Angelo Coast Range Reserve

29 Apr, 05 AM - 01 May, 05 AM

The purpose of this field trip is to introduce our students from Adams Middle School to the diversity of organisms that live in the wildlands of California, and to the ways that researchers study this diversity. The school class will be led by 2 UC Berkeley graduate students familiar with the site, and assisted by 2 classroom teachers plus an undergraduate assistant. Activities will be designed to engage the students in inquiry-based learning and to demonstrate field techniques including plant identification and pressing, transect or plot style vegetation surveys, the use of sweep nets and beating sheets to sample of insect diversity, live trapping of small mammals, the use of fluorescent powder to track movements of rodents, track plates, using a black light to attract night flying insects, the use of a bat detector, etc. An additional part of our overall program is to develop a collection of natural history objects (insect and plant specimens, vertebrate sign, and photos of vertebrates and habitats) and data that the students will analyze, curate, and display at their school. Through these field trips, lessons conducted by graduate students in the high school classroom, and the students? own work and ownership of the collections, we hope to enhance their experience with and understanding of the study of biology and natural history, increase their appreciation of California?s biodiversity, and, perhaps open some pathways into further study of science. A detailed schedule of activities will be prepared by the graduate students leading the trip and submitted to the reserve steward for approval in February.

Visit #6565 @Angelo Coast Range Reserve

Approved

Under Project # 4940 | Public Use

Berkeley Natural History Museums GK-12

other - University of California, Berkeley

Reservation Members(s)

Group of 2 K-12 Instructor Apr 29 - May 1, 2005 (3 days)
Group of 13 K-12 Student Apr 29 - May 1, 2005 (3 days)
Group of 3 Other Apr 29 - May 1, 2005 (3 days)

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