Students camp in individual tents and wake to a delicious camp breakfast. Typically, we have a morning class session with a short lecture relating to topics & activities of the day. We then hike to various areas of Cal-Wood for focused exploration & structured field activities with observation & data collection in small work groups. See details on topics and activities in our course syllabus. Expect 1-2 hours of lecture time and a 1⁄2- hour lunch break at a scenic location. There are four exciting off-site field trips to study other Colorado ecosystems. The first half of the course includes nightly homework assignments that synthesize & apply data & observations from the day. The second half phases into independent study relating to independent research projects.