Dutchess Academy of Environmental Studies

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Dutchess Academy of Environmental Studies

• A Model GLOBE Program School.

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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.

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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.

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Benefits

• Blend of theory knowledge and practical skills in
  classroom, laboratory, and the field.

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• 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
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• You cant learn about the environment from a
  textbook.
• You need to get outside!

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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.

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Multispec Satellite
Visible range Infra-red range
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GLOBE Protocols
Percolation Test
Tree Height with Clinometer
Auger Sampling
Densiometer for Canopy Coverage
Soil Sample Chemistry
Soil Profile with horizons
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Looking at Data
Graphs
Maps
Raw Tabular Data
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This graph displays the mean air temperature for
schools in Australia (red), Benin (green), and
the US (blue)
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The inverse relationship between water
temperature and dissolved oxygen (DO)
Chemistry Connection Henrys Law states the
solubility of gases generally decreases with
increasing temperature
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The Class of 2002 investigated difference in soil
moisture and temperature as a result of canopy
cover and land cover type.
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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.
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GLE in Croatia
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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