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About Rainforest Connection | Schedule | Watch Stream
Students in the US will converse with rainforest researchers in Panama via live video
| Date> | Program | Participating Schools |
| Monday, January 12 | Interview a scientist – How do we count the animals in a habitat? --census techniques.
| Bridgewater-Raritan, NJ: Hillside IS
Collierville, TN: St. George's Schools
Ward-Melville Site, NY: Glenwood Landing ES
Bridgewater-Raritan, NJ: Hillside IS
Newark, NJ: Abington Ave. School
Ward-Melville Site, NY:Glenwood Landing ES
Park Ridge, NJ:
Waco Ind. Sch. Dist.,TX: Sul Ross ES & South Waco Sch. |
| Tuesday, January 13
| Predator - Prey Relationships interspersed with Q & A and sharing. | Bridgewater-Raritan, NJ: Hillside IS
Temple, TX: Thornton ES
Little Falls, NJ: Passaic Valley H.S.
Highlands, NJ: Henry Hudson Reg. HS
Little Falls, NJ: Passaic Valley HS
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| Wednesday, January 14 | 1. Short lesson modules on nutrient cycling, part 1. The “Brown Food Web”--ants and nutrient movements.
2. Short lesson modules on Predator/Prey Relationships interspersed with Q & A and sharing
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Little Falls, NJ: Passaic Valley H.S.
Newark, NJ: Dayton St. Sch.
Temple, TX: Travis M.S., Lamar M.S.
NY: Henry Viscardi School
Waco Ind. Sch. Dist, TX: South Waco Sch.
Park Ridge, NJ: East Brook ES
Fairlawn, NJ: Radburn ES
MSU site, NJ: PRISM teacher observers workshop
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| Thursday, January 15 |
1. Tropical Rainforest: My Favorite Biome. Symbiosis.
Leafcutter Nest
2. Symbiosis & Leafcutter Ants
3. Tropical Rainforest: My Favorite Biome. Species Diversity
Leafcutters (Spanish)
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Kearny, NJ: Franklin ES
Waco Ind. Sch. Dist, TX: Provident Heights Sch.
Bridgewater-Raritan, NJ: Hillside IS
Passaic, NJ: PS #9, PS # 11 (Passaic Valley HS Site)
Waco Ind. Sch. Dist., TX: South Waco Sch.
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| Friday, January 23 | 1. Interview a Scientist:
Mammal specialists
Studying elusive animals
2. Interview a Scientist:
Predator Prey
3. Interview a Scientist:
Mammal specialists
Food Webs & Symbiosis Leafcutters
| Park Ridge, NJ:
Peterson, NJ:
Ward-Melville Site, NY: Comack & Burr IS
Kearny, NJ: Franklin Sch.
Emerson, NJ: Linwood Ave Sch.
Ward-Melville Site, NY: Comack & Burr IS
Temple, TX: Scott ES
Temple, TX: Bonham MS
Hillsborough, NJ: Auten Road ES
Hillsborough, NJ: Hillsborough HS |
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