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'''Prepare academic materials'''
* Print field notebooks and distribute to fellows
* Print program evaluation forms and have on-site
* Print "Visit Us Again" handouts if low on stock at MLSC
* Check equipment in up-the-mountain boxes (instruments, books, collection containers, pencils)

'''Prepare safety information'''
* Print chaperone expectation sheets and distribute to chaperones, along with schedule
* Print program schedule and post at site
* Print and double check dorm assignments and post in dorms
* Submit pre-program participant checklist to Cathi Duncan and print copy to post in office at MLSC
* Verify all medical paperwork is on-site
* Charge radio batteries (if we had a radio)
* Distribute first aid kits and radios (if we had them) to grad fellows
* Ensure sign-out board is prepared for grad fellows

'''Prepare for rotations'''
* Assign rotation activities to each fellow
* Make sure fellows have printouts of rotation instructions and passwords
* Print sufficient quantity of weather observation sheets [[Weather_datasheet]]
* Print sufficient quantity of plant phenology observation sheets [[Media:Pinus.pdf]] [[Media:Pseudotsuga.pdf]] [[Media:Populus.pdf]]

'''Prepare for scientific method skit'''
* Make blue jello or other interesting filling (1 sandwich worth)