Lecture Students
105 Environmental Biology

Lab Students
105L Environmental Biology Lab

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Get Google Earth and explore local field sites Google Earth is an amazing application that lets you explore the Earth using very detailed satellite imagery. Satellite images are mapped onto 3-dimensional topography, creating a very realistic experience. This is a client-based application, which means you have to download it and run on your computer. IT'S FREE! Go to the Google Earth home page. Download Google Earth and install it on your computer. Click on this link for a list of places we might visit on field outings. Choose "Run" and save the unzipped file (fc_enviro_bio_sites.kmz) to your Google Earth Folder. Open it in Google Earth it will show a listing of "Places" in the EnviroBio Sites" folder. Double click on the places in this folder and Google Earth will take you there. Wild Places in Orange County Instructions: Go to the below web pages. Print them (just the one page -- not the whole web site) Bring the pages to lab. You will use them to complete an exercise based on these pages. Nature Conservancy - Santa Ana Mountains Good Birding Locations in Orange County Starr Ranch Adult Research Camps Muth Interpretive Center Caspers Park - History Orange County Zoo Another Zoo Ocean Institute Public Programs Aliso and Wood Canyons Tucker Wildlife Sanctuary Environmental Careers

Local Birds - a brief introduction to a few of the remarkable birds in our area.

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