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Date/Time |
Location |
Activity |
Equipment* |
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Mon June 7 |
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9:00-10:00 |
Habitat |
Course overview |
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10:00 - 10:30 |
Habitat |
Safety lecture |
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10:30 - 12:00 |
Campus |
Group 1: Site Orientation/ equipment |
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S airlock |
Group 2: Bio2 Safety tour |
Bio2 |
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12:00 - 1:30 |
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LUNCH |
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1:30 - 3:00 |
S airlock |
Group 1: Bio2 safety tour |
Bio2 |
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Campus |
Group 2: Site Orientation/equipment |
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3:30 - 5:00 |
Lower OC |
Introduction to computer system |
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Tue June 8 |
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8:00-10:00 |
upper OC |
Lecture: History of the Biosphere |
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10:00 - 12:00 |
Bio2 |
Group 1: Biome Histories tour |
Bio2 |
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Habitat |
Group 2: Intro to systems |
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1:30 - 3:30 |
Habitat |
Group 1: Intro to systems |
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Bio2 |
Group 2: Biome Histories Tour |
Bio2 |
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3:30 - 5:00 |
Habitat |
Scientific method exercise |
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Evening |
Habitat |
Computer workshop on e-mail/Netscape |
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Wed, June 9 |
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8:00 - 9:00 |
Habitat |
Lecture: What is an ecosystem? |
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9:00-10:00 |
Habitat |
Lecture: Taxonomy |
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10:00-12:00 |
Greenhouse |
Group 1: Lab. Plant ID |
Handlens |
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Habitat |
Group 2: Lab: Rock ID |
Handlens |
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1:30-2:30 |
Lower OC |
Animal communities of Southern AZ (w/BioD) |
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3:00-5:00 |
Habitat |
Group 1: Lab. Plant ID |
Handlens |
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Greenhouse |
Group 2: Rock ID |
Handlens |
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Thur, June 10 |
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8:00-9:00 |
Habitat |
Intro to CEDO trip |
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9:00-10:00 |
Habitat |
Lecture:Animal kingdom phyla |
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10:00-12:00 |
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Lab: CEDO organisms |
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1:30 - 3:30 |
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Lab: Assesing stream health |
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3:00-5:00 |
Habitat |
Lecture: Desert Ecology |
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7PM |
Habitat |
Computer lab on Excel/Canvas |
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Fri, June 11 |
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9:00-3:00 |
VANS |
Desert Museum exercise |
Outdoor |
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5:00 - 6:00 |
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Equipment handout for field trips |
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Sat, June 12 |
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8:00-9:00 |
Habitat |
Using topo maps |
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9:00-12:00 |
Bio2 lawn |
Pace and compass mapping |
Outdoor, compass, notebook |
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1:30 - 3:00 |
Lower OC |
Group 1: Drafting map |
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3:30 - 5:00 |
Lower OC |
Group 2: Drafting map |
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Sunday, June 13 |
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Day Off |
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Monday June 14 |
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Drive to CEDO, camp CEDO |
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Tue-Wed June 16 |
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CEDO |
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Thru June 17 |
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Return to Biosphere |
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Fri June 18 |
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BANWR |
Outdoor |
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Sat June 19 |
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Day off |
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Sunday, June 20 |
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8:00-9:00 |
Habitat |
Orientation to Northern Arizona trip |
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9:00-10:00 |
Habitat |
Climate of Arizona |
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10:00-12:00 |
Arroyos |
Group 1: Orienteering |
Outdoor, boots |
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Habitat |
Group 2: Lab: Strat sections |
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1:30-3:30 |
Greenhouse |
N AZ prep lab? |
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4:00-5:00 |
Habitat |
Intro to vegetation exercises |
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Mon June 21 |
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9:00-9:30 |
Habitat |
Readings quiz |
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10:00-12:00 |
Habitat |
Group 1: Strat sections |
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Arroyos |
Group 2: Orienteering |
Outdoor, boots |
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1:30 - 3:30 |
Habitat |
Plate Tectonics/Carbon Cycle lecture |
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Tue June 22 |
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Meteor Crater/Grand Canyon, camp GC |
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Wed June 23 |
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Grand Canyon, camp GC |
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geo map, ecological range assignment |
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Thur, June 24 |
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Grand Canyon, camp GC |
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Fri, June 25 |
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Grand Canyon/Sunset Crater, camp GC |
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Saturday, June 26 |
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Petrified Forest |
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Sunday, June 27 |
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Vegetation communities/drive back |
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Monday, June 28 |
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Day off |
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Tuesday, June 29 |
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8:00 - 9:00 |
Habitat |
Intro to Soils/Gradient exercise |
Outdoor |
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How to give an effective presentation |
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9:00 - 2:00 |
Habitat |
Soil exercise |
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3:00 - 5:00 |
Greenhouse |
Group 1: Examination of Aquatic insects |
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Habitat |
Group 2: Statistics |
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Evening |
Arroyos |
Workshop on PowerPoint |
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Wed, June 30 |
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9:00 - 12:00 |
Habitat |
Finish soils exercise |
Outdoor |
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1:00-3:00 |
Habitat |
Soil group presentations |
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3:00 - 5:00 |
Habitat |
Group 1: Statistics |
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Greenhouse |
Group 2: Examination of Aquatic insects |
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Thursday, July 1 |
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Gradient day 1 (camp Mt Lemmon) |
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Friday, July 2 |
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Gradient day 2 |
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Saturday, July 3 |
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Work on projects, assignments |
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Sunday, July 4 |
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Day Off |
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Monday, July 5 |
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9:00 - 12:00 |
Habitat |
Gradient presentations |
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1:30 - 2:00 |
Habitat |
Intro to Nugget canyon exercise |
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Habitat |
Intro to Bio2 research exercise |
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2:00 - 5:00 |
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Research in the Biosphere, Intern projects |
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Tuesday, July 6 |
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Intro to GIS |
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Wed, July 7 |
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6:00-12:00 |
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Field site day 1 |
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3:00 - 5:00 |
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GIS |
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Thur, July 8 |
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6:00-12:00 |
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Field site day 2 |
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3:00 - 5:00 |
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GIS |
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Friday, July 9 |
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6:00-12:00 |
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Field site day 3 |
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3:00 - 5:00 |
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GIS |
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Sat, July 10 |
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More GIS or Deadmans cave trip |
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Sun, July 11 |
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Day off |
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Mon July 12 |
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9:00-9:30 |
Habitat |
Intro to last week |
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Work on project |
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Tue July 13 |
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9:00-9:30 |
Habitat |
Final readings quiz |
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Work on project |
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Wed July 14 |
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Work on project |
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Thur July 15 |
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Work on project |
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Fri July 16 |
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9:00 - 12:00 |
Habitat |
Student presentations |
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5:00-7:00 |
Ranch |
Graduation ceremony/Party |
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