Biosphere 2 Syllabus
Week 4: June 25-July 1, 2001
Key:
  Full day for working on independent projects
[ Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday ]
 
Monday, June 25, 2001
  Section: C: Abiotic Processes
  Module: 11: Chemical and Hydrological Cycles
 
  AM: 8:00-9:30 — PC Lab
Exercise 9 presentation 

9:30-10:00
Lecture 11: Chemical and Hydrological Cycles 

 Readings:  

10:00-1:00
Exercise 11:  Modeling Biogeochemical Cycles
  • Create a model of a chemical cycling through the Hubbard Brook ecosystem in New Hampshire (Stella, systems modelling software)
 
  PM: 1:00-3:00
Lunch/Siesta 

3:00-5:30 — PC Lab
Exercise 11: 

  • Refine and evaluate Hubbard Brook model
(6:00-8:00 — B2 Food Run)

Evening assignment:

 
  Note: Morning departure for 3-day field trip. 
Pack food, gear, and field equipment for 3 days (2 nights)
Carry all water needed for first 1.5 days (through midday Weds)
  — no potable water at Ft. Huachuca
Vans (2) pickup end of day
 
Tuesday, June 26, 2001
  Section: C: Abiotic Processes
  Module: 12: Disturbances: Geological and Contemporary
 
  AM: 7:30-11:00  — Drive to Fort Huachuca (Start of 3-day Field Trip)
[Notes: Pack food and gear for 3 days.
            Wear boots & hat.  Bring snacks, water, NHSD book, journal, flashlight, suncreen.
            Coolers available in vans.]

11:00-12:00 — Field (Fort Huachuca)
Preliminary tour of the site and explanation of field practical
 
  PM: 12:00-1:00 — Field (Fort Huachuca)

Guest Lecture:  Guy McPherson (Univ of Arizona)
  Fire and Nonnative Species in Grasslands of Southeast Arizona

1:00-2:00
Lunch

2:00-6:00
Exercise 12:  Field Practical

6:00-8:00
Dinner
Birdwatching, bonfire, and general merriment
 
  Note: Vans —  3 days (pickup 6/25)
Food, field and camping equipment—3 days (2 nights)
No potable water at Ft. Huachuca
Early start next day
 
Wednesday, June 27
  Section: C: Abiotic Processes
  Module: 12: Disturbances: Geological and Contemporary
 
  AM: 6:00 — Field (Fort Huachuca)
Breakfast

6:30-11:00 
Exercise 12: Field Practical (con't)

  • Data collection
11:00-12:00
Break camp
Drive to Audubon Research Ranch
 
  PM: 12:00-1:00 — Field (Appleton-Whittell Research Ranch, Elgin, AZ)
Welcome from Research Ranch manager/director
Lunch

1:00-4:00
Exercise 12: Field Practical (con't)

  • Data processing and analysis
  • Summarize and present results
5:00-7:00 — Drive to Tucson Mtn Park

7:30 — Tucson Mtn Park (Gilbert Ray Campground — site Ed#2)
Dinner
Camp visit from Dr. Steve Prchal, Director, Sonoran Arthropod Studies Institute (SASI), host of our field work tomorrow
 
  Note: Vans — 2nd day
Early start next day
 
Thursday, June 28, 2001
  Section: D: Contemporary Issues
  Module: 13: Habitat Fragmentation, Deforestation, and Desertification
 
  AM / PM: 6:00 — Field (Tucson Mtn Park)
Breakfast

6:30-10:00
Exercise 13: Road intensity and insect diversity

  • Lay out transect lines
  • Data Collection
10:00-12:00 — Field (Sonoran Arthropod Studies Institute, SASI)
  • Sort insects
12:00-1:00
Lunch

1:00-4:00
Exercise 13:

  • Summarize and analyze data
  • Write up presentation
  • Present talk to class and SASI staff
5:00-6:30 — Return to B2C
 
  Note: Vans — 3rd day
 
Friday, June 29 2001
    Independent Projects 
 
7:00pm
Class Dinner — Gather at instructor's residence
Desert literature readings
  Notes: Complete data collection for Independent Project this week
Instructors available for assistance with independent projects 
 
Saturday, June 30 2001
    Independent Projects 
 
  Notes: Instructors available for assistance with independent projects
 
Sunday, July 1 2001
    Independent Projects — Draft Report Due
 
  PM 7:00pm
Draft Independent Project Report Due — Graded, penalty if late
Notes: Instructors available for assistance with independent projects

J. Danoff-Burg and T. Kittel
rev. 5/29/01, 6/23/01