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Schedule -- Week Four

1997 Woodrow Wilson Environmental Science Institute

Monday, 21 July 1997
       7:00-8:30 AM Breakfast (Wu Hall)
8:30-9:00 AM Announcements, practical matters (Peyton)
9:00-12:00 PM Take your pick!
  • Work independently on projects/symposia presentations; make use of faculty for consultation
  • Provide feedback/comments on other Teams' projects
  • Take part in discussions below (all in Peyton Hall):
9:15-9:45 AM Environmental Chemistry Module (Ron Ulrich, Lenny Freidhof, Linda Padwa)
9:45-10:15 AM Action Research and Inquiry Method (Lee Peterson, and Ed Broge)
10:15-10:30 AM Portfolio Assessment -- Standards and Rubrics (Joe Mahood)
10:30-10:45 AM CBL (Terry and Jim Bauer)
10:45-??? Round table discussion -- Classroom shortcuts (all)

12:00-1:30 PM Lunch

1:30-5:00 PM Take your pick!
  • Work independently on projects/symposia presentations; make use of faculty for consultation
  • Provide feedback/comments on other Teams' projects
  • Take part in discussions below (all in Peyton Hall):
1:30-2:00 PM AP Course in Environmental Science (Dan Hyke)
2:00-2:30 PM Mapping by triangulation (Jeanie Burch)
2:30-3:00 PM Fractals (Mari Knutson)
5:00-6:30 PM Dinner (Wu Hall)
6:30-7:30 PM Discussion—Middle Schools (Peyton Hall)
Discussion -- High Schools (Palmer 201)
Tuesday, 22 July 1997
7:00-8:30 AM Breakfast (Wu Hall)
8:30-9:00 AM Announcements, practical matters (Peyton)
9:00-12:00 PM Take your pick!
  • Work independently on projects/symposia presentations; make use of faculty for consultation
  • Provide feedback/comments on other Teams' projects
  • Take part in discussions below (all in Peyton Hall):
9:15-9:45 AM Authentic Assessment in Science and Project-Based Learning (Debbie Stone)
9:45-10:00 AM Introduction to Student Research for Students (Rod Mitchell)
10:00-10:15 AM Four Question Method to Research (Mary Strother)
10:15-10:30 AM Case Study Method (Mark Little)
10:30-10:45 AM Interdisciplinary lessons/assessment (Mike Kelly)
10:30-10:45 AM Round table discussion -- Classroom shortcuts (all)

12:00-1:30 PM Lunch

1:30-2:30 PM All Participants: Evaluation session with EDC
2:30-5:00 PM Take your pick!
  • Work independently on projects/symposia presentations; make use of faculty for consultation
  • Provide feedback/comments on other Teams' projects
5:00-6:30 PM Dinner (Wu Hall)
6:30-7:30 PM Discussion -- Biology and life science teaching (Peyton Hall)
Discussion -- Chemistry teaching (Palmer 201)
Discussion -- Environmental and integrated science teaching (Palmer 201)
Discussion -- Physics teaching (Palmer 302)
Discussion -- Physical science and Earth science teaching (Palmer 304)
Wednesday, 16 July 1997
7:00-8:30 AM Breakfast (Wu Hall)
Symposium (Peyton Hall)
8:30-8:40 Introduction
The Hydrosphere, Part I: Nitrates levels in surface waters
8:40-9:00 Team 55: Nitrates are yummy!
9:00-9:20 Team 50: Does the concentration of nitrate in soil affect the concentration of nitrates in water downstream
9:20-9:40 Team 11: Nitrate loading of stream waters: An agricultural vs suburban comparison
9:40-10:00 Teams 20 and 56: Nitrate loading in urban vs rural areas

10:00-10:40 BREAK

10:40-11:00 Team 25 and 33: Nitrate loading of streams
11:00-11:20 Team 3: Nitrate loading caused by golf course maintenance
11:20-11:40 Team 38: Wetlands as biofilters
11:40-12:00 Teams 31 and 35: Duckweed: A bioindicator for water quality?

12:00-1:20 Lunch

Land Use and Biodiversity
1:20-1:30 Introduction
1:30-1:50 Teams 2 and 8: Land Use and Land Cover
1:50-2:10 Team 44: Tyger, tyger burning bright, in the forest of the night: Biodiversity under the woodland canopy in Princeton Wood
2:10-2:30 Team 7: Islands and Corridors
2:30-2:50 Team 18: Edge Effects

2:50-3:30 BREAK

3:30-3:50 Team 24: Factors that may influence invasive species
3:50-4:10 Team 45: Factors that are conducive to the origin and development of a healthy wetland
4:10-4:30 Team 36: Role of fire in New Jersey Pine Barrens and Nebraska prairies
4:30-4:50 Team 26: Comparing the recovery rates of a temperate forest with a tropical rain forest using STELLA modeling
4:50-5:10 Team 53: Risk assessment for natural hazards (coastal erosion)
5:10-6:30 Dinner (Wu Hall)
7:30-??? Movies! (Peyton Hall)
Thursday, 24 July 1997
7:00-8:30 AM Breakfast (Wu Hall)
Symposium (Peyton Hall)
8:30-8:40 Introduction
The Hydrosphere, Part II: General water quality issues
8:40-9:00 Teams 9 and 21: Diverse land usage and water pollution: Is there a connection?
9:00-9:20 Team 46: Effects of fecal coliform in runoff water on Lake Carnegie, Princeton, New Jersey
9:20-9:40 Team 43: Testing water for the presence of Eserichia Coli
9:40-10:00 Team 22: Do the herbicides we use contaminate our rivers?

10:00-10:30 BREAK

10:30-10:50 Team 13: Water quality in urban waterways
10:50-11:10 Team 23: Dissolved oxygen in streams
11:10-11:30 Team 14: Dissolved oxygen correlation to insect population
11:30-11:50 Team 51: Measuring soil erosion and runoff in watersheds under diverse land uses
11:50-12:10 Team 10: Biomagnification of Toxic Substances

12:10-1:30 Lunch

1:30-1:40 Introduction
Climate and atmospheric issues
1:40-2:00 Team 5: Tropospheric Ozone Level Research and Analysis
2:00-2:20 Team 52: Fixation of carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels by the planting of trees
2:20-2:40 Team 28: Why study the nitrogen contribution to the acidity of acid rain?
2:40-3:00 Team 17: Anthropogenic sulfur dioxide in the troposphere

3:00-3:40 BREAK

3:40-4:00 Team 16: The effect of urbanization, as expressed through paved ground cover, on temperature of microclimates
4:00-4:20 Team 54: Stratospheric ozone and CFC's
5:00-6:00 Cocktail reception (Wu Patio)
6:00-8:00 Banquet (Wu Hall)
8:00-??? Awards, events, partying
Friday, 25 July 1997
7:00-8:30 AM Breakfast (Wu Hall)
8:30-9:00 AM Announcements, practical matters (Peyton Hall)
9:00-??? AM Teacher opportunites (Peyton Hall)
Evaluation (EDC; Peyton Hall)
After Princeton, What Next? (Mary Apodaca; Peyton Hall)
???-12:00 PM Pack, say goodbyes to Princeton

12:00-1:30 Lunch (Wu Hall)

12:45 PM First bus departs for Newark Airport
3:15 PM Second bus departs for Newark Airport

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