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Biology Topics

• ECOLOGY
• GENETICS
• Maple/Beech/Birch Forests
• Bogs
• Tidal Areas
• Populations
• Communities
• Ecosystems
• Introduction to Life Cycles
• Carbon cycle: Peat bogs, formation of coal, fossil fuels
• Water cycle: with acid rain
• Nitrogen cycle: Legumes (peas), nitrogen fixers, ammoniafiers, nitrifiers, denitrifiers
• Introduction to Photosynthesis and Aerobic Respiration
  • Introduction to Anaerobic Respiration in Trip 5
  • Details of Respiration in Trips 6 (Aerobic Respiration) and 7 (Fermentation)
  • Details of Photosynthesis in Trips 6 (C3 and C4) and 9 (CAM)
• Mendelian Genetics (peas and fruit flies)
• Mitosis/Meiosis
• Molecular Genetics

• Spirochaetes – Borrelia burgdorferi (Lyme Disease)
• Chlorobi – Chlorobium
• Alphaproteobacteria – Rhizobium
• Betaproteobacteria – Nitrifiers
• Sphagnopsida – Sphagnum
• Sarraceniaceae - Pitcher Plants
• Pea Plants
• Blackberries
• Blueberries
• Cranberries
• Maple, Birch and Beech Trees
• Lesser-Known and Typically Small Animal Phyla
  • Gnathostomulida
  • Xenacoelomorpha
  • Acanthocephala - Spiny-Headed Worms
  • Brachiopoda - Lampshells
  • Bryozoa - Bryozoans
  • Cycliophora - Symbion pandora
  • Entoprocta - Entoprocts
  • Gastrotricha - Gastrotrichs
  • Nemertea
  • Phoronida
  • Rotifera
  • Nematomorpha - Horsehair Worms
  • Kinorhyncha - Kinorhynchs
  • Loricifera* - Loriciferans
  • Priapulida
• Zebra Mussels
• Acari – Ticks, Mites
• Drosophilia (Fruit Flies)
• Gaviiformes – Loons
• Balaenidae – Right Whales
• Balaenopteridae – Finback, Sei & Minke Whales

Human Effects on the Environment and Our Own Health

• Habitat Fragmentation (Predators down = Mice up = Ticks up = Borrelia burgdorferi up = Lyme Disease up - Lyme, CT)
• Habitat Destruction vs. Sustainability (Gifford Pinchot)
• Plastics and Other Waste (Landfill space, plastics in the oceans and environment, converting landfills to parks - Freshkills Landfill/Park)
• Pollution (Love Canal)
• Acid Rain (Adirondacks)
• Pesticides and Herbicides: Pros and Cons (DDT, Health Benefits and Negative Effects, Evolutionary Results, Ecological Side-Effects - Rachel Carson NWR)
• Ozone and Radiation (tangentially related to Three-Mile Island) - [Video]
• Nuclear Power, Waste and Radioactivity (Three-Mile Island)
• Hydroelectric Power (Niagara Falls)
• Wind Power (Project off Martha's Vineyard)
• Introduction to Global Warming (Effects on Hurricane Sandy, main focus in Trip 11)
• Genetic Engineering

Personalities in Conservation and Nature

• Rachel Carson (Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge)
• Henry David Thoreau (Walden Pond)
• Gifford Pinchot (Gifford Pinchot State Park and Allegheny National Forest)
• Theodore Roosevelt (Adirondacks)