Ecosystems Study Field Trip

10/24/2017

I could not have hoped for a more perfect day to spend exploring and documenting ecosystems in Vancouver, and what great company. You all demonstrated to the public how Laurier students SOAR with respect.

1. Reminders:

Upload all the evidence (pictures you took) to your One Drive account. Make a new folder called Ecosystems Field Trip. You will be working on your photo essay this week in class

Review the Photo Essay Assignment and criteria posted under assignments on the website

2. Post a Response:

Something interesting you documented, noticed or learned on the field trip
Two examples of good public transit edict
Name the bird in the above photo

9 Comments

Lawrence

10/24/2017 11:00:02 pm

First!!!

Lawrence

10/24/2017 11:14:18 pm

1)Something interesting that i documented was how Div 1 & 2 students were giving it bread, potato chips, and ham. The interesting part was how the seagulls caused artificial selection as they soon started to claim like their own land.
2) A good example of transit edict was the place where we took our lunch break. As we soon started to build concrete bike ways and paths, we started filling extra space with tress, flowers, moss, other stuff and garbages to reclaim the land and give back some of the things that we tooken away from Mother Nature. (p.s i dont really mean by "good transit edict" but i know that edict is proclamation so yes
3) The bird in the picture is a Mute Swans

Sophia

10/25/2017 08:14:36 pm

1) I observed an intriguing sight yesterday when Cassandra and I were walking ahead earlier and there was a squirrel that was unafraid of us. It came about a foot from Cassandra's hand and seemed overly friendly for such a usually easily frightened creature. I think that this would be a resonable representation of human impact because with all the people walking through the trails around, the squirrel has become accustomed to humans and possibly even to us feeding them.
2) On my way home yesterday, I spotted and got a photo of energy transfer. What was happening was my cat was in the neighbours yard eating a mouse she had caught. The mouse would have also been eating grass, seeds and other things which leads to a food web as well because of the coyotes from Langara.
3) While we walked up Heather, I got a photo of a crow that had been killed, (possibly by an animal but most likely a car), and looked like it was in the process of decomposing.

Sophia

10/25/2017 08:23:18 pm

P2) Transit edict: I noticed students giving up their seats to stand on the sky train and where I was I did not hear much loud talking.
On the bus, we could have probably made more room on the bus by putting our bags between our feet and had a little more room.
P3) The bird above in the photo is a Mute Swan.

Emily

10/25/2017 08:46:54 pm

1) Something interesting I noticed was the extreme amount of garbage in the water. I think this is a result of so much land development so close to the shore, and people are just being careless with their garbage. I wonder if there might be more fish and wildlife by the shore if it wasn't so polluted.

2)On the skytrain, from where I was standing, the group I was with was talking quietly, and student around us were giving their seats to older people. On the bus, we all filed into the back as well so yay.

3) The bird is a type of swan I think

Amairis

10/26/2017 11:42:26 am

1) I noticed some boys from our class were feeding bread to the sea gulls and the crows down by the beach. This was an interesting interact with the 3 Organisms
2) I was surprised when we were able to fit 52 student plus our teachers and the public on one bus. i think we could of had more room if we took are backpacks off.
3) i enjoyed the field trip and the swan is a MUTe Swan

David

10/26/2017 08:56:13 pm

Sorry, I hadn't checked for a while.

1) I was honestly amazed by how ducks were still thriving within the reaches of Stanley Park. I checked my footage and pictures later and I found out that 1/6 of it was devoted to ducks. I did research on why it was so later and discovered why. Like Emily said, there is a lot of garbage in the water. The tourists throw it into the water once they are done. Many ducks came to scavenge the remains of foods, and many grow accustomed to humans. That eventually causes the duck population boom in Stanley Park we know today. However, in migratory seasons, the Park becomes a stopover for migrating ducks farther north going south, with good outcomes.

2) The class was mindful of the Transit users and many, unlike during lunchtime, were quiet on board. As well as that, we all crammed into the back of the bus, and that provided space for more people to get on.

3) That is a Cygnus Olor bird, also known as the mute swan. It is definable as one because of the knob on the top, and the black front. It is native to most of coastal North America and Europe.

bobby joe

11/7/2017 09:45:06 am

everyone here sucks dick

Cooper

11/26/2017 03:23:50 pm

Something I noticed on the field trip was that there was a ball in the pond.
Two examples of good transit edict is to give seats to older people and let people get off the vehicle before you get on.
The bird in the photo is a Swan

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