Rocky Mountain Adventure for Teachers - 2008
K.C. Jones - jonekc@d91.k12.id.us
Alana Jensen - ajensen@stoller.com
Tevye Waite - tevye.waite@museumofidaho.org 
Chris Gertschen - Chris Gertschen gertchri@isu.edu

Wetlands (July 14-15)

• Day 1 - Camas Wildlife Refuge

  • Scientific Names

  • Camas Wetlands contact:  Dick Munoz,  237-6615

  • Bird words

  • GPS introduction

    • GPS PowerPoint

  • The importance of wetlands

  • The importance of wetlands Concentration Game (pdf format)

    • Answers  (Back of card)

    • Numbers  (Front of card)

• Day 2 - Sand Creek Wildlife Management Area

  • Hannah Henchman Bird Calls

  • Seed dispersal

    • Noxious weeds math

    • Weedy Socks

Deserts (July 17-18)

• Day 1 - Lava Hiking Trail

  • Species Biodiversity Cards

  • Human Genetics Wheel Lesson Plan (Biodiversity Basics from Illinois Department of Natural Resources

  • Lava Hiking Trail Scavenger Hunt

  • Desert Adaptation Pictionary

  • Desert Adaptations Scavenger Hunt

    • Answer Key

  • Dichotomous Keys

• Day 2 - Idaho National Laboratory

  • Contacts:  Diana Lowrey Diana.Lowrey@inl.gov and  Clayton F Marler Clayton.Marler@inl.gov 

Mountains (July 21-22)

• Day 1 - Pine Creek

  • Butterfly Camouflage

  • Idaho Fish and Game contact - Gregg Losinski glosinski@idfg.idaho.gov 

    • Bears Educator Guide (pdf format)

    • Living With Predators Resource Guide

    • Grizzly Bear

    • How Many Bears activity - Idaho Style

      • How Many Bears Cards

    • Living In Bear Country

    • Recreating in Bear, Wolf, and Mountain Lion Country

    • Living With Predators - Techniques and Refuse Management Options

• Day 2 - Table Rock

  • Field Vegetation Survey

  • Pellet Counts

  • Measuring Biodiversity

  • Food Chains

    • Mountain Lion Predator/Prey Game

    • Deadly Links

  • Frisbee Golf

  • BLM contact - Deycie Luke   deycie_luke@blm.gov

Rivers and Streams (July 23-24)

• Day 1 - Pine Creek

  • Rivers in Literature and Music - If rivers are important to us, we will see them featured in our culture.  Can you name any fictional books about rivers?  What about movies?  What about music?

  • Macroinvertebrate Mayhem  (cards)

  • Stream Flow  (worksheet)

  • Water Quality

  • Macroinvertebrate Identification Card (Water Resources Education - University of Wisconsin)  http://clean-water.uwex.edu/pubs/pdf/wav.riverkey.pdf

  • Pooh Boats - Students create "boats" out of natural materials and race them down the creek.  Awards are given for fastest boat, prettiest boat, and best design.

• Day 2 - Snake River Float Trip

Water Resources (July 28-29)

• Day 1 - Museum

  • DEQ Oversight Program contact:  Flint Hall  flint.hall@deq.idaho.gov

  • Water Cycle PowerPoint

  • Edible Aquifer www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/caer/ce/eek/cool/ameliaedibleaquifer.htm

  • Map a Watershed

  • Map a Contaminant Plume

  • Porosity and Permeability of Soil

• Day 2 - Idaho Falls Water Treatment Plant

  • Contact Fred Rowe ifpw@ci.idaho-falls.id.us

  • Microscopic Organisms

  • Water Wars

Energy Resources (July 30-31)

• Day 1

  • Invenergy Wind Farm contact:  Tim Hardin  thardin@invenergyllc.com

  • Gem Lake Dam contact:  Doug McGiffin  dmcgiffin@ifpower.org

  • Energy Sources Powerpoint (pdf format)

  • Understanding Units

  • Understanding Power Measurements

  • National Education Energy Development - www.need.org

    • NEED Curriculum Guides www.need.org/node/68

• Day 2

  • INL Tour of MFC - INL Tour Guide Office contact, Don Miley Donald.Miley@inl.gov

  • BioMass - Ethanol (Find the Best Foods to Ferment:  www.reachoutmichigan.org/funexperiments/agesubject/lessons/newton/ethanol12.html http://www.energyforkeeps.org,

  • Solar Energy Hunt

  • Wind Speed Unit (K.C. Jones)

    • Electricity Formulas

    • Work Power Formulas

    • Factors Affecting PV cells

      • Correctly Catching Rays

      • Web Resources Chart Solar

    • Wind Activity Packet

      • Wind Power Formula

      • Grigg-Putnam photos

      • Web Resources Chart Solar

  • Geothermal Education Office teacher's resources:  http://geothermal.marin.org/edmatl.html

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