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The Rainforest Connection
2004 Live web cast
January 12 - 23
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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
Conference times are listed below in Eastern Standard Time. To register for
a specific session, please refer to the schedule below and then call 973-655-7753
or email willisj@mail.montclair.edu. The sessions are assigned to specific
grade levels, and, as noted below, some will be in Spanish.
Fee: cost per session is $150 per 40-minute session per class of roughly 30
students, payable to PRISM- Montclair State University. We will register no
more than 5 classes per session to insure interaction from all participating
groups.
Video Connection: All sites must register online at the website of the Newark
video portal, Access New Jersey by going to their website: www.accessnewjersey.net
Call the portal at 973-497-9765 to do an equipment test.
Supported by: Montclair State University, the Smithsonian Tropical Research
Institute, Verizon, NJ Edge.net, Polycom, Inc., the Turrell Fund, and the Martinson
Family Foundation.
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
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