Great Lakes Center

1/20 Ecology class field trip at the Field Station, Fall 2015. Dr. Standora's class, with Kit Hastings (left).

2/20 Excited to learn about sampling on the lake!

3/20 Excited to learn about sampling on the lake!

4/20 Learning.

5/20 The Secchi disk is used to measure water clarity.

6/20 Reading the secchi depth

7/20 Josh Fisher operating the boat.

8/20 Zooplankton net

9/20 Examining the zooplankton sample.

10/20 Dr. Standora taking pictures of his class on the Privateer, while the students look at the zooplankton sample.

11/20 Kit Hastings explaining how to use a Van Dorn water sampler.

12/20 A student trying out a Van Dorn sampler.

13/20 Students trying out a Van Dorn sampler.

14/20 Kit Hastings explaining how to use a YSI multiparameter sonde.

15/20 Kit Hastings taking readings from the multiparameter sonde for the class to write a lab report.

16/20 Kit Hastings opening the ponar sampler.

17/20 Examining the mud from the Ponar.

18/20 Looking at a mud sample.

19/20 Looking for organisms in the mud.

20/20 Back at the dock, students help carry sampling equipment back to the Field Station.