Summer 2004 Workshop

Week-1:

Monday
14 June

Tuesday
15 June

Wednesday
16 June

Thursday
17 June

9 - 10 a.m.

Introduction to the program & orientation...

click below to download syllabus in Word.doc

click below to download syllabus in Acrobat.pdf (Acrobat pdf file)

Aquatic sampling on Key Biscayne, or indoor aquarium project

Check up on butterfly/aquarium project

click below to download Dr. Macia's butterfly presentation in Powerpoint .ppt file

Check up on butterfly/aquarium project

10 - 11 a.m.

Set up butterfly experiment/water-testing

click below to download water data in Excel.xls

Sampling or aquarium continued

Hypothesis testing

Biodiversity measures

click below to download Shannon index in Powerpoint .ppt file

11 a.m. - noon

lecture: statistics & the scientific method

click below to download terminology in Word.doc

click below to download terminology in Acrobat.pdf (Acrobat pdf file)

Sampling or aquarium continued

Hypothesis testing continued

Biodiversity measures continued

click below to download Shannon index in Excel.xls

noon - 1 p.m.

Lunch on your own

Lunch on your own

Lunch on your own

Lunch on your own

1 - 2 p.m.

Setting up a lab notebook

click below to download notebook suggestions in Word.doc

click below to download notebook suggestions in Acrobat.pdf (Acrobat pdf file)

Identification of marine animals in Crandon Park transect collections

Statistical prediction
(click here to open NOAA Tropical Prediction Center)

click below to download hurricane model presentation in Powerpoint .ppt file

Experimental design & statistics continued

click below to download Threatened Species presentation in Powerpoint .ppt file

2 - 3 p.m.

Scientific writing: good vs. bad

Identification of marine animals in Crandon Park transect collections

Statistical prediction continued

Scientific literature & how to make sense of it

Week-2:

Monday
21 June

Tuesday
22 June

Wednesday
23 June

Thursday
24 June

9 - 10 a.m.

Check up on butterfly / aquarium project

Check up on butterfly / aquarium project

Check up on butterfly / aquarium project

Check up on butterfly / aquarium project

10 - 11 a.m.

Vegetation analysis: Elaine Gordon Park

click below for Elaine Gordon Park information

click below to download plotless dispersion presentation in Powerpoint .ppt file

click below to download plotless dispersion team data in Excel.xls

Introduction Vegetation sampling

Minimum-size sampling & biodiversity

click below to download 15-bean biodiversity presentation in Powerpoint .ppt files

Estimation of leaf-stomatal openings

click below to download leaf-stomate team data in Excel.xls

11 a.m. - noon

Vegetation analysis: Elaine Gordon Park

Introduction to PowerPoint

Excel spreadsheets

Excel spreadsheets

noon - 1 p.m.

Lunch on your own

Lunch on your own

Lunch on your own

Lunch on your own

1 - 2 p.m.

Brine shrimp culture

Brine shrimp culture continued

Mark-recapture census techniques

click below to download mark-recapture presentation in Powerpoint .ppt file

click below to download all bean count team data in Excel.xls

TBA

2 - 3 p.m.

Scientific writing: good vs. bad

Scientific writing: good vs. bad

Scientific literature & how to make sense of it

Scientific literature & how to make sense of it

Week-3:

Monday
28 June

Tuesday
29 June

Wednesday
30 June

Thursday
1 July

9 - 10 a.m.

Check up on butterfly / aquarium project

Check up on butterfly / aquarium project

Presentation preparation

Review of lab notebooks

10 - 11 a.m.

Transect-intercept data: lux vs. temp

Butterfly / aquarium data analyses

Presentation preparation

Review of lab notebooks

11 a.m. - noon

Transect-intercept data: lux vs. temp continued

click below to download lux-temperature team data in Excel.xls

Discussion on global warming

click below to download global warming presentation in Powerpoint .ppt file

click below to download Kyoto Treaty in Acrobat.pdf (Acrobat pdf file)

click below to download current status of Kyoto Signatories in Acrobat.pdf (Acrobat pdf file)

click below to download UN guide on treaty agreement in Acrobat.pdf (Acrobat pdf file)

Presentation preparation

Review of lab notebooks

noon - 1 p.m.

Lunch on your own

Lunch on your own

Lunch on your own

Lunch on your own

1 - 2 p.m.

Presentation preparation

Student presentations

2 - 3 p.m.

Scientific writing: good vs. bad

Scientific writing: good vs. bad

Presentation preparation

Student presentations: the real thing!