Alumni Office Room 1W7 Chris LaCarrubba - Internship Coordinator [email protected]Isaac B. Honor – Internship Coordinator Assistant INTERNSHIP NOTICE #27 Important Note: If you are selected for the internship, please inform Mr. Honor IMMEDIATELY via email at: [email protected]Forest Project Summer Collaborative Learn & Earn Spend an unforgettable summer working as part of a small crew protecting and improving Wave Hill’s woodlands, enjoying the outdoors and making friends. Take a free, college-level course in environmental science or basic mapping at CUNY’s Lehman College and earn credit. June 26–August 15, 2014 • Mondays through Fridays, 9am–4pm • College coursework is unpaid and takes place one day per week. • Application deadline: March 23, 2014 Qualifications • Currently enrolled in the 10th, 11th or 12th grade • Interested in the urban environment • Strong academic record, especially in the sciences • Ready for rigorous fieldwork and academic study Wages • First-year interns earn $8.00/hr • Second-year interns earn $8.25/hr
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Alumni Office Room 1W7 Chris LaCarrubba - Internship Coordinator [email protected] Isaac B. Honor – Internship Coordinator Assistant
INTERNSHIP NOTICE #27
Important Note: If you are selected for the internship, please inform Mr. Honor IMMEDIATELY via email at:
Course Overview This course covers issues pertaining to conserving our natural resources and examines the human impact on key elements of our environmental systems.
• Meets at Lehman College once a week
• Each session is about 3-4 hours long and includes breaks
• Most sessions are followed by review and group work sessions in the Lehman library
What to expect from the course
• Students complete hands-on final project focused on restoration ecology
• Students spend time each week working on data collection in Wave Hill’s woodlands
• Students use this data for a final project that includes a group paper/poster and a presentation
What to expect from the course
Excerpt from last summer’s syllabus: Class Schedule • July 3, TUE, 9:30am‒Noon
– Reading: Chapter 1
– Lecture theme: Introduction to Environmental Conservation, Scientific Methodology, and Scientific Literacy
– Activity: Sampling Populations
• July 8, MON , 9:30am‒1pm – Reading: Chapters 3 and 4, Article 1
– Lecture theme: Lessons from Ecology, Populations and Communities *Quiz
– Activity: Estimating Population Size: Mark and Recapture
– Assignment: Article Collection
• July 15, MON, 9:30am‒1pm – Reading: Chapters 5, 6 and 7, Article 2
– Lecture theme: Biodiversity and the Tragedy of the Common *Quiz 2
– Activity: Oil Consumption and Future Availability
– Assignment: Literature Review Due Jul 22
Topics Covered
Topics Covered • Data Collection
Students collect data in Wave Hill’s woodlands using methods developed by local scientists working with the Natural Areas Conservancy, the U.S. Forest Service and NYC Parks Department.
• Data Literacy Students are taught to analyze their data. A special focus is placed on helping students interpret their findings and present them using appropriate graphs and tables.
Excerpts From Students’ Final Projects
Wave Hill Forest Project Summer Collaborative
Field Trips
Field trips usually combine a work project with a tour or guided activity led by an onsite expert.
Restoration project with the Bronx River Alliance was followed by excellent canoe ride down the Bronx River.
Learning about hydroponics at Boswyck Farms and then making our own hydroponic herb planters to take home.
Helping the Gowanus Canal Conservancy with composting, removing invasive species and debris clean-up at the Salt Lot.
Learning about Urban Farming at Eagle Street Rooftop Farm.
Our annual end-of-summer
trip to Pelham Bay Park: Field work, a barbecue and finally a scenic hike.
A perfect way to end the summer!
Wave Hill Forest Project Summer Collaborative
Field Work
Work Crews and Work Sites
Field work is performed on Wave Hill’s grounds and consists of trail maintenance, erosion control, invasive removal and planting and caring for native plants.
Interns are divided into crews of six to seven. Each crew is led by a crew leader and works at an assigned worksite for the duration of the summer.
On the right is a map of the 2012 worksites. Interns develop an in-depth understanding of their particular site and the problems it faces. They learn the long-term restoration strategy of each site, and are taught about the changes that have taken place over time.
Invasive Removal
Trail Work and Erosion Control
Caring for Native Trees and Shrubs
Water Break after Some Hard Work
Wave Hill Woodland Ecology Research Mentorship
Geographic Information Systems Course
College Course: Introduction to the Principles of Geographic Information Science (GISc)
What is GIS? GIS is a tool that can be used organize, display, analyze and present geographic information.
GIS organizes real-world features into data files known as layers.
What is GIS?
Layers can be composed of features like trees, U.S. states, rivers, cities and roads.
What is GIS? Each layer has its own
attribute table, where data about each individual feature are stored.
Attribute tables contain data, such as state population, tree height and land-cover type.
What to expect from the course
• Course meets at Lehman College once a week
• Class time is divided between lecture and lab time
• Each class session will be about 5‒6 hours long, including a long lunch break as well as several shorter breaks
What to expect from the course
• Students spend an additional day each week working on a data collection project in Wave Hill’s woodlands.
• Class time is divided between lecture and lab time
• Students use this data to create maps as part of a
final course project.
What to expect from the course
Topics covered during lab and lecture:
• Basic map-making
• Data management
• Using different types of maps and data
• Using online maps and GIS
• Using GIS to solve environmental issues
• Map design and cartography
What to expect from the course
• Each week students have at least one in-class lab assignment based on real world GIS applications
• A significant part of GIS is creating maps to present findings
• Students will make at least 10 maps, including several of their study site at Wave Hill
What to expect from the course
• At Wave Hill, students use GPS equipment and survey tools to collect data about their work/study sites.
• By supplementing their lab and lecture time with hands-on workshops and field projects, students learn how to use GIS as a real-world problem-solving skill.
Excerpt from last summer’s syllabus: Course Schedule
What to expect from the course
• July 3, TUE, 12:30–5pm – Reading: Chapter 1, Basics of Mapping and GIS (Maantay & Ziegler) – Lecture theme: Course overview, introduction to GIS, history of cartography – Laboratory
• Lab 1: Exploring Basic GIS Functionality • Lab 2: Introduction to ArcGIS • Lab 3: Displaying and Manipulating Spatial Information • Lab 4: Making a Thematic Map
• July 10, WED, 10am–5pm
– Reading: Chapter 2, Spatial Data & Basic Mapping Concepts (Maantay & Ziegler); Case study: Urban Forest Management
– Lecture theme: Basics of cartography and spatial data *Quiz – Laboratory
• Lab 5: Selecting and Displaying Features • Lab 6: Displaying and Manipulating Attribute Data
Map by Johnny Nguyen And Audrey Bleier GIS Final Project Lehman College Prof. Holly Porter-Morgan
Ashleigh’s site Site #2 Summer Field Work: Garlic Mustard Garlic Mustard is one of the most widespread and problematic invasive species found in our site. In addition to second-year garlic mustard plants, there is a sizeable amount of first-year plants throughout the area.
Examples of Student Final Projects
Examples of Student Final Projects
Examples of Student Final Projects Sugar maples have outcompeted recently planted oak trees in WERM Study Site B