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The Rainforest Connection
January 12-23 2004
See archives of the live web casts below
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Sponsored by Montclair State University
PRISM-The Center for Professional Resources In Science & Mathematics,
Upper Montclair, NJ 07043
 Student groups will converse via interactive TV with researchers in a rainforest
in Panama from Jan. 12- 23. Conference sessions will feature JASON host researcher
Dr. Jacalyn Willis and her colleagues conducting research projects on Barro
Colorado Island, a Smithsonian field station. All conference sessions will
involve short lessons by the researchers and time for questions and comments
from the students. Background information is available in the JASON XV Teacher’s
Guide and on the PRISM website: rainforest.montclair.edu
Supported by: Montclair State University, the Smithsonian Tropical Research
Institute, Verizon, NJ Edge.net, Polycom, Inc., the Turrell Fund, and the Martinson
Family Foundation.
Resources and personnel made available by Verizon Access New Jersey
and NJEDge.net helped make this event possible. The "live" web casts and
the archives below are courtesy of Verizon Video Portal.
Video Conference Schedule: January 12-23, 2004
All times are in Eastern Standard Time.
Monday, January 12:
Interview a Scientist - Methods scientists use for studying mammals.
9:30
AM (gr. 5-8); see
archive
10:30 AM (gr. 3-5); see
archive
12:30 PM (gr. 3-5);
see archive
Tuesday, January 13
Predator - Prey Relationships - Food webs and how we study them will
be discussed.
9:30 AM (gr. 3-5); see archive
10:30 AM (high school level);
see archive
1:00 PM (high school level);
see archive
Wednesday, January 14:
8:05 AM Nutrient Cycling (high school level);
see archive
10:30 AM Predator - Prey Relationships (gr. 5-8);
see archive
1:00 PM Predator-Prey (gr. 3-5); see
archive
1:45 PM Predator-Prey (high school) on with rainforest scientists and
environmental educators on location in tropical forest: Food Webs;
see archive
Thursday, January 15:
8:05 AM Nutrient Cycling- Decomposers & Soils (high school), cancelled
9:00 AM Predator-Prey (high school); cancelled
11:25 AM Predator-Prey (high school); cancelled
1:00 PM Decomposers (elementary level); cancelled
Friday, January 16:
Tropical Rainforest: My Favorite Biome (general discussion of species
diversity, adaptations, camouflage).
Grades 3-5
10:30 AM; see archive
11:15 AM; see archive
1:00 PM; see archive
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 10:00 AM; no archive
Tuesday, January 20:
Interview a Scientist invertebrate researcher:
9:30 AM (gr. 5-7); see archive
10:30 AM (gr. 5-7); see archive
1:00 PM (gr. 5-7); see archive
Wednesday, January 21:
Impressions of a Rainforest-fieldworkers recount their experiences.
10:30
AM (Spanish; gr. 3-5); see archive
1:00 PM (gr. 3-5); see archive
Thursday, January 22:
Tropical Rainforest- My Favorite Biome: Leafcutter ants and other
tropical species.
9:30 AM (gr. 4-6); see archive
10:30 AM (gr. 4-6); see archive
1:00 PM (Spanish; gr. 3-5);
see archive
Friday, January 23:
Interview a Scientist mammal research: studying elusive species.
9:30 AM (gr. 6-8); see archive
10:30 AM (gr. 3-5); see archive
1:00 PM (gr. 3-5); see archive
See the web cast
archives from Rainforest Connection Live 2005.
See story from last year's successful Rainforest Connection in 2003.
Having trouble viewing archived streams?
Make sure your institution is not blocking streaming media.
Note:
A QuickTime 10060 error is normally due
to a firewall or proxy server blocking the normal transport
protocols enabling QuickTime to stream properly.
We stream over port 80 and you can set
the QuickTime player to play streams over http on port 80
(the same port as normal web page traffic).
Windows:
Open QuickTime and select Edit ->
Preferences from the top navigation bar.
Next select QuickTime preferences.
Select “Streaming Transport” from the drop down bar.
Select the “Use the this protocol and port ID” option and
then.
“Use HTTP, Port ID:” and keep the default “80″ setting.
Mac OS X:
System Preferences -> QuckTime-> Advanced tab
Click on Transport Setup and choose Custom. Select HTTP on
port 80.
You should no longer get a QuickTime 10060 error. If you
still have a problem, you will have to talk to your
network's manager.
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