2008 Institute Agenda
| Monday 7-14 |
Tuesday 7-15 |
Wednesday 7-16 |
Thursday 7-16 |
Friday 7-17 |
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| Theme | Overview |
Climate; GPS | Remote sensing; animals | Ice; plants | History and politics |
| 8:30 | Coffee | Coffee | Coffee | Coffee | Coffee |
| 9:00 | Welcome etc | Climate change | Remote sensing overview Lederle Graduate Research Tower 201 |
Ice sheets, sea level, permafrost | Dog sleds to cruise ships |
| 10:00 | Polar Overview | 9:30 Remote sensing analysis | Ice sheets, sea level, permafrost | Polar politics: jig saw | |
| 10:30 | Break | Break | Break | Break | Break |
| 10:45 | Overview, cont 11:30 Seasons (Astronomical) | CO2 activities | Remote sensing analysis | Ice sheets, sea level, permafrost | Polar politics: jig saw, cotd |
| 12:00 | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch |
| 1:00 | Albedo and angle of incidence | CO2 wrapup; BTB | Animals at the poles. Lgrt 201 | Plants from Pole to Pole | Conclude jig saw |
| 2:00 | Cooling, heating degree days | Antarctic GPS activity | Food webs and species interactions activity | 1:30 Phenology Activity; tundra to taiga game | Posters on plans |
| 3:00 | Break | Break | Break | Break | Break |
| 3:15 | Solar design challenge | GPS cont; Perry's explorations, caches | Tundra Adaptations – Size and Heat | Game, cont. | Cleanup |
| 4:00 | Literature | AY planning / explore web | Jig saw assignments | AY planning / posters | Adjourn |
| 8:00 | Video/popcorn | Video/popcorn | Video/popcorn | BBQ at Julie's |
Labs are in Hasbrouk 206, 210
Breaks are in Hasbrouck 208
Most presentations are in Hasbrouck 20Computers are in Hasbrouck 205
This tentative agenda is subject to minor changes