YSI In-Person Schedule

Sunday, July 18

4:00 - 5:00 pm Students / parents arrive at OSC, 1224 Kinnear Road
5:00 - 6:00 pm

Opening Ceremony and Dinner at OSC

  • Parents: Welcome presentation / overview / general Q&A
  • Students: Name Games 
6:00 - 7:00 pm Parents transport to dorms
7:00 - 9:00 pm  Evening activity: Vocabulary Game & Ice Breaker Games

Monday, July 19

7:30 – 9:00 am     Breakfast at dining commons / Transport students to OSC
9:00 – 9:20 am Announcements and Ohio State's impact on science
9:20 – 9:45 am Blooket review of vocabulary
9:45 – 10:00 am  Walk to Aquatic Ecology Lab
10:00 - 11:30 am Aquatic Ecology Lab
11:30 – 11:45 am Walk back to OSC
11:45 – 12:00 pm Build your watershed
12:00 – 1:00 pm Lunch
1:00 – 1:30 pm Analyze Watershed
1:30 – 2:30 pm Chemical measures
2:30 – 3:30 pm Flashlight Project
3:30 – 4:30 pm Speaker Project
4:30 – 5:15 pm Test Kit Practice 
5:15- 5:30 pm  Announcements 
5:30 – 6:45 pm Transport to dorm / Dinner at dining commons
6:45 – 9:00 pm               Evening activity - Swimming

Tuesday, July 20

7:30 – 9:00 am Breakfast at dining commons / Transport students to OSC
9:00 – 9:20 am Review the biological, chemical & physical components of a stream
9:20 – 10:00 am Transport to Big Darby (depart at 9:30am)
10:00 - 12:00 pm Stream Quality Monitoring 
12:00 - 1:00 pm Lunch
1:00 - 2:00 pm Electrofishing
2:00 – 3:00 pm Big Darby Nature Center
3:00 – 3:45 pm Transport to OSC
3:45 – 4:45 pm Record Data & Reflect on Big Darby
4:45 – 7:00 pm Transport to dorm/clean up/dinner at dining commons
7:00 – 9:15 pm Evening activity - Movie Night

Wednesday, July 21

7:30 – 9:00 am              Breakfast at dining commons / Transport students to OSC
9:00 – 9:15 am Announcements and Ohio State's impact on science 
9:15 – 9:45 am Analysis and conclusion of Darby Creek 
9:45 – 12:00 pm Water Testing at Olentangy River (includes travel to/from)
12:00 – 1:00 pm Lunch
1:00 – 2:15 pm Extension Activity 
2:15 – 2:30 pm Outdoors/movement break
2:30 – 3:00 pm Compare & Share Big Darby & Olentangy River Dta, Biotic vs Abiotic
3:00 – 5:15 pm Explore ODNR Website & Choosing a Variable to Investigate
5:15 – 5:30 pm Announcements
5:30 – 6:45 pm Transport to dorm / Dinner at dining commons
6:45 – 9:15 pm Evening Activities  

Thursday, July 22

7:30 – 9:00 am              Breakfast at dining commons / Transport students to OSC
9:00 – 9:15 am Announcements and Ohio State's impact on science 
9:15 – 10:30 am Historical Perspective of Ohio Streams
10:30 – 10:45 am Outdoors / Movement Break
10:45 – 11:15 am Who polluted the Potomac
11:15 - 12:00 pm  Project Work
12:00 – 1:00 pm Lunch
1:00 – 3:15 pm Tour of Byrd Polar (travel time included)
3:15 – 5:15 pm Project Work
5:15 – 5:30 pm Announcements
5:30 – 6:45 pm Transport to dorm / Dinner at dining commons
6:45 – 9:15 pm Evening Activities - Game Night

Friday, July 23

7:30 – 9:00 am               Breakfast at dining commons / Transport students to OSC
9:00 – 9:15 am Announcements and Ohio State's impact on science 
9:15 – 11:30 am Work on projects
11:30 - 12:00 pm Jokes to practice the microphone
12:00 – 1:00 pm Lunch & Highlight of the Week Sticky Notes
1:00 – 1:30 pm Impromptu speeches
1:30 – 3:00 pm Work on projects
3:00 – 5:00 pm Presentation dry run and finalize project
5:00 – 5:15 pm Announcements and Final Survey
5:00 – 6:00 pm Parents arrive at OSC and dinner
6:00 – 7:30 pm YSI Closing Ceremony
  • Welcome, Overview of the Week and Scientific Methodology
  • Presentations
  • Congratulations Ceremony
7:30 – 9:00 pm Parents transport students to dorm and checkout
*schedule subject to change