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Observations in the Field 

Each week, students took to the farm to observe their assigned ecosystem and all the biodiversity it encompassed. Below are some samples of their weekly journal entries.

Foxcroft Farm Visit 3

Coniferous Forest Ecosystem Week 3, Tuesday Lab Section This week’s lab was bittersweet: I was exhausted by walking through muddy hay...

Journal Entry 2: Foxcroft Farm 4/23/19

Swamp Ecosystem Week 3, Tuesday Lab Section The final day out in the field was just as exciting as the other two days, if not more so. It...

Journal Entry from Lab Day #3

Deciduous Forest Ecosystem Week 3, Tuesday Lab Section This was our last day in the field. It was sunnier and a little warmer than...

4/23/19: The Vernal Pond

Vernal Pool Ecosystem Week 3, Tuesday Lab Section In arriving to the farm, I think we were all a bit worried about the previous day's...

In Lab

Deciduous Forest Week 4, Thursday Lab Section This week, we returned to lab with specimens we collected in the field to photograph and...

Week 3: FoxCroft Farm.

Stream Ecosystem Week 3, Tuesday Lab Section 8:30 am The field was yet again greener than the previous week: the grass thick and lush....

Fourth Lab Journal

Swamp Ecosystem Week 4, Thursday Lab Section During this final lab, we had all of our samples back in the lab classroom and we were...

Conifer Forest April 25th, 2019

Coniferous Forest Week 4, Thursday Lab Section Today in lab, we analyzed our biocube material. We started by dumping out the contents and...

Last Day in the Field

Swamp Ecosystem Week 3, Thursday Lab Section This week in the lab we realized it was our final day in the field so we spent the entire...

Final Foxcroft Farm BioCube Journal 4/25

Vernal Pool Ecosystem Week 4, Thursday Lab Section Today was our last bio lab working on the vernal pond BioCube. We spent the majority...

Journal Entry (Week of 4/18/19)

Vernal Pool Ecosystem Week 3, Thursday Lab Section On the morning of April 18th, our group wasted no time as we collected our supplies...

Thursday, April 18

Deciduous Forest Ecosystem Week 3, Thursday Lab Section Today, we began the morning by finding our biocube and going through what was...

Journal Entry 2 (Second Time at Foxcroft Farm)

Swamp Ecosystem Week 2, Tuesday Lab Section BioCube Location: We had to move our BioCube slightly because it rained so much that it...

Journal - 4/16/19

Stream Ecosystem Week 2, Tuesday Lab Section On Tuesday, 4/16, my BioCube group and I visited Foxcroft Farm for the second time. Right...

Foxcroft Farm Visit #2

Vernal Pool Ecosystem Week 2, Tuesday Lab Section Although there was much more water this visit, making travel across the farm more...

Examining Biodiversity

Stream Ecosystem Week 3, Thursday Lab Section Last week at the farm was very informative. When we got to the BioCube we noticed that the...

Coniferous Forest Group Second Field Day

Coniferous Forest Ecosystem Week 2, Tuesday Lab Section The day started pretty rockily as we waded across the flooded bridge area with...

BioCube 10- April 17 2019

Coniferous Forest Ecosystem Week 2, Thursday Lab Section During our moment of silence today, Dan was delivering samples to Marissa at the...

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