• 2009 Your Project Here!

• 2007 Expert System Development by MAT students:

• <>Common Angiosperm Trees in Ohio and Indiana A database of common trees found around our local schools in Indiana and Ohio.  Language altered for students ranging from 8th to 10th grade. Justin Seibert and Mary Brown
• Biomes of the Earth for 7th Graders  This general database was designed to help 7th grade biology and ecology students learn the various biomes located on Earth.  It will also aid in their distinguishing similarities and differences among the biomes.  This database was designed to be used as an inquiry activity.   Chuck Hughes and Angela Vilkoski
• Scientists in History  Classification of scientists throughout  history.  Grade Level: 7-10 science   Maggie Long and Karen Reddin
  
• Insect Order Identification  Using this Expert System, students (grades 9 and 10) will be able to identify unknown insects to their order name.  Tonya Nkhata and Jeff Yuva
• Beyond the Pond  Third graders will classify animals found around the pond and consider structures for survival with this interactive database.  Natalie Harr and Pat Betteley

• 2006 Expert System Development by MAT students:

• Secondary Succession  Created for 7th grade study of secondary succession.  Jessica Aston
• Pasta Identification.  Martha Fisher
• Tree Identification for Madison Local School Trees ID Class.   Gary Fligor
• Trees of St. Lawrence.  Julie Frampton

• 2005 Expert System Development by MAT students:
  

• White Solid Identification.  In this activity, students will use chemical tests and physical observations to determine the identity of 15 white solids. By Liz Coleman and Aimee Hansen.
• Fishy Finds.  Our MUDES project is being modified to help students with the classification of fish that are common to North America.  There are 18 fish included in the project. By Matt DiPietro, Theresa Waltner, & Patrick Hardin.  Target Grade Level - Grades 4-12
  
• Trees of Kramer School.  Gail Reynolds, MAT student.  Project based on a dichotomous key identifying several trees on the grounds of Kramer Elementary School in Oxford, Ohio.
  

• 2004 Expert System Development by MAT students:  

• I'm a GENUS! Dendrology Database (with species) Adaptation of Miami University Dendrology Expert System. Tara Lawson, Matthew Lawson, and Ray McCampbell July, 2004. This database simplifies the attributes in the MU Expert System and is designed for elementary students and learning disabled high school students.
  
•  Database of common Ohio Trees  modeled after Ohio Department of Natural Resources index of Ohio trees.  Constructed by:  Brandi Butterbaugh, Joe Beringer, Steve Farmer, Heather Sparks July 2004 
•  Ohio Fossil Index.  This is an expert index that will help students identify basic fossils that are found in Ohio.   This is designed to be used in a junior high school setting.  By:  Jay Farmer and Fritz "Punny Guy" Prior
• Biomes of the World.  Tim L. Maluvac.For:  First Year Biology Class ( 9th and 10th grades).  This will be used as an introduction into biomes.  The students will be instructed to test as many of the data sets in the system as they can and see if they can first identify the useful unique traits to identify a specific biome using multiple data sets.  Then observe how many of the traits are similar and try to understand why unique Biomes can have some of the same characteristics. We will then learn more about these biomes, and see why this is a simplistic view of how the environment is set-up.  This will lead to investigating the other more refined biomes of the world.  We will take a look at such things as the Alpine tundra, chaparral, woodlands, great basin, etc.
• Carrion Beetles of Tuscadawas County, Ohio.  This database was created by J. K. Brady specifically for the identification of beetles collected in carrion baited pitfall traps in Tuscadawas County, Ohio.  This database is specific to beetles that can be collected in carrion baited pitfall traps in northeastern Ohio, U.S.A..

• 2003 Expert System Development by MAT students: 

• We Love Trees.  The Angiosperm Database has been modified to allow children at the ages of 10-14 years-old to access and extrapolate the attributes of various plant species and determine the specific specimen. MODIFIED BY NORA KEEN, VERONICA RODRIGEZ, AND BETH BROWN 
• Flowering Trees.  Modified by Carrie Bishop, Erik Ganz, Tim Oswalt, and Kip Brady for use by 8th-10th grade students in Ohio Schools.  July 2003.
• Trees Around Our Schools.    The expert system was modified to distinguish among 35 common trees local to our school campuses. Modifications of taxa and character states were established to correlate with Ohio state benchmarks and indicators. Also, modifications for grades 9-12.  Joe Moorehead, Melissa Whitley-Huff, Amie Gardner, Judy Ladaika          
•  Ohio Stream Macro Invertebrate data base: carry over project from 2002 by Tracy Klug 
• Human Bone data base.   The skeletal system consists of 206 bones.  However, in this data base, many of the bones are grouped together due to their similarities. J.P. Oehrtman and Corey Ullman.  Intended Grade Level: 11-12.  Classes: Anatomy & Physiology, Advanced Placement Biology
• Mineral Identification data base.  Teresa Schwoeppe & Joe Ohradzansky.   Database suitable for grades 7-12  Objectives:
  1. The students will use the xid database to identify minerals following the steps of the scientific method. 2. Students will integrate technology into their method of identification. 3. Students will devise a classification system for a set of objects (minerals). 4. Identify chemical and/or physical properties of matter.
  
  

• 2002 Expert System Development by MAT students:  

• Cooperative Angiosperm Key Project.   This project is designed to be used as a cooperative lesson with both high school biology students and sixth grade students.  At Lakota, where Craig and Phil teach, Biology I is offered both at the Freshman School and the High School.  We have included within the database, twenty-nine representative trees which can be found at either one or both of these two schools.  Columbia Elementary, where Sharon teaches, is a new school with virtually no mature trees on the campus.  The Ohio proficiency outcomes require that at the ninth grade level, students should be able to design a dichotomous key, while one of the sixth grade proficiency outcomes requires the students to use a dichotomous key. By Craig Myers, Philip Preston, Sharon Preston
• WHAT TO LOOK FOR WHEN COLLECTING LEAVES  By Crista Hahn and Gwen Stiver
• Winter Trees.  Modified by Tracy Cindric, Jennifer Regelski, and Eric Joreski.  MUDES was modified for winter characterisitcs of angiosperms.  The species list was modified to reflect those trees most likely to be represented in Franklin County, Ohio.  Information was obtained for this from "Leaf Identification Key to Eighty-Eight Ohio Trees"  from The Ohio State University.  The final modification included providing defintions for terms in the Menus and Submenus in order to help  9-12 grade high school student more accurately identify unknown species.
•  Ohio Stream Macro invertebrate data base  Created by Tracy Cindric in 2002 for use with ecology classes using macroinvertebrates to moniter creek water quality 
•   Backyard Birds data base This project is deisgned for middle or high-school level identification of common birds found typically at bird feeders or schoolyard sanctuaries.  Use of database is enhanced when bird feeders can be seen or observed from classroom setting. Authored by:  David Huff and Brad Greenspan 
•   Candy Bar data base Attributes and photos collected and compiled by Royce A. Heim

• 2000 Expert System Development by MAT students:  

• We will modify the MUDES system to design a “tree trail” on our school’s campus.  The system will include a twenty family database with one key species from each family.  We will modify the system’s characteristics into leaf, flower and bark characteristics.  Once a tree is identified we will include a “fun fact” to be shared about that tree.  The MUDES program will be used in a two week lesson plan.  By Pat Winkler, Dawn Mann and Jody Holloway.
• Leaf Diversity Portfolio.  Objective: Each student is responsible for creating his/her own collection of leaves that will be identified, based on characteristics discussed in class. BY KRISTEN HOVEST AND ELIZABETH GOCEK
• Family Characteristic Charts were developed  by Tim King.
  
• Cation Identification data base Grades 10-12 Author: Jason Cronk
•  North American Insects data base  This databased was created for high school biology insect identification by Craig Yendrek, Brunswick High School.