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Monday, January 12
Interview a scientist
– How do we count the animals in a habitat? --census techniques.
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- Archives
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9:30
am
10:30
am
12:30
pm
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9:30 AM
Bridgewater-Raritan, NJ: Hillside I.S..
Collierville, TN: St. George's Schools,
10:30
AM
Ward-Melville Site,
NY: Glenwood Landing E.S.
Bridgewater-Raritan,
NJ: Hillside I.S.
Park Ridge, NJ:
Newark, NJ: Abington
Ave. School
12:30 PM
Ward-Melville Site,
NY:Glenwood Landing E.S.
Park Ridge, NJ:
2:00 PM (Spanish)
Waco Ind. Sch. Dist.,TX:
Sul Ross E.S. & South Waco Sch. |
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Tuesday, January 13
Predator - Prey
Relationships interspersed with Q & A and sharing.
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- Archives
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9:30
am
10:30
am
1:00
pm
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9:30 AM
Bridgewater-Raritan, NJ: Hillside I.S.,
Temple, TX: Thornton E.S.
10:30 AM and 1:00 PM
Little Falls, NJ: Passaic Valley H.S.
Highlands, NJ: Henry Hudson Reg. H.S.
1:00 PM
Little Falls, NJ: Passaic Valley H.S.
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Wednesday, January 14
1. Short lesson
modules on nutrient cycling, part 1. The “Brown Food Web”--ants and nutrient
movements.
2. Short lesson
modules on Predator/Prey Relationships interspersed with Q & A and sharing
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- Archives
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8:05
am
10:30
am
1:00
pm
1:47
pm
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8:05 AM (topic 1)
Little Falls, NJ: Passaic Valley H.S.
10:30 AM (topic 2.)
Newark, NJ: Dayton St. Sch.
Temple, TX: Travis M.S., Lamar M.S.
NY: Henry Viscardi School
1:00 PM (topic 2)
Waco Independent Sch. Dist, TX: South
Waco Sch.
Park Ridge, NJ: East Brook E.S.
Fairlawn, NJ:
Radburn E.S.
MSU site, NJ:
PRISM teacher observers workshop
1:47 PM (topic 2)
Little Falls, NJ: Passaic Valley H.S.
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Thursday, January 15
1. Short lesson
modules on nutrient cycling, part 2. The “Brown Food Web”—soil profiles
and leaf decay, roots & mycchorhizae, fungi
2. Short lesson
modules on Predator/Prey Relationships interspersed with Q & A and sharing
3. Short lesson
modules on nutrient cycling, part 2. The “Brown Food Web”—soil profiles
and leaf litter. Q & A and sharing
All Jan.
15 sessions cancelled due to snow and school closures in New Jersey
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8:05 AM (topic 1)
Little Falls, NJ: Passaic Valley H.S.
8:53 AM (topic 2)
Little Falls,
NJ: Passaic Valley H.S.
11:20 AM (topic3)
Little Falls, NJ: Passaic Valley H.S.
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Friday, January 16
1. Tropical
Rainforest: My Favorite Biome. Species Diversity Frogs, Lizards, snakes
2. Tropical Rainforest:
My Favorite Biome.
Species Diversity: Lizards
3. Tropical Rainforest:
My
Favorite Biome.
Lesson
modules varied
by choice:
Camouflage/Mimicry
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Archive
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10:30
am
11:15
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1:00
pm
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10:30 AM (topic 2)
NJ: Judd E.S.
Jersey City, NJ: PS#
Ward-Melville Site, NY: W. H. Cornwell
Sch.
Waco Ind. Sch. Dist., TX: Sul Ross Sch.
11:15 AM (topic1)
NJ: Judd E.S.
Monroe Township, NJ: Radix E.S.
1:00 PM (topic 3)
Park Ridge, NJ: East Brook Sch.
Fairlawn, NJ: Warren Point E.S.
Waco Ind. Sch. Dist., TX: Mountainview
Sch.
Ward-Melville Site, NY: W.H. Cornwell
Sch.
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Saturday, January 17
Family
Science Day-- special session to involve families in discussions with rainforest
scientists and environmental educators on location in tropical forest: Food
Webs
NO ARCHIVE
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10:30
AM
NJ: Horton E.S.
Ecology Club & Hillside I.S. Environmental club
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Tuesday, January 20
Interview a Scientist
– Invertebrate Specialist
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Archive
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9:30 AM
Park Ridge, NJ:
10:30 AM
Totowa,
NJ:
Ward-Melville Site, NY: B. G. Manor E.S.
& South Country E.S.
1:00 PM
Totowa,
NJ:
Ward-Melville Site, NY: Patchogue-Medford
Dist
Park Ridge,
NJ:
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Wednesday, January 21
1. Impressions
of a Rainforest-
Fieldworkers on Barro Colorado Island: Bonifacio DeLeon (Spanish)
2. Interview a
Scientist: Bat/Katydid Researchers
Alex Lang, Crista Weise,
MC: Katrina
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Archive
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10:30
am
1:00
pm
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10:30
AM (topic 1)
Ward-Melville Site, NY: Sag Harbor E.S.
Waco Ind. Sch. Dist., TX: South Waco Sch.
& Bell's Hill Sch.
Vineland, NJ: Mennies E.S.
East Orange, NJ: J. Howard E.S.
1:00 PM (topic 2)
Park Ridge, NJ:
Ward-Melville Site, NY: Sag Harbor E.S.
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Thursday, January 22
1. Tropical Rainforest:
My Favorite Biome. Symbiosis.
Leafcutter Ants
2. Tropical Rainforest:
My Favorite Biome. Camouflage/Mimicry
3. Tropical Rainforest: My Favorite Biome. Species Diversity
Leafcutters Leafcutter Ants (Spanish)
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9:30
am
10:30
am
1:00
pm
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9:30 AM (topic 1)
Bridgewater, NJ: Hillside I.S.
Kearny, NJ: Franklin E.S.
Waco Independent Sch. Dist, TX: Provident
Heights Sch.
10:30 AM (topic 2)
Bridgewater-Raritan, NJ: Hillside I.S.
Waco Ind. Sch. Dist., TX: Provident Heights
Sch.
1:00 PM (topic 3, Spanish)
Passaic, NJ: PS #9, PS # 11
Kearny, NJ: Franklin E.S.
Waco Ind. Sch. Dist., TX: South Waco Sch.
& Provident Heights Sch.
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Friday, January 23
1. Interview a Scientist:
Mammal specialists
Studying elusive animals
2. Interview a
Scientist:
Predator Prey
3. Interview a Scientist:
Mammal specialists
Food Webs & Symbiosis Leafcutters
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Archive
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9:30
am
10:30
am
1:00 am
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9:30 AM (topic 1)
Temple
Ind. SD, TX: Bonham MS
Park Ridge, NJ:
Peterson,
NJ:
10:30 AM (topic 2)
Ward-Melville Site, NY: Comack & Burr I.S.
Kearny, NJ: Franklin Sch.
Park Ridge, NJ
1:00 PM (topic 3)
Emerson, NJ: Linwood Ave Sch.
Ward-Melville Site, NY: Comack & Burr
I.S.
Temple, TX: Scott E.S. & Bonham M.S.
Hillsborough, NJ: Auten Road E.S. & Hillsborough H.S. |
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Archived Events
2003, Panama
These sessions will be streamed
live and subsequently archived in REAL media format. If you do not
have a REAL PLAYER PLUG-IN, you may download it here.
Streams will automatically adjust to an appropriate rate for your connection.
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Tuesday, February
11,
10 am EST
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Little Falls, NJ: Passaic Valley High School (grade
9)
Park Ridge, NJ: West Ridge Elementary School (grade 3), Jeanne Kohan
Kearny, NJ: Franklin School (grade 5)
Temple School District, Texas: Lamar Middle School
(grades 6,7,8) |
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"PREDATION" -
archive
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Wednesday, February
12,
10 am EST
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Park Ridge, NJ: West Ridge Elementary School (grade
3). Christine Scheer
Kearny, NJ: Franklin School (grade 5)
Temple School District, Texas: Lamar Middle School
(grades 6,7,8)
Little Falls, NJ: Passaic Valley High School (grade
9)
Temple School District, Texas: Travis Middle School
(grades 6,7,8)
Cape May (NJ) Special Services: High School
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"REPTILE and AMPHIBIAN
ADAPTATIONS" - archive
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Wednesday, February
12,
1 pm EST
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Passaic, NJ: Passaic Public Schools #9 and #11 (grades
3 & 4)
East Orange, NJ: John Howard Elementary School
(grade 4)
Park Ridge, NJ: Park Ridge High School (grade
7) |
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"PREDATION" -
Spanish - archive
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Thursday, February
13,
10 am EST
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Little Falls, NJ: Passaic Valley High School (grades
11 & 12)
Park Ridge, NJ: East Brook Elementary School (grade 3), D. Ledgerwood
Paterson, NJ: School
#12 (grade 8)
Kearny, NJ: Franklin School (grade 5)
Temple School District, Texas: Bonham Middle School
(grades 6,7,8) |
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"CANOPY LIFE"
- archive
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Friday, February
14,
10 am EST
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Park Ridge, NJ: East Brook Elementary School (grade
3), M. Barker
Park Ridge, NJ: East Brook Elementary School (grade
3), M. Lajterman
Temple School District, Texas: Temple High Schooll
(grade 10)
Union City, NJ: Edison School (grade 7)
Wayne, NJ: Passaic County Technical Institute
(grade 9-12) |
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"SYMBIOSIS" -
archive
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