Sagehen Creek Field Station

14 Oct, 05 AM - 16 Oct, 05 AM

The purpose of this field trip is to introduce a class from Pittsburg High School to the diversity of organisms that live in the wildlands of California, 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 at 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 (Nicole VanderSal and Danica Harbaugh) this fall, and will be similar to what has been done on previous GK-12 field trips. A detailed itinerary will be supplied in September. Activites may include 1) nature walks to survey the different habitats at Sagehen, 2) a scavenger hunt activity, 3) sampling of plants and animals in different habitats (possibly focussing on the chaparral). 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 bird observations; 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 their museum collection. At night students may use a black light attract and observe night flying insects. We may also sample aquatic invertebrates in Sagehen Creek.

Visit #7760 @Sagehen Creek Field Station

Approved

Under Project # 1146 | Public Use

University of California Berkeley - Berkeley Natural History Museums

other - University of California, Berkeley

Reservation Members(s)

Betsy Mitchell Oct 14 - 16, 2005 (3 days)
Group of 15 K-12 Student Oct 14 - 16, 2005 (3 days)
Group of 3 Other Oct 14 - 16, 2005 (3 days)

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Apartment (Lower Camp) 19 Oct 14 - 16, 2005
Burnside Cabin (Upper Camp) 19 Oct 14 - 16, 2005
West Cabin (Lower Camp) 19 Oct 14 - 16, 2005