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Forest Watch to Forest Watch

Forest Watch to Forest Watch. Building on a Great Idea Presentation for Forest Watch teachers, UNH, March 2009 Martha Carlson. Forest Watch studies gives teachers and students:. Exposure to academic challenges: Botany Math Statistics Physics Satellite imagery Calculus

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Forest Watch to Forest Watch

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  1. Forest Watch to Forest Watch Building on a Great Idea Presentation for Forest Watch teachers, UNH, March 2009 Martha Carlson.

  2. Forest Watch studies gives teachers and students: Exposure to academic challenges: • Botany • Math • Statistics • Physics • Satellite imagery • Calculus • Social studies • Comparative Forestry • Art and Literature

  3. New perspectives on • The size of the air pollution issue • The size of the organism affected • The power of students • The power of long-term studies • The power of analysis • The limits of knowledge • Daily change in the environment

  4. Acer saccharum, Sugar Maple Farewell to New England’s Sweetest Tree?

  5. The Big Problem for Maples Extirpation by 2100 in the USA. Also birch, quaking aspen, hemlock. And their ecosystems.

  6. Does Forest Watch Have A New Task? Observing Climate Change

  7. Latitudinal Change

  8. Phenology Changing Seasons • Bud Break • Leaf Fall

  9. Bringing Global Perspective Home Is Climate Change Here? • Leaf Health • Sap flow • Syrup quality

  10. Finding Local Archives • Measuring • Observing • Data analysis • Microscope • Photography • Assay Tools • Communicating

  11. Inductive Thinking, the value of lay field work Science is generally deductive, building on assumptions and hypotheses. We, in the field, can look and question. And notice the unexpected.

  12. Thank You • Dr. Barrett Rock • Mike Gagnon • Forest Watch • Forest Watch Teachers who are awfully patient. This 7-hour program is now over!!!!!!!

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