River Park, Rock Hill, SC and BIO102

http://www.sctrails.net/trails/MAPS/RiverPark%20map.html

My new BIO 102 students are allowing me to spend more time with them outside...they are listening to lectures outside of class time and we are using class time to do more stuff in lab, outside, and to review.

We recently reviewed Campbell's Biology's Chapter 1, Themes of life Part 1  and Part 2 at River Park, Rock Hill SC.

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We spent some time on the trails Not only did we see interactions among organisms and between organisms and their environment, we also learned the names of some particular species.

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Now, I am going to see what they remember....the first picture, is of a plant we did not ID.  But, I thought I'd give them a little challenge. Here are the ones we did id.  I welcome students to post their guesses below (i.e. I want more followers : )

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This is the outline of the notes the students should have in their "Journals."
-Eagles In Every Store Camp Continually Every Night
-Emergent Properties, low temp in forest due to all the trees
-Interactions, herbivory, how poison ivey defends against this
-Energy flow, sunlight -> minnows-> Bream -> Great Blue Heron
-Structure Suits Function, large root system in Kudzu, prevents erosion of the soil it needs, it is also a legume, has nodules that provide suitable housing to nitrogen fixing bacteria,
-juniper leaves small to prevent water loss, enables it to be evergreen, broad oak leaves to capture light in the forest shade
-Great Blue Heron eye accommodation to light refraction in water
-Cells
-Continuity of Life
-Evolution


Birds that we saw and/or heard:

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