2000 Biodiversity Institute Schedule

Pace Summer 2000 Workshop Biodiversity

Friday, July 28th        

3:00 P.M.

 Reception, AMNH (Staff Lounge fifth floor)

Monday, July 31: all activities at One Pace Plaza

8:30 A.M.

 Coffee, Bagels, Muffins (Room: Lecture Hall WEST, 2nd floor One Pace Plaza)

9:00 A.M.

Lecture: "Biodiversity and Microbial Ecology" (M. Levandowsky)

  • Defining and measuring biodiversity

  • Biodiversity in microbes and macrobes

  • Teaching biodiversity

10:00 A.M.

 Laboratory Techniques and Methodology for Microbiology Session one, (Hoegler)

Room W309

  • Basic laboratory procedure and safety 

  • Using the compound microscope

  • Examination of natural samples (pond water)

  • Microbiological  staining

 

12:00 P.M.

 Lunch 

Faculty Dining Room

1:00 P.M.

 Laboratory Techniques and Methodology for Microbiology , Session Two (Cox)

Room W309

Culture and isolation techniques

Identification of microbes based on growth, metabolism and staining properties

 

Tuesday, August 1

8:00A.M.-6:00 P.M.

 Field Trip: Hudson River and Wetlands:  Bring a lunch, sample equipment, test equipment Constitution Marsh, NY (J. Cronin, T. Gorrell, M. Levandowsky)

Meet at Gold Street loading dock 

Wednesday, August 2: all activities at One Pace Plaza

8:30 A.M.

 Faculty dining room, Coffee

9:00 A.M.

 Laboratory processing of Samples (Levandowsky, T. Gorrell)

Room  W308

12:00 P.M.

 Lunch: Faculty dining room

1:00-4:30 P.M.

 Computer Workshop: Introduction to the Web, Power Point, Front Page (T. Gorrell, S. Glickman)

Birnbaum Electronic Classroom in library 
   

Thursday, August 3

8:30 A.M.

 Faculty Dining Room Coffee

9:00 A.M.

 Laboratory: Study of Isolates inoculated on Monday (D. Cox, C. Hoegler) Room W309

12:00 P.M.

 Lunch: Faculty dining room

1:00 P.M.

 Finding Medicine in the Rain Forest, (T. Gorrell)   41 Park Row, 16th floor Conference Room

2:15 P.M.

 Opportunistic Infections (N. Yarlett) 41 Park Row, 16th floor Conference Room

3:00 P.M.

 Tour of Haskins Labs, 41 Park Row, 6th floor, 

3:45 P.M.

 Discussions: The Living Environment curriculum (Correa)  41 Park Row, 16th floor

Friday Aug 4

8:30 A.M.

 Faculty Dining Room, Coffee

9:00 A.M.

 Laboratory: Preliminary examinations of ecological samples.  Discussion of all ecological laboratory exercises. Room W308

12:00 P.M.

 Lunch Faculty dining room

1:00 P.M.

 Discussion and evaluation of experiences during the first week. (Correa)

3:00 P.M.

 (at the American Museum of Natural History; Room.  Lecture: From Nature to Culture: Ethical Issues in Biodiversity (R.W. Chapman) American Museum of Natural History, Calder Lab on 2nd floor

 

The American Museum of Natural History

Monday, August 7th:  All activities in the Calder Lab on the 2nd floor

9:00 A.M.

 Welcome, Review of Week One

10:00 A.M.

 Introductory Lecture/Discussion: The multiple sources of knowledge required for curriculum design (Macdonald)

11:00 A.M.

 Guided study in the Hall of Biodiversity

12:30 P.M.

 Lunch

1:30 P.M.

 Systematics: Introduction to the methods, terms and scientific skills used by ichthyologists (Aquino)

3:30 P.M.

 Guest presentation by Ziggy Livnat, Photographic documentation of "Fish Diversity in the Red Sea"
   

Tuesday, August 8th

9:00 A.M.

 Laboratory/Lecture Application of methods, tools, and concepts in systematics:

-Asking Questions

-How should we name and rank groups in a classification system?

-Sources of data

-Nomenclature

-The Cladistic method (Aquino & team)

12:30 P.M.

 Lunch

1:30 P.M.

 Biodiversity & Conservation Issues in the Urban Setting (Schiller)

2:30 P.M.

 Discussion and Application of systematics to field study in Central Park. (Schiller)

3:30 P.M.

 Finding Cladograms (Schiller)

4:30 P.M.

 Searching for plant specimens to study on Day 3.

Wednesday, August 9th

9:00 A.M.

 Laboratory Day

Application of Cladistics to the study of urban plant life.  (Model for Teaching Plan)

12:30 P.M.

 Lunch: How many species in your lunch?

1:30 P.M.

 Continue Lab work

3:00 P.M.

 Begin teaching plan for the Living Environment:
  1. Context (who-where)
  2. What & Why:  Key ideas and standards.
  3. How:  Lessons, labs & Museum Resources.

Thursday, August 10th

9:00 A.M.

 Curriculum Development Day (teacher teams)

10:00 A.M.

 Template from The Living Environment:

12:30 P.M.

 Lunch

1:30 P.M.

 Presentation and Peer Evaluation of Teaching Plans.

3:30 P.M.
  • Complete Resource File
  • Create bibliography
  • Museum Films
  • Closing & Tea

Friday August 11 ( One Pace Plaza )

8:30-9:00 A.M.

 Faculty Dining Room, Coffee

9:00-12:00 P.M.

 Evaluation and discussion of ecological exercises (Room W308).  Examine and summarize results from ecological sample exercises.  Levandowsky and Gorrell

12:30-1:30 P.M.

 Lunch Faculty dining room

1:30-3:00 P.M.

 Presentation & Discussion