"Faculty workshops in field ecology
at Archbold: an opportunity to enrich
the teaching of ecology for
your undergraduate students"

Project FIRST Workshops 1999 at
Archbold Biological Station

P.O. Box 2057 blkball.gif (842 bytes) Lake Placid, Florida 33862 USA
Phone:
863-465-2571 blkball.gif (842 bytes) FAX: 863-699-1927
Email: archbold@archbold-station.org

Faculty Institutes Reforming Science Teaching (FIRST)
Part of a nation-wide National Science Foundation funded program


 

Project Co-Directors

Dr. Jan Hodder,Oregon Institute of Marine Biology, Charleston, OR 97420.
Phone: 541-888-2581, x215
Email: jhodder@oimb.uoregon.edu

Dr. Diane Ebert-May, Director, Lyman Briggs School, Michigan State University, E-27 Holmes Hall, East lansing, MI 48825.
Phone: 517-432-2758
Email: ebertmay@pilot.msu.edu

 

 

Archbold Biological Station
NSF Project FIRST 1999 -
MAY SCHEDULE

DATE

TIME

ACTIVITY

LOCATION

5/12/99 18:00 Arrival, registration, check-into lodging (OPTIONAL) Front office
  18:00 Evening meal, social (OPTIONAL)  
5/13/99 07:00 Breakfast Dining Room
  07:30 Morning arrivals - check-into lodging Front Office
  08:00 Leave for Ranch - MacArthur Agro-ecology Research Center. 30 minute drive. Be prepared for some to drive own vehicles down Start at Auditorium
  08:30 Introduction to morning activities at the Ranch Ranch HQ Bldg.
  09:00 Field tour round winter pastures Ranch
  10:00 Field exercise Ranch
  12:00 Return to Station – 30 minute drive  
  12:30 Lunch Dining room
  13:30
  • Review of background material, notebooks and planned outline of May workshop
  • Review of background to project FIRST (proposal, goals, the Organization of Biological Field Stations, participating field stations, goals for Archbold workshops)
  • Team discussion of institutional goals for FIRST workshops
Auditorium
  14:30 Discussion/Evaluation of "Ranch tour and field exercise" Auditorium
  15:30 Break Auditorium
  16:00 Evaluation tools

Review of Cooperative Learning Techniques

  • Already utilized and other techniques
  • Discussion
Auditorium
  17:00 Free time  
  18:00 Supper – Buck Island Ranch BBQ Dining room
  19:00 Socializing…….. Auditorium
  19:00 Finalize field projects –sites, methodology, supplies etc. Auditorium

DATE

TIME

ACTIVITY

LOCATION

5/14/99 07:00 Breakfast Dining Room
  08:00 Travel to project field sites  
  08:30 Collect data for field projects, evaluate feasibility, logistics etc. Field sites
  10:30 Break  
  11:00 Institutional Field Project - review and preparation of presentation Computer Center, Library, General Lab
  12:30 Lunch Dining Room
  13:30 Oral presentations - Field Project Evaluations

(8 min each + 4 minutes for questions)

Auditorium
  14:30: Discussion/Evaluation of field projects Auditorium
  15:00 Break Auditorium
  15:15 Institutional Teams prepare outline of how they plan to incorporate ideas learned in the Feb/May workshops into their teaching practices. Computer Center, Library, General Lab
  16:00 Question and Answer

Dates, timetable, schedule for next FIRST activities

Auditorium
  16:30 Evaluation of May workshop Auditorium
  17:00 Departure or

Supper or bag supper available

Dining Room
       

 

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