You will send in your Wetlands Field Trip Report using WebCT. Since you have only 120 minutes after you open the Wetlands Field Trip Report Form to complete your field trip report, we strongly suggest that you prepare your answers before you open the Report Form.
The following information will be needed to complete your Wetlands Field Trip Report Form:
Field trip site data:
Field trip date, the time you started your observations, the time you ended your observations, sunrise and sunset of your field trip day, moon rise and moon set on your field trip day, the day's high temperature, the day's low temperature, the day's high barometric pressure and the day's low barometric pressure.
Prepare answers to the following items:
Describe the location of your Wetlands Field Trip site. Include the name the park, the locations in the park that you studied, etc.
What percentage of the site did you visit? Why did you choose these locations?
Describe the weather on the day that you visited your Wetlands Field Trip site.
Describe the types of wetlands that you observed at your site.
Hint: Don't just list the different types of wetlands.
Describe at least one plant from the submergent zone. Use you Field Guides to identify the plants.
Describe at least one plant from the emergent zone. Use your Field Guides to identify the plants.
Describe at least one plant that is growing in saturated soil. Use your Field Guides to identify the plant.
List all of the other plants that you saw at your wetlands site.
Describe and identify a bird that you observed. Be sure to include a description of the he habitat that the bird was in. Use your Field Guides to identify the bird.
Describe and identify another bird that you observed. Be sure to include a description of the he habitat that the bird was in. Use your Field Guides to identify the bird.
Describe and identify an animal that you observed. Be sure to include a description of the habitat where you found the animal. Use your Field Guides to identify the animal.
Describe and identify another animal that you observed. Be sure to include a description of the habitat where you found the animal. Use your Field Guides to identify the animal.
As you approached your study area did any animals flee the site? If so, name and/or describe them.
List the other animals that you observed at your wetlands site.
Would you describe the wetland you visited as an area or high or low biodiversity? Explain your answer.
How has this wetland been impacted by humans?
What type of area surrounds this wetland? urban? suburban? farm land?
How could runoff from neighboring areas impact the wetlands? Did you detect any consequences of this runoff?
What was you most interesting or unusual observation?
What did you learn from exploring your wetland field trip site?
When you have completed the drafts of your answers, use this link to open the
BIOL 125 WebCT Wetlands Field Trip Report Form
