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Agenda - Thursday, July 23, 2015 Technology Training

• Welcome - 9:00 a.m.
• Recap of Trips
• Data Harvester Training
• Capstone Project
• Dismal - 10:30 a.m.

Video for Capstone Project

Agenda - Wednesday, July 22, 2015 General Land Office and South Bay

GLO airboat headed to South Bay

Objective: 

• Understand the need for agencies to monitor and protect sensitive inshore environments
• Learn from environmental providers the importance of all coastal flora and fauna
• Identify inshore and coastal marine life accessible by specially designed watercraft

Itinerary

• All groups meet at Lincoln Park (Carpool) - 7:30 a.m.
• Arrive at General Land Office 8:00 a.m.
• Develop an understanding of interagency communication to protect south Texas from human and weather related hazardous events
• Arrive at South Point Marina - 9:30 a.m.
• Load water craft and head to different sites; later change boats
• Return to UT-Brownsville - 1:00 p.m. (Never happens)

Agenda - Tuesday, July 21, 2015 Palmito Hill and Boca Chica/South Jetties

Pelicans Resting on Shoal near the mouth of the Rio Grande

Objective: 

• Connect the flow of water from Roma to the mouth of the Rio Grande River
• Understand the limitations in the formation of barrier islands due to restricted flows
• Identify inshore and coastal marine life
• Describe the building of jetties and their purpose to beach erosion, recreational interests, and commerce.

Itinerary

• All groups meet at Lincoln Park (Carpool) - 8:00 a.m.
• Drive to Palmetto Hill to arrive by 8:20 a.m.
• Connect the historical layout of the Battle of Palmito Hill by listening to the account of the battle
• Arrive at the end of Hwy 4 (Boca Chica Road) - 9:15 a.m.
• Load 4x4 vehicles to visit the mouth of the river, south jetties
• Return to UT-Brownsville - 12 noon

Agenda - Monday, July 20, 2015 Sabal Palm Sanctuary

Ponds offer great places to view wildlife.

Objective: 

• Understand the need for the preservation of unique local flora and fauna
• Describe how the course of a stream changes the landscape and boundaries
• Identify endangered species and understand the need for their protection

Itinerary

• All groups meet at Lincoln Park (Carpool) - 8:00 a.m.
• Drive along border wall and identify subtropical vegetation
• Visit Sabal Palm Sanctuary - 8:45 a.m.
• Travel to Brownsville Landfill - 11:00 a.m.
• Return to UT-Brownsville - 12 noon

Agenda - Thursday, July 16, 2015 Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge

Harris' Hawk - Photo by Roxanne Gonzalez

Objective: 

• Locate the entrance of water from the the Arroyo Colorado into the Laguna Madre
• Describe the location where water from the Rio Grande River, runoff from farmland, and the water from the Gulf of Mexico mix
• Identify a location that preserves and protects unique flora and fauna

Itinerary

• Brownsville group at Lincoln Park (Carpool) - 8:00 a.m.
• Mid-Valley group will meet at Bass Pro Shop Parking Lot (Individual Carpool) - 8:00 a.m.
• Meet at Palo Alto Battle Field historical marker at the intersection of FM 1847 and Texas 511- 8:15 a.m.
• Visit several resaca sites near Bayview - 9:00 a.m.
• Meet at Laguna Atascosa NWR Headquarters - 9:15 a.m.
• Lunch at TBA - 12:00 p.m. or
• Return to UT-Brownsville

Agenda - Wednesday, July 15, 2015 Mid-Valley Watershed

Estero Llano Grande - Photo by Jessica Montero

Objective: 

• Identify the flow of water into the Laguna Madre
• Identify riparian flora and fauna species
• Compare water quality from upper to Lower Arroyo Colorado
• Describe sources of pollution along the Arroyo Colorado

Itinerary

• Brownsville group at Lincoln Park (Carpool) - 8:00 a.m.
• Meet Mid-Valley group at Bass Pro Shop Parking Lot (Carpool) - 8:30 a.m.
• Meet Upper-Valley group at Wataburger parking lot near Mercedes Outlets (Carpool) - 9:00 a.m.
• Visit Estero Llano Grande State Park - 9:15 a.m. LINK
• Visit Hugh Ramsey Nature Park - 10:30 a.m. LINK
• Visit Historic Low Water Bridge (Port of Harlingen) - 10:45 a.m. LINK
• Visit Vertical Lift Bridge (Rio Hondo) - 11:15 a.m. LINK
• Visit Arroyo City - 12:00 p.m.
• Lunch at Chili Willies or
• Return to UT-Brownsville

Agenda - Tuesday, July 14, 2014 Field Trip to Upper Valley

View from Roma Bluffs - Photo by Dr. Reynaldo Ramirez, Jr

Objective: 

• Identify watershed features (e.g., flood plain, delta, valley)
• Determine the effect of water on terrain
• Identify geologic features

Itinerary

• Brownsville group at Lincoln Park (Carpool) - 7:30 a.m.
• Meet Mid-Valley group at Bass Pro Shop Parking Lot (Carpool) - 8:15 a.m.
• Meet Upper-Valley group at intersection of US 83 and FM 866 (Carpool) - 9:15 a.m.
• Visit Los Ebanos Ferry - 9:30 a.m.
• Need Passport, Birth Certificate, or other proof of citizenship
• Web Information
• Santa Cruz de Rio Grande City - 10:45 a.m.
• Roma Bluffs - 11:30 a.m.
• Caro's Restaurant - 1:00 p.m. or
• Return to UT-Brownsville

Agenda - Monday, July 13, 2015

Welcome

Review Syllabus LINK

Environmental Education Methods in General

• This is NOT an environmental science course. Although you will learn quite a bit about environmental science facts, principles, and theories, the intent is to focus on how teachers can approach environmental science instruction and methods.

• The focus will be to approach teaching environmental science through an experiential perspective.

• Explore the teaching of environmental science from the point of view of municipal, public, governmental, and commercial perspectives.

Environmental Education Methods (Teaching Environmental Science) is a course that ascribes to provide K-12 teachers and informal science educator

• with an opportunity to learn about environmental resources within their community
• with an opportunity to meet with environmental agencies and environmental education providers to learn first hand about their role in maintaining and promoting the idea of a healthy environment to children
• with opportunities to participate in field trips to actual environmental sites and observe, first hand, how organizations and individuals do their work
• will gain first-hand knowledge and experience in a variety of habitats
• will knowledge about environmental principles (sustainability, non-point source pollution)
• will be able to apply appropriate strategies to teach children the inter-relatedness of the environment to all science disciplines (e.g., biology, ecology, chemistry, physics, earth/space science)
• will be able to apply appropriate methods to convey the interdisciplinary nature of an environmental science course other subjects (e.g., mathematics, language arts, fine arts, health and human performance, social studies)
• will view environmental science from a cultural, historical, and social perspective

Field Trip Schedule LINK

Field Trip Times (Blackboard Calendar)

Expectations

• Timeliness - Prepare in Advance
• Documentation - Written and Technology

Conducting Field Trips/Tours

• Day
• Overnight
• Extended

Flora and Fauna

Geology