Transcript Dutchess Academy of Environmental Studies

Dutchess Academy of
Environmental Studies
A Model GLOBE Program School.
GLOBE at Norrie Point
• Franchise/Partner Teacher Training Site since 1996.
• Over 120 teachers trained in the Hudson Valley.
• GLOBE Protocol Video Filming site
• Home of the “MUC-athon”-- over 17% of the GLOBE Program
qualitative land cover data for the world has come from
Dutchess County!
• Students addressed the United Nations Sustainable
Development Conference on Earth Day 1999 and the World
Space Congress 2002 and the GLOBE Program Office in
2006.
What is the Academy?
The Academy was a two year, half-time turned one year,
full day, bridge program to prepare students for education
and careers in ecology and the natural sciences.
Benefits
• Blend of theory knowledge and practical skills in
classroom, laboratory, and the field.
Norrie Point Environmental Site
•Walking distance to river, forests, streams, wetlands, marina
•Short paddle to Esopus Island & Black Creek Preserve
1000 acre Mills-Norrie State Park
Hudson River Estuary & Esopus Island
You can’t learn about the environment
from a textbook.
You need to get outside!
Spring
• BIO 225: Environmental Measurements
• The GLOBE Program (www.globe.gov)
– Apply the theory from BIO 107: Ecology to measure hydrology, soils, atmosphere,
and land cover.
• Geographic Information Systems
– Computer mapping using MapInfo and MultiSpec
• Natural Resource Management
• Land Use Planning--local and global
• Student-Designed Field Research Project
– As a class, design and execute an 8 week field research project using GLOBE
protocols.
Multispec Satellite
Visible range
Infra-red range
GLOBE Protocols
Auger Sampling
Percolation
Test
Tree Height with Clinometer
Soil Sample Chemistry Soil Profile with horizons
Densiometer for
Canopy Coverage
Looking at Data
Maps
Graphs
Raw Tabular Data
This graph displays the mean air temperature for schools in
Australia (red), Benin (green), and the US (blue)
The inverse relationship between water temperature and
dissolved oxygen (DO)
Chemistry Connection: Henry’s Law states the solubility of
gases generally decreases with increasing temperature
The Class of 2002 investigated difference in soil
moisture and temperature as a result of canopy cover
and land cover type.
The Class of 2003
investigated
differences
between study
plots on the
mainland and on
Esopus Island and
presented their
research at the
GLOBE Learning
Expedition in
Croatia in July.
GLE in Croatia
2004 Senior Project
• Radiotracking Box Turtles with
NYSDEC and creating a GIS database
of nests, movements and hibernacula.
• Measuring Soil (PSD, pH, T) and
atmosphere (min/max T, RH) data