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Rainforest Connection

The Rainforest Connection 2009
February 2 to March 5

Brought to you by PRISM, The Bristol-Myers Squibb Center for Science Teaching & Learning at Montclair State University, The College of Science & Mathematics, Montclair University, Verizon Access New Jersey, and The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama.

The Rainforest Connection makes it possible for student groups to converse via videoconference with researchers in a rainforest in Panama. Dr. Jackie Willis, conducting research projects on Barro Colorado Island, a Smithsonian field station, directs this project. Background information is available: rainforest.montclair.edu. - See Video Archives

Monday February 2
1:00 - 1:40 PM EST Canopy Species via Marratech*

Tuesday February 3
11:50 - 12:25 PM EST Canopy Species via Marratech*
1:20 - 1:55 PM EST Canopy Species via Marratech*

Friday February 6
9:00 - 9:45 AM EST Panama Canal via Marratech*
12:35 - 1:10 PM EST Cultures of Panama via Marratech*

Monday February 9
9:00 - 2:30 PM EST Workshop on videoconferences via Marratech*

Tuesday February 10
11:00 - 11:40 AM EST Decomposers via Marratech*

Wednesday February 11
9:30 - 10:05 AM EST General Ecology via Marratech*
10:20 - 10:55 AM EST Poop Cam via Marratech*
11:50 - 12:25 PM EST Poop Cam via Marratech*
12:35 - 1:10 PM EST Poop Cam via Marratech*
1:20 - 1:55 PM EST Poop Cam via Marratech*
2:00 - 2:35 PM EST Poop Cam via Marratech*
2:45 - 3:15 PM EST Poop Cam via Marratech*

Thursday February 12
9:10 - 9:50 AM EST Darwin Day via Marratech*
10 AM EST Monkeys via Marratech*

Friday February 13
10 AM EST Panama Canal via Marratech*
11:50 - 12:25 PM EST Darwin Day- Predators via Marratech*
1:20 - 1:55 PM EST Darwin Day- Predators via Marratech*

Monday February 16
4:00 - 5:40 PM EST Frogs

Tuesday February 17
9:30 - 10:00 AM EST Canopy Species
10:05 - 10:40 AM EST Decomposition
11:05 - 11:40 AM EST Decomposition
12:00 - 12:40 AM EST The World of Ants via Marratech*
2:00 - 2:40 PM EST Tribal Peoples
2:50 - 3:30 PM EST Tribal Peoples

Wednesday February 18
9:30 - 10:15 AM EST Predators
10:20 - 10:55 AM EST Canopy Species via Marratech*
11:05 - 11:40 AM EST Monkeys
11:50 - 12:25 PM EST Canopy Species via Marratech*
2:00 - 2:35 PM EST Canopy Species via Marratech*
2:45 - 3:15 PM EST Canopy Species via Marratech*

Thursday February 19
9:30 - 10:10 AM EST Predators
10:20 - 11:00 AM EST Predators
11:00 - 3:00 PM EST Marine Shorelines via Marratech*

Friday February 20
9:30 - 10:00 AM EST Canopy Species
10:50 - 11:30 AM EST Canopy Species
1:00 - 1:40 PM EST Canopy Species inherited vs learned characteristics
2:00 - 2:30 PM EST The World of Ants
2:40 - 3:10 PM EST The World of Ants

Monday February 23
10:00 - 10:40 AM EST Erie to Gatun via Marratech*
11:00 - 11:40 AM EST Erie to Gatun via Marratech*
1:00 - 1:40 PM EST Snakes via Marratech*

Tuesday February 24
10:00 - 10:40 AM EST Poop Cam via Marratech*
11:00 - 11:40 AM EST Poop Cam via Marratech*
12:40 - 1:20 PM EST Student Chat Via Marratech*
1:30 - 2:10 PM EST Monkeys Via Marratech*

Wednesday February 25
1:00 - 1:40 PM EST Poop Cam via Marratech*
2:00 - 2:40 PM EST Poop Cam via Marratech*

Thursday February 26
1:00 - 1:40 PM EST Ocelots via Marratech*

Friday February 27
8:45 - 9:25 AM EST Tribal Peoples via Marratech*
10:00 - 10:40 AM EST Mammal Study via Marratech*
11:00 - 11:40 AM EST Bats via Marratech*

Thursday March 5
11:50 - 12:25 PM EST Cloud Forest via Marratech*
12:35 - 1:10 PM EST Cloud Forest via Marratech*
1:20 - 1:55 PM EST Cloud Forest via Marratech*

* Marratech conferences will be held in the "Panama Rainforest Room" hosted on Verizon ANJ Marratech Server. These web conferences will not be streamed on the web or archived. They can be viewed with the Marratech Client installed on a computer. Contact the Video Portal for log-in information at 973-497-9765

All 2-way video connections, webcasts, and video archives were provided by the Verizon Access New Jersey Video Portal.

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