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Florida Master Naturalist Program
Uplands Module at Camp Bayou
Syllabus- January 28- March 4, 2006

Saturday January 28, 2006; 9 AM- 4 PM
Discussion: background, goals, requirements, final project
Video: Upland Habitats and Modern Society
Presentation: Ecology; Interpretation
Activity- browse notebook for article of interest
Lunch (bring your own)
Speaking practice- note page of article & why it drew your attention
Orientation walk through Camp Bayou trails, introduction and assignment
of trail sections for practicum activity at end of February.
Suggested reading for next week: Regional:13-16, Ecology: 150-152, 
Botany Primer: 405-432, Interp: 994-1005, 1031-1038, Scrub: 347-352, 
Birds: 860-863

Saturday, February 4; 9 AM- 4 PM
Video: Florida’s Scrub, Dry Prairie and Rangelands
Presentations: Scrub, Prairie, Range; Birds 1 & 2
Lunch (bring your own)
Field trip- Scrub walk with Rob Heath
Interpretive practice/ activities- pick something that you encountered
during this trip to speak about next week (<3 min.)
Suggested reading for next week: Pines: 222-226, Frogs: 750-752

Saturday, February 11; 9 AM- 4 PM 
Presentations- Pineland Communities; Herps 
Video: Florida’s Pine Habitats
Speaking practice- <3 min. on encounter from last week’s field trip.
Lunch (bring your own)
Due: Final project ideas draft- discussion
Field trip: Pine walk with Richard Sullivan
Interpretive practice/ activities- pick an issue/concern that you encountered
during this trip and how it relates to your final project (<5 min.)
Suggested reading for next week: Hardwood: 299-305, Inverts: 576-584, 618-635

Saturday, February 18; 9 AM- 4 PM
Presentations: Upland Hardwood Forests; Inverts 1 & 2 
Video: Florida’s Hardwood Forests
Speaking practice- issue or concern from last week’s trip as it relates to
final project (<5 min)
Lunch (bring your own)
Due: Written outline of Final Project 
Field trip: Hardwood walk with Dolly
Work on interpretive tour practicum for your section of trail to be ready for
next week.
Suggested reading for next week: Ethnobotany: 457-480, mammals: 914-917, 
ethics: 1093-1096, 1128-1130

Saturday, February 25; 9 AM- 4 PM
Presentations: Mammals;  Environmental Ethics
Ethics Discussion/activity
Lunch (bring your own)
Interpretive practicum- Be a tour guide for your assigned section of 
Camp Bayou trail
Work on Final projects in your groups

Saturday, March 4; 9 AM- 2 PM
Final projects

Master Naturalist at UF

Students receive detailed course manuals and,
upon completion, University of Florida (UF)
certificates, patches, and pins denoting their
area of expertise (e.g., Wetlands Naturalist)
and are registered in the UF database of
Florida Master Naturalists.