2013 Schedule (Tentative)

Donkey Pulling Cart of Fruit

Sunday, July 21
Travel to San Jose, Costa Rica
Meet at the hotel
6-8:00 Dinner in San Jose

Monday, July 22
6:30-8:00 Breakfast
8:30 Depart for La Selva (LS)
10:30-11:30 Arrive LS, check-in and get settled
11:30-1:00 Lunch
1:30-2:00 Group bonding activity
2-3:00 Introduction to LS talk & safety information talk
3:00-5:00 Guided nature hikes
6:00-7:30 Dinner
8:00-9:30 Movie and popcorn

Tuesday, July 23
6:30-7:30 Breakfast
8-9:00 Introduction to TEAM
9:00-10:30 Intro to TEAM protocols in the field: Group A Vegetation Protocol
Group B: Planning fieldwork for group project
10:30-11:30 Climate change talk
11:30-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:30 Intro to TEAM protocols in the field: Group B Vegetation Protocol
Group A: Planning fieldwork for group project classroom
2:30- 6:00 Fieldwork on group projects
6:00 Dinner
7:00-9:00 Guided night walk

Wednesday, July 24
6:30-7:30 Breakfast
8:00-1:00 Group A goes to coffee plantation
9:00-10:30 Group B: Intro to TEAM protocols in the field—Camera Trapping
11:30-1:00 Group B lunch
2:00-6:00 Group B goes to coffee plantation
2:00-3:00 Group A: Intro to TEAM protocols in the field—Camera Trapping
6:00-7:30 Dinner
8:00-9:00 Antarctica talk

Thursday, July 25
6:30-7:30 Breakfast
9:00-10:30 La Selva plant collections, methods, etc.
10:30-12:00 Inquiry based teaching/learning talk—change out with ethogram if weather is good
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-6:00 Work on group projects
6:00 Dinner

Friday, July 26
6:30-7:30 Breakfast
8:00-9:30 Group A Canopy Towers
9:30-11:30 Group B Canopy Towers
11:30-1:00 Lunch
1:00-4:00 Banana plantation
4-6:00 work on group projects; trip leaders to meet with individual groups to assess progress
6:00-7:30 Dinner
8:00-9:30 Movie and popcorn

Saturday, July 27
6:30-7:30 Breakfast
½ day off
11:30-1:00 Lunch
1:00-4:00 Group project field work
4:00-6:00 Teacher presentations/lessons from home—Group A
6:00-7:30 Dinner
7:30-9:00 Indonesia slides and Animal Bingo

Sunday, July 28
6:30-7:30 Breakfast
8:00-2:00 Kayaking with naturalist guide
2:30-3:30 Scientists and science careers talk
4:00-6:00 Teacher presentations/lessons from home—Group B
6:00-7:30 Dinner

Monday, July 29
6:30-7:30 Breakfast
8:00-9:00 Intro to GIS lecture
9:00-11:00 Ethogram/Animal Behavior (talk and activity) or inquiry based teaching/learning (weather dependent)
11:30-1:00 Lunch
1:00-6:00 Work on group projects
6:00-7:30 Dinner
8:00-9:30 Movie and popcorn

Tuesday, July 30
6:30-7:30 Breakfast
8:00-9:00 Prep for presentations
9-10:00 Group 1 presentation
10:00-11:00 Group 2 presentation
11:30-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:00 Group 3 presentation
2:00-2:30 Break
2:30-3:30 Group 4 presentation
3:30-4:30 wrap-up
4:30-6:00 free time/pack up
6:00 Dinner
7-9:00 Guided night walk

Wednesday, July 31
6:30-7:30 Breakfast
9:00 Travel back to San Jose
11:00-11:30 Check into hotel
11:30-6:00 Free day in San Jose
6:00 Group dinner

Thursday, August 1
Travel home