Tentative YSI In-Person Schedule

Sunday, July 13

4:00 - 5:00pm Students / parents arrive at OSC, 1224 Kinnear Road
5:00 - 6:00pm

Opening Ceremony and Dinner at OSC

  • Parents: Welcome presentation / overview / general Q&A
  • Students: Name Games 
6:00 - 7:00pm Parents transport to dorms
7:00 - 9:00pm Evening activity: Vocabulary Game & Ice Breaker Games

Monday, July 14

7:30 – 9:00am Breakfast at dining commons / Transport students to OSC
9:00 – 9:20 am Announcements and Ohio State's impact on science
9:20 – 9:45am Blooket review of vocabulary
9:45 – 10:00am  Walk to Aquatic Ecology Lab
10:00 - 11:30am Aquatic Ecology Lab
11:30 – 11:45am Walk back to OSC
11:45 – 12:00pm Build your watershed
12:00 – 1:00pm Lunch
1:00 – 1:30pm Analyze Watershed
1:30 – 2:30pm Chemical measures
2:30 – 3:30pm Flashlight Project
3:30 – 4:30pm Speaker Project
4:30 – 5:15pm Test Kit Practice 
5:15- 5:30pm  Announcements 
5:30 – 6:45pm Transport to dorm / Dinner at dining commons
6:45 – 9:00pm Evening activity - Swimming

Tuesday, July 15

7:30 – 9:00am Breakfast at dining commons / Transport students to OSC
9:00 – 9:20am Review the biological, chemical & physical components of a stream
9:20 – 10:00am Transport to Big Darby (depart at 9:30am)
10:00 - 12:00pm Stream Quality Monitoring 
12:00 - 1:00pm Lunch
1:00 - 2:00pm Electrofishing
2:00 – 3:00pm Big Darby Nature Center
3:00 – 3:45pm Transport to dorm
3:45 – 5:45pm Student downtime
5:45 – 7:00pm Dinner at dining commons
7:00 – 9:15pm Evening activity - Movie Night

Wednesday, July 16

7:30 – 9:00am Breakfast at dining commons / Transport students to OSC
9:00 – 9:15am Announcements and Ohio State's impact on science 
9:15 – 9:45am Analysis and conclusion of Darby Creek 
9:45 – 10:00am Walk to Byrd Polar
10:00 – 11:45am Tour of Byrd Polar
11:45am – 12:00pm Walk back to OSC 
Noon – 1:00pm Lunch
1:00 – 2:15pm Extension Activity 
2:15 – 2:30pm Outdoors/movement break
2:30 – 3:30pm Explore ODNR Website
3:30 – 5:15pm Choose a variable and investigate - (independent vs. dependent varibles)
5:15 – 5:30pm Announcements
5:30 – 6:30pm Dinner at OSC
6:30 – 8:30pm Game Night at OSC  
8:30 – 9:15pm Transport to dorm

Thursday, July 17

7:30 – 9:00am Breakfast at dining commons / Transport students to OSC
9:00 – 9:15am Announcements and Ohio State's impact on science 
9:15 – 10:30am Historical Perspective of Ohio Streams
10:30 – 10:45am Outdoors / Movement Break
10:45 – 11:15am Who polluted the Potomac
11:15- 12pm  Project Work
Noon – 1:00pm Lunch
1:00 – 2:30pm Project Work
2:30 – 4:30pm Water Testing at Tuttle Park
4:30 - 6:00pm  Walk to dorm / dinner at dining commons
6:00 - 8:30pm  Evening activity - Game Night
   

Friday, July 18

7:30 – 9:00am Breakfast at dining commons / Transport students to OSC
9:00 – 9:15am Announcements and Ohio State's impact on science 
9:15 – 9:45am Compare & Share: Darby & Tuttle Park
9:45 - 11:30am Project Work
11:30 - 12pm  Jokes to Practice 
Noon – 1:00pm Lunch
1:00 – 1:30pm Impromptu speeches
1:30 – 3:00pm Work on projects
3:00 – 5:00pm Presentation dry run
5:00 – 5:15pm Announcements and Final Survey
5:00 – 6:00pm Parents arrive at OSC and dinner
6:00 – 7:30pm YSI Closing Ceremony
  • Welcome, Overview of the Week and Scientific Methodology
  • Presentations
  • Congratulations Ceremony
7:30 – 9:00pm Parents transport students to dorm and checkout