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Date |
Activity |
Assignments |
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Module 1: Introduction to the scientific method and systems thinking |
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Mon June 7 |
Course overview |
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Tue June 8 |
History of the Biosphere |
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Wed June 9 |
Plant/Rock ID |
Lab exercises. Due 6.14 |
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Thur June 10 |
Desert Ecology |
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Fri June 11 |
Desert Museum trip |
Essay. Due 6.14 |
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Sat June 12 |
Pace and compass mapping |
Map. Due 6.14.
Notebook. EOC (end of class) |
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Sun June 13 |
Day Off |
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Module 2. Observing marine and near-marine ecosystems of the Sea of
Cortez |
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Mon June 14 |
Drive to CEDO, camp CEDO |
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Tue-Wed June 16 |
CEDO, camp CEDO |
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Thur June 17 |
Drive back to Bio2 |
Essay. Due 7.1 |
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Fri June 18 |
BA National Wildlife Refuge |
Lab report, notebooks. |
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Sat June 19 |
Day Off |
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Module 3. Observing ecosystems in the geologic record |
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Sun June 20 |
Introduction to Northern AZ trip |
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Mon June 21 |
Introduction to Northern AZ trip |
Diagram. Due 6.30 |
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Tue June 22 |
Drive to Grand Canyon, camp GC |
Readings/lecture quiz |
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Wed-Fri June 23-25 |
Grand Canyon, camp GC |
Map, Strat section. Due 7.1 |
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Sat June 26 |
Meteor Crater/Petrified Forest, camp Homolovi |
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Sun June 27 |
Vegetation communities/drive back |
Essay. Due 7.12 |
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Mon June 28 |
Day off |
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Module 4. Ecosystem change as a response to abiotic factors I |
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Tue June 29 |
Soils |
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Wed June 30 |
Catalina Gradient, camp Mt. Lemmon |
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Thur July 1 |
Catalina Gradient |
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Fri July 2 |
Soils |
Presentation |
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Sat July 3 |
Work on presentation |
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Sun July 4 |
Day Off |
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Module 5. Ecosystem change as a response to abiotic factors II |
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Mon July 5 |
Gradient presentations |
Project Presentation |
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Tue July 6 |
Intro to Geographic Information Systems |
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Wed July 7 |
Nugget Canyon field exercise |
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Thur July 8 |
Nugget Canyon field exercise |
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Fri July 9 |
Nugget Canyon field exercise |
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Sat July 10 |
Nugget Canyon field exercise |
Map, Notebook |
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Sun July 11 |
Day off |
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Module 6. Managing ecosystems |
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Mon July 12 |
Biosphere research project |
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Tue July 13 |
Biosphere research project |
Readings/lecture quiz |
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Wed July 14 |
Biosphere research project |
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Thur July 15 |
Biosphere research project |
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Fri July 16 |
Bio2 Presentations |
Project Presentation |