Module/Week 1
Field Kit
Media Piece
Field Kit Objective
Assemble a field kit that can be used to safely and effectively study organisms and their habitats.
Two media pieces are due this week: this Field Kit assignment and the Notes assignment.
Field Kit Media Piece Assignment (due by Sunday 11:59 PT on Canvas)
This assignment was introduced on the Field Work webpage:
Field Kit
In this assignment you will be assembling a field kit for potential laboratory and field work with animals. When complete, upload a photo of your field kit to Canvas, and you can add information to the comment box provided, if desired.
You do not need to make purchases for this assignment, assemble what you have. Be creative! You can add a note if there is something you will acquire at a later date.
Your field kit should contain:
Safety Gear: could be a smaller safety kit, a list of safety instructions (can be modified from Lesley’s list), and/or other safety materials you feel are important. Consider any safety considerations you may have related to animals, like allergies.
Weather Gear: could include a hat, sunscreen, heavy clothes, whatever you feel you will need to use in your weather conditions.
Map(s): directions to at least two locations where you think you can find animals to safely study nearby. This can be in a building or outdoors. The animals can be wild and/or domesticated. The map or maps can be on a digital device (arranged in the field kit photo) or printed out.
Data Collection Materials: could include a ruler, watch/timer, camera phone, journal, note pad, pencils, plastic bags, binoculars or whatever else you come up with.
A Creative/Personal Addition: could be a towel (for fans of Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy), camping gear, a compass, a box for specimen storage, or something innovative for collecting information about animals.
Something to Carry Everything in: could be a backpack, a garbage bag (we’ve used these), a bucket, or whatever you plan to use.
Media Directions
Submitted to Canvas.
Upload the photo of your field kit to Canvas. Your work can be submitted as an image file, PDF, in a document, or even a video. Multiple assignment formats are supported.
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