1999-2009 graphs of horny toad data

As the number of locations increased so did the number of sightings.

The number of farmers reporting data has remained fairly constant, but some years were definitely  good for more sightings.  Why is that?

These numbers show groups of horny toads seen together.

Short Horned Lizard Project Overview

We have basically kept the "horny toad" project the same since we began in 1992.  This set of slides shows all the parts.  We still use ArcView 3.3 because that is where the original data was kept.  Now, in 2012, we have over 1700 recorded sightings of horny toads in Waterville Plateau farm fields from 12 farmers, 8 of whom have been with the project from the onset.  We are so grateful to them.

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2009, Gonzaga University presentation

To:  Jessica Day, Zak Kruger, Elizabeth Bourton, Nolan Ruud, Kelsey Browning, Kalah Toomey, Julia Hinderer

Opportunity to Present the Biodiversity Project

Waterville School students have been invited to present the Biodiversity of the Waterville Plateau project in Spokane, WA  on May 13, 2009.  The presentation will be held at Gonzaga University and will be given to a large group of students from 10 schools, their teachers and Gonzaga preservice teachers. 

We will

ð       travel to Spokane on the evening of the 12^th

ð       stay overnight at Gonzaga

ð       present at 9 am on Wed, the 13^th

ð       host a break-out session in the afternoon

ð       drive home later that day

We will use the same Biodiversity Presentation that was presented in Hunters except there are changes to the 6^th grade slide and the coyote model slide.

Once again you will need to commit to time spent outside of school for writing, memorizing and practicing your part of the presentation. 

Consider your expertise, consider the time commitment, and consider how good you will feel when you have done this presentation!  Plus, it will be fun!

Fill out the attached permission slip and return it to me immediately after spring break.  Then I will make a practice schedule and get it to you.  I will also get you information about $ needs, exact times, and other details.  Mr. Grillo will be going along to help chaperone and present at the break-out session.

Mrs. Petersen

            

2003 Moses Coulee Nature Conservancy presentation group

2004 Biodiversity Conference presentation group

Application to Present

Application to Present the Literate About Biodiversity Project

Due: Friday, May 4, 2012

Name _____________________       Date ____________________

Which parts of the presentation would you feel comfortable helping to plan? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Why would you like to work on this particular presentation?  _________________________

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Why would you be a good presenter? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

How would you be a good representative of our school, town and your family?

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

□       My child has permission to apply for this presentation, would be available for practices, and is available to present on Sunday, June 10 at Suncadia near Cle Elum for the Western Governors’ Conference.

___________________

                                                      Parent signature

2007, Mr Grillo and Mrs. Petersen presented in W. Virginia at Naturemapping Conf.,

Naturemapping in Waterville

School	Community	Support/ materials
Douglas Creek Watershed Study 4-6th grades 1992	BLM	®   Use of their land ®   Expert training for teachers and kids in all areas of science ®   Painted the mural in our hallway
	South Douglas Conservation District	®   Money for water testing kits ®   Opportunities to present
	Dept. of Fish and Wildlife	®   Grant for water testing kits
Naturemapping 4th-6th	Local birders	®   Collected data, we sent it in via e-mail
Adopt-a-farmer project in 4th grade, 2nd grade and after-school program 1997	Karen, Dan from UW naturemapping	®   On-going on-site support ®   PATIENCE ®   Arcview training/assistance for students and teachers ®   Data collection protocol including designing data collection forms with students ®   Data analysis help ®   Protocol for ethogram (2nd grade), food preference study (2nd grade), and over-wintering study ®   Lots of presentation opportunities ®   15 presentations including about 50 students participating ®   Managing our work on the Naturemapping website
	ESRI	®   Arcview software ®   Opportunity to present in San Diego before 14.000 arcview users ®   Gift of plotter/printer with ink supply
	30 wheat farmers	®   Collected our horny toad data for us, brought it in and helped us graph and map it on county topo maps
2004 4th grade stars in a video about the project	George Lucas Educational foundation	®   Video can be found on the GLEF website and is called Leapin’ Lizards
2005 Project wins Golden Apple Award		$500 for use by the project
4th grade students produce books of farm fields	Karen, Dan	®   Working with Arcview to produce maps of particular farmers fields
	Mark Thomsen	®   Our patient farmer who worked with us design his book and iron out the details for future books.
	4 farmers	®   Students will work on these 4 books and maps during the summer and get paid to do it
Tree Project 2005	City of Waterville, a tree city USA	®   Two students took data from city employee and made an Arcview map of all trees on city property, with accompanying table
4th grade tracking horny toads themselves 2005	Karen, Dan, CWU student, Holohil manufacturing for transmitters	Transmitters, receivers,
Elementary retreat at Rainbow Lodge	Dept. of Fish and Wildlife PEI	Organized science GLEs by grade level
High school ag class 2006 Adding trees on private property to the tree map.	Survey of all box-holders in town	City Green add-on to Arcview, trial copy from American Forests
3rd grade class Bioblitz 2006/07	CWU professor and biology class	Students collected on playground, preserved them, identified by family and then sent them to CWU for further identification
Bioblitz at Douglas Creek 3rd grade		Comparison of insects from two ecosystems
3rd grade field guide pages about insects	Karen	Editing for perfection for website while keeping the kids’ words and pictures
3rd grade blog		Parent access
2nd grade bird study	Karen	Bird models, lists of predicted species
2007 School receives a Toyota Tapestry grant for $10,000 to support Literate About Biodiversity project K-6 !!!! Includes field guide production, walking tour (water conservation, wildlife attraction), artistic renditions of animals, 1 year plan 5 year plan	Karen, Dan, Diane D (GLEF) Supt and principal encouraged all teachers to get training and they began to buy in Pacific Education Institute provides science and WASL training
	Mentors	High school and middle school students who have been a part of the Horny Toad project will get technology credit for helping an elementary class one period a day with the data collection, Arcview mapping, photography and other technology needs
	Master gardener
Weather Station	South Douglas Conservation District	Purchase of $2500 weather station so we can use weather data with our animal sighting data to answer correlative questions.
2006-07 After school/weekends work	Dept. of Fish and Wildlife	Buy Diane’s time to work on these extra projects