We will make our best effort to get you into your desired workshops, but space is limited and substitutions may be made.
Session 1
Cities Near the Sea. - Video Conference
Epigraph School, Russia
This is a collaborative project between two wonderful cities near the sea - St. Petersburg Russia and Amsterdam, Netherlands. The project concerns culture, history, nature and environmental problems of cities near the sea. We will present a video-conference about the environmental problems of the Baltic Sea. We would like more schools in cities near seas to join our project.
Discovery Room/Resource Room
Ages 13-18 years.
YouthCaN Mediterranean - Video Conference
YC Lebanon with YC New York
Come share in the exploration of environmental issues that face students in Lebanon. Ask them questions about their studies and share some of your experiences.
People Center Back, 2nd Floor
Ages: all
HP and iEARN’s Digital Cultural Exchange
Hewlett-Packard/Porter Novelli
Twelve schools from around the world have been selected to participate in the HP/iEARN Digital Cultural Exchange program. These schools created a photo essay titled “Global Tidings” using digital imaging equipment from HP to explore each of their countries cultures and their views on the environment.
Kaufmann Theater, 1st floor
Ages: all
Alternative Scenario: Energy choices for the 21st Century
High School for Environmental Studies
Learn about our research project in affiliation with NASA scientists on creating an alternative energy plan for the United States. Our answer to the Kyoto Protocol.
Linder Theater. 1st Floor
Ages: 16 and up
Gardening for Change. FULL
Miami Country Day School, USA
Learn how students created a non-profit business selling herbs and container gardens to raise money to buy solar cookers for Afghanistan and Haiti.
Calder Lab. 2nd Floor
Ages: all
Owls in the Park FULL
Urban Park Rangers - Inwood and Central Park Ranger Conservation Corps,
A survey project weighing the pros and cons of possibly introducing the barn or barred owl into Inwood Hill Park, New York City.
Rose Center Classroom, 2nd Floor
Ages: 13 and up
Humans vs the Environment: A study of people and their parks.
IS 218 - New York Restoration Project
Canceled
Shoreline Restoration and water testing: Bronx River and NYC’s watershed. FULL
DeWitt Clinton High School and The Council on the Environment of NYC
DeWitt Clinton High School students have done shoreline restoration work along the Bronx River and will be doing erosion control work in NYC’s upstate watershed in May of 2003. They will present their work. Participants will learn how we tested the waters of the Bronx River through hands-on activities!.
Room 319, 3rd floor
Ages: 8-17 years
The Fantastic Deer Cycle (OH Deer!)
City Parks Foundation
A hands-on group project which shows the cycle of deer population growth. Be sure to stop by for the running of the deer!!!
(Limited to 30 students).
4th floor Orientation Center, 4th floor
Ages: 10 -12 years
Session 2
Aberdare Youth Environment Project - Video Conference
Aberdare College, United Kingdom
Investigation of alternative uses for derelict and/or contaminated former industrial land. We are keen to examine ways in which facilities for young people and for the community as a whole could be provided as a sustainable development, perhaps showcasing environmentally sensitive design and energy management strategies. We'd like to exchange ideas with others involved in similar projects in other parts of the world and/or to stimulate others to consider the possibilities in their own localities. Learn more here!
Discovery Room Resource Room, 1st Floor
Ages 13 and up
Global Eyes of Japan - Video Conference
Global Eyes - Kwansei Gakuin University
Explore the water issues of Japan with the student members of Global Eyes. Bring the water issues that your communities face to share and debate solutions.
People Center Back Terrace, 2nd Floor
Ages: all.
Adopt a Beach - Environmental Activism - a student initiative.
Canceled :(
Von Steuben Metro Science Center, Chicago, IL
A World Without Oil
H.S. for Law and Public Service
Students will act out a skit portraying the problems associated with continual reliance on oil (global warming, oil spills, rainforest destruction, war etc.) and then propose alternatives.
Kaufmann Theater, 1st Floor
Ages 15- 18 years
Waste Management Project
TakingITGlobal, Ghana
Canceled :(
Exploring Environmental Issues of Slovakia, Central and Eastern Europe
Open Society Foundation
Join us in Exploring Environmental Issues of Slovakia, Central and Eastern Europe as seen by the youth. Students have been developing their projects during the year and the winners will share their investigations with you at YouthCaN 2003 in New York City.
Peoples Center Theater, 2nd Floor
Ages: 15 to 19 years
Got Energy? (exploration of the energy cycle)
The New York Botanical Garden
Come explore the energy cycle! We will explore the flow of energy from the sun to both abiotic and biotic things. Learn about photosynthesis respiration and trophic levels (primary, secondary and tertiary consumers). Our activities will include role playing and an energy puzzle.
Orientation Center, 4th floor
Ages: 10 to 14 years
PCBs and Alcohol: Mutations in the fish of the Hudson River FULL
High School for Environmental Studies/Mt. Sinai Hospital
We will share our research on the effect alcohol has on the reproductive cycle of zebra fish. Come join the fun of our PowerPoint presentation, surfing our website and using microscopes for viewing of developing eggs.
Room 319, 3rd Floor
Ages: 14 - 18 years
Dolphin Lab FULL
East Woods Schools
For the past 13 years East Woods students have spent a week at the Dolphin Research Center in the Florida Keys studying dolphins and the environment. Join them as they share this experience.
Rose Center Classroom, 2nd Floor
Ages: 11-18 years
Solar Solutions FULL
Miami Country Day School
The answer to our energy problem comes up every morning. From solar cooking in developing countries to solar cars on our roads, come and explore the endless possibilities for using the worlds most inexhaustible energy source, THE SUN.
Hands on fun: construct and walk away with your own shoe box solar cooker. (visit www.miamicountryday.org/aces for more information).
Calder Lab, 2nd Floor
Ages: 9 and up.
Session 3
Terrific Trees FULL
Miami Country Day School.
Trees, this amazing resource supplies an inexhaustible number of basic needs for both man and animal. We will look at many of these, examine the situation of trees in our world, our country, state and own backyard! Travel with our tree sleuths and learn how to change behavior in our daily lives and influence the behavior of others in a positive way. Participants will be involved in hands-on activities which include planting, art work and activist techniques. You will be the next tree expert ready to make a difference for the trees!
Calder Lab, 2nd Floor
Ages: 6 - 15 years
Vegication FULL
The Dalton School
Learn about the good points and the weak points of vegetarianism through our PowerPoint presentation. Then join us in a group debate on the value of vegetarianism.
Room 319, 3rd Floor
Ages: 13 and up
Spreading the Word--Conservation and Recycling
Ethical Culture Fieldston School and P.S. 7
Fieldston Lower School students continued their campaign to reach out to both the school and the community beyond its walls about conservation issues and recycling. As a result they met with students from Public School # 7 and decided to prepare lessons and activities they could shared with other students in their schools. Using resources from Project Learning Tree, Department of Sanitation, and Internet research, they expanded their own knowledge in their quest to share their interest in environmental awareness and conservation with others. They would like to share their project and resources with you.
Orientation Center, 4th floor
Ages: 10 - 18 years
The Effects of Introducing Exotic Species FULL
The New York Botanical Garden
Our project will introduce you to the drastic effects that introducing an exotic species might have on a local ecosystem. Such an occurrence could even directly affect humans.
Rose Center Classroom, 2nd Floor
Ages 7-12 years AGE CORRECTION
Got Goo? Should you pay for toxic waste cleanup?
Academy of Mt. St. Ursula
Implementation of federal regulations regarding toxic waste cleanup has changed, with the polluters no longer responsible for the cleanup. This workshop will explore the consequences, using presentation format, audience participation, and a skit.
Kaufmann Theater, 1st Floor
Ages: 9 -13 years
The Lower East Side Youth Waste Prevention League
Lower East Side Ecology Center
Students come together to educate others in the community about waste issues in the New York City. Individual projects range from educational videos made by the students to, business monitoring programs, composting workshops, and community drives.
Peoples Center Theater , 2nd Floor
Ages: 7-18 years
The role of the Internet in the protection of the environment in the Democratic Republic of Congo
University of Kinshasa
We will demonstrate how the Internet can contribute in the protection of the environment in the forests of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Discovery Room, 1st Floor
Ages: 16 and up years
Urban Ecology, Destination: New York.
The Birch Wathen Lenox School
We will present a small publication as well as a film about how Manhattan has changed throughout time due to various factors including humans.
Linder Theater, 1st Floor
Ages: 13 and up
Global Peace
Dr. D. Y. Patil College
This project shall inspire people from different age groups to discuss and debate on international peace and international crisis which are going on around the globe. It shall also deal with the human rights situation in the countries facing these crisis. This project will bring students from around the globe together to discus the problems of their home countries which may prove dangerous to international peace.
Peoples Center Back Terrace, 2nd floor
Ages: 15 and up
Evergreen and Everlasting Belarusian Forests.
Modem, Belarus
We would like to share the beauty of Belarusian preserves with you. Learn about its everyday life in our forests: birds, animals and trees. Their needs and issues that threaten them. Hear how people are protecting the wild life of our belarusian forests.
People Center, Front Terrace, 2nd Floor
Ages: 10 years and up.
