BAMFIELD MARINE SCIENCES CENTRE
ITINERARY
Calgary Science School
September 22-27, 2013
Sunday September 22
15:00 Arrive at BMSC, settle into accommodations.
16:00 Tour and Safety Orientation (Traffic Circle) – 3 groups (1,2, 3, 4) (5, 6, 7) (8, 9, 10)
18:00 Dinner
19:00 Teacher-led activities in the Rix Centre
Monday September 23 (Low tide of 1.2m @ 9:18)
7:30 Breakfast
1
2
3
4
5
6
Lab:
Marine
8:30
Lab: Seabirds and
invertebrate diversity
plastics. RIX A
in Barkley Sound.
Whale Lab
Lab: Marine invertebrate
10:30 Lab: Seabirds and
diversity in Barkley
plastics. RIX A
Sound. Whale Lab
12:30 Lunch
1
2
13:30 Field Trip:
Life on docks
& Pilings
Docks
3
4
Field Trip:
Oceanography,
plankton tow.
Docks
15:30 Lab: Form
and function
in fish Lower
Main Lab
Field Trip:
Life on docks
& pilings
Docks
5
6
Field Trip:
Temperate
Rainforest
Ecology.
Traffic Circle
Lab: Seaweed,
its’
identification,
ecology and
human uses.
COTC
18:00 Dinner
1
2
3
4
5
19:00 Slideshow: Marine mammals of the
West Coast. Rix lecture A & B
20:00 Journals teacher–led, Rix Atrium
7
8
Field Trip:
Oceanography,
plankton tow.
Docks
Plankton lab
and
reproduction.
Rix Lower
Level
9
10
Lab: Form and
function in
fish Lower
Main Lab
Lab: Seaweed,
its’
identification,
ecology and
human uses.
COTC
7
8
Lab: Marine
invertebrate
diversity in
Barkley Sound.
Whale Lab
9
Field
trip:
Alta D
Free
Time
Field
trip:
Alta D
10
Free
Time
Field trip:
Temperate
rainforest
ecology.
Round About
6
7
8
9
10
Journals teacher–led, Magic Spots Rix Atrium
Video: Life at the Edge of the Sea. Rix
Lecture A & B
Tuesday September 24 (Low tide of 1.4m @ 9:56)
7:30 Breakfast
1
2
3
4
5
6
8:30 Field trip: Rocky
Lab: Climate change
intertidal explorations and Oceans Lower
at Aguilar Point.
Main Lab
Docks
10:30 Marine Conservation
Case Studies.
Rix A
12:30 Lunch
1
13:30 Field
trip:
Alta
D
2
Free
Time
15:30 Free Field
Time trip:
Alta D
Lab: Experimental
marine biology. Whale
Lab
3
4
Plankton lab
and
reproduction.
Rix Lower
Level
Field trip:
Temperate
rainforest
ecology.
Round About
18:00 Dinner
1
2
3
4
19:00 Journals teacher–led, Rix Atrium
20:00 Video: Life at the Edge of the Sea.
Rix Lecture A & B
7
Field
trip:
Alta D
8
Free
Time
Lab: Seaweed,
its’
identification,
ecology and
human uses.
COTC
5
6
7
8
Oceanography, Field trip:
plankton tow. D Temperate
rainforest
ecology. Round
About
Plankton lab
Lab: Climate
and
change and
reproduction.
Oceans Lower
Rix Lower
Main Lab
Level
9
10
Plankton lab
and
reproduction.
Rix Lower
Level
Field
Free
Time trip:
Alta D
9
10
Lab: Climate
change and
Oceans Lower
Main Lab
Oceanography,
plankton tow. D
5
6
7
8
9
10
Slideshow: Marine mammals of the West
Coast. Rix lecture A & B
Journals teacher–led, Rix Atrium
Wednesday September 25 (Low tide of 1.6m @ 10:40)
7:30 Breakfast
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Field Marine Conservation Case
8:30 Field trip:
Field Trip: Life on
Temperate
trip:
Studies.
Docks & Pilings rainforest
Alta Rix A
Docks
ecology.
D
Round About
Field trip: Rocky
10:30 Lab: Seaweed, Free Field trip: Rocky intertidal
its’
explorations
at
Aguilar
Point.
intertidal explorations at
Time
identification,
Docks
Eagle Bay. Docks
ecology and
human uses.
COTC
12:30 Lunch
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Field Lab: Form and
Lab: Marine
13:30 Lab: Climate
Free
trip:
change and
Time
function in fish Rix invertebrate
Alta
diversity in
A
Oceans Lower
Barkley
Docks
Main Lab
Sound. Whale
Lab
Field
Marine Conservation
15:30 Lab: Experimental
Field Trip: Life on Docks
marine biology.
trip:
Case Studies.
& Pilings - Docks
Alta
Whale Lab
Rix A
Docks
18:00 Dinner
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
19:00 Journals teacher led, Rix Atrium
20:0 Journals, Rix Atrium
0
21:0 Bioluminescence
Back to Dorms
0
Thursday September 26 (Low tide of 1.7m @ 11:34)
7:30 Breakfast
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
8:15
8:20
8:25
8:35
ALL: Field Trip: Inter-tidal explorations at Brady’s Beach. Docks
12:30 Lunch
1
2
13:30 Oceanography,
plankton tow.
Docks
15:30 Plankton lab
and
reproduction.
Rix Lower
Level
3
4
Lab: Seaweed,
identification,
ecology and
human uses.
COTC
Lab: Form
and function
in fish Lower
Main Lab
9
8:45
10
5
6
Lab: Form and
function in
fish Lower
Main Lab
7
8
Lab: Seabirds
and plastics.
Rix A
9
10
Lab:
Experimental
marine biology.
Whale Lab
Field
trip:
Alta D
Lab:
Experimental
marine biology.
Whale Lab
Lab: Seabirds
and plastics.
Rix A
18:00 Dinner
1
2
3
4
5
19:00 Journals teacher–led, Rix scallop
20:0 POETRY SLAM
0
21:0 Back to Dorms
0
Free
Time
6
7
8
9
Bioluminescence (teacher led)
Friday September 27
7:30 Pack up, Breakfast, order Bamfield swag, pack buses.
10:00 Depart BMSC
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