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Environmental Studies 111 |
| Syllabus | Policies | Grade Check I | Grade Check II | Assignments | Course Information |
For labs off Campus you are allotted 30 minutes of
travel time to and from the lab. |
| Week | Date | Lab
click link for handouts and directions |
Report Submission | Notes |
| 1 | Aug 26, 27 | Introduction/SBCC Campus | ||
| 2 | Sept 2, 3 | Lotusland | ||
| 3 | Sept 9, 10 | Lake Los Carneros | biodiversity lab report |
read Point Count Method |
| 4 | Sept 16, 17 | El Estero Wastewater | No high heels, skirts may be a bad idea (steel grating, stairs). It's a sewage plant - a bit smelly. |
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| 5 | Sept 23, 34 | Tajiguas Land Fill | Waste lab report |
Can be cold and windy |
| 6 | Sept 30 Oct 1 |
Fairview Gardens | No van for Tuesday lab. Sun/rain, light walking | |
| 7 | Oct 7, 8 | Carpinteria Salt Marsh | Mellow, no hiking | |
| 8 | Oct 13, 14 | Rattlesnake Canyon | Water & Ecoystem Function lab report | |
| 9 | Oct 21, 22 | Film: End of Suburbia | No van for Tuesday lab | |
| 10 | Oct 28, 29 | Air Pollution Control District | No van for Tuesday lab | |
| 11 | Nov 4, 5 | Growing Solutions | Energy & Air Pollution Lab Report |
Report due by Friday, Nov. 7 |
| 12 | Nov 11, 12 | Online assignment | Frontline Heat Report |
Report due on Friday, Nov 14 |
| 13 | Nov 18, 19 | Coal Oil Point | Habitat Restoration & Endangered Species Lab Report |
Report due on Friday, Nov 21 |
| 14 | Nov 25, 26 | Food Forest/Permaculture | Food Forest & Fairview Gardens Report |
Report due on Monday, Dec. 1 |
| 15 | Dec 2, 3 | Ellwood Mesa | Sun/rain/wind, hiking Bring a camera. |
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| 16 | Dec | Final for Tuesday lab Final for Wednesday lab |