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Inquiry is broadly defined as a search for truth, information, or knowledge. It pertains to research and investigation by seeking information through asking questions. Science is concerned with asking the right kind of question, so that answers can be properly evaluated. Inquiry in science is therefore much more complex than inquiry in its everyday sense. Scientific inquiry not only includes asking question and planning and conducting experiments, but it also includes using appropriate tools and techniques to gather data, thinking critically and logically about relationships between evidence and explanations, constructing and analyzing possible alternative explanations, and communicating scientific arguments.

The focus questions of our work so far are not research questions, but instead, they are designed to help create a context, a deeper understanding, from which research questions can emerge. The data we have collected so far should answer the focus questions that guided our study. Let's re-examine our focus questions about Solar Noon UV readings to find the data that will answer these focus questions.

1) Can we determine the Solar Noon UV Reading at our site?

In order to answer this question based on the data we have collected, there are several things to consider:

  • What data do you need from all the data that is available?
  • What data will help you answer this question?
  • Once you have all the data you need, what can you do with it that will help you answer this question?

Use the form below to select the data on UV that you want to work with. This form will give you the data collected by any or all of the KanCRN participants, including your own data. You can get the data back in several forms. You can get small sets of data back in a web table that you can see online. You can also get the data back in a tab-delimited file. This is raw data that you can use in any computer application, such as a spreadsheet or a statistics program, that will import tab-delimited data. You can also get the data back as an Excel spreadsheet, but you must have Excel on your computer to view data in this manner. When you begin to download the data you want, the computer will ask you if you want to save to disk or open in an application. Choose the application selection and then chose Excel to open the data.

Once you decide on the form of the data, you have to decide on what exactly what data you want to see. Consider both time, what days you want data for, and place, where you want data from. If you want to see all of the data in the database leave the School ID Number box blank, but this may be a lot more data than you want to see. You can choose to get data back from your site, or any other site that has been participating in the project. Use the School's ID number to request this data. (You can get a school's number by clicking on the Schools link in the KanCRN Home page). You can get data from several schools by entering their numbers, separated by commas. You can also get data sets by city, state, or zip code. For city, state, and zip code searches you the entire city, state, and/or zip code. The more query fields that you fill in, the more specific the data will be when it is returned to you. You will also have several choices of ozone data to get back. Make sure there is a check mark in the boxes for data you want. Click on the view data button.

You might want to try getting data back several different ways and see how the data you get back changes based on your requests.

Use the form below to get a look at data on Solar Noon UV readings. This is the data collected by the KanCRN participants. You can get the data back in several forms. You can get small sets of data back in a web table that you can see online. You can also get the data back as an Excel spreadsheet, but you must have Excel on your computer to view data in this manner. You can also get the data back in a tab-delimited file. This is raw data that you can use in any computer application that will import tab-delimited data, like some other spreadsheets.

    1. Return Data As:
       HTML
        Comma-spaced text file
       Excel Spreadsheet (Not Microsoft XP)

    2. Search By:
    Teacher ID:

    3. Display Columns:
      Date
      Latitude
      Longitude
      Sample Time
      Sunsor Meter Reading
      SolarTech Meter Reading
      Air Temperature
      Humidity
      Wind Speed
      Wind Direction
      Air Pressure
      Cloud Type
      Cloud Cover
      Sky Condition

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