Advanced Program Sample

Sunrise: 4:54 AM
Sunset: 8:20 PM
Low Tide: 3:29 PM
High Tide: 9:31 AM and 9:42 PM

Morning Activities:
Students arrive starting at 12 noon.

Afternoon Activities:
4:00 PM Group Dynamics

Evening Activities:
Introductions, Orientation, Fire Drills, Dorm Meetings

Sunrise: 4:54 AM
Sunset: 8:20 PM
Low Tide: 4:18 PM
High Tide: 10:21 AM and 10:28 PM

Morning Activities:
Tank Talk: “Characteristics of Phyla” and Tank Set-Up

Hike South Bubble/Cadillac Mtn Tour

Afternoon Activities:
What to Collect and Collect for Tanks

Evening Activities:
5:15-5:45PM Seminar: Writing a Superior Scientific Paper

7-8 PM: Collecting at Beach

8-9 PM: Introduction to Oceanography

Sunrise: 4:55 AM
Sunset: 8:20 PM
Low Tide: 5:03 AM
High Tide: 11:07 AM and 11:11 PM

Morning Activities:
Geology Field Trip

Afternoon Activities:
Coastal Ecosystems

Evening Activities:
5:15-5:45PM Seminar: Attack of the The Spiny Water Fleet

7-8 PM: Recreation

8-9 PM: Lecture: “Geology of MDI”

Sunrise: 4:56 AM
Sunset: 8:19 PM
Low Tide: 5:44 AM
High Tide: 11:49 AM

Morning Activities:
Tour of Mt. Desert Island Biological Lab

Afternoon Activities:
Prep for Somes Sound Water Testing Survey

Seal Harbor Beach swimming

Evening Activities:
5:15-5:45PM Seminar: Thar She Blows: History and Uniqueness of Sperm whales and the Whaling Industry

7-9 PM: Nightwalk

Sunrise: 4:56 AM
Sunset: 8:19 PM
Low Tide: 6:19 AM and 6:24 PM
High Tide: 12:28 PM

Morning Activities:
Somes Sound Survey

Afternoon Activities:
Ice Cream and Hike

Evening Activities:
5:15-5:45PM Seminar: “Ocean Currents”

After Dinner: Night Swim or Snorkel

Sunrise: 4:57 AM
Sunset: 8:19 PM
Low Tide: 6:57 AM and 7:02 PM
High Tide: 1:06 PM

Morning Activities:
Echinoderm Development lab

Afternoon Activities:
Snorkel Prep and Echo Lake swimming

Evening Activities:
5:15-5:45PM Seminar: Welcome to the Amazing World of Mangroves

7-8 PM: Informational meeting on Florida Career Seminar and Belize Tropical Program

8-9 PM: DNA

Sunrise: 4:58 AM
Sunset: 8:18 PM
Low Tide: 7:34 AM and 7:41 PM
High Tide: 1:43 PM

Morning Activities:
Clean up AIO

Afternoon Activities:
Bar Harbor/Laundry

Evening Activities:
7-8 PM: Return students work

8-10 PM: Movie night

Sunrise: 4:59 AM
Sunset: 8:18 PM
Low Tide: 8:10 AM and 8:20 PM
High Tide: 2:20 PM

Morning Activities:
Whale Watch

Afternoon Activities:
Snorkel at Back Beach

Evening Activities:
5:15-5:45PM Seminar: A Seal’s Life

7-8 PM: Recreation

8-9 PM: Climate Change

Sunrise: 4:59 AM
Sunset: 8:17 PM
Low Tide: 8:47 AM and 9:00 PM
High Tide: 2:57 PM

Morning Activities:
Fishing and lunch stop at Isleford

Afternoon Activities:
Shark Dissection

Evening Activities:
5:15-5:45PM Seminar: Manatees: Biology and Conservation

7-9 PM: Hike Lower Hadlock Pond

Sunrise: 5:00 AM
Sunset: 8:16 PM
Low Tide: 9:24 AM and 9:43 PM
High Tide: 3:36 PM

Morning Activities:
Tidal Transect with profile

Afternoon Activities:
Hike Bee Hive or swim at Sand Beach

Evening Activities:
5:15-5:45PM Seminar: Bioluminescence: Selecting the College, Financial Assistance, internships and other opportunities

7-8 PM: Recreation

8-9 PM: Whale History from visiting speaker

Sunrise: 5:01 AM
Sunset: 8:16 PM
Low Tide: 10:03 AM
High Tide: 4:17 PM

Morning Activities:
Cell Membranes

Shark Dissection

Afternoon Activities:
Beach Profile and Sediment Sorting

Evening Activities:
5:15-5:45PM Seminar: “The Diving Reflex”

7-8 PM: Recreation

8-9 PM: Sea Turtles

Sunrise: 5:02 AM
Sunset: 8:15 PM
Low Tide: 10:46 AM
High Tide: 5:01 PM

Morning Activities:
Tour of College of Atlantic, University of Maine Machias or Maine Maritime Academy.

Afternoon Activities:
College tours continued and take down saltwater tanks

Evening Activities:
5:15-5:45PM Seminar: Conch: Life cycel and Projects in Conservation

Wrap up/certificates/movies

Sunrise: 5:03 AM
Sunset: 8:14 PM
Low Tide: 11:43 AM
High Tide: 5:24 AM and 5:50 PM

Morning Activities:
Clean up and Pack

Students begin to depart

Afternoon Activities:
Hikes/Beach/Bar Harbor

Evening Activities:
9 am-noon Student departure