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FIELD VISIT REPORT PREP WORKSHEET P REP ARE FOR WRI T I N G FI EL D VI S IT REP ORT S

The most important aspect of the papers is connecting your experience during the field visit to the topics covered in class readings and discussions. They should also address your growing understanding of the Sonoran Desert as well as the way that people and ecology interact to create a sense of place.

To help prepare yourself for writing the Field Visit Report, take some time to write down answers to the following questions. You do not need to use complete sentences or paragraph form – but this can be a place to organize your notes prior to writing your paper.

Note: You may not have an easy answer for each of these questions – however, you should think about each one and make notes about your experience related to that as part of you learning and analysis process. Use extra pages if needed.

I N T R O U D CT O R Y M A T E R I A L ( N O M O R E T HA N 1 - 2 S H O R T P A R A G R A P HS )

1. What location did you visit and why did you choose this trip for your first self-guided field visit?

2. What did you expect to experience here?

B O D Y M A T E R I A L ( I N CL U D E C I T A T I O N S I N Y O U R T E X T )

3. Does the location relate to the readings and discussions we’ve done so far in class? How so?

a. Things I saw or experienced which might be examples of concepts discussed in the texts or discussions:

i. Text, Author/Chapter, Lecture Number or Discussion for each concept I connected with:

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B O D Y M A T E R I A L ( I N CL U D E C I T A T I O N S I N Y O U R T E X T ) - C O N T I N U E D

b. I learned something more about a topic covered in texts or discussions or went beyond what we’ve covered in class.

i. Text, Author/Chapter, Lecture Number or Discussion which connects with these concepts:

c. Saw or experienced something which I now understand differently than I might have prior to the readings and discussions in class (perspective taking):

i. Text, Author/Chapter, Lecture Number or Discussion which introduced this new perspective:

If you feel the location did not relate to the readings and discussions, try going back and looking at the larger concepts listed in the Unit Goals on D2L. Remember that you can

refer to any units that we’ve covered to date.

4. Did your experience impact your perspective of the Sonoran region as a whole? Did it change what you want to learn in the class?

S U M M A R Y M A T E R I A L ( N O M O R E T HA N 1 -2 P A R A G R A P HS )

Note: A summary is not a repetition of your earlier ideas, but an opportunity to draw larger conclusions or make broad statements which are supported by the material that comes before.

5. What else about your experience on the field visit was unique? Tell us what you took away from the trip beyond just a list of things you saw or facts that you read.

1. 1: For this field visit, I went to our farm. It is located in the desert of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. I chose this place as I honestly had no other option for now because things are a bit strict because of the pandemic.
2. 2: I was expecting to experience what I usually experience here like an extemely hot weather, dry air, and sandy way. I did more than I usually do here this time as I did a bit of an activity by watering and feeding our camels. I also watered some indoor plants.
3. a: Yes, the location does relate to what we read and discussed so far in class. For example, we defined in class what endemic species are species are found in a particular georgraphic area or biome. I can see that I have seen camels, rabbits, Rupell’s foxes, barbary falcon, and lizards. In addition, antelopes are found here and plants like Ghaf tree and Arabian Gum tree. This makes me connect in that each region has its own species that its known for but that does not mean that an animal taken from our desert cannot survive in the Sonoran region as I believe it can because of similar conditions in both regions.
4. i: Unit 1-1 lecture and page 6 of the book.
5. b: I have actually learned that deserts may share similar species, not exactly the same but similar. I know that the sonoran region unique for its Saguaros and our desert is know for Ghaf trees, Arabian Gum trees, and desert shrubs. I believe that it there is desert shrubs as well in the Sonoran region.
6. i_2: Unit 1-1 lecture.
7. discussions in class perspective taking: I thought that by looking around I might find some cactus or saguaros because its a desert but I was surprised I did not find and this makes me understand why saguaros now are considerd endemic to the Sonoran region.
8. undefined: Unit 1-1 lecture.
9. class: I believe that there is more about the Sonoran region as a whole than simply the place I have visited and that is because I have came across species that from what I know do not live in the Sonoran region, like camels but I believe that they are well-suited to live in it.
10. things you saw or facts that you read: The Abudhabi desert is the largest sand desert and it takes 80% of UAE’s land mass. In addition, I noticed that we have a large number of antelopes and foxes. Although the Abu Dhabi desert is different than the Sonoran region but it is possible for other species to live in one another region because they share the latitude and have similar weather conditions.