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SUMMARY:CANCELED: Lichens Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Learning to Understand and Appreciate Lichens with Jennifer Love \nMay 16th\, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM \nLichens—these mysterious organisms have fascinated people for years. Spend the day delving into the enchanting world of lichens as we learn their basic ecology\, identification\, and natural history during this workshop. \nLearning objectives: \nThe student will learn the characteristics of different growth forms so they can identify these growth forms in the field.\nThe student will be able to recognize the different reproductive structures and conspicuous features that are helpful in identifying lichen to genus and species.\nThe student will be introduced to the various lichen keys\, tools\, chemicals\, and resources used in identification.\nThe student will be introduced to the role of lichens in an ecosystem.\nThe student will be introduced to the use of lichens as bio-indicators of an ecosystems health.\nWe will begin in the classroom for a presentation (roughly 2 hrs.)\, break for lunch\, and then head outside to practice growth form identification. \nJennifer Love is the Macon County Schools STEM Coordinator who has been participating in a lichen distribution database in Georgia. She has taught her basic lichen class at the Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont\, NC Arboretum\, and Coweeta Hydrologic Lab. Jennifer and her husband Jason enjoy searching for these unique and complicated organisms while exploring their North Carolina home. \nClick here to apply.
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