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| SHS - HabitatNet |
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- Choose a site for your permanent biodiversity plot that
will be accessible to you and your classes throughout the
year.
- You will be taking measurements at seasonal midpoints
(actual dates will be determined by you but you should
include a date that "characterizes" Fall,
Winter, Spring for your region).
- Using a compass and kite string marked with flagging tape
at 20 meter intervals, follow a compass bearing and
"map" your quadrants at the site. You will need
two compasses bearing at ninety degrees apart to define
the quadrant(s). You may want to use flagging tape on
wire to mark the four corners of each quadrant. Develop
as many quadrants (20 meter x 20 meter) as you have time
for. If at all possible, try to locate your quadrant(s)
on a topographic map.
Note: You may always add quadrants to your site in future
years. Just note your compass bearings (the two at ninety degrees
to one another) to keep the "lines" as you extend into
more quadrants. The quadrants may be compared season to season
for animal and plant activity and adaptation to that season as
well as year to year for changed in growth, succession, faunal /
floral densities and diversity indices.
- Students involved with HabitatNet will pose questions and
data specific to their plots with other students.
Research topics generating questions from the students
may include: a. migratory bird sightings in the Fall and
Spring, b. seasonal characteristics and adaptations of
local flora and fauna, c. develop conservation strategies
for local species.
- An option will include developing a Wildlife Enhancement
Plan for your plot(s) that would allow students to
research and propose a plan for increasing the
biodiversity of their plots. This will include a
"Wildlife Enhancement Portfolio" developed by
students and presented to local conservation committees
for action.
- All participants will be invited to attend a Biodiversity
Symposium to be held at Souhegan High School (Amherst,
NH) in the Spring of 1997 to present their work. If
travel is not possible, students involved may participate
via computer telecommunications, including email.
The following pages will give you more information and the
data sheets (with completed samples) to participate in
HabitatNet. We anticipate QUESTIONS about logistics and
procedures. Please contact us at HabitatNet for assistance! (Click here for contacting information.)
HabitatNet
HabitatNet@sprise.com
Souhegan High School