2010 Docent Training Class

• Monday, August 23: Introduction and Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum History & Mission
• Tuesday, August 24: AZA/APGA & Conservation Messages
• Wednesday, August 25: Interpretive Concepts
• Thursday, August 26: Interpretive Techniques; Customer Relations
• Tuesday, August 31: Deserts
• Thursday, September 2: Deserts
• Tuesday, September 7: Introduction to Botany
• Thursday, September 9: Rash Hashanah-no class
• Tuesday, September 14: Plant Adaptations
• Thursday, September 16: Natural History of the Saguaro; Pollination Ecology
• Tuesday, September 21: Ecological Concepts & Packrat Middens (Interpretation-12:30-3:00pm)
• Thursday, September 23: Interpretive Techniques (12:00-2:00pm Native Food Lunch)
• Tuesday, September 28: Geology of the Sonoran Desert
• Thursday, September 30: Hydrology & Water Resources
• Tuesday, October 5: Paleontology
• Thursday, October 7: Mineralogy and Rock Classification Lab
• Tuesday, October 12: Invertebrates
• Thursday, October 14: Invertebrates
• Tuesday, October 19: Riparian Habitats/Fishes and Amphibians
• Thursday, October 21: Riparian Habitats and Species Diversity (12:30-1:30pm Q&A Review)
• Tuesday, October 26: Mid-term Exam
• Thursday, October 28: Introduction to Reptiles: Lizards
• Tuesday, November 2: Turtles; Behind-the-Scenes Tour
• Thursday, November 4: Non-venomous and Rear-fanged venomous snakes (Interpretation 12:30-3:00pm)
• Tuesday, November 9: Venomous Lizards and Front-fanged Venomous snakes (Reptile Program/12:15-1:00)
• Thursday, November 11: Veterans Day-no class
• Tuesday, November 16: Bird Biology
• Thursday, November 18: Bird Identification (tour 12:30-3:00pm)
• Tuesday, November 23: Bird Walk (8:00-12:00pm)
• Thursday, November 25: Thanksgiving-no class
• Tuesday, November 30: Mammals; Animal Habitats (tour 12:30-3:00pm)
• Thursday, December 2: Mammals; Animal Enrichment & Keepers
• Tuesday, December 7: Mammals; Interpretive Techniques (9:00-3:00pm)
• Thursday, December 9: Peoples of the Desert (9:00-3:00pm)
• Tuesday, December 14: Question & Answer Session
• Thursday, December 16: Final Exam
• Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, January 3-7: Interviews with Marie Long
• Saturday, January 8, 2011: Docent Graduation Ceremony & Brunch-10am