Environmental Studies 111

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For labs off Campus you are allotted 30 minutes of travel time to and from the lab. 

Week  Date Lab
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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.
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.
16 Dec Final for Tuesday lab
Final for Wednesday lab
   

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