Field Studies
Experiential Science 11 does many types of field studies to enhance the learning experience of the students. It allows them to get a different view on the subjects they study in class. Some examples of field studies are:
Experiential Science 11 does many types of field studies to enhance the learning experience of the students. It allows them to get a different view on the subjects they study in class. Some examples of field studies are:
- Forestry Studies: involves creating a transect plot to count, measure, and age the trees within the plot.
- Salmon Studies: Learning about the different ways salmon are reared and captured along the B.C. and Alaskan coast. Do you know the names of the 5 Pacific Salmon and their alternate names?
- Crab Population Estimate: The students collect, count and mark all the crabs in a certain area. The next day, the pupils gather all the crabs in the same area. They then count the number of marked and unmarked crabs. Using this information they can estimate the total number of crabs along the beach.
- Cowley Lake Study: Experiential Science 11 also is helping collect research for an ongoing project on Cowley Lake. The volume of the lake has been decreasing slowly over the past 30 years. The Hamlet of Mt. Lorne asked Experiential Science 11 to help out with the studies. This is a great opportunity for students to have a real life example of how their studies relate to the environment.
- Intertidal studies: The intertidal zone is the area of the marine shoreline that is exposed to air at low tide, and covered with seawater when the tide is high. It is a critical interface between terrestrial and marine ecosystems. By surveying populations and identifying species ES11 students have an rich hands-on opportunity to explore a coastal region that is foreign to most Yukoners.
