Igniting Streams of Learning in Science 2009 - Institute Log
hursday 11 June - Remote Sensing Landscapes - Michael Benedict 8.25
0700 - Check in Booth; Breakfast - Dix
0745 - Breakfast and Welcome - Review of the Day - Sajit Zachariah, Denny Taylor
0830 - Remote Sensing of Landscapes - Dix & campus - Michael Benedict (in computer labs/classrooms/outdoors) & break in Dix
-Introduction
-Part A - Data aquisition
-Part B - Land cover
-Field verification
-Regroup for discussion (in Dix Hall)
1200 - Group Living Discussion - Mary Lou Holly
1230 - Lunch -Miller (Learning Community contracts)
1330 - Part C - Measuring land cover; Change-detection analysis (in computer labs/classrooms) & break in Dix - Michael Benedict
-Group work and discussion (in Dix Hall)
1630 - Free time, Ultimate Frisbee, Google Blogger/Google Sites
1830 - Buffet Supper - Alumni Heritage Room
1930 - Stream Sampling Orientation - Dix - Bob Heath
2100 - Ice Cream Social - Booth Lounge, Food web activity
Friday 12 June - Stream Snapshot - Ferenc de Szalay, Jessica Hopkins, Bob Heath, Nathan Yaussy, Denny Taylor
0730 - Breakfast - Miller
0830 - Overview of stream work (Dix)
0900 - Group A - Stream Snapshot at Field Site 1 (Gerstacker/Site on Route 82)
Group B - Computer search: Look at Google Maps of Silver Creek and search for resources - Dix
1200 - Lunch - Miller
1300 - Group A - Computer search: Look at Google Maps of Silver Creek and search for resources - Dix
Group B - Stream Snapshot at Field Site 2 (Gerstacker/Field Station)
1700 - Return from field
1715 - Free
1830 - Buffet Supper - Alumni Heritage Room
1930 - Groups in Labs - Gerstacker - All Faculty
2130 - Free - Games in Booth Lounge
Saturday 13 June - Data Analysis on Campus - Amy Braccia & Bob Heath 9.5
0730 - Breakfast - Miller
0830 - Community Building - Dix - Mary Lou Holly
0900 - Finish Lab - All Faculty
1200 - Lunch - Miller
1300 - Prep Presentation - Computer Labs/Netbooks at Dix - All Faculty
1530 - Snacks in Coleman Room & free to work on presentations
1700 - Open Gym and Yoga
1830 - Buffet Supper - Alumni Heritage Room
1930 - Group Presentations - Gerstacker - All Faculty
2100 - Free time, Games
Sunday 14 June - Wetlands - Forrest Smith and Stream Surveys - Joel Bingham 5
0730 - Breakfast - Miller
0830 - Wetlands Introduction - Dix - Forrest Smith
0930 - Break in Dix
1000 - Tree Keying and Identification - Dix - Forrest Smith
1150 - VARK Discussion - Dix - Forrest Smith
1215 - Lunch - Miller
1300 - First group to Camp Hi - canoe - view of the upper Cuyahoga - All Faculty
1320 - Second group to Camp Hi - canoe - view of the upper Cuyahoga - All Faculty
1640 - Return Group 1
1700 - Return Group 2
1700 - Free time; Yoga in Brown-Fall Room
1830 - Buffet Supper - Alumni Heritage Room
1930 - Introduction to Stream Surveys - Joel Bingham
2045 - Snacks in Booth, Free time
Monday 15 June - Wetlands - Forrest Smith, Sonia Bingham; Streams - Joel Bingham
0730 - Breakfast - Miller
0830 - Community Building - Dix - Mary Lou Holly
0900 - Soils - Dix - Forrest Smith
1000 - Group A - Laser Levels - Profiles - Athletic fields - Joel Bingham & Denny Taylor
Group B - Virtual Wetlands & Test - Dix - Forrest Smith
1245 - Lunch - Miller
1345 - Group A - Virtual Wetlands & Test - Dix - Forrest Smith
Group B - Laser Levels - Profiles - Athletic fields - Joel Bingham & Denny Taylor
1630 - Break
1700 - Field Determination using ORAM Overview - Sonia Bingham
1800 - Begin Shuttles to Field Station - All Faculty
1900 - Picnic at Field Station, Bonfire
2130-2230 - Return Shuttles
Tuesday 16 June - ORAM - Sonia Bingham 7
0730 - Breakfast - Miller
0830 - Town Hall Activity - Teachout-Price Nursing Classroom 255 (TPNC) - Mary Lou Holly
0900 - Stream Survey Data Sheets - TPNC - Joel Bingham, Denny Taylor
0930 - ORAM Determination Introduction - TPNC - Sonia Bingham
1030 - To Field Station - Forrest Smith, Sonia Bingham, Denny Taylor
1115 - Wetlands A, B, and C
1430 - Lunch - Miller
1530 - ORAM Discussion - TPNC - Sonia Bingham, Forrest Smith
1630 - Free - Tie-dye
1845 - Sustainable Dinner - Denny Taylor's house
2030 - Free
Wednesday 17 June - Primary Headwater Habitat (PHWH) Analysis - Denny Taylor 8
0730 - Breakfast - Miller
0830 - Discussion of Learning Community Evolution - TPNC - Mary Lou Holly
0900 - Learning Object Discussion
0930 - Moodle - PHWH Online course and Online Quiz -
1200 - Lunch - Miller
1300 - PHWH Analysis - Field - Denny Taylor & Assitants
Stream Mapping and Pebble Counts
Pebble Count analysis and HHEI data submission
1600 - Free - (Yoga at 1700)
1830 - Buffet Supper - Alumni Heritage Room
1930 - Preparing for Thursday
2230 - Free
Thursday 18 June - Hiram Campus - ISLS 09 Symposium 6.5
0730 - Breakfast - Miller
0830 - Preparation of presentations for Symposium - Colton/Gerstacker
1030 - Welcome to Symposium - Dix - Denny Taylor & Mary Lou Holly
1100 - 12 Minute Sharing Round Robin Watershed Education Fair - Dix - Outside Resource Agencies
1200 - Buffet Lunch - Ballroom, Kennedy Center
1300 - Learning Community Presentations - Hinsdale - All Faculty and Resource Agencies
1500 - Refreshments and Wrap-up in Dix
Teacher Alumni meeting for NSF grant until 1700 - Coleman Room
1530 - Check-out and Goodbye