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Day 1
9:00-15:00
Registration
Registration, refreshments and preparation of delegation
exhibits
Registration - Field School Reception Area 2 Project Setup - Zuckerman
Center 4
Additional activities are
available for early arrivals:
- tour Midrasha
-tour Research Institute
-visit desert museums
-hike
-swim, etc.
see master schedule for locations 2,4
13:00-14:00
Lunch
Dining Hall A(3H)
Registration Continues (2)
15:00-18:00
Introductory Hike
Introductions to
theme groups followed by
short hike to
Ein Avdat,
nearby National
Park (canyon
and springs).
Meet at Field School Reception Area 2
Six Field Study
Workshops
Theme Groups:
#1 Deserts and Desertification
#2 The Desert, a Danger or in Danger
#3 Managing Sustainable Environments in the Desert
#4 The Desert Ecosystem
#5 Living in the Desert
#6 Art in Desert Environments
19:00-20:00
Dinner
Dining Hall A 5
20:30-22:00
Opening Ceremonies: "Why the Desert?"
a few words about the goals for the upcoming week
"Desert Performances"
by students from Environmental Education High School and Elementary
School
Open-Air Ceremony Grounds (11)
22:30
Moonlight Walk into
Wadi Zin
(optional)
leave from ceremony grounds 11
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Day 2
5:30-11:00
Desert Field Studies
Field Trips with
Theme Groups
#1 Halukim Mountain Range
#2 Maktesh Ramon Crater
#3 Sde Zin and Midrasha
#4 Sde Zin Field Work
#5 Ancient City of Avdat
#6 Sde-Zin Sculpture Park
(7:30 breakfast
at field sites)
Meet in Field School parking lot 2
11:00-11:30
Break
11:30-13:00
Session I
High School 3
Choice of
Concurrent
Sessions
A.New Trends in Conservation Biology
Room 3A
B. Alternative
Learning Environments
Room 3B
C. Tour Environmental Projects across Globe Using
Internet
Computer lab 3C
D. Visit Desert Research
Institute
Meet at Zuckerman Center 4
13:00-14:00
Lunch
Dining Hall A 5
14:00-15:30
Break
Rest, swim, etc.
14:00-16:30
Video Conferencing and the Radio Station as Educational Tools
(Optional)
demonstrations (preregistration
required)
bus leaves for Eshel Hanasi School from front of High School
3
15:30-17:00
Session II
High School
Choice of
Concurrent
Sessions
A. Environmental Ethics
Room 3A
B. Participant s Present Delegation Projects
Zuckerman Center 4
C. More Global Computer Projects
Computer Lab 3C
D. Tour Desert Museum (zoological, archaeoligical and Bedouin
displays)
Meet at Zuckerman Center 4
17:15-18:30
Session III
High School
A. Delegation Project
Presentations
Zuckerman Center 4
B. Set up Delegation
Displays
Zuckerman Center 4
C. Delegation Computer Project
Presentation
Computer Lab 3C
D. Visit Sculpture
Museum
meet at Zuckerman Center 4
18:45-19:30
View Delegation
Exhibits
Zuckerman Center 4
19:30-20:30
Dinner
21:00-22:30
Parade of
Countries
participant displays,
costumes, flags,
crafts, music and
arts of individual
countries.
Dining Hall A (3H)
20:30-24:00
Tea and Talk in Bedouin
Tent
Bedouin Tent 5
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Day 3
5:30-13:00
Field Work with
Theme Groups
(7:30 breakfast
at field sites)
Meet in Field School parking lot 2
#1 Park Sayeret Shaked
#2 Makhtesh Gadol
#3 Mitzpe Ramon and Crater
#4 Sde Zin Field work
#5 Kibbutz Revivim and Agricultural Farm
#6 Makhtesh Ramon Crater
13:00-14:00
Lunch
Dining Hall A (3H)
14:00-15:30
Break
Rest, swim,
etc.
15:30-17:00
Session
IV
Concurrent
Sessions:
A. Environmental Issues and the
Media
Room 3A
B. Israel's Environmental
Issues
Room 3B
C. Using Computers to Explore
Environmental
Issues
Computer Lab
3C
D. Visit Ben-Gurion's Hut at Kibbutz Sde
Boker
Meet at Zuckerman Center 4
17:30-19:00
Session V
High School 3
Concurrent
Sessions:
A. Caretaker's Teacher Session
Room 3A
B. Importance of Community Environmental Education (Non Government
Organizations)
Room 3B
C. More Projects using Internet
Computer Lab 3C
D. Visit Ben-Gurion Heritage Institute and
Archives
Meet at Zuckerman Center 4
19:30-20:30
Dinner
Dining Hall B (3H)
20:30-22:00
Session VI
Plenary Lectures:
"Migrating Birds Know No Boundaries" Dr. Yossi Leshem.
"One Step Beyond Expedition in Antarctica" Ms. Karen
Sabbagh
Dining Room A (3H)
20:30-24:00
Tea and Talk in Bedouin Tent
Bedouin Tent 5
OR
Nighttime Wildlife Observation
use radio-telemetry to track hedgehogs
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Day 4
5:30-7:30
Optional Choice of Activities:
birdwatch, hike,
yoga, assist
researchers in field, swim, Tai Chi, etc.
see master schedule for
locations 2,4
7:30-8:00
Breakfast
Dining Hall A (3H)
8:00-11:15
Work with Theme Groups
Most groups work indoors this morning.
see master schedule for
locations 2,4
11:30-13:00
Session VII
High School 3
Choice of concurrent sessions.
A. Are We Causing Natural Processes to
Accelerate?
Room 3A
B. Developing Environmental Curricula
Room 3B
C. Hands-on Training with Bird Migration
Computer Lab 3C
D. Visit Kibbutz Sde
Boker
meet at Zuckerman Center 4
E. Environmental Attitudes in Historical and Modern
Literature
Room 3D
13:00-14:00
Lunch
Dining Hall A (3H)
14:00-15:30
Break
Rest, swim, etc.
15:30-17:00
Session VIII
Open Panel Discussions
High School
General Concluding Sessions
A. Why We need both Formal and Informal Environmental Education
Programs?
Room 3A
B. Values of Using Field Workshops in Environmental
Education
Room 3B
C. How Will Future Internet Developments affect Environmental Education?
(panel discussion)
Room 3D
D. Visit
Desert Museum
Meet at Zuckerman Center 4
17:00-19:30
Field Trips or Indoor Activities with Theme
Groups
see master schedule for locations
19:30-21:00
Bedouin Meal (at Bir Asluj) followed by ethnic music
Sponsored by Ramat Negev Regional
Council
Pickup at Field School parking lot 2 or direct transportation from
fieldsights.
21:00-24:00
Sands Nature Reserve (Optional)
Nature explorations on nearby sand dunes
Direct transportation from Bir
Asluj
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Day 5
5:30-8:00
Choice of
Activities for Most Participants:
assist researchers in the field, birdwatch, hike, yoga, swim, etc.
Plus: visit Bedouin
market in
Beer Sheva
Meet at Field School parking lot 2
8:00-8:30
Breakfast
Dining Hall A
8:30-11:30
Theme Groups prepare Final Presentation
see master schedule for
locations 2,4
11:30-13:00
Theme Group
Presentations
Meet at Field School Reception Area 2
13:00-14:00
Lunch
Dining Hall B (3H)
14:00-15:00
Break
Rest, swim, etc.
15:00-16:00
Theme Group Presentations
Continue
Ben-Gurion Auditorium 16
16:00-17:00
Concluding Session
Ben-Gurion Auditorium 16
17:30-20:30
Festival
Bazaar of local and environmental crafts, art, music and kite
flying.
Featuring works of theme group artists.
"Environmental Art Activity"
sponsored by Israel Electric Corporation
Ltd.
Community Center 19
20:30-23:00
Final Dinner and Closing Ceremony
1998 Conference Announced
(Dance and party)
Dining Room A
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Day 6
7:00-8:30
Breakfast and
Pack
Dining Hall A (3H)
8:30-9:00
Check-out of
Rooms
Meet buses at Field School parking lot 2
Buses take
participants
directly to
Ben-Gurion
Airport, Tel-Aviv
or Jerusalem.
Post-Conference
Trips
For participants
who have
registered for
either
the Negev/
Judean
Desert Adventure
or the Judean
Desert and
Jerusalem Adventure.
Meet buses at Field School parking lot 2
Heat
Alert
Due to midday heat, most outdoor activites are scheduled for early morning
and late in the day.
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