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This trip is a school sponsored field trip.  In order for ___________________________________ (student name) may participate, Enid Public Schools needs parents/guardians permission to be able to seek medical attention if needed.  Specific to this trip (overnight camping), there will be several adults instructing your daughter/son in the field.  Glover and/or Sacket will be present at all times.  By signing below you are giving permission for daughter's / son’s participation.
 
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This is my understanding of what BioBlitz! is.  For 24 hours, everyone is trying to identify as many as possible different species of plants and animals.  We will want to break up the Enid group so that we have Enid representation with each of the expert Biologists from across the state.  Some of us will be in the water looking for macroinvertebrates, others with botanists identifying plants, some learning how to set traps for mammals, and others bird watching.  On Friday be with one expert and then on Saturday be with another.  I suspect there will be some out looking at night for specimens.  

THIS WILL BE ONE OF THE MOST MEMORABLE THINGS YOU DO DURING ENID HIGH.  
BEING OUT IN THE FIELD WITH FIELD BIOLOGISTS IS VERY INTERSTING.  I did some of this in college.  Very cool indeed!  

We will need to prep for this in class (e.g., how to use GPS, scientific names, learn local fauna).

Here is the information.
  • REGISTRATION: Online registration is now open until noon on September 28th - Sign up NOW!!  Spaces will fill up fast!  There will not be any on-site registration.   I need to know when you registred!
  • IMPORTANT:  EACH individual participating MUST register themselves.
  • COSTS:  Citizen Scientist, student $7.00;  non-student $12:00
  • DATES: Friday, October 05, 2012 - Sunday, October 07, 2012  (It is open that we only stay till 4:00 on Saturday and then return.  Need to talk on this one.)
  • WHERE: Just north of I-40, 14 miles west of Clinton, OK.  Base Camp will be in the state park on the south side of the lake.  See Map below.
  • TIME:  Depart EHS at ~ noon.  We want to arrive a little early to get our bearings (e.g., stack out an area for our tents).  Return to Enid is expected by 7:30PM Saturday.
  • TRANSPORTATION:  Two school vans driven by Mrs. Glover and Mr. Sacket
  • WHAT TO BRING:  Digital cameras, GPS, clip boards, bug spray (important!), tents, trail mix, water, trash bags, cell phones, nets, identification keys
  • FOOD:   Trail mix to eat (we only have 30 minutes to cook and only with a grill if we take one (problematic at best)).  They will provide treats in evening and in morning.  If we go to Clinton to eat we will miss out on things.  Eat a good dinner at noon on Friday and we will drive to Clinton and eat supper after 4:00PM on Saturday.
  • WHAT TO WEAR:  Warm layered clothing (depending on expected weather); tennis shoes or boots; bring one change of clothing (we may get wet), bring quarters to take a shower and change clothes.
  • BioBlitz duration:  4:00 PM Friday - 4:00 PM Saturday
  • BioBlitz! website: http://www.biosurvey.ou.edu/bioblitz/BioBlitz.html
  • Top 10 Species to Know:  http://www.biosurvey.ou.edu/bioblitz/BioBlitz2012_Top20.html
  • Expectations:
    • Conduct inventory on their own (prefer each of you follow an expert ... when we get there, will check on options)
      • By getting checks of taxa at base camp and marking off what they see
      • By taking pictures of observed species and having them identified by expert biologists
    • Interact with expert biologists
      • By attending any of the scheduled activities
      • By chatting with them at base camp
      • By observing their collections at base camp
      • By getting help with identification of photographed organisms
  • Parents will be required to sign off on trip you will not go.
  • Sacket's Cell is 554 5605.  I will need cell # for each student going.
  • More information forthcoming...
  • Map of Location:
 

 

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