Timeline+Memos

This is a “running” memo that students will work on throughout our research program. For each entry, the student will fill in a chart of information. We will help them convert it into a presentation into a using this tool: @http://timeline.knightlab.com/.


 * Due Thursday, April 3**

1) When was the last watershed report created for your county? And what are the names of the smaller watersheds in your watershed? Hint: On the watershed page you were using previously ([]) click on the work ‘assessment’ highlighted in the ‘how is your water’ section. Find out the names for each smaller watershed in the section titled “Waterbody inventory and segment data sheets.” There may only be two or three listed.
 * Due Thursday, March 27 (Karin Patze)**


 * Last date of assessment ||  ||
 * First Smaller Watershed Name ||  ||
 * Second Smaller Watershed Name ||  ||
 * Third Smaller Watershed Name ||  ||
 * Fourth Smaller Watershed Name ||  ||
 * Fifth Smaller Watershed Name ||  ||
 * Sixth Smaller Watershed Name ||  ||

2) Do an Internet search with a string of search terms including your watershed name, and Albany Times Union, and environment (like this “Albany Times Union” and “Upper Hudson River Watershed”). Create a timeline entry for any interesting article you find with these search terms. The start date will be the day of publication. The headline will be something like “Albany Times Union publishes article about the environment in Otsego County.” If you can’t find an article on your watershed, try the smaller watershed names you identified in the first part of this assignment.


 * start date ||  ||
 * end date ||  ||
 * headline describing the event ||  ||
 * paragraph describing the event ||  ||
 * image ||  ||
 * image source ||  ||
 * image caption ||  ||

1) When was your county organized, and what town became the county seat? See [] or Wikipedia  (K. Fortun)
 * Due Thursday, March 20 (Kim Fortun) **
 * start date ||  ||
 * end date ||  ||
 * headline describing the event ||  ||
 * paragraph describing the event ||  ||
 * image ||  ||
 * image source ||  ||
 * image caption ||  ||

2) If there is a New York “historic site” in your county, list the dates during which it was built, then fill in the other fields in the chart. See []

(K. Fortun)
 * start date ||  ||
 * end date ||  ||
 * headline describing the event ||  ||
 * paragraph describing the event ||  ||
 * image ||  ||
 * image source ||  ||
 * image caption ||  ||

K. Fortun 3) Do an Internet search with a string of search terms including your county name, Albany Times Union, and environment (like this “Albany Times Union Otsego County environment”). Create a timeline entry for any interesting article you find with these search terms. The start date will be the day of publication. The headline will be something like “Albany Times Union publishes article about the environment in Otsego County.”

(K. Fortun)
 * start date ||  ||
 * end date ||  ||
 * headline describing the event ||  ||
 * paragraph describing the event ||  ||
 * image ||  ||
 * image source ||  ||
 * image caption ||  ||