JASON XV Multimedia Program

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JASON XVMultimedia Program
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• Location
• ? Panama? Barro Colorado Island

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Rainforests at the CrossroadsBig Questions
? What is unique about the Isthmus of Panama
region? ? What role have humans played in shapi
ng this unique region throughout history?
? How has technology influenced the geography, h
ydrology and biology of Panama?
? Why are Panamas tropical rainforests some o
f the most heavily studied in the world?
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Rainforests at the CrossroadsPaper Curriculum
Unit 1 Where Are We Going Why?
Unit 2 Tropical Forest Ecosystems Unit 3
Rainforest Mammals Unit 4 Tropical Forests an
d Global Environmental Change
Unit 5 Managing the Panama Canal
Watershed
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Rainforests at the Crossroads
Unit 1 Where Are We Going and Why?
Geology Geography Oceanography Meteorology M
igration
History Culture
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Rainforests at the Crossroads
Meg Lowman, Ph.D. Chief Executive Officer Marie
Selby Botanical Gardens, Sarasota, FL
Mike Kaspari, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Zoolo
gy University of Oklahoma, OK STRI Research Asso
ciate

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Rainforests at the Crossroads
Katie Milton, Ph.D Primatologist University of
California, Berkley
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Rainforests at the Crossroads
Unit 4 Tropical Forests and Global
Environmental Change
Climate Change Carbon Cycle Land Use Early
Agriculture
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Rainforests at the Crossroads
Mark Wishnie , MFS
Director, Native Species
Reforestation Project (PRORENA), Yale School of
Forestry and Environmental Studies / STRI
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Rainforests at the CrossroadsDigital Labs
The Race to Reforest Links to Unit 5 Survivor
Rainforest Links to Unit 2 The Bat Profiler
Links to Unit 3 Plus updatedfavorites.
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Rainforests at the CrossroadsDigital Labs
The Race to Reforest Links to Unit 5 Survivo
r Rainforest Links to Unit 2 The Bat Profile
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Links to Unit 3 Plus updatedfavorites.
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Rainforests at the CrossroadsLive Broadcast

Barro Colorado Island (BCI), Panama
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI)
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Rainforests at the CrossroadsExpedition Field
Notes Video
Part I Geography, History and Culture
Links to Curriculum Story 1 and 5
The Congo Festival
Part II Forests and Earths Systems
Links to Curriculum Story 2 and 4
Exploring the Brown Food Web
Part III Biodiversity on BCI
Links to Curriculum Story 3
Bats and Biodiversity
Student Hosts Amy Northrup
Teresa Singh-Angel
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Rainforests at the Crossroads

• Lets go on expedition..

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