Remote video and time-lapse video for public understanding of

science research.Janie Schielack

Larry Griffing

The River of Grizzlies - McNeil River

Video stream delivered to the web by SeeMoreWildlife (CEO: Daniel Zatz) remote video camera.

Video CameraSolar Panel Power

McNeil River Sanctuary is remote

Setting up the Remote CameraJune 2001 – Flew to Alaska

Panoramic shot of the Falls

Research and Grizzly Bear Video Old ways of studying bears --

hands on, catch and release, radio collars. More stress for bears, Can only be done by a few

people New way to study bears and

other wildlife -- remote video Doesn’t disturb the animals Can be done by ANYONE with

internet and a good interface

Web Discovery Interface for Education – video and rogue’s gallery

Calendar and Times

Use of bear data for starting students on scientific inquiry

Show how science is done: an iterative process of initial questioning, observations, background research into what people already know

– judging the quality of that research, forming testable questions, experiments to testable questions

The different objectives of public access to web-based interface

For science: The interface helps answer questions about the unknown. How much distance do bears keep between each other at special

feeding sites? Do bears have a culture? Need access to camera control and video database

For science education: The gateway explains and allows participation in science. Provides unbiased background information. Allows the student to view information as it acquired Need access to video database and streaming server

Example of Archived Video from 2002

Video 1 transmitted to Homer AK by microwave and saved digitally prior to web transmission.

Camera control was from Texas

Approaches Water

Sit – Stand – Stand -Water

Stand - Rock

Stand - Shore

Sit -Water

Sit - Rock Sit - Shore

Scans -Repetitively moves head back and forth

scanning water

Scanning - Slow Scanning - Fast

Rushing

Diving

Paw Swipe*Mouth Capture

Carries Fish

Head shaking

Eating

Physical Fishing –

Fish Capturing

FishingEthogram Behavior in

video can be compared to known fishing behaviors.

Students and the public discover new behaviors

Another Example of 2002 Video

Video 2 transmitted to Homer AK by microwave and saved digitally prior to web transmission.

Camera control was from Texas

Example of 2002 Web-Delivered Video

Video transmitted to web and screen-captured in Texas

Lower resolution Camera control –

mouse cursor – used in Texas can be seen.

Video from Summer 2004 Video transmitted by

satellite (!) directly to Texas, where it is screen-captured. Sped up 8x faster than real time.

The video is one of the first examples of female choice in mating in bears – the female follows the male, rather than the male “herding” the female