FMNP uplands module at Camp Bayou

Just wanted to give an advanced notice that the next FMNP class at Camp Bayou will be the Uplands module beginning on Feb 2, 2008. The official booking was just sent in so it should be online, ready for registrations by the end of the week (?). The schedule will be as follows:

Florida Master Naturalist Program

Uplands Module at Camp Bayou

Syllabus- February 2- March 1, 2008

Saturday February 2, 2008; 8:30 AM- 4:30 PM

Discussion: background, goals, requirements, final project

Video: Upland Habitats and Modern Society

Presentations: Ecology; Interpretation, Environmental Ethics, Mammals

Activity- browse notebook for article of interest

Lunch (bring your own)

Speaking practice- note page of article & why it drew your attention

Orientation walk through Camp Bayou trails, introduction and

assignment of trail sections for practicum activity on March 1.

Saturday, February 9; 8:30 AM- 4:30 PM

Video: Florida's Scrub, Dry Prairie and Rangelands

Presentations: Scrub, Prairie, Range; Birds 1 & 2

Lunch (bring your own)

Field trip- Scrub walk

Interpretive practice/ activities- pick something that you encountered during this trip to speak about next week

Saturday, February 16; 8:30 AM- 4:30 PM

Presentations- Pineland Communities; Herps

Video: Florida's Pine Habitats

Speaking practice-

Lunch (bring your own)

Due: Final project ideas draft- discussion

Field trip: Pine walk

Interpretive practice/ activities- pick an issue/concern that you encountered during this trip and how it relates to your final project

Saturday, February 23; 8:30 AM- 4:30 PM

Presentations: Upland Hardwood Forests; Inverts 1 & 2

Video: Florida's Hardwood Forests

Speaking practice- issue or concern from last week's trip as it relates to final project

Lunch (bring your own)

Due: Written outline of Final Project

Field trip: Hardwood walk

Work on interpretive tour practicum for your section of trail to be ready for next week.

Saturday, March 1; 8:30 AM- 4:30 PM

Interpretive practicum- Be a tour guide for your assigned section of Camp Bayou trail

Lunch (bring your own)

Final projects presentations