VSSI 2007
2007 VSSI Agenda
Hungry Mother State Park, Hemlock Haven Conference Center
July 22 - 27
| Date/Presenter | Time | Topic/Strand/SOLs |
| Sunday, July 22 | 7-9 p.m. | Registration and Cabin Check-in |
| Monday, July 23 | 7:30 a.m. | Breakfast |
| Denny Casey (VMNH) | 8:30 a.m. | Welcoming Remarks |
| Denny | 9:00 a.m. | Learning Cycle: Engagement |
| Denny | 10:30 a.m. | Exploration in Science Process Skills (4.1, 5.1) |
| 12:15 p.m. | Lunch |
| David Hagan and Sue Kirk (SMV) | 1:30 p.m. | Force, Motion and Energy: Moving Objects, Electricity and Solar Energy |
| David and Sue | 3:30 p.m. | Sound and Light (5.2, 5.3) |
| 6:00 p.m. | Dinner |
| David | 8:30 p.m. | Cant' Get Enough Science - Stargazing with David (4.7) |
| Tuesday, July 24 | 7:30 a.m. | Breakfast |
| David Hagan and Sue Kirk (SMV) | 8:30 a.m. | Matter: States of Matter, Mixtures, Solutions and Compounds, Water Cycle and Weather (4.6, 5.4) |
| David and Sue | 10:30 a.m. | Interrelationships in Earth/Space Systems (4.7) |
| 12:15 p.m. | Lunch |
| Suzie Gilley (DGIF) | 1:30 p.m. | Project WILD - Aquatic (4.5, 4.8, 5.6 c) |
| 6:00 p.m. | Dinner |
| Dr. Richard Hoffman (VMNH) | 7:30 p.m. | Can't Get Enough Science - Night Crawlers (4.5, 5.5 d) |
| Wednesday, July 25 | 7:30 a.m. | Breakfast |
| TBA (DCR) | 8:30 a.m. | Living Systems; Plant Walk (4.4, 4.5, 4.8 b, 5.5 a, b, c) |
| Dr. Jim Beard (VMNH) | 11:00 a.m. | Earth Patterns, Cycles, Changes in Rock Cycle, Plate Tectonics, and Resources (4.8 c, 5.7) |
| 12:15 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:30 p.m. | (continued) |
| Lisa Deaton (DOF) | 3:30 p.m. | Project Learning Tree: Energy and Society (4.5, 4.8, 5.5 a, b, c) |
| 6:30 p.m. | Dinner |
| Ellen Reynolds (DCR & BR) | TBA | Cant' Get Enough Science - Karst Caravan |
| Thursday, July 26 | 7:30 a.m. | Breakfast |
| Ellen Reynolds (DCR & BR) | 8:30 a.m. | Project Underground (4.5, 4.8, 5.7) |
| Dr. Lauck Ward (VMNH) | 10:30 a.m. | Earth Patterns, Cycles, and Changes (5.7 b) |
| 12:15 p.m. | Lunch |
| Dr. Judith Winston (VMNH) | 1:30 p.m. | Interrelationships in Earth/Space Systems (4.5 c, d, 5.1, 5.6, 5.7 b) |
| Barbara Young (DOE) | 4:15 p.m. | Update from DOE |
| 6:00 p.m. | Dinner |
| Llyn Sharp (VT) and Denny Casey (VMNH) | 7:30 p.m. | Can't Get Enough Science - Sunset Canoeing on Hungry Mother Lake |
| Friday, July 27 | 7:30 a.m. | Breakfast |
| Llyn Sharp (VT) | 8:30 a.m. | Meaningful Watershed Experiences (4.5, 4.8 a) |
| 12:15 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:30 p.m. | Wrap-up and Evaluation |
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* There will be morning and afternoon breaks. Agenda times subject to be changed.
BR – Beagle Ridge Environmental Education Center
DCR – Department of Conservation and Recreation
DGIF – Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
DOE – Department of Education VT – Virginia Tech
DOF – Department of Forestry
SMV – Science Museum of Virginia
VMNH – Virginia Museum of Natural History
2007 Presenters
Dr. Dennis Casey, VSSI Coordinator, Director of Education and Public Programs
Virginia Museum of Natural History, 21 Starling Avenue, Martinsville, VA 24112
276/634-4184, denny.casey@vmnh.virginia.gov
www.vmnh.net
David Hagan, Staff Scientist - Physical Sciences
Science Museum of Virginia, 2500 West Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23220
804/864-1400, dhagan@smv.org
http://www.smv.org/
Sue Kirk, Director of Teacher Programs
Science Museum of Virginia, 2500 West Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23220
804/864-1400, skirk@smv.org
http://www.smv.org/
Suzie Gilley, Wildlife Education Coordinator/Project WILD State Coordinator
Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, PO Box 11104, Richmond, VA 23230
804/367-0188, sgilley@dgif.virginia.gov
http://www.dgif.virginia.gov/
Dr. Richard Hoffman, Curator of Recent Invertebrates
Virginia Museum of Natural History, 21 Starling Avenue, Martinsville, VA 24112
276/634-4174, richard.hoffman@vmnh.virginia.gov
www.vmnh.net
Dr. James Beard, Curator of Earth Sciences
Virginia Museum of Natural History, 21 Starling Avenue, Martinsville, VA 24112
276/634-4179, jim.beard@vmnh.virginia.gov
www.vmnh.net
Lisa Deaton, Virginia State Coordinator, Project Learning Tree
Virginia Department of Forestry
PO Box 635, Sandston, VA 23150
804/328-3031, lisa.deaton@dof.virginia.gov
http://www.dof.virginia.gov/
Ellen Reynolds, Executive Director
Beagle Ridge Environmental Education Center
1934 Matney Flats Road, PO Box 419, Wytheville, VA 24382
276/621-4511, ellen@beagleridgeherbfarm.com
http://www.beagleridgeherbfarm.com/
Dr. Lauck Ward, Curator of Invertebrate Paleontology
Virginia Museum of Natural History, 21 Starling Avenue, Martinsville, VA 24112
276/634-4180, lauck.ward@vmnh.virginia.gov
www.vmnh.net
Dr. Judy Winston, Curator of Marine Biology
Virginia Museum of Natural History, 21 Starling Avenue, Martinsville, VA 24112
276/634-4175, judy.winston@vmnh.virginia.gov
www.vmnh.net
Barbara Young, Elementary Science Specialist
Virginia Department of Education, PO Box 2120, Richmond, VA 23218
804/225-2676, barbara.young@doe.viringia.gov
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/
Llyn Sharp, Geosciences Outreach Program Director
Virginia Tech MC0420, Blacksburg, VA 24061
540/231-4080, llyn@vt.edu
http://www.geos.vt.edu/
