Announcements

Three-Day MVH Workshop at the Gulf of Maine Aquarium, Portland, ME, from June 28-30, 2006

Day 1, Wednesday, June 28, 2006
8:00 Coffee and Greetings  

8:30 Welcome, Introductions and Overview of Project & Workshop

Review agenda and Educators' Page

9:00 Digital Images & RGB Data: Mystery Pictures

Data in Digital Pictures

PixelView Software

Consider the software version for science centers and demonstrations.

9:30 Learning Stations  

Flowers & Filters

Green Plant Leaves

Overhead Color Mixing

Dueling Light Beams

LED Light Detectors

Measuring Light Intensity with LEDs: Emission, Transmission, Reflection and Absorption

11:30 Assessment: Reflecting on Preview of Color Software

On-Line Assessment Tool

12:00 Lunch In Together

 

1:00  Revisit  Previewed Software & Introduce Analysis Software

MixingColor (see link for on-line version–Java)

TriColor (see link for on-line version–Java)

MVHimage

2:45 Assessment: Brief Classroom Connections

Inspiration software

3:15 Tour of Marine Center

 

4:15 Final Assessment

On-Line Assessment Tool

 

Day 2, Thursday, June 29, 2006
8:00 Coffee and Regroup  

8:30 Welcome and Day Overview: Plants as Green Canaries

Review agenda & UNH's Forest Watch

9:00 White Pine Needle Lab: Ozone and Needle Damage

 
10:00 Assessment On-Line Assessment Tool

10:15 Measuring Leaves

Measure the Area of a Leaf with MVHimage

Measure the Length of Pine Needles with MVHimage

Extensions with MVHimage :

Measure Rates of Plant Growth during Day and Night

Measure Tree Height

Measure a Tree's Diameter at Breast Height

11:00 VIRIS vs Purple Filter DELE

Plant Stress Detection Filters

11:45 Assessment

On-Line Assessment Tool

12:00 Lunch In  Together

12:15 lunch time presentation "Plant Ecology, Biodiversity and the Ecological Importance of Plant Health"

1:00 Measuring Sunlight Reflectance

Measure the Reflection of Land Covers
1:45 IR, False Color, & Mt St Helen’s Images

Electromagnetic Spectrum

Find the Cat's True Colors

False Color Investigation

2:30 Assessment On-Line Assessment Tool

2:45 Marine Algae & Remote Sensing: LandSat Clic 'N Pic & Chlorophyll Viewer

Landsat Clic 'N Pic & Chlorophyll Viewer

3:30 Classroom Connections

Inspiration software

4:15 Final Assessment

On-Line Assessment Tool

 

Day 3. Friday, June 30, 2006
8:00 Coffee and Regroup  

8:30  Overview of Day: Investigation Prompts

Review agenda

9:00 - 11:45 Investigations and Presentation Prep

Overview of Investigations

11:45 Assessment

On-Line Assessment Tool

12:00 Lunch In Together

 

1:00 Presentations

 

2:15 Assessment

On-Line Assessment Tool

2:30 Making Connections to Science Research

 

3:15 Classroom Connections And Next Steps

Inspiration software

4:15 Final Assessment

On-Line Assessment Tool