2012 Schedule (Tentative)
Sunday, July 8
Travel to San Jose, Costa Rica
Meet at the hotel
6-8:00 Dinner in San Jose
Monday, July 9
7-8:00 Breakfast
8:30 Depart for La Selva (LS)
10:30-11:30 Arrive LS, check-in and get settled in cabins
11:30-1:00 Lunch
1:30-2:00 Group bonding activity
2-3:00 Intro to LS talk
3:00-3:30 Safety information talk
3:30-5:30 Guided nature hikes (4 groups, 4 guides)
6:00-7:30 Dinner
7:00-9:00 Indonesia slides
Tuesday, July 10
6:30-7:30 Breakfast
8-9:30 Intro to TEAM
9:30-11:30 Intro to TEAM protocols in the field (vegetation and camera trapping - 2 groups)
11:30-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:00 Climate change talk
2:00-3:00 Climate change labs
3:00-4:00 Lecture on basic statistical methods
4:00-6:00 work on group projects
6:00 Dinner
7:00-9:00 Guided night walk
Wednesday, July 11
6:30-7:30 Breakfast
8:30-1:30 Group A goes to coffee plantation; Group B free time
11:30-1:00 Group B lunch
2:00-6:00 Group B goes to coffee plantation; Group A free time
6:00 dinner
7:00-9:00 Antarctica talk
Thursday, July 12
6:30-7:30 Breakfast
8:00-10:00 plant collections and methods
10:00-11:30 Inquiry based teaching/learning talk
11:30-1:00 Lunch
1:00-3:00 Guided hike
3:00-6:00 work on group projects
6:00 Dinner
Friday, July 13
6:30-7:30 Breakfast
8:00-11:30 group project field work
11:30-1:00 Lunch
1:00-4:00 Group A goes to banana plantation; Group B does canopy towers and free time
4-6:00 work on group projects and Trip Leaders meet with individual groups to assess progress
6:00 Dinner
7:00-9:00 Movie and popcorn
Saturday, July 14
6:30-7:30 Breakfast
8:00-11:30 Group B goes to banana plantation; Group A does canopy towers and free time
11:30-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:00 Visiting researcher talk
2:00-6:00 Group project field work
6:00 Dinner
Sunday, July 15
6:30-7:30 Breakfast
½ free day
2:00-5:00 Teacher presentations/lessons from home
6:00 Dinner
7-9:00 Scientists and science careers talk and activities
Monday, July 16
6:30-7:30 Breakfast
8:00-9:30 Ethogram/Animal Behavior (talk and activity)
9:30-11:30 RS/GIS lab
11:30-1:00 Lunch
1:00-1:30 classroom prep for vegetation transect
1:30-4:00 Vegetation transect in the field
4:00-5:30 Lab time for vegetation analysis
6:00 Dinner
7-9:00 Movie and popcorn
Tuesday, July 17
6:30-7:30 Breakfast
8-11:00 Teacher presentations/lessons from home
11:30-1:00 Lunch
1:00-3:00 Soil/leaf litter in field
3-6:00 work on projects; Trip Leaders check-in with groups
6:00 Dinner
7-9:00 Visiting researcher talk
Wednesday, July 18
6:30-7:30 Breakfast
8:00-9:00 Visiting researcher talk
9-11:30 Work on projects
11:30-1:00 Lunch
1-6:00 Work on group projects; Trip Leaders check-in
6:00-7:00 Dinner
7-9:00 Guided night walk
Thursday, July 19
6:30-7:30 Breakfast
8-9:30 Group 1 presentation
10:00-11:30 Group 2 presentation
11:30-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:30 Group 3 presentation
2:30-3:00 Break
3:00-4:30 Group 4 presentation
4:30-6:00 wrap-up
6:00 Dinner
Friday, July 20
6:30-7:30 Breakfast
9:00 Travel back to San Jose
Check in to hotel, free time, dinner in San Jose
Saturday, July 21
Travel home