BIOLOGY 271 - LABORATORY SCHEDULE

FALL 2009

DATE LABORATORY OLIN 213/223

Sep 9 Film and boot assignments

Sep. 15/16 Great Pond (lake and marsh)

22/23 Afternoon Colby Marston Preserve (bog)

Evening Review Bog and Pond specimens

29/30 Reid State Park (rocky coast and salt marsh)*

Oct. 6/7 Flowing water (stream) and sewage treatment plant

20/21 Perkins Arboretum (forest succession)

24 (Saturday) Penobscot Mountain, Mount Desert Island**

27/28 Perkins Arboretum (forest succession)

Nov. 2/3 Library discussion/project sign-up; Field trip data &

specimen review

10/11 (Wed. evening)^† Laboratory Exam

17/18 Computer applications in ecology/Library project

Thanksgiving break

Dec. 1/2 Library project

8/9 Consulting on library project

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*The trip to the coast (Reid State Park) will return late, but should still be in time to eat a late dinner in the dining halls.

**PLEASE NOTE: The Penobscot Mountain trip will leave promptly at 7:00 AM returning around 4:00 PM. Bag breakfasts and lunches will be provided for those students living on campus.

SPECIAL NOTE: Specimens of plants and animals characteristic of the ecosystem visited will be available for review in O213 and O223 after each week's trip, and a list will be posted on the bulletin board in O223. Specimens will remain available until the day of the practical. However, the live material diminishes over time and should be observed soon after the laboratory session.

^† TIME FOR PRACTICAL: 6:00 PM – Details will be presented in class