Biology Class Field Trip

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Biology Class Field Trip

• March 6, 2009
• Ellen Bartlett

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This was our second year.Thank you again for
your generosity!
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Here are the 32 Students who participated.
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And here are Mr. Capralis and Mr. Collins. This
is the second year that they joined us for the
trip.
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What was the money used for?

• We used the money in order to pay for a bus for
  our trip to Escondido. We visited the CRES
  Institute and the Wild Animal Park.

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Who went on the trip?

• Students were selected based on their final grade
  for semester 1.
• The top 20 of the students from each of my
  classes were invited.
• My Teachers aides were also invited.

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What was the purpose of our trip?

• Reward the top students for their hard work.
• Give students the opportunity to visit a research
  facility and do some lab research.
• Give students more awareness about endangered
  species.

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What we did
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We arrived around 830

• First we took a tour of the CRES facility.
• (Conservation and Research for Endangered Species
  aka Center for Reproduction of Endangered
  Species)

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Robin gave us a tour of CRES
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We saw the Frozen Zoo
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We saw some of the labs
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• They do a lot of research with frogs since frogs
  are good indicators of the overall health of an
  ecosystem.

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We then spent the morning enjoying the Wild
Animal Park
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After Lunch it was back to CRES

• First we did a little genetics review.

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Then we learned about frog biology and the
Chytrid fungus

• Scientists believe that the decline and
  disappearance of some frogs species world-wide
  may be due to a disease caused by a fungus.

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• We got to help identify infected frogs using a
  PCR test.

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Robin emailed our results the next day
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Thank you again!

• My students had a wonderful time.
• In these difficult financial times, it is so
  refreshing to take my students on this type of
  field trip.
• It was a truly educational experience for all of
  us.
• The CRES staff has invited us back again next
  year. They appreciate how well behaved all of my
  students are.