Santa Cruz Island Reserve

09 Aug, 06 AM - 12 Aug, 08 AM

To solidify students understanding of the California Science Content Standards with real life field experience that will demonstrate interactions of native and non-native species. By witnessing effects of changes to biodiversity students will learn how all members of a local southern California Island Ecosystem are connected and can stabilize or destabilize an environment. Students from an urban community are often limited to interactions with local natural ecosystems and therefore have limited opportunity to understand ecology from field work. This trip seeks to have students understand ecosystem interactions by handling organisms, measuring them and making detailed observations and recording them. ? Monday lesson will be outdoors at a nearby location and will include an introduction to the islands ecosystem, 'history of Island management/ownership' lesson will be conducted indoors closer to evening- include student presentations. ? Tuesday outdoor lesson will include a short hike to learn about impact of fennel and pigs on native species. Indoor lesson will be about Island Management to control nonnative species -include student presentations. ? Wednesday will be an all day hike to a location where students will collect measurements using transects (either at a currently established site or at another location where fennel presence can be compared with another location on the following day) include student presentations. ? Thursday- will include packing and cleaning up field station. At Pier students will be expected to make last field entries along island shore.

Visit #21977 @Santa Cruz Island Reserve

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Under Project # 22044 | Public Use

Stern Mass Ecology Trip

k_12_instructor - Alliance Marc and Eva Stern Math and Science School

Reservation Members(s)

Group of 2 K-12 Instructor Aug 9 - 12, 2010 (4 days)
Group of 11 K-12 Student Aug 9 - 12, 2010 (4 days)

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Dorm 13 Aug 9 - 12, 2010
Jeep 13 Aug 9 - 12, 2010
Pickup Truck 13 Aug 9 - 12, 2010