Itinerary

Day 1)9AM-12PM Educate students on why / how mercury is affecting organisms in the northern california chaparral12PM-1PM Break for lunch1PM-3PM A director will come to speak with the teens on how to produce a persuasive commercial3PM-5PM Students begin to brainstorm and design their commercial that will convince the public how bad mercury pollution is in the northern california chaparral and how important the it is for them to get involved by donating funds and spreading the word
Day 2)9AM-11AM Finish brainstorming and designing their commercial. Also, prepare to shoot the film11AM-12PM Break for lunch12PM-3PM Shoot the film for commercial3PM-4PM Edit and shoot any necessary film4PM-4:30PM Burn copies of the commercial onto DVD's 4:30PM-5PM Distribute the DVD's to local schools and to the students to give to their schools. The commercial will then be aired to show all the high school students the importance of the northern California chaparral.
Day 3) 9-10:30am - Inform about the threats of industries moving closer to the biome.10:45-12:00pm - Go over the different types of pollution and threats to the biome.12:00-1:00pm - Break for lunch1:15-4:15pm - Tour the biome going over how every different living thing could be     harmed by pollution.
Day 4) 9-10:30am - Brainstorm ways to improve the stability of the biome along with its wildlife.10:45-12:00pm - Observe wildlife along with ways to conserve the different species.12:00-1:00pm - Break for lunch1:00pm-8:00am - sleep over in the biome observing the different activities which happen regularly.

Day 5)Day 5)9am-10:30am inform about the endangered species in the Chaparral10:30am-12pm Try to spot the White-eared pocket mouse (Perognathus alticolusalticolus), Santa Cruz kangaroo rat (Dipodomys venustus), and the-Heermann kangaroo rat (Dipodomys heermani). (They are nocturnal, so wewill try to spot them in their resting places)12pm-12:30pm hike up mountain12:30pm-1pm Eat lunch at a mountain peak1pm-3pm Go into the woods and try to spot endangered birds   Day 6) 9am-10am Take pictures of the wildlife 10am-11am Edit pictures and examen for endangered species. 11am-1pm Have a photo contest between the group 2pm-3pm Send pictures to scientists to exam the photos for anydiscoveries, problems, etc. 2pm-3pm Eat lunch 3pm-6pm Hike up a mountain ofchoice and back down (while up there try to spot creatures that your learned about.) Day7
9am-12pm educate students on what is happening in the community
12pm-1pm break for lunch
1pm-2pm Go to a fire scene and teach kids how deal with a fire  
2pm-3pm Tell students about project they will attempt
3pm-5pm brainstorm ideas on how to persuade the people of northern california to take care of their land

Day 8
9am-12pm students work on projects
12pm-1pm break for lunch
1pm-2pm prepare for quick presentation
2pm-4pm present
4pm-5pm try to put some into action