2014 Coastal Ecology Interim

Itinerary:  Our Itinerary looks like this:

Feb 14th Friday   Drive to Denver Stay near Airport

Feb 15th Saturday Fly to Hermosillo and Drive to Nuevo Kino

Feb 16th Sunday “Gaining a sense of place”

o Sensory, creative writing exercise

o Hike up Punta Ignacio

o Introduction to ecology and natural history of marin

Feb 17th Monday Rocky Intertidal Explorations

o Tides. The effects of the moon and the sun.

o Introduction to Taxonomy, “Why do we categorize things?”

o Phyla presentations

Feb 18th Tuesday BOAT DAY

o Island Formation, ecology and conservation

o Marine Mammal Spotting and Identification

o Snorkeling

Feb 19th Wednesday  Geography and Geology of the Gulf of California

o Geology lesson

o Map drawing

o Building the Gulf of California in the Sand

ß Conceptualizing trenches, islands, upwelling

Feb 20th Thursday Estuarine Explorations

o Ecology of estuaries

o Seabird and shorebird identification

o Cultural exchange activity (Seri or Kino Ecology Club)

o Human use of estuaries

Feb 21st Friday Return to Colorado  - Interim Presentations 3:00 pm