ECOLOGY

This course is designed for students who are interested in expanding their understanding of the relationships and interdependence of living things to their environment and the relationship with humans and their impact. Ecological relationships are studied from both structural and functional perspectives. Indoor work will include textbook study, lectures, extra reading, report writing, films, and individual or group projects with plants or animals. Some projects will be assigned and others selected by student choice. During more favorable weather, part of class time may be spent in the nature study center working on population studies of plants and animals, soil sampling, and observations of natural relationships and a unit of solar energy may be included. Outdoor projects may include the building or addition to our ecology habitat and maintenance of this area and the planting and maintenance of trees on the property.