Watershed Dynamics ESSP Agenda

Agenda for 4 - 7 August 2008
CG-2 Room 3024

7:30 am Buses depart Outlook Hotel for UCAR Center Green Campus Building #1
8:00 am Introductions and overview of the Watershed Dynamics ESSP - Presentation for sessions
8:30 am Finding your way in My World: An introduction to GIS and data analysis using My World. Overview of basic skills and terms
Discuss:
  • How can GIS be used for inquiry?
10:00 am Break
10:15 am Do Annual Precipitation in the US activity from the curriculum materials
  • Make predictions about precipitation patterns
  • Use My World to look at NARR precipitation data
11:30 am Find connections to other DLESE resources
12:00 pm Lunch
1:15 pm Field activity: Stream flow study and soil infiltration study
  • Do field research on streams and soil and relate it back to our model
2:45 pm Break
3:00 pm Do Seasonal Analysis of Precipitation and Surface Runoff from the curriculum materials
  • Use My World to see the relationship between seasonal precipitation and surface runoff across the country
4:15 pm Plenary — End of day check-in (CG-1 Auditorium Room 1212)
4:45 pm Buses depart for Outlook Hotel

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