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Big C: Everglades West

Big C,. aka, Western Everglades ecosystem is unique in the world because of this one and found that both the palm C. Meng grow together. Big Sea Run East Ft Myers in Lee County and the West to Miami – Dead County. And south to the Gulf of Mexico. Rai has been allotted 729,000. Big C National stored as part of the National Park System. Fakahatchee Park State Strand, Picayune Strand Park State Park State, collier – Seminole, Florida Panther treat 10,000 Islands National Wildlife residence and Everglades National Park includes acreage To maintain the same delicate ecosystem. -.

Big C consists of five different all Eco System: mangrove swamp in the estuary and C lines. (The area D), Prairie Amarte cement. Wood pinelands and hammocks. each system. Eco – support different plants and animals in altitude of less than fifteen feet. . Sometimes only inches separate one Eco – from other systems.

We spent most of our Big C National treatment. The schools in graders 6 collier In Lake County (Swamp Water and Me Program). Four times a week, we take approximately 40 times in three conditions: swamp and grassland. pineland. They conducted scientific experiments in different environments and each record in their workbook.

Teachers classified into three small groups of ten each. 15 student, we have divided them in small groups. 3-4 persons per group, each group has with backpack. Pencil book and equipment needed to perform experiments. Each group will start in a different environment and turn to the next one. . We spend approximately Three hours with students. . National Park Ranger and his teaching. / She has at least one volunteer to help. . We encourage the school. chaperones too helps students to work

Let us go to the general program. . We find student environmental center where they all go to the bathroom to be wearing the orange shirt label. Embellishing them continue balcony after we have skulls and skins, we show all. skulls are reproductions. But eating from road kill . Skulls we have crocodile, crocodiles, black bear. panther Florida, bobcat, raccoon, fox and otter. . Skins of crocodile, bobcat, otter, fox, raccoon,. Squirrels and black bears spotted skunk . Students who want to know more, and surprisingly small brain with crocodiles.

After all they can use the bathroom at the back. And ran out to the lunch area. . They are often two or more crocodiles in the pond near the site.

Close to the lake we die, we walk single file through the doors and stop inserted through a man-made canal. . We explained that the fresh water from rain and empties in the Gulf of Mexico. . Then we have our Feet wet in the lake. . All surprised that people are swimming in clear water in knee . After a few minutes we have been using cold water and process our first. Testing: Florida Panther with device tracking. Radio telemetry (each track. panther in Eco – they start) panther. Is a beanie baby, because we will Not to interfere with sleep real panther. . Telemetry equipment is always true, and students are excited about finding it.

We then describe the landmark for the search. Where a child we teach students how to use a compass and GPS. All of this information will be recorded in their workbooks. We observe plants and animals. In the environment part of the plant. C. Meng, including wood, knees and hands snake fern. Fern marsh, swamp maple, sabal palm weed plant air. pickeral, etc. Then students answer questions : What animals will eat anything vegetable plants will cover what people do to animals what is disturbing. What characteristics do plants have to interfere with a plant or not.

They go to the next page and save the animals they see. . Recorded symptoms of animal What animals will hunt the crocodiles or What animal is a panther prey to crocodiles and panther?

They then test water, they added depth. Temperature with thermometer. . They check the dissolved oxygen content. (DO) levels and pH (potential of hydrogen). Level. Finally, they see and describe color Of water

Final test in the marsh soil is tested. . Again with the depth of wood with every call. . They took soil; Match the color of Feel the color chart meat smell it and decide the type of soil. . In peat bog soil.

Animal and plant identification test soil Do each other Eco – systems.

If you allow students time to fishing nets catch some fish swimming around. . They arrested many: mosquito fish. kiley fish chichlids, Oscars, glass shrimp. Crayfish, mussels, apples, etc..

In front of them to pasture. . A dwarf plant is a large Sea. Older bald cypresses in the swamp other plants. Including the grass, grass mulhy Myrtle wax, swamp lily. Name implies, are pasture grasses is a major

In pastures where they check the weather. . First they find wind direction by holding up a piece of orange mark and record wind direction using compass . Then they measure Wind speed measurement of wind speed. Then they measure humidity by wetting the wet head. sling psychrometer. they swing it over their heads for a minute. . Then they read Dry bulb temperature and wet bulb temperature. . Remove one of the other received wet bulb depression, and then use the chart to get the moisture

Testing students. C in soil as they swamp . Here they were called soil cement Amarte. : Green, gray, clumpy soil and the like. periphyton. then we will explain what periphyton lyrics of songs to a good description.
PERIPHYTON.
Height adjustment for Davey Crockett.
Lyrics by © Pelley John.

Chorus:.
CCF.
Periphyton suburb
G7 C.
Queen of Everglades.
CCF.
Occur in waters of the rainy summer
G7.
Dry heat on the plains in winter
C Am6 F.
Home Critters, big and small.
G7 C.
To protect all their lives.

Chorus:.

Water is a lively reputation.
Allie algae as a frame.
Green or white cream or brown
Periphyton crown

Chorus:.

Squeeze me tease me when I am wet
Never never forget.
Little Egg in my sleep.
Tony 'My weight when I dried

Chorus:.

Remember when you walk.
In grassland, as you say.
I share my water.
In Seagrass large.

Again we get. We waling sticks and other mountains in Florida less than a foot. pinelands. This plant is dominated by slash pine. Florida used to from the resin. sap. Palm Sabal, aka, palm cabbage dominate the area. . Saw palmetto fill most prominent of Plant bears like to eat the Berry saw palmetto palm separate and tear. heart of the sabal palm. den Panthers in palmetto fronds see most animals find refuge. It is a pasture in dry pinelands than or lake.

Pinelands soil is mostly sand, gray, brown sand glittery and full of pine needles. Many trees show evidence of fire . Big Sea has a policy whereby the power is set to keep all flammable. 3-5 year this area torched eight months ago. . Pinecones fire to release seeds to their material removed Pong dead soil and can grow new growth. . Very few animals are dangerous. But growth in the total youth . Deer especially benefit from the power plant live . Birds catch prey is easy to smoke foods of small animals rats mice and other Escape blaze

Last weekend in pinelands is to observe the bones of deer were killed years ago by Florida Panther. We will explain how important panther the wildlife of Florida. Panther as an umbrella species. . Many other animals, it depends on their food. Vultures, raccoons, bobcats, rats mice insects. Help eat all killed. . Not many animals can not survive in Florida Panther.

We return to the car through the meadow and marsh C after 3-4 hours with students.

Conclusions to life in Big C,. the Western Everglades have another song to song.

FLORIDA. Environmental music.
tune (: The Lion Sleeps Tonight.
Lyrics. Pelley John.

CFC.
Wak Anhinga, Anhinga – Wak, An -.
G7.
hinga Wak. Anhinga Wak.
CFC.
Wak Anhinga, Anhinga – Wak, An -.
G7.
hinga. Wak, Anhinga Wak.
C.
In a mangrove.
F.
Coastal mangrove areas.
C G7.
Wanydaee swims tonight
C.
In the mangrove.
F.
Coastal mangrove areas.
C G7.
Wanydaee swims tonight

(Chorus).
CFC.
Oh, Anhinga Wak, Anhinga – Wak.
G7.
Away
CFC.
Oh,. Wak Anhinga, Anhinga – Wak.
G7.
Away

Two in the swamp land.
C swamp land.
Gator wait for tonight
In swamp land.
C swamp land.
Gator wait for tonight

(Chorus).

Three in the meadow.
Prairie sawgrass,.
Vulture flying tonight
In grassland.
Grass sawgrass,.
Vulture flying tonight

(Chorus).

4 of the Pinelands.
Pinelands Mighty.
Black bears sleep tonight
In the Pinelands.
Pinelands Mighty.
Black bears sleep tonight

(Chorus).

5 in the hammock.
Hardwood hammocks.
Rhizome panther tonight
In the hammock.
Hardwood hammocks.
Rhizome panther tonight

(Chorus).

About the Author

John and Maggie Pelley are Geriatric Gypsies. Both of us are retired from the rat race of working. We are full-time RVers, who ran away from home. We began our travels on the East Coast and, like the migrating birds, seek the warmth of the seasons. No more shoveling snow in Chicago. We have discovered volunteering with the National Park System. During our travels we have found that each town has a story to tell: some are more interesting than others. Both of us enjoy good listening music as we go. John has a CD he has recorded of Native American flure music. We have learned that RVing has a learning curve. We want to pass on some advice the help others avoid this trecherous curve. Life is an adventure. We are living it to the utmost.