{"id":10,"date":"2017-05-16T13:33:03","date_gmt":"2017-05-16T17:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/owes.nipissingu.ca\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2025-06-05T14:23:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T18:23:10","slug":"course-agenda","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wpms.nipissingu.ca\/owes\/course-agenda\/","title":{"rendered":"Sample Course Agenda"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Course Agenda subject to variations in weather.<\/h2>\n<h2>Prep Time \u2013 Sunday<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Students will arrive in North Bay and check in at their accommodations.<\/li>\n<li>Students are recommended to make prior arrangements to stay at The Chancellor\u2019s House, a residence on the campus of Nipissing University, in order to have convenient and affordable access to all aspects of the OWES course and its various activities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Day 1 \u2013 Monday<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\"><strong>7:30 \u2013 8:00<\/strong>\u00a0Arrival\u00a0(light breakfast provided)<\/li>\n<li data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\"><strong>8:00 \u2013 9:00<\/strong>\u00a0(OWES Coordinator and Instructors) Welcome, Introductions, Field Safety &amp; Bear Safety<\/li>\n<li data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\"><strong>9:00 \u2013 9:30<\/strong>\u00a0Wetland boundaries<\/li>\n<li data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\"><strong>9:30 \u2013 9:45<\/strong>\u00a0Break<\/li>\n<li data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\"><strong>9:45 \u2013 10:30<\/strong>\u00a0Wetland Types, Wetland Site Types, Vegetation Forms &amp; Communities<\/li>\n<li data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\">\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" data-ogsc=\"\"><span data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"rgb(255, 255, 0)\"><strong>10:30 \u2013 11:45<\/strong> Digital Imagery Interpretation<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\">\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" data-ogsc=\"\"><span data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"rgb(255, 255, 0)\">Box Lunch (provided on the bus)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\"><span data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"rgb(255, 255, 0)\"><strong>11:45 \u2013 4:30<\/strong>\u00a0(All)\u00a0Cranberry Marsh field trip<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\"><strong>4:30 \u2013 5:15<\/strong>\u00a0Return bus travel<\/li>\n<li data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\"><strong>5:15 \u2013 5:30<\/strong>\u00a0Clean up<b data-ogsc=\"\"><br \/>\n<\/b><\/li>\n<li data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\"><strong>5:30 \u2013 6:30 <\/strong>Dinner provided<b data-ogsc=\"\"><br \/>\n<\/b><\/li>\n<li data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\"><strong>6:30 \u2013 7:30 <\/strong>Wetland Plants and Soils<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Day 2 \u2013 Tuesday<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>7:30 \u2013 8:00\u00a0<\/strong>(light breakfast provided)<\/li>\n<li><strong>8:00 \u2013 8:45\u00a0<\/strong>Overview of Day &amp; Highview Wetland Imagery<\/li>\n<li><strong>8:45 \u2013 <\/strong><strong>2<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong><strong>00 <\/strong>(All) Highview Wetland field visit\u00a0by bus transportation; box lunch (provided in the field)<\/li>\n<li><strong>2:00 <\/strong><strong>\u2013 2:30\u00a0<\/strong>Return bus travel and clean-up<\/li>\n<li><strong>2:30 \u2013 3:30\u00a0<\/strong>Introduction to GIS and Digital Imagery Interpretation<\/li>\n<li><strong>3:30 \u2013 3:45\u00a0<\/strong>Break<\/li>\n<li><strong>3:45 \u2013 4:15\u00a0<\/strong>More Digital Imagery<\/li>\n<li><strong>4:15 \u2013 4:30\u00a0<\/strong>Break<\/li>\n<li><strong>4:30 \u2013 5:00 <\/strong>Social Component<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>5:00 \u2013 6:15 <\/strong>Special Features Component<\/li>\n<li><strong>6:30 \u2013 <\/strong>A free evening<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Day 3 \u2013 Wednesday<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>7:30 \u2013 8:00\u00a0<\/strong>(light breakfast provided)<\/li>\n<li><strong>8:00 \u2013 9:00\u00a0<\/strong>Hydrological Component<\/li>\n<li><strong>9:00 \u2013 9:15\u00a0<\/strong>Break<\/li>\n<li><strong>9:15 \u2013 10:30\u00a0<\/strong>Hydrological Component<\/li>\n<li><strong>10:30 \u2013 11:00\u00a0<\/strong>Bus travel<\/li>\n<li><strong>11:00 \u2013 <\/strong><strong>1<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong><strong>00 <\/strong>(All) Field trip to Oak Ridge Wetland; box lunch provided in the field<\/li>\n<li><strong>1:00 <\/strong><strong>\u2013 1:<\/strong><strong>3<\/strong><strong>0\u00a0<\/strong>Return bus travel<\/li>\n<li><strong>1:<\/strong><strong>3<\/strong><strong>0 \u2013 2:<\/strong><strong>3<\/strong><strong>0\u00a0<\/strong>Biological Component<\/li>\n<li><strong>2:30 <\/strong><strong>\u2013 <\/strong><strong>3:30\u00a0<\/strong>(All) Explanation of the XX Lake Group Exercise.<\/li>\n<li><strong>3:30\u00a0\u2013 6:30\u00a0<\/strong>GIS Lab and classroom open<\/li>\n<li><strong>6:30 \u2013 <\/strong>A free evening<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Day 4 \u2013 Thursday<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>7:30 \u2013 8:00\u00a0<\/strong>(light breakfast provided)<\/li>\n<li><strong>8:30 \u2013 9:00\u00a0<\/strong>Bus travel to XX Lake<\/li>\n<li><strong>9:00 \u2013 4:00\u00a0<\/strong>The XX Lake site is open\n<ul>\n<li>In the field,\u00a0<u>everyone must wear a safety vest<\/u>. Be careful on the XX Lake floating mat. Please inform Instructors in case of injury or if you hear an approaching thunderstorm (Box lunches are provided)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>2:00 \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>First bus leaves from the field site and goes back to campus<\/li>\n<li><strong>2:00 <\/strong><strong>\u2013<\/strong> Vans leave from the field site as needed<\/li>\n<li><strong>4:00 \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Second bus, with the last of the students, leaves from the field site<\/li>\n<li><strong>4:30 \u2013 6:00 <\/strong>The GIS Lab and Classroom are open<\/li>\n<li><strong>6:00 \u2013 7:30\u00a0<\/strong>(Students are free to pursue their own dinners)<\/li>\n<li><strong>7:30 \u2013 10:00 <\/strong>The GIS Lab and Classroom are open<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Day 5 \u2013 Friday<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>7:30 \u2013 8:00\u00a0<\/strong>(light breakfast provided)<\/li>\n<li><strong>8:00 \u2013 <\/strong><strong>11<\/strong><strong>:00\u00a0<\/strong>Group evaluation of XX Lake continued\n<ul>\n<li>Classroom opens at 8:00 am<\/li>\n<li>GIS lab is open 8:00 \u2013 11:00 am<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Group wetland scores to be\u00a0<u>submitted by 11:00 am SHARP!!!<\/u><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>11:00 \u2013 12:00\u00a0<\/strong>Lunch (provided)<\/li>\n<li><strong>12:00 \u2013 2:00\u00a0<\/strong>Open book test<\/li>\n<li><strong>2:00 \u2013 2:30\u00a0<\/strong>Break<\/li>\n<li><strong>2:30 \u2013 3:30\u00a0<\/strong>Student presentations<\/li>\n<li><strong>3:30 \u2013 4:30\u00a0<\/strong>Instructor presentations<\/li>\n<li><strong>4:30 \u2013 5:00\u00a0<\/strong>Conclusions &#8230; then people depart<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Course Agenda subject to variations in weather. Prep Time \u2013 Sunday Students will arrive in North Bay and check in at their accommodations. 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