen sensor, flow rate sensor, pH sensor, extra long temperature probe and a turbidity sensor.)

Six Water Quality kits containing PASCO Xplorer GLX data logger, temperature probe, multi-measure sensor, pH electrode, dissolved oxygen probe, conductivity electrode, turbidimeter and flow-rate sensor.

For additional support and/or information contact one of the GWAEA Science Curriculum Consultants (Christopher Soldat, Bruce Frana, Julie Foltz, Phyllis Anderson, and Erica D. Larson).