Laying the Groundwork

Great start to the Ecology Center interdisciplinary unit. The last two days in review:
Monday:
1. Created our journals.
2. Cleaned out the EcoLab (indoor) space.
3. Visited the Vivarium to generate ideas and gather data on expanding our critter collection.

Tuesday:
1. Reflected on Monday's start.
2. Reviewed the concepts of ecology, ecosystems, and our place in the ecosystem.
3. In the context of how we affect, and are affected by the ecosystem (environment), we worked in small groups to brainstorm the components that we will be developing in the Ecology Center over the next three weeks.

YOUR HOMEWORK FOR CLASS ON THURSDAY, MARCH 6:
Identify your TOP THREE choices of the stations that we brainstormed about in class today. I will do my best to link you with your preferences, although we will be rotating through at least two of these over the next couple of weeks. Your choices:

Indoor Displays
1. Animals (critters)
2. Weather Station
3. Renewable (Solar) Energy at BMS
4. The 4 R's - Waste at BMS
5. Strawberry Creek Watershed
6. Honeybees and Pollinators

Outdoor Displays
7. EcoDeck Planting
8. Chickens
9. EcoMural
10. EcoBoard (BMS entryway)

We will figure out how to delegate tasks and responsibilities in class tomorrow. Keep up the great work!