Experiential Science Projects
Projects
Use and Curriculum fits
Aquatic
Study area
Spook Creek
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Spook Creek, hydrocarbons
Spook Creek: E-coli from Walmart
Spook Creek: Impacts of filling a wetland
Spook Creek: Oil storage and pollution
Spook Creek: Envirothon
Porter Creek
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Porter Creek, green belt, subdivision,
Porter Creek Water Board Interventions
Porter Creek: Stream shape
Porter Creek: ground water
Hidden Lake
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Hidden Lake Water Balance
Hidden Lake Algael Bloom
Hidden Lake: Fish Escapes
McIntyre Creek
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McIntyre Creek: Subdivision proposal
McIntyre Creek: Salmon Spawn
McIntyre Creek: Interpretation trail
Yukon River
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Yukon River: Rock the River
Yukon River: Structure of standing waves
Ibex River
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Ibex River: Salmon restortation
Ibex River: Environmental Monitoring
Ibex River: In Stream Incubators
Ford Lake
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Ford Lake: Water Balance
Ford Lake: Wetland drainage
Ford Lake: Red Winged Balckbird Census
Cowley Lake
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Cowley Lake: Bathometric Survey
Cowley Lake: Water level, balance
Cowley Lake: Community projects
Cowley Lake: Paleoliminology
Marwell Creek
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Marwell Creek: Salt Deposited with Winter Snow
Marwell Creek: Hydrocarbons and aquatic quality
Marwell Creek: Escarpment and Hertiage
Takhini River
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Takhini River: Recreation impacts
Takhini River: Salmon Spawn areas
Estuary studies
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Ganges Creek Estuary
Campbell River estury health
Terrestrial
Haines Junction Forestry
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Haines Junction Forestry: Seedling growth
Haines Junction Forestry: Fire regeneration
Haines Junction Forestry: Bais in measurement
Haines Junction Forestry: Blow-down at clearcut margins
Haines Junction Forestry: natural seedlings
Haines Junction Forestry: Spruce beetle infestation
Haines Junction Forestry: infestation in logs
Haines Junction Forestry: Community involvement
Haines Junction Forestry: Spruce beetle trail signage
Haines Junction Forestry: Forest structue analysis
Arctic Institute
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Arctic Institute: Forest sturcture, hare impacts
Whitehorse Forestry and Terresterial studies
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Whitehorse Forestry: Fire regeneration
Whitehorse Forestry: Planting seedlings
Whitehorse Forestry: Phenology on Escarpment
Whitehorse Forestry: Plant succession in slides
Whitehorse Forestry: Growth rates
Ground cover studies in Fire Smart areas
Fire scar histories Dendrochronology
Whitehorse Forestry: EMAN plot in regen area
Carbon Sequestering Studies
Teslin Forestry
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Teslin Forestry: Studies of Different Harvest Practices
Teslin Forestry: Forest volume
Hinton forest structure analysis
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Hinton forest: Forest regen following burn or clear cut
Hinton forest: Harvest practices near riparian zones
SaltSpring Island forestry
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SaltSpring Island forestry: sustainable harvesy forest
SaltSpring Island forestry: EMAN Plot in ecological reserve
SaltSpring Island forestry: Deer impacts on forest regeneration
Prince Rupert forestry
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Prince Rupert forestry Seedling survival in wet soils
Caves
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Cave mapping
Impacts of clear cutting on caves
Impacts on Land
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Litter Analysis
Imacts of ATVs on non-motorized trails
Snowmachine trails impacts on plant growth
Wildlife
Mammals
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Caribou attracted to salt on the road
Caribou and fire smart areas
Caribou use of a potential development area
Hare census by turd counts
Hare impact on seedling survival
Deer impacts on seedling regeneration
Moose brows census
Red Squirrel territories
Mice and genetics
Birds
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Museum preparation of bird samples
Woodpecker use of beetle killed forest
Sea bird census while sailing
Red-winged Blackbird Census
Bird banding with mist nets
Fish
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Salmon growth rates and food conversion: Automatic feesders
Salmon fry and complex river systems
Mapping redds on the Ibex
Char escapes on Porter Creek/ Hidden Lake
Trout populations on Long Lake
Insects
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Aquatic Invertebrate populations analysis
Water quality through aquatic invertebrate populations
Mosquitoe life cycle
Frogs
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Spotted Frog Census
Wildlife study protocols
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Motion activated camers
Indirect counts: plants, turds, tracks etc
Frog identification protocols
Radio collar tracking
Mark Recapture protocols
Marine
Intertidal studies
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Intertidal monitoring through shorekeepers
Intertidal monitoring: Mapping results on Google Earth
Inventory of marine intertidal organizims
Sub tidal studies
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Fish diversity counts while diving
Anemone census while diving
sea star census while diving
Marine populations
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Shore crab mark recapture census
Varnish clam census
Barnnacle census on rocky shorelines
Oyster spat growth and setting medimum
Tidal marine aquarium
Ocean Impacts
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Benthoic samples under booming areas and in open areas
Planton drags and population counts
Shoreline inventories
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Drift wood seasonal changesd
Plastic in drift wood piles
Fish studies
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Salmon fry and sea lice
Gee traps for salmon fry
Salmon enhancement processes
Campbell River complex for salmon habitat
Ocean dynamics
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Character of high energy shorelines
Character of protected shorelines
Long shore drift studies
Atmosphere
Air quality
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Air quality in Riverdale with inversions
PM 10 meter use
Ozone measurements
Atmospheris dynamics
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Charting air mass movements from weather data
Recording pressure changes driving from Skagway to Fraser
Measurments
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Establishing a school weather station
Data logging seasonal temperature records
Snow
Snow Profiles
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Snow profile measurements: stability
Snow profile measurements: subniven habitats
Snow profile measurements: Hydrology
Snow profile measurements: Seasonal event history
Snow habitat
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Track records: Caribou activity
Subniven small mammal tracking
Insects in snow
Winter track preservation
Snow characteristics
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Snow crystal structures
Snow sintering following disturbance: Quinzees
Altering metamorphism in snow profiles
Keeping snow on a skill hill
Snow and climate
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Temperature varriation across snow and ground
Lake freeze up, break up and ice thickness
Seasonal snow depth and water equivelance measurements
Energy
Energy production
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Energy production: In-stream generator
Energy production: Datalogger output from a solar pannel
Energy production: Wind generation
Energy conservation
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Energy conservation: Intelegent parkinglot controlers
Energy conservation: Keeping icecubes insulation
Energy conservation: heat sink measurements
Energy diversion
Recreation
Trail use and development
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Escarpment trail development
Spruce beetle activity trail
Escarpment trail signage
Development of Yurts near Mystery Lake
Winter activities
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Ski hill packing
Snowshoeing after caribou
Fitness assessment
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Fittness Journal with basic standards
Community recreation
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Trail use records, motion sensors and camera
Environmental Impacts of recational use
Water activities
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Flow rate measurements
In-stream incubation boxes installed
Gear
Aquatic gear
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Surber samplers
Stream flow dynamics: flow trough
Flow meters
V notch weir on culvert
Aquatic invertebrate identifcation key
Sucker Uppers
Diatom Identification Key
Plankton Drag
Paleoliminology sampling under ice
Terrestrial Gear
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Forestry gear
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Dendrochronology core holders
Go-no go gagues
5 and 10 meter lines
DBH tapes
Collapasable Quadrat plots from tent poles
Clinometers in tangent readings
Soils Gear
Marine gear
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Seives for fine intertidal substrates
Snow gear
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Snow profile charts
Snow depth sticks
Snow-water equivelance by weight: total
Snow-water equivelance by weight: layer
Atmosphere gear
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Rainfall gagues
Wildlife study gear
Making Equipment for Field Studies
Making DBH tapes
Making Go-No Go Gauges
Making 5 and 10 meter lines
Making quadrat plot samplers
Making Clinometers
Making sample grids
The chart below describes many of our forestry studies