Day 2

Day 2: (Thursday) Field trip day

8:30 am-noon Aliso Canyon - Map link

Start with exploration (Matthew)

• Scavenger Hunt? 30 minutes?

  • Evidence of erosion

  • Evidence of fire affecting organisms

  • Evidence of human influence on life

  • Evidence of human influence on landscape

  • Evidence of water

  • Evidence of animals eating

Five Stations (Transects across the Canyon) (each station for 20 mins?)

1. Vegetation Distribution

   • iNaturalist

   • Pick a species (slide 8)

   • Take pictures of each one you find in our iNaturalist group

2. Temperature

   • comparison-gradients - transect (aspect, coverage),(air vs surface) (Norm, Li)

     1. 1. • • Air Temp take 2 minutes - 1m height - shade the probe

             • surface - use gun every

           • IR photography - take photos of the transect and other interesting locations.

3. Soil measurements (Matthew)

   • Soil hardness/compactness comparison (nail test) how many hits to put the nail in

   • Depth to moisture level 4 (aka dry - using soil moisture probe) - how deep when the moisture sensor changes

     1. 1. • • Also record ph and temp

4. CO₂ measurements using PocketLab (does it vary as we get close to vegetation)

CSUN Summer 22 Field Trip Data Collection Form

12:00-1:00 Lunch (picnic?)

• 1:00 - 2:30 Debrief Aliso Canyon trip (Brian and Li)

• • 1. • Pooling Data - Google folder

         1. iNaturalist group page

         2. Data Spreadsheet

         3. Upload IR camera data

       • Thoughts on the stations - Jamboard

       • Pair up and pick a station to analyze summarize

         2. • Summary Slides

3:00 - 3:20 (Brian)

• Planning for NAHS visit

3:20- 3:30 (Joshua & Sara)

• HW: current practices for onboarding etc.

Exit Ticket

Add one or more ot these sensor apps onto your phone

• Gauges

• Phyphox

• Google Science Notebook