Student Pre-Lesson questionnaire for grades 9-12

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NOAA’s
Learning Ocean Science
and Exploration through an Online
Environment
Student PRE-Lesson Survey (Grades 9-12)
Instructions: Thank you for completing this questionnaire! By doing this, you are
helping to improve the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s
(NOAA’s) education programs. Please be completely honest when you answer
the questions. Your answers are anonymous and your answers will not affect your
grade.
Later, you will be asked by your teacher to complete another questionnaire similar
to this one. We will match your answers to see if they have changed. In order to do
this, but allow your responses to be anonymous, we are asking for you to provide a
student code consisting of your birth month, birth day, and last 4 digits of your
telephone number. For example, if your birthday is January 3, and your phone
number is 234-5678, your code would be: 01-03-5678.
Your Student Code:

Birth month (01-12)

Birth day (01-31)

Last four digits of your phone
number

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1. Please tell us how much you agree with the following statements by circling the appropriate
number.
Strongly
disagree

Neutral

Strongly
agree

N/A

a. I like science in general.

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b. I think ocean science is interesting.

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c. I like using the Internet as part of my
science assignments.

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d. I like using scientific data from real
ocean expeditions.

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e. Using the Internet is a good way to
learn science-related topics.

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f. Ocean exploration is more real to me
than other areas of science.

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g. What I learn about ocean science
now will be useful to me in the future.

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h. It is my responsibility to help protect
the ocean’s resources.

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i. I would like to pursue a career in the
area of ocean sciences.

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j. I am interested in participating in
ocean-science related volunteer
opportunities.

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k. I know a lot about ocean science.

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