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Milkweed plants in the Native Landscape Project surround the Math-Science
Bldg (#16). Milkweeds are host plants for Monarch Butterflies and their
larvae. Monarchs visit the campus at the end of May each year, lay their eggs
on the milkweeds and hatch out to these stunning and voracious larvae. photo by G.A. Baker
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Learning biology at Lane Community College is exciting and rewarding. Our excellent faculty teaches over 20 different
courses in Biology over four terms! Our classes present material utilizing hands-on labs, and a variety of media, pedagogies and technologies. We offer a wide range of resources, including the greenhouse, the wet lab, the herbarium, the outdoor classroom, and the native landscape. We make extensive use of computer programs and web-related exercises and conduct field trips to areas as diverse as the Oregon Coast, the Cascade Mountains, Costa Rica, and our own campus ecosystem!
The Biology discipline offers 2 tracks of coursework: a 200 level sequence of in-depth courses for majors going into the field of Biology, and non-science majors courses that provide transfer credit as a lecture lab 4 credit science class. Our track descriptions are found here Biology Track Descriptions
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Student Photograph from Bi-212 Principles of Biology Plant Diversity
Lab
Sword Fern sorus before releasing spores. Sori are packages of spores
located underneath fern fronds. Sori is the plural of sorus. |
Biology Department is involved in numerous and a variety of projects that students may engage or become involved in. These include:
Longhouse Area
- A description of Native plants selected by Oregon's federally recognized Native Tribes.
Natural Resources - The Native Landscape Project contains 8 different documents
about the Native Landscape Project and the historyhere at Lane Community College
including information about Educational Use of the Native Landscape.
Field Trips
- BI-103B(4 credit) - Summer 2011!
Field Biology in
Costa Rica
**For more information or meeting
times,
please follow link at: Costa Rica Trip 2011
