YWSI Tentative Schedule

Sunday

2:00 - 2:30pm Students / parents arrive at OSC (refreshments and light snacks provided)
2:30 - 3:30pm Welcome presentation / overview / general Q&A
3:30 - 5:00pm Parents transport students to dorm for check-in 
5:00 - 6:00pm Ice Breaker Game 
6:00 - 7:00pm Dinner at dorm
7:00 - 9:00pm Evening activity - Vocabulary Game

Monday

7:30 – 9:00am Breakfast at dining commons / Transport students to OSC
9:00 – 9:30 am Opening remarks, announcements
9:30 – 10:00am Review of Sunday vocab
10:00 - 11:00am Betty Lise Anderson Demo
11:00 – 11:15am Outdoors/movement Break
11:15 – 12:00pm Intro to Rivers and Effects on Humans
12:00 – 12:30pm More information on watersheds
12:30 – 1:30pm Lunch
1:30-2:30pm Watershed explorer
2:30 – 2:45pm Outdoors/movement Break
2:30 – 3:45pm Extension Activity
3:45 – 4:45pm Test Kit Practice
4:45 – 5:00pm Announcements
5:00 – 6:30pm Transport to dorm / Dinner at dining commons
6:30 – 9:00pm Evening activity - Swimming

Tuesday

7:30 – 9:00am Breakfast at dining commons / Transport students to OSC
9:10 – 9:30am Review biological, chemical & physical components of a stream
9:30 – 10:00am Transport to Big Darby
10:00 – 12:00pm Water quality measurements
12:00 – 1:00pm Lunch
1:00 – 2:00pm Electrofishing Demo
2:00pm – 3:00pm Big Darby Nature Center
3:00 – 3:30pm Transport to dorm
4:00 – 5:45pm Student downtime
5:45 – 7:00pm Dinner
7:00 – 9:15pm Evening activity - Movie Night

Wednesday

7:30 – 9:00am Breakfast at dining commons / Transport students to OSC
9:00 – 9:15am Announcements
9:15 – 10:30am Getting to Know Your Watershed – Assigning projects
10:30 – 10:45am Outdoors/movement Break
10:45 – 12:00pm Watershed Detective & excel spreadsheets
Noon – 1:00pm Lunch
1:00 – 2:30 pm Investigate data in excel - Work on projects
2:30 – 2:45pm Outdoors/movement Break
2:45 – 3:45pm Charades
3:45 – 4:45pm Work on projects
4:45 – 5:00pm Announcements
5:00 – 6:00pm Dinner at OSC
6:30 – 8:30pm Career Night  
8:30 – 9:15pm Transport to dorm

Thursday

7:30 – 9:00am Breakfast at dining commons / Transport students to OSC
9:00 – 9:15am Announcements
9:45 – 10:00am Transport to Byrd Polar
10:00 – 11:45am Tour of Byrd Polar
11:45 – 12:00pm Transport back to OSC
Noon – 1:00pm Lunch
1:00 – 2:30pm Watershed project hypothesis – ind v. dep variable discussion
2:30 – 3:00pm Transport to Chadwick Arboretum & Learning Gardens
3:00 – 4:30pm Tour of Learning Gardens and Green Roof
4:30 – 5:30pm Transport to dorm / Dinner at dining commons
6:30– 8:30pm Evening activity - Game Night / Scrapbooking

Friday

7:30 – 9:00am Breakfast at dining commons / Transport students to OSC
9:00 – 9:15am Announcements
9:15 – 12:00pm Work on projects
Noon – 1:00pm Lunch
1:00 – 2:00pm Impromptu speeches
2:00 – 3:00pm Work on projects
3:00 – 5:00pm Presentation dry run
5:00 – 5:15pm Announcements and Final Survey
5:00 – 6:00pm Parents arrive at OSC  
6:00 – 7:30pm Summer Institute Closing Ceremony (refreshments and light snacks provided)
  • Welcome, Overview of the Week and Scientific Methodology
  • Presentations
  • Congratulations Ceremony
7:30 – 9:00pm Transport students to dorm and checkout