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- Monroe usually gives the Intro to AguaClara lecture, which just gives some background about the project. You should use the demo plant and the model plant to illustrate how water flows through the plant. Consider giving the students a quiz about how the water flows and what the different parts of the plant are called.
- The Intro to Teams lecture is the first chance new members get to hear about the teams. At the very beginning of the semester email the returning members from each active team (you and Monroe will decide which teams will be active before the semester starts). Ask/tell each team to send you 2 slides so they can give a 2 minutes pitch for their team. Have the returning students send you the slides AT LEAST 4 days before the lecture and feel OK harassing them! This is the best way new students learn about each team. Tell them to tentatively decide between design, outreach, and research. Have separate meetings for each of these subgroups where more specific questions can be asked. Bring students interested in research down to the lab. After this lecture the students should all be sent the planning survey so you can chose teams.
- A Trip to the CU Water Filtration Plant should be scheduled sometime during the semester so that students can learn and see first hand how conventional municipal water treatment happens. This will allow students to learn about water treatment processes, and also see the old pilot plant so they can learn a bit more about that too. This trip can be coordinated with CEE 4540. Discuss with Monroe when he thinks this trip should be scheduled. In the Fall semester, it might be wise to wait a little bit so that students have learned the basics of what they are seeing. Email Chris Bordlemay to set this up.
- The Wiki Training Lecture should be done near the beginning of the semester so that students can start updating wikis as soon as they've made progress. It should be after students have settled into their teams a little bit though.
- Lab Safety Training needs to be completed by each new team member if they have not done so before (meaning ever at Cornell). Directions on lab safety training are linked from the the syllabus. Lab access requests should be completed after lab safety training and will go to a google doc checked by Paul Charles. This should be checked by the 3rd week of classes or so against the course roster, and those that have not completed training/have not submitted a request for lab access (on the same wiki page linked to the syllabus) should be emailed.
You will want to keep emphasizing to the new team how although they are coming to class, 95% of their time in AguaClara will be spent with their teams so it is important to make an educated decision as to where they might be able to fit in and learn well.
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