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2007 UNY-ESF Environmental Science
Summer Institute for Teachers
Summer Institute a Success!
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY ESF) and the Science Teachers Association of New York State (STANYS) sponsored an Environmental Science Summer Institute for Teachers in August, 2007, at the Ranger School in Wanakena, NY.
Speakers included:
- Dr. Dudley Raynal, Distinguished Teaching Professor and Dean of Instruction and Graduate Studies at ESF
- Dr. Donald Leopold, Distinguished Teaching Professor and Chair of the Environmental and Forest Biology Department at ESF
- Dr. David Pimentel, Professor Emeritus of Insect Ecology & Agricultural Sciences, Department of Entomology and Section of Ecology and Systematics, Cornell Universit
- Professor Chris Westbrook, Director of the Ranger School
- Professor Mike Bridgen, Ranger School
- Mr. Michael Webb, Ranger School Instructor—Surveying and GPS
- The ESF Science Corps Graduate Students
Agenda
August 12-15, 2007
| Day 1 8/12 | Presenter | Time | Day 2 8/13 | Presenter | Time | Day 3 8/14 | Presenter | Time | Day 4 8/15 | Presenter | Time |
| Population, Energy, and Soils???? | Pimentel | 8:00 | Arboretum Tour | Bridgen | 8:00 | Morning Hike to Firetower and Cathedral Rock | Hughes | 8:00 | |||
| Forest Biorefinery and Resources???? | Volk | 10:00 | Stream Ecology | Hughes | 10:00 | Lesson Presentations and year plans (Teachers) |
Beal | 9:00 | |||
| Assessment (Discussion and written) | Busa | 11:00 | |||||||||
| Welcome (Lunch) | Raynal, Spuches |
12:00 | Lunch | 12:00 | Lunch | 12:00 | Lunch and Thank you | Spuches | 12:00 | ||
| Introductions (Lunch) | Spuches | 12:30 | |||||||||
| Overview of week (all) (Lunch) |
Beal | 1:00 | GPS and GIS | Webb | 1:00 | GTF Field Activities | GTF | 1:00 | |||
| Ranger School Informational Tour | Westbrook | 1:30 | |||||||||
| Plant Diversity? | Raynal | 2:30 | Break | 3:00 | Planning Time | All | 3:00 | ||||
| Overview of grant Expectations of research infusion into Global and responsibilities (GTF and ESF HS) |
Beal | 4:30 | Fellows Presentations (all) | GTF | 3:30 | Go Cranberry Lake | 4:30 | ||||
| Documentation – reporting Teachers & GTF meetings Expectation at conclusion Friday (Fellows and Primary Teachers) Others Free time |
Beal | 5:00 | |||||||||
| Dinner | 5:30 | Dinner | 5:30 | Dinner (Leopold) | Leopold | 5:30 | |||||
| Animal Behavior and Research????? | Shields | 6:30 | Classroom norms & expectations Matching GTF & Teachers; Getting Started - General outline of years activities and possible models -or- Lesson Planning Time |
Rick, Chuck | 6:30 | Wetlands ecosystems ?????????? |
Leopold | 6:00 | |||
| Depart Cranberry | 8:30 | ||||||||||
