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Bernard Field Station Use Spring 2006

Course Uses & Projects

Request No.:
Submitted on: 4/13/06 at 5:01 PM
Instructor: Janet Farrell Brodie, CMC
E-mail: janet.brodie@cgu.edu
College phone: 621-8880, Other phone: 310-454-4632

Course: History - Topics in U.S. Environmental History, CGU, Spring 2006
Number of students: 1 Sections, approx. 5 students per section
Dates: 05/01/2006 to 05/03/2004
Frequency: Once - I would like to take my class one time to the BFS.
Time of day: Morning
Areas to be used: central CSS, pHake Lake, vernal pools
Facilities or equipment needed: Is it ever possible to have a guided talk?
Will any plant or animal species be studied? No
Will plants or animals be collected? No
Will vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? No
Will markings or flags be used? No

Description of course experiment, project or activity: I would like to bring my graduate seminar (5 students) in environmental history to visit the BFS on the last day of class this semester, May 3, from about 10:30-12:00.

I have never been to the BFS (to my chagrin) and so I have no expertise for showing it to the students. If there is written material available, I would provide it to students. Even better would be even a short informed talk by an expert.

Request No.: 0623264E37
Submitted on: 3/30/06 at 11:43 AM
Instructor: Nina Karnovsky, Pomona
E-mail: nina.karnovsky@pomona.edu
College phone: 79794

Course: BIOL041E PO - Ecological and evolutionary biology
Number of students: 2 Sections, approx. 11 students per section
Dates: 01/18/2006 to 04/27/2006
Frequency: Several-days/week
Time of day: Dawn, Morning, Afternoon
Areas to be used: central CSS, pHake Lake, eastern CSS, oak forest, corner, lower neck, central neck
Facilities or equipment needed: Outdoor classroom. Outdoor classroom used only during lab times on Wednesday and Thursday.
Will any plant or animal species be studied? Yes - See project description below.
Will plants or animals be collected? Yes
Will vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? No
Will markings or flags be used? Yes - Temporary (1-3 weeks) stake flags only. Course number and student names will be on flags.

Description of course experiment, project or activity:

Collect (<100) amphipods from lake for use in population genetic study.
Collect ground-dwelling arthropods in pitfall traps over 3-4 days in various student projects.
Observation of various seed-eating birds 1-2 days/week for 3 weeks in student projects.

Request No.: 0614F3917F
Submitted on: 3/7/06 at 12:20 PM
Instructor: Nancy Hamlett, Pomona
E-mail: Nancy_Hamlett@HMC.edu
College phone: x73811

Course: BIOL040 PO - Introductory Genetics
Number of students: 1 Sections, approx. 25 students per section
Dates: 03/07/2006 to 03/07/2006
Frequency: Once
Time of day: Afternoon
Areas to be used: central CSS, pHake Lake, eastern CSS, oak forest, lower neck, central neck, upper neck
Facilities or equipment needed: None
Will any plant or animal species be studied? No
Will plants or animals be collected? No
Will vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? No
Will markings or flags be used? No

Description of course experiment, project or activity: As part of a program to introduce Pomona freshman to biological resources and research at Pomona, we will take ecologically interested students on a brief tour o the BFS.

Request No.: 06C5926BD
Submitted on: 2/21/06 at 2:13 PM
Instructor: Catherine McFadden, HMC
E-mail: mcfadden@hmc.edu
College phone: 607-4107

Course: BIOL108 HM - Ecology & Environmental Biology
Number of students: 1 Sections, approx. 10 students per section
Dates: 03/03/2006 to 04/28/2006
Frequency: Other - two or more visits
Time of day: Morning, Afternoon
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, pHake Lake, eastern CSS, oak forest, corner, north field, south field, lower neck, central neck, upper neck
Facilities or equipment needed: None
Will any plant or animal species be studied? No
Will plants or animals be collected? No
Will vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? No
Will markings or flags be used? No

Description of course experiment, project or activity: Natural history project. Students will spend one or more hours observing a species interaction. I will lead the class on an introductory tour of the BFS from 9-10 am on Friday March 3 — after that each student will return on his/her own time to make observations.

Request No.: 0624B9363
Submitted on: 1/30/06 at 9:30 AM
Instructor: Thomas Dershem, JSD
E-mail: tdershem@jsd.claremont.edu
College phone: 607-7542

Course: ASTR066L JS - Astronomy
Number of students: 4 Sections, approx. 15 students per section
Dates: 01/01/2006 to 05/01/2006
Frequency: Other - a few times during the semester
Time of day: Evening
Areas to be used: infirmary area
Facilities or equipment needed: None
Will any plant or animal species be studied? No
Will plants or animals be collected? No
Will vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? No
Will markings or flags be used? No

Description of course experiment, project or activity: using the telescope

Request No.: 0628B2CF7C
Submitted on: 1/16/06 at 12:05 PM
Instructor: Susan Schenk, JSD
E-mail: sschenk@jsd.claremont.edu
College phone: 74018

Course: BIOL044 JS - Introductory Biology
Number of students: 7 Sections, approx. 24 students per section
Dates: 04/18/2006 to 04/27/2006
Frequency: Daily
Time of day: Varies - All labs will meet at the classroom 1:30 to 5:30 the first week. Second week depends on experimental designs.
Areas to be used: central CSS, eastern CSS, oak forest, corner, infirmary area, south field
Facilities or equipment needed: Outdoor classroom
Will any plant or animal species be studied? Yes - Assorted plants and insects.
Will plants or animals be collected? Yes
Will vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? No
Will markings or flags be used? Yes - Depends on student experimental designs.

Description of course experiment, project or activity: Students will study various aspects of pollination biology the first week and design experiments which they will carry out the following week. Plants will be collected for demonstration and identification purposes.

Request No.: 0628B2228B
Submitted on: 1/16/06 at 11:59 AM
Instructor: Susan Schenk, JSD
E-mail: sschenk@jsd.claremont.edu
College phone: 74018

Course: BIOL440 JS - Introductory Biology
Number of students: 6 Sections, approx. 24 students per section
Dates: 04/04/2006 to 04/14/2006
Frequency: Daily
Time of day: Varies
Areas to be used: central CSS, eastern CSS, corner, south field
Facilities or equipment needed: None
Will any plant or animal species be studied? Yes - Coastal sage scrub plants, insects, and birds
Will plants or animals be collected? Yes
Will vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? No
Will markings or flags be used? No

Description of course experiment, project or activity: Students will walk transects from 1:30 to 3:30 in the CSS the first week, collecting data on plant species, volume, and abundance. Insects will be collected along the transect. Data on birds will be collected the following week in the mornings. The data will be compared with a similar set collected on the developed part of the campus.

Request No.: 0628B0CAFB
Submitted on: 1/16/06 at 11:46 AM
Instructor: Susan Schenk, JSD
E-mail: sschenk@jsd.claremont.edu
College phone: 74018

Course: BIOL440 JS - Introductory biology
Number of students: 6 Sections, approx. 24 students per section
Dates: 03/21/2006 to 03/24/2006
Frequency: Daily
Time of day: Afternoon
Areas to be used: pHake Lake
Facilities or equipment needed: Outdoor classroom, Boats
Will any plant or animal species be studied? Yes - Assorted lake organisms
Will plants or animals be collected? Yes
Will vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? No
Will markings or flags be used? Yes - Four sites around the lake will be marked for students to observe

Description of course experiment, project or activity: Students will describe conditions at the 4 marked sites, collect data on the light, temperature, pH, and oxygen content and correlate these with categories of invertebrates found in the water. BOD bottles will also be suspended from the floats to determine oxygen production at different depths.

Request No.: 0628AFE087
Submitted on: 1/16/06 at 11:38 AM
Instructor: Susan Schenk, JSD
E-mail: sschenk@jsd.claremont.edu
College phone: 74018

Course: BIOL440 JS - Introductory Biology
Number of students: 7 Sections, approx. 24 students per section
Dates: 02/27/2006 to 03/10/2006
Frequency: Daily
Time of day: Varies - First week will be 1:30 to 4:30. Second week will vary with experimental design.
Areas to be used: western CSS, eastern CSS, corner, south field
Facilities or equipment needed: None
Will any plant or animal species be studied? Yes - Linepithema humile (Argentine ants)
Will plants or animals be collected? No
Will vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? No
Will markings or flags be used? Yes - Students may need to identify observation sites with flags depending on experimental designs.

Description of course experiment, project or activity: Students will observe Argentine and behavior around the lake during the first week and will design an experiment to study some aspect of it. They will return the following week to collect data as necessary.

Request No.: 051E5A6851
Submitted on: 12/30/05 at 6:19 PM
Instructor: Catherine McFadden, HMC
E-mail: mcfadden@hmc.edu
College phone: 74107

Course: BIOL110 HM - Experimental Ecology Laboratory
Number of students: 1 Sections, approx. 8 students per section
Dates: 02/13/2006 to 04/23/2006
Frequency: Several-days/week
Time of day: Dawn, Evening, Night
Areas to be used: central CSS, eastern CSS, lower neck
Facilities or equipment needed: None
Will any plant or animal species be studied? Yes:
   Peromyscus maniculatus - Deer Mouse
   Dipodomys agilis - Pacific Kangaroo Rat
   ?Neotoma lepida - San Diego Desert Woodrat
Will plants or animals be collected? No
Will vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? No
Will markings or flags be used? Yes - individual study sites will be marked with colored forestry flags

Description of course experiment, project or activity: Students will conduct individual experiments to measure the giving-up-density (GUD) of nocturnal rodents when food sources are manipulated to simulate differing direct and indirect costs of foraging (e.g., ease of handling food source, perceived risk of predation, etc). Food sources (seeds in pie plates of sand) will be placed at study sites at dusk and collected in the a.m. The experiment targets k-rats and deer mice, but may incidentally attract wood rats as well.

Request No.: 051E59668A
Submitted on: 12/30/05 at 6:10 PM
Instructor: Catherine McFadden, HMC
E-mail: mcfadden@hmc.edu
College phone: 74107

Course: BIOL110 HM - Experimental Ecology Laboratory
Number of students: 1 Sections, approx. 8 students per section
Dates: 03/20/2006 to 04/02/2006
Frequency: Other - TBD - from 1 to 4 times per week
Time of day: Dawn, Morning, Afternoon, Evening, Night
Areas to be used: pHake Lake
Facilities or equipment needed: Outdoor classroom, Boats, classroom needed only from 1-5 pm on Monday 20 March
Will any plant or animal species be studied? Yes - Daphnia sp. and copepods
Will plants or animals be collected? Yes
Will vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? No
Will markings or flags be used? Yes - rope transect with depth markings will be strung across pHake lake for duration of experiment

Description of course experiment, project or activity: Experiment to test for diurnal vertical migration of plankton in pHake Lake. Class will design the experiment, but it will likely involve plankton tows at various times of the day and night for anywhere from one to seven days. Zooplankton will be collected and fixed in EtOH.

Request No.: 05177C5591
Submitted on: 12/19/05 at 3:37 PM
Instructor: Paul Faulstich, Pitzer
E-mail: paul_faulstich@pitzer.edu
College phone: 621.8818

Course: ENVS138 PZ - Theory and Practice in Environmental Education
Number of students: 1 Sections, approx. 35 students per section
Dates: 01/19/2006 to 05/15/2006
Frequency: Daily
Time of day: Varies - 8:00 - 12:00 M, T, Th, F, 10:00-1:00 W
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, pHake Lake, vernal pools, eastern CSS, oak forest, infirmary area, north field, south field, lower neck, central neck
Facilities or equipment needed: Outdoor classroom,
Will any plant or animal species be studied? No
Will plants or animals be collected? No
Will vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? No
Will markings or flags be used? No

Description of course experiment, project or activity: This is a continuation of the Leadership in Environmental Education Partnership (LEEP), which engages college students in developing and implementing outdoor environmental education curricula to elementary school students.