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Bernard Field Station Use Spring 2008

Course Uses & Projects

Request No.: 08F59C40F6
Submitted on: 3/3/08 at 8:02 PM
Instructor: Nancy Hamlett, Pomona
E-mail: Nancy_Hamlett@HMC.edu
College phone: x73811

Course: BIOL040 PO - Introductory Genetics
Number of students: 4 Sections, approx. 32 students per section
Dates: 03/04/2008 to 03/07/2008
Frequency: Once
Time of day: Afternoon
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, pHake Lake, vernal pools, eastern CSS, oak forest, corner, classroom/infirmary area, 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: Tour of the BFS for Introductory Genetics students as part of a program to introduce them to research opportunities at Pomona College.

Request No.: 08EEAB7CD7
Submitted on: 2/21/08 at 2:29 PM
Instructor: Marion Preest, JSD
E-mail: mpreest@jsd.claremont.edu
College phone: 607 8014

Course: BIOL057L JS - Concepts in Biology
Number of students: 1 Sections, approx. 14 students per section
Dates: 04/09/2008 to 04/09/2004
Frequency: Once - weather permitting
Time of day: Afternoon
Areas to be used: pHake Lake
Facilities or equipment needed: None
Will any plant or animal species be studied? Yes - Misc plankton
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 collect physical data (temp, light penetration, etc) and make plankton tows at various locations around pHake Lake.

Request No.: 08E4BD6A7B
Submitted on: 2/5/08 at 12:51 PM
Instructor: Steve Adolph, HMC
E-mail: adolph@hmc.edu
College phone: 607-1872

Course: BIOL108 HM - Ecology and Environmental Biology
Number of students: 1 Sections, approx. 18 students per section
Dates: 02/06/2008 to 05/01/2008
Frequency: Other - one initial visit with whole class, plus 1-3 individual visits per student.
Time of day: Morning, Afternoon, Evening
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, pHake Lake, vernal pools, eastern CSS, oak forest, corner, classroom/infirmary area, north field, south field, lower neck, central neck, upper neck
Facilities or equipment needed: None
Will any plant or animal species be studied? Yes - Species not known yet (assignment will involve natural history observations).
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: Students will spend several hours making natural history observations.

Request No.: 08E799A331
Submitted on: 1/21/08 at 3:40 PM
Instructor: Melinda Herrold-Menzies, Pitzer
E-mail: mmenzies@pitzer.edu
College phone: 909-607-7960

Course: ENVS124 PZ - Protecting Nature
Number of students: 1 Sections, approx. 22 students per section
Dates: 01/25/2008 to 05/05/2008
Frequency: Weekly
Time of day: Afternoon
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, pHake Lake, vernal pools, eastern CSS, oak forest, corner, classroom/infirmary area, north field, south field, lower neck, central neck, upper 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: Students will be studying the vegetation zones of the BFS and the currne t and past management issues of the BFS.

Request No.: 07DA76B25A
Submitted on: 12/31/07 at 9:29 AM
Instructor: Catherine McFadden, HMC
E-mail: mcfadden@hmc.edu
College phone: 74107

Course: BIOL110 HM - Experimental Ecology Laboratory
Number of students: 1 Sections, approx. 7 students per section
Dates: 02/18/2008 to 04/09/2008
Frequency: Several-days/week
Time of day: Morning, Afternoon
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, 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? Yes - various plants and animals
Will plants or animals be collected? No
Will vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? No
Will markings or flags be used? Yes - Forestry flags or tape may be used to mark individual study sites or transects.

Description of course experiment, project or activity: Students will conduct independent projects in which they quantify the distribution and habitat use patterns of two possible competitor species relative to one another. Species that may be censused include various congeneric plants, birds and lizards.

Request No.: 07DA760B56
Submitted on: 12/31/07 at 9:23 AM
Instructor: Catherine McFadden, HMC
E-mail: mcfadden@hmc.edu
College phone: 74107

Course: BIOL110 HM - Experimental Ecology Laboratory
Number of students: 1 Sections, approx. 7 students per section
Dates: 04/07/2008 to 04/20/2008
Frequency: Several-days/week
Time of day: Afternoon, Night
Areas to be used: pHake Lake, classroom/infirmary area
Facilities or equipment needed: Outdoor classroom, Boats, We will need to run a rope transect across pHake Lake, to stay in place for the duration of the experiment (2 weeks)
Will any plant or animal species be studied? Yes - zooplankton (Daphnia 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 placed across lake.

Description of course experiment, project or activity: Students will conduct an experiment to determine whether zooplankton in pHake Lake exhibit diurnal vertical migration. On Monday 07 April we will take initial plankton samples and will use the outdoor classroom for microscope work (this is the only date on which we will need the classroom). Students will then design an experiment and will return to BFS on several (probably 4-7) days between April 07 and April 20 to take plankton samples - at least one sample on each date will be taken at night and one in the afternoon. Boats will be required each time samples are taken.

Request No.: 07D9E0E322
Submitted on: 12/26/07 at 6:51 PM
Instructor: Susan Schenk, JSD
E-mail: sschenk@jsd.claremont.edu
College phone: 74018

Course: BIOL044 JS - Introductory Biology
Number of students: 8 Sections, approx. 24 students per section
Dates: 04/22/2004 to 05/05/2008
Frequency: Daily
Time of day: Varies - 1-5pm the first week. After that it will vary depending on expeimental design.
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, eastern CSS, oak forest, corner, classroom/infirmary area, north field, south field, lower neck
Facilities or equipment needed: Outdoor classroom,
Will any plant or animal species be studied? Yes - Whatever is in bloom and the insect visitors.
Will plants or animals be collected? Yes
Will vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? No
Will markings or flags be used? Yes - Some student experiments will involve flags.

Description of course experiment, project or activity: During the first week, students will be introduced to aspects of flower structure and pollination. They will design an experiment and collect data for an oral report.

Request No.: 07D9E02F50
Submitted on: 12/26/07 at 6:45 PM
Instructor: Susan Schenk, JSD
E-mail: sschenk@jsd.claremont.edu
College phone: 74018

Course: BIOL044 JS - Introductory Biology
Number of students: 8 Sections, approx. 24 students per section
Dates: 04/08/2008 to 04/17/2008
Frequency: Daily
Time of day: Dawn, Afternoon
Areas to be used: central CSS, eastern CSS, oak forest, corner, south field
Facilities or equipment needed: None
Will any plant or animal species be studied? Yes - Plants and insects in CSS
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: During the first week, data on plant abundance and diversity, profile and volume will be collected along transects. Insects will also be collected to determine diversity and abundance. During the following week, bird diversity and abundance will be assessed. Similar data collection will take place on a developed part of the campus and the data sets will be compared.

Request No.: 07D9DF886E
Submitted on: 12/26/07 at 6:39 PM
Instructor: Susan Schenk, JSD
E-mail: sschenk@jsd.claremont.edu
College phone: 74018

Course: BIOL044 JS - Introductory Biology
Number of students: 8 Sections, approx. 24 students per section
Dates: 04/01/2008 to 04/04/2008
Frequency: Daily
Time of day: Afternoon
Areas to be used: pHake Lake, classroom/infirmary area
Facilities or equipment needed: Outdoor classroom, Boats,
Will any plant or animal species be studied? Yes - Assorted aquatic invertebrates
Will plants or animals be collected? Yes
Will vertebrate animals be collected or manipulated? No
Will markings or flags be used? Yes - Four sites will be marked for study around the lake edge.

Description of course experiment, project or activity: Students will hang BOD bottles from floats in the lake to measure productivity. They will also collect invertebrates from several edge sites and correlate numbers and diversity with site conditions.

Request No.: 07D9DEC8B4
Submitted on: 12/26/07 at 6:32 PM
Instructor: Susan Schenk, JSD
E-mail: sschenk@jsd.claremont.edu
College phone: 74018

Course: BIOL044 JS - Introductory Biology
Number of students: 8 Sections, approx. 24 students per section
Dates: 03/03/2008 to 03/30/2008
Frequency: Other - Daily for first week. Student data collection will vary after that.
Time of day: Varies - 1-4pm for the first week. Times will vary after that depending on student experiment.
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, eastern CSS, oak forest, corner, north field, south field, lower neck
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 - Some areas may be flagged as part of student experiments.

Description of course experiment, project or activity: During the first week, students will be introduced to techniques for studying ant behavior principally around the lake and will design an experiment. During the next couple of weeks, students will collect data.

Request No.: 07D8D25527
Submitted on: 11/27/07 at 10:18 AM
Instructor: Paul faulstich, Pitzer
E-mail: paul_faulstich@pitzer.edu
College phone: 621.8818

Course: ENVS146 PZ - LEEP
Number of students: 4 Sections, approx. 35 students per section
Dates: 01/28/2008 to 05/10/2008
Frequency: Daily
Time of day: Dawn, Morning, Varies - Plus individual student preparation for lessons, plus a final saturday open house on May 3
Areas to be used: western CSS, central CSS, pHake Lake, vernal pools, eastern CSS, oak forest, corner, classroom/infirmary area, north field, south field, lower neck, central neck, upper 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: Environmental Education, partnering with local elementary schools