Angelo Coast Range Reserve

07 Apr, 05 AM - 09 Apr, 05 AM

The purpose of this field trip is to introduce a 7th grade class from Adams Middle School to the diversity of organisms that live at the Angelo, and to techniques for studying this diversity. 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) that the students will curate, database and display at their school. They will also compare this collection with one that they are making of specimens from their own schoolyard. Through field trips, lessons conducted by graduate students in the 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. Specific activities will be developed by graduate student fellows (Jennifer Skene and Joel Abraham), and will be similar to what has been done on previous GK-12 field trips. Activites may include 1) nature walks to observe different habitats at the resesrve,to look for animals, and to collect plants and animal sign, 2) a scavenger hunt activity, 3) an exercise in orienteering and using topographic maps, 4) sampling of plants and animals in different habitats. Sampling activities and techniques may include vegetation transects, pitfall trapping and sweep netting for insects, live trapping (catch and release) of small mammals, lizard noosing, and observations of birds; specimens of common plants, insects, and mammal sign (scats, plaster casts of prints, feathers) and photos of vertebrates will be taken for further study in the classroom, and with which to develop the students' museum collection. At night students may use a black light attract and observe night flying insects and use a bat detector to locate bats. We may also sample aquatic invertebrates in creeks or the Eel River. Except for collecting small amounts of common plant material and small numbers of local insects, our activities are observational. Our visit will therefore have little, if any, impact on natural systems or on-going research.

Visit #8813 @Angelo Coast Range Reserve

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Under Project # 4940 | Public Use

Berkeley Natural History Museums GK-12

other - University of California, Berkeley

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Group of 2 K-12 Instructor Apr 7 - 9, 2006 (3 days)
Group of 11 K-12 Student Apr 7 - 9, 2006 (3 days)
Group of 3 Other Apr 7 - 9, 2006 (3 days)

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