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The Global Rivers Environmental Education Network (GREEN) seeks to improve the quality of watersheds and rivers, and thereby the lives of people. GREEN uses watersheds as a unifying theme to link people within and between watersheds and to build an international network of people and institutions to encourage global sharing and cooperation. Programs are developed to foster cross-cultural sensitivity and respect for different ways of thinking, thus contributing to build a more caring and peaceful world.
(For those interested in CBL, note that GREEN will use e-mates and e-probes during the GREEN sessions at the Institute. The e-mate is a sturdy Mac labtop to which probes are attached to conduct monitoring.)
River Watch Network (associated with GREEN).
| 8:00- | 8:30 Mingling and Meeting |
|---|---|
| 8:30-9:00 | What is GREEN? |
| 9:00-9:45 | Review Agenda and Goals for GREEN 5 Day Watershed Exploration Discuss Reflective Practice Periods (RPP) and the need for participants to document their experiences during 5 days of work (notes, journals data records). |
| 9:45-12:00 | Regional Water Quality Issues Local watershed organization representative to speak on regional water quality issues; trip to the field. |
| 12:00-1:00 | Lunch |
| 1:00-3:00 | Map Work / Creating a Driving Question Conduct map work to examine various land uses in area; hypothesize influence of land use on water quality. Consider web sources with local information. |
| 3:00-4:00 | Driving Questions Examine what constitutes a driving question and how to create one. Also review resources available to help shape a driving question. |
| 4:00-4:30 | Feedback, Review of Next Day, RPP |
| 8:00-8:30 | Checking In |
|---|---|
| 8:30-9:30 | Creating a Study Plan Consider types of research strategies for use in watershed investigation |
| 9:30-11:00 | Cultural Overview: history of area and land-use surrounding Delaware + Raritan Canal Presentation by local historian on area under study |
| 11:00-12:00 | Create a Study Plan Select a driving question. Create a study plan to gather information to answer question |
| 12:00-1:00 | Lunch |
| 1:00-2:00 | Continue Study Plan |
| 2:00 | 4:00 Review of Resources Participants may continue work on plan, examine various resources available to conduct research, or begin investigations |
| 4:00-4:30 | Feedback, Review of Next Day, RPP |
| 8:00-8:30 | Checking In |
|---|---|
| 8:30-9:30 | Planning for the Day's Research Review driving question and research plans in light of yesterday's discoveries and what further information needs to be gathered; change plans accordingly |
| 9:30-12:00 | Watershed Investigation Continue watershed investigations |
| 12:00-1:00 | Lunch |
| 1:00-4:00 | Continue Investigations |
| 4:00-4:30 | Feedback, Review of Next Day, RPP |
| 8:00-8:30 | Checking In |
|---|---|
| 8:30-10:00 | Data Analysis Examine purposes behind data analysis |
| 10:00-12:00 | Finish Investigations |
| 12:00-1:00 | Lunch |
| 1:00-4:00 | Finish Analysis, Prepare Presentations |
| 4:00-4:30 | Feedback, Review of Next Day, RPP |
| 8:00-8:30 | Checking in |
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| 8:30-12:00 | Presentations from Explorations/Investigations Report out on: team's driving question; research undertaken and data gathered, relationships between data; conclusions drawn; possible concerns/problems raised by data; next steps: repeat study? refine study? take action on problem? |
| 12:00-1:00 | Lunch |
| 1:00-4:00 | Debrief Review week's investigations so as to identify components of inquiry learning. Examine the Inquiry / Action Research Community Problem Solving model. Consider how to use process during the remainder of institute as well as to recreate similar learning experiences with students back home |
| 4:00-4:30 | Reflect, feedback, evaluation |
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