Dutchess Academy of Environmental Studies A Model GLOBE Program School.

GLOBE at Norrie Point Franchise/Partner Teacher Training Site since Over 120 teachers trained in the Hudson Valley. GLOBE Protocol Video Filming site Home of the “MUC-athon”-- over 17% of the GLOBE Program qualitative land cover data for the world has come from Dutchess County! Students addressed the United Nations Sustainable Development Conference on Earth Day 1999 and the World Space Congress 2002 and the GLOBE Program Office in 2006.

What is the Academy? The Academy was a two year, half-time turned one year, full day, bridge program to prepare students for education and careers in ecology and the natural sciences.

Benefits Blend of theory knowledge and practical skills in classroom, laboratory, and the field.

Norrie Point Environmental Site Walking distance to river, forests, streams, wetlands, marina Short paddle to Esopus Island & Black Creek Preserve Hudson River Estuary & Esopus Island 1000 acre Mills-Norrie State Park

You can’t learn about the environment from a textbook. You need to get outside!

BIO 225: Environmental Measurements The GLOBE Program ( –Apply the theory from BIO 107: Ecology to measure hydrology, soils, atmosphere, and land cover. Geographic Information Systems –Computer mapping using MapInfo and MultiSpec Natural Resource Management Land Use Planning--local and global Student-Designed Field Research Project –As a class, design and execute an 8 week field research project using GLOBE protocols. Spring

Multispec Satellite Visible range Infra-red range

GLOBE Protocols Tree Height with Clinometer Densiometer for Canopy Coverage Auger Sampling Percolation Test Soil Sample ChemistrySoil Profile with horizons

Raw Tabular Data GraphsMaps Looking at Data

This graph displays the mean air temperature for schools in Australia (red), Benin (green), and the US (blue)

The inverse relationship between water temperature and dissolved oxygen (DO) Chemistry Connection: Henry’s Law states the solubility of gases generally decreases with increasing temperature

The Class of 2002 investigated difference in soil moisture and temperature as a result of canopy cover and land cover type.

The Class of 2003 investigated differences between study plots on the mainland and on Esopus Island and presented their research at the GLOBE Learning Expedition in Croatia in July.

GLE in Croatia

2004 Senior Project Radiotracking Box Turtles with NYSDEC and creating a GIS database of nests, movements and hibernacula. Measuring Soil (PSD, pH, T) and atmosphere (min/max T, RH) data