Week Four, July 15- July 19

Wednesday (July 17): Decision Making and Evaluates Alternatives

Objectives: Reach consensus on assessment expectations Introduce databases for toxic chemicals and US Census Demonstrate how decision making uses diverse datasets and evaluates alternatives Schedule: 8 am Clarify concerns on lab reporting and outline final project expectations. Plankton samples revisited,  discussion of NO3 and PO4 data. Format for final project paper: model from journals 9 am Directed laboratory (no report) on how to access and use data on toxic chemicals by geographic area, and comparison to US Census 2000 [TOXIC SUBSTANCE DATA worksheet and resource list] 10 am COMBINING DATA FOR A COASTAL QUESTION (handout)            Introduce problem of development of a public swimming area on South Bass            Introduce decision making model: PrOACT            Introduce survey development techniques (samples from USEPA data and OSG) 12:45pm  Boat to South Bass Island to look at swimming sites and collect social data at State Park beach, b   Monument, and Dress property 3 pm Boat back to Gibraltar, complete the decision activity.          Applications to final projects

Inside Activities Toxic Substance Data Decision Making

Out Door Activities Beach Survey Swimming Interest Survey

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