Educational Activities: Science Education
Listed below are a sampling of courses and subject
areas where Berry’s 26,000-acre outdoor laboratory has been utilized for
instruction and enrichment by Berry faculty and instructors from local
schools. If you wish to find a faculty contact to learn more about their
experiences with using land resources as an educational tool, write to MANS@berry.edu
and provide your name and contact information. If you are a teacher and
wish to bring students to Berry for a particular project or lesson, you
are requested to register your intent.
Berry's Outdoor Laboratory Use
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Berry College Courses
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Local K-12
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| BIO 103 - Biological Inquiry: ecosystems; scavenger hunt of
biological organisms; sampling aquatic and terrestrial biomass and
diversity |
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Birdwatching
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| BIO 111 and 112 - Prin. of Biology - biodiversity; observations of biological activity and abiotic features |
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Flora survey/observation
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| BIO 205 - Prin. of Ecology: fish population survey; mapping and GPS; intra- and inter-specific competition among species |
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Herpetofauna- amphibian and reptile fauna |
| BIO 311 - General Botany: flora collection for classroom use |
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Herpetology observation |
| BIO 331 - Invertebrate Zoology: aquatic invertebrate collection for biological survey |
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Invertebrate collection |
| BIO - Plant Taxonomy: keying and observing plant species; habitat descriptions |
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Thermal imaging |
| EVS 405 - Methods in Environmental Science: wetlands delineation project |
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Tree and plant identification; effects of temperature and light |
| GEO 420 - Hydrology: surface water and groundwater testing |
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Environmental Education Guidebook to Berry College (Request copy: mans@berry.edu) |