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Syllabus 2005 
updated 02/17/05 
Coastal Module 
Master Naturalist Training at Camp Bayou
February - April 2005

Saturday February 19, 2003; 9 AM- 3 PM
Discussion: background, goals, requirements, final project (pg x-xi)
Video- Coastal Systems and Modern Human Society
Presentation: Coastal Ecology
Activity- browse notebook for article of interest
Lunch (bring your own)
Speaking practice- note page of article and why it drew your attention
Final project discussion
Video- Florida's Coastal Uplands
Bird presentations- Waterbirds and General Birds
Citizen science- Great Backyard Bird Count
For next week: pg 17-21; pg 74-78; pg 316-317; pg 348-355; pg 639-641;
pg 845; pg 851-857; pg 860-861; pg 915-929


Saturday, February 26; 9 AM- 3 PM
Presentations- Coastal Uplands, Reptiles/Amphibians
Lunch (bring your own)
Field trip- Coastal Uplands walk with Rob Heath
Interpretive practice/ activities- pick something that you encountered during
this trip to speak about next week (<3 min.)
For next week: pg 160-165; pg 463-464; pg 565-566; pg 596-599; pg 567-570;
pg 1043- 1045


Saturday, March 5; 9 AM- 3 PM 
Interpretive practice/ activities
Presentations- Invertebrates 1 & 2
Due: Final project ideas draft- discussion
Lunch (bring your own)
Video- Florida's Estuaries
Presentations- Interpretation
Speaking practice- <3 min. on encounter from last week’s field trip.
Citizen science- Horseshoe crab survey
For next week: pg 177-180; pg 224-226; pg 242-245; pg 571- 575; pg 723- 726;
pg 771-775; pg 987-993


Saturday, March 12; 9 AM- 3 PM
Presentations: Fish, Mammals
Lunch (bring your own)
Canoeing the Cockroach Bay trail 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.)
For next week: pg 246-263; pg 767-770; pg 806-807; pg 1105- 1108;
pg 1129- 1130; pg 1136- 1141


Saturday, March 19; 9 AM- 3 PM
Presentations: Coastal Ethics
Speaking practice- issue or concern from last week’s trip as it relates
to final project (<5 min) / Ethics Discussion
Lunch (bring your own)
Video- Florida's Nearshore Environment
Presentation: Marine and Coastal Habitats
Due: Written outline of Final Project 
Work on Final projects in your groups
For next week: pg 72-73; pg 172- 176; pg 187- 191; pg 204-208; pg 455-459;
pg 471- 478; pg 497- 504


Saturday, March 26; 8 AM- 4 PM
Field trip: Egmont Key
Lunch (bring your own)
Interpretive practice, activities 
For next week: complete final projects


Saturday, April 2; 9 AM- 1 PM
Final Projects- Group Presentations
Comments, Evaluations, Award Certificates
GRADUATION!!!

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.