Tentative Agenda

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Desert and Montane Ecosystems

Major Focus: Interdependence of Life

 

Approximate Weekly Time-line for Professors, Staffers., and Participants.

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Riley, Nikki, and graduate students arrive no later than Saturday to set up facilities. Staff departure is Friday afternoon.
Participant Arrival begins Sunday and no later than 9:00 am on Monday at Deer Springs Ranch: Set up camp, introductions, explore around camp area, hiking, etc. Participant departure is noon on Friday.

 

General Daily Schedule for the Week

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Breakfast 7:00am to 8:00am
Morning session 8:00 am - 11:00am (Led by Riley Nelson)
One hour break from 11:00 to 12:00 (Meal preparation time)
Lunch from 12-1
Afternoon teaching practice and assessment discussion from 1-4 (Led by Nikki Hanegan)
One hour break from 4-5 (Meal preparation time)
Dinner from 5-6
Evening session from 6-9 (Led by either Riley or Nikki)
Night time: sleep time or optional activities (Led by individual participants)

 

Topical Agenda at the GSENM: Year One, Week One

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Monday Morning: Welcome to the Grand Staircase (Harry Barber). Discussion on Cultural, Historical, Biological, and Political Accounts. Discover, observe, talk, and compare. Begin planning an experiment and collecting observations.

Monday Afternoon: Teaching and learning goals for the week.

Tuesday Morning: Walk in Lick Wash to the base of No Man's Mesa, speak of various plant communities: sagebrush, pinyon-juniper, ponderosa pine, and canyon riparian. Explore the surroundings. Set up a malaise trap. Set up a few pit fall traps. Set up a preliminary experiment. Practice netting technique. Plan an experiment

Tuesday Afternoon: Pedagogy by Nikki

Tuesday Evening: Rest, relax then run a black light

Wednesday Morning: Check the experiment. Look for new issues and excitement. Change attack if necessary. Explore a new area: Ring Tank near Coyote Canyon or Pump Springs or Potholes of The Dive Implement the experiment planned yesterday

Wednesday Afternoon

Wednesday Evening: Rest, relax then Plan a small individual project with each participant. Run black lights.

Thursday Morning: Check the traps, Visit a dune field. Set up individual observations OR alternatively with could spend the time driving to Henrieville Creek and Springs to

Thursday Afternoon: Pedagogy with Nikki

Thursday Evening: Rest, relax, and run black lights

Friday Morning: Group presentations, debriefing and individual experiment plans. Clean traps and camp

Participant Departure: Friday at noon.

One other important note: sessions are structured to begin on time. We do not offer alternative session suggestions to fill time. Please be considerate to other participants and arrive at the designated areas early, prepared, and eager to learn.

Things to consider for activities:
- We focus on one or two items per session. Such as with the terrestrial, we cannot have you look at all so, we focus on a few. We set up traps and discuss those in the terrestrial session rather than sweep nets. It may be easier to find a larger selection and then, help you to identify them.
- Aquatics: we will focus on the use of case making of substrate and leaves.

 

Items Provided

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The following items will be provided for your use and a few things to take back home. You will receive a list of supplies that you can obtain for your school of up to $1000. UBEST will provide the following materials to be used during the activities: digital cameras, journals, field guides, and bug collecting supplies such as vials, pins, and a Schmidt box to take home with you.