Title
Walking Box Ranch Planning and Design Quarterly Progress Report: Period ending January 10, 2011
Document Type
Report
Publication Date
1-10-2011
Publisher
Public Lands Institute
Publisher Location
Las Vegas, NV
First page number:
1
Last page number:
49
Abstract
- UNLV participated in three project workshops and one additional meeting to assist in planning and design of the future WBR museum and field/research station.
- Weather station progress included design of programming software that will provide past weather information to website user, two abstracts have been submitted to an energy sustainability meeting, and a paper reviewing energy efficient building envelope components has been prepared and submitted for publication.
- Work has begun on a new education project titled “Multimedia Field Guides for Public Engagement at Walking Box Ranch, Mojave Desert.” The project will develop and disseminate a modern geological and environmental field guide designed to engage and educate students and the public at the Walking Box Ranch.
- PLI educators (Brody and Page) are designing a Professional Development workshop on Environmental Literacy. The workshop will be directed at 6th, 7th, and 9th grade teachers who teach earth science, life science and environmental science.
Controlled Subject
Curriculum planning; Environmental education; Environmental literacy; Heritage tourism; Historic buildings; Historic sites – Management; Nevada – Searchlight; Ranches; United States – Mojave Desert
Disciplines
Architecture | Business | Business Administration, Management, and Operations | Desert Ecology | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | Education | Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research | Environmental Monitoring | Environmental Sciences | Historic Preservation and Conservation | Life Sciences | Physical Sciences and Mathematics
File Format
File Size
1400 KB
Language
English
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT. For more information about this rights statement, please visit http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Repository Citation
Rees, M. N.
(2011).
Walking Box Ranch Planning and Design Quarterly Progress Report: Period ending January 10, 2011.
1-49.
Available at:
https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/pli_walking_box_ranch/26
Included in
Business Administration, Management, and Operations Commons, Desert Ecology Commons, Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research Commons, Environmental Monitoring Commons, Historic Preservation and Conservation Commons
Comments
Financial Assistance Agreement #FAA080093
Signatures have been redacted for privacy and security measures.