Young Environmental Leaders: Spring 2014
A one week residential experience for up to 12 middle and high school students from inland Maine, with teachers.
Location: MDI Biological Laboratory (travel information)
Program participants will interact each day with a variety of program faculty including MDIBL eelgrass researchers affiliated with the Community Environmental Health Laboratory, and Hope Rowan, owner of Western Mountain Mapping. Students will learn leadership skills, and hone field research and laboratory skills through participation in a variety of environmental projects including water quality monitoring, eelgrass habitat monitoring, and mapping.
Jane E. Disney, Ph.D.Senior Staff Scientist; Director of Research Training; Director, Community Environmental Health LaboratoryMDI Biological Laboratory
| Time | Tuesday April 22 | Wednesday April 23 | Thursday April 24 | Friday April 25 | ||
| 7:30 am | ||||||
| 8:30am | Eden Parish Hall (until noon) | |||||
| 9-11am | Eden Parish Hall Arrive/Check in |
Eden Parish Hall (until 11am) Introduction to using GPS Units |
Introduction to using QGIS toreate eelgrass maps | Eden parish Hall (until noon_ Program Reflections Prepare for final presentations |
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| 11am | early Lunch | |||||
| 12 noon | Lunch | Bar at Bar Island (until 4pm) Eelgrass Mapping Eelgrass Studies Water Quality Monitoring Collect Organisms to look at in the microscope |
Lunch | Lunch | ||
| 1-2pm | Town Pier Red Tide Monitoring |
Hegner Building Data Literacy Workshop |
Eden Parish Hall (until 4pm) 1 pm Practice Presentations 2 pm Final Presentations to Parents and Community Farewells |
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| 4:00pm | Free Afternoon | Hegner Building Look at organisms in the microscope Create eelgrass food web |
Free Afternoon | Have a safe trip home! | ||
| 6:00pm | Dinner | Dinner | Dinner |
Students reside in campus dormitories along with their teacher escorts.