Bi1MK_KCT1 Complex Field Work

Faculty of Education
Spring 2012
Extent and Intensity
0/0/2.7. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Blažena Brabcová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Helena Jedličková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. RNDr. Zdeňka Lososová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. RNDr. Boris Rychnovský, CSc. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Robert Vlk, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Boris Rychnovský, CSc.
Department of Biology – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Ing. Helena Jedličková, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Biology – Faculty of Education
Prerequisites
Students follow a message board on the website of the Department. Organizational Guidelines will be updated on this course in advance
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
Field practices are carried out as team work of students in 4 (3-5) groups under professional supervision of all seminar tutors - each group is concentrated on one selected habitat (wood, meadow, field, fishpond, stream, etc.); interpretations of results ascertained by means of combination of all used methods on all studied habitats will be documented in group final reports.
The main objective of the course are the following: making students to integrate theoretical knowledge from different branches of biology subjects already passed with obsevations in the field.
Syllabus
  • 1st day: opening of field practices, accomodation, organizational meeting; begining of work in particular habitats (placing of traps etc.), excursion onto surroundings with demonstation of important vegetation units etc.; identification and preparation of collected material.
  • 2nd day: group work on particular habitats (rotation of groups); identification and preparation of collected material.
  • 3rd day: group work on particular habitats (rotation of groups; event. excursion into close Arboretum Křtiny); identification and preparation of collected material, work on final reports.
  • 4th day: finalization of field works (replacing of traps etc.); completing of final reports; defence of final reports, practical examination – botany, zoology; closing of field practises, cleaning up, packing, loading of material and departure.
Literature
  • Velká kniha rostlin, hornin, minerálů a zkamenělin. Edited by Jindřich Krejča. 3. vyd. Bratislava: Príroda, 2004, 384 s. ISBN 8007011897. info
  • Velká kniha živočichů :hmyz - ryby - obojživelníci - plazi - ptáci - savci. 3. vyd. Bratislava: Príroda, 2001, 344 s.: 15. ISBN 80-07-00863-2. info
Teaching methods
field practice
Assessment methods
field practices (4 days); active attemp documented by individual final reports; successful passing of examination - practical idetifying of plants and animals.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
General note: předmět je povinný pro specializaci Environmentální vzdělávání a pěstitelství, pro ostatní je volitelný.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 4 dny.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2010, Spring 2011.
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