2009 Summer Institute for GK12 Fellows and Teachers

GK-12 Port Aransas Field Work

Click here for the pdf version of the syllabus.

Wednesday, June 10

• Travel to Port Aransas. Dinner on your own.
• Orientation 7-8:30 pm UTMSI Visitors Center Auditorium
• Overview of Gulf of Mexico: Creating a sense of place. Dr. Rick Tinnin
• Review plans for field work over the next three days

Thursday, June 11

• 6:30 am breakfast, pick up box lunches
• 7 am Field Trip: Fennessey Ranch-Mission River watershed & Riparian Forest
• 2 pm return to campus, model revisions and discussion
• 6 pm dinner
• 7 pm overview of Mission-Aransas NERR and tomorrow's field trip

Friday, June 12

• 7 am breakfast, pick up box lunches
• 8 am depart UTMSI marina to survey Aransas and Copano Bays
• 2 pm arrive back on campus, work on water sample data
• 6 pm dinner
• 7 pm incorporate sample data into models, work on lesson plans

Saturday, June 13

• 7 am breakfast
• 8 am depart on RV KATY to sample Redfish Bay and ship channel
• 12 pm Lunch
• 1 pm work up KATY samples, model revision and discussion
• 6 pm dinner
• 7 pm work on lesson plans

Sunday, June 14

• 7 am breakfast
• 8 am teams present models and lesson plans
• 11 am check out and depart Port Aransas

What to bring with you to Port Aransas:

You need to come fully prepared to be in the field each day.
I suggest that you bring the following items with you:

• Hat
• sunscreen
• bathing suit
• long-sleeved cotton shirt
• towel
• personal toiletries
• Dive booties or tennis shoes to wear on the boat and in the field, no sandals!
• Gallon size Ziploc or collecting bags (I have some pint and quart jars for specimens)
• Camera, video camera, binoculars, extra film
• Comfortable, casual clothes for the pier lab and non-field work
• Water bottle