ENSC 4931: Environmental Sciences Practicum
University of Houston-Clear Lake
Summer 2009
Tentative Agenda
Fri: June 5th
8:00 – 9:00
9:00 – 9:10
9:20 – 9:30
9:30 – 11:30
11:00 – 12:00
12:00 – 2:00
DAY 1:
Lectures at UHCL
Welcome & Registration, Orientation, Discuss
Meet at Bayou Bldg. 1219
Syllabus, Project
Dr. Magdy Akladios
Break / Pick up Materials from Display Table
Pre-Test / Questions / Discussion
Dr. Magdy Akladios (UHCL)
Hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico
Joe Smith (ExxonMobil)
Lunch Break (you pack)
Water Quality
Dr. George Guillen, UHCL
Fri: June 12th DAY 2:
Field Trip to BlackHawk Water Treatment Facility w/Clyde LeBlanc
8:00 – 2:00
Meet at the facility on Bay Area Blvd. (Between
Dr. Akladios
FM 528 and FM 518
Fri: June 26th DAY 3:
Fieldtrip to Anahuac Boat Tour
Please pack your lunches
8:00 – 8:20
Questions / Discussion
8:20 – 11:00
11:00 – 12:00
12:00 – 1:30
1:30 – 2:00
Fri: July 10th
8:00 – 8:15
8:15 – 8:45
8:45 – 9:00
9:00 – 9:45
9:45 – 10:00
10:15 – 11:15
Meet at Bayou Bldg. parking lot
Dr. Akladios
Boat Tour, Water Quality & Testing in Anahuac
city: Brent Stafford
Lunch break (bring your own, or we’ll stop somewhere)
Continue with the boat tour
Driving back to UHCL
DAY 4:
Field Trip to Armand Bayou Nature Center (ABNC)
Questions / Discussion
Meet at Bayou Bldg. 1219
Dr. Akladios
Drive to Armand Bayou Nature Center
Meet at the ABNC parking lot.
8500 Bay Area Boulevard, Pasadena, Texas
Welcome to ABNC
Heather Millar
Lecture “Connecting with Nature”
Heather Millar
th
The CP Chen Connections Program for 4 & 5
Director of Education
graders
Walk to pontoon boat house
Pontoon Boat Ride on “Bayou Ranger”
Mark Kramer
Stewardship / Coordinator
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11:15 – 12:00
12:00 – 1:00
1:15 – 2:00
Wed: July
17th
8:00 – 8:15
8:15 – 11:00
11:00 – 11:15
11:15 – 12:00
12:00 – 2:00
Fri: July 24th
Walk to Interpretative Building / Lunch Break in Auditorium (bring your own, or we’ll
stop somewhere)
Guided Tour: Trail hikes
Heather Millar
Wetlands, Forest and Prairie Ecosystems
Weekday Educator
Wildlife, Birds, Bison, Raptor House
1895 Hanson Farmhouse / Mays Pond
Animal Demonstration
Animal Collectors Supervisor
DAY 5:
Lectures at UHCL + Field Trip to Air Quality / Air Monitoring Station, Deer Park,
Houston
Questions / Discussion
Meet at Bayou Bldg. 1219
Dr. Akladios
Bus drive to Air Monitoring Station at Deer Park Mike Gatewood
(Location: 5414 ½ Durant Street, Deer Park)
Earle Wright
Guided Tour on Air Monitoring Station
Mark Wooten
-Pollution monitoring: CO2, NOx, O3, Sulphates, Steve Paciotte
Particular Matter, etc.
TCEQ-Houston Region
-Meteorological monitoring: wind, temp,
humidity, solar radiation, GC analyzer, etc.
Bus returns to UHCL
Lunch Break (you pack)
Lecture + Tour: Water Testing and Quality
Dr. George Guillen (UHCL)
1:00 – 2:00
DAY 6:
Field Trip to Atascocita Landfill Site / Gulf Coast Recycling Center
Meet at Bayou Building Front Entrance. Bus
Dr. Akladios
leaves at 8:00 AM to Gulf Coast Recycling
(Location: 9590 Clay Road, Houston)
Guided tour at Gulf Coast Recycling
Alan Bachrach
Gulf Coast Recycling
Bus leaves around 11:00 AM to Atascocita
Lunch on the way (bring your own, or
Recycling and Disposal Facility.
we’ll stop somewhere)
(Address: 3623 Wilson Road, Humble, TX
77396)
Brief introduction to landfill and a guided tour to Lisa K. Doughty
Atascocita Recycling and Disposal Facility
Community Relations Manager,
Atascocita Recycling and Disposal
Facility
Bus returns to UHCL
Dr. Akladios
Tues: July
31st
8:00 – 1:00
DAY 7:
Lectures + Short Tour at UHCL: Texas Watch Training
Texas Watch – Citizen Volunteer Water Quality Texas Watch Project, Texas State
8:00 – 9:00
9:00 – 11:00
11:00 – 11:30
11:30 – 1:00
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Monitoring Program: Phase I & II Training
Field Trip to Duck Pond for Water Testing
1:00 – 2:00
Post-Test, and Course Evaluation
Concluding Remark / Network
University, Department of Geography
Heidi L.N. Moltz, Volunteer Coordinator
Texas Watch - River Systems Institute
Dr. Akladios
Mon: Aug 3rd No Class Activity
12:00 Noon
Final Daily Journal + Project, etc. Due by
12:00 Noon
Send as an e-mail attachment to Dr.
Akladios: akladios@cl.uh.edu
And to Beatriz, abecar17@yahoo.com
Grade available over EASE online: http://ease.uhcl.edu shortly after.
Note:
 For field trips conducted outdoors, please make sure to bring your own Sunscreen,
Sunglass, lunch, drinks, Rubber Boots or Sneakers if you don't mind trashing,
Umbrella, etc.
 Bring a change of clothes and be prepared for hands-on work in wetlands.
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