California Naturalist at Calaveras Big Trees State Park ~ Fall 2015
Student Checklist ~ Course Requirements

! Attend all 4 weekday evening classes (one class session can be missed and still meet course requirements by completing the assignments for the missed class) 

		Friday 9/18		Thursday 9/24		Friday 10/2		Friday 10/9	

! Attend all 4 Saturday class/field trips and participate in field activities

		Saturday 9/19		Saturday 10/3		Saturday 10/10 	_____Saturday 10/17

! Submit all homework assignments (weekly readings/PDFs and questions plus any additional assignments for specific weeks)
•	Chapter assignments – 1 through 8
•	Carbon footprint activity
•	Journal check

! Submit Capstone proposal form and give a 5 minute project presentation
•	10 hours can be recorded on VMS for capstone work – including research and implementation

! Keep a field notebook/journal throughout the course. 
•	Journal activity – first entry  - general observations
•	Zoom in zoom out activity
•	Sound mapping
•	Timed wildlife observation activity

! Participate in the class citizen science project. Our project will be an INaturalist blitz during the weekend of Oct. 9 & 10. Each participant will be responsible for uploading a minimum of 3 species to INaturalist to help in the creation of a species list for Calaveras Big Trees State Park. Participants will get instruction on INaturalist prior to the blitz.

! Complete post-­‐course evaluation survey (link to be provided at end of course)

! 40 hrs of volunteer work over the course of the next year – set up account with the California Naturalist VMS (Volunteer Management System) https://uccn.volunteersystem.org/UniversalLogin.cfm. 10 of the 40 hours can be towards your capstone project, the other 30 are up to you as long as they can be categorized as citizen science; interpretation/education; program support; or stewardship.