Several field trips are integrated into our Biology
3 program. These include visits to:
The Malibu Tide pools
The Cabrillo
Marine Aquarium
The Leo Carrillo Tide Pools
Fryman Canyon, Caballero Canyon
The Sepulveda Flood Control Basin
The Gold
Creek Ecological Preserve
Keep posted for field
trips associated with other courses in the LAVC biology department.
Check out these pictures of Biology 3 students
investigating
intertidal organisms at the Malibu tide pools:
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Meeting under the Pier |
Professors Green-Marroquin, and Krauss |
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Octopus |
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Sea Hare |
Sea Anemone |
Gold Creek Ecological Preserve
The Los Angeles Community College District operates
at wildlife preserve and biological
field station at Gold Creek, in the San
Gabriel Mountains. Many Valley College biology classes
take advantage of
this outdoor laboratory throughout the year. Busses are provided for our
students by the district Gold Creek fund, so students pay nothing for this
experience. Many
students claim
this trip was the highlight of their biology
class.
In addition to the block house used for storage of equipment and seminars,
the field station
boasts a large amphitheater, a covered pavilion with permanent
tables, and groomed nature
trails that wind through various plant communities of
the chaparral, riparian, and oak-woodland.
