Equipment inventory
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Before using any equipment, use the check-out sheet on the box.
Standard field kit, i.e. what you need to be safe with your group
- route plan (and map if need be)
- first aid kit
- sunscreen, if not included in first aid kit
- flashlight
- radio / phone
- plastic tarp in case of rain/snow
- extra warm clothes
- extra snacks
- extra water
- repair kit
Scientific equipment
Up the mountain box:
- Clinometer
- IR thermometer (2 ea)
- Environmental meter (light, temp, humidity, etc)
- Altimeter (analog)
- Brunton Atmospheric data meter
- Digital thermometer (2 ea)
Dendrochronology:
- Increment borers (2) & materials for maintenance - refer to the Proper Care and Feeding of Increment Borers before use!
- LTRR Outreach Kit
- Water testing kit (2 ea)
Geosciences/Soil Science:
- Rock pick hammer (2 ea)
- Rock crushing hammer
- Trowels (2 ea)
- 12 inch soil corer
- Safety goggles (11 ea)
- Loupes (11 ea)
- Mineral test kit (2 ea)
- NPK soil test kit
- Soil conductivity & temperature meter
- Soil color book
Hydrology:
- Water pH meter
- Infiltration rings (3 sets)
Ecology:
- Leaf press Kit
- Leaf pack experiment kit
- 1 meter quadrats (10 ea)
Entomology:
- Various collection supplies
- Mounting board and pins
- Two way bug viewer (2 ea)
- Butterfly net (2 ea)
- Blacklight flashlights (3 ea)
Microbiology:
- Life in the Soil slide set
- Petri dishes (40+)
- Glass slides and coverslips (100+)
- 16 x 125 mm plastic test tubes with caps (25 ea)
- Gram stain kit (2 ea)
- Nitrile gloves--Small (1 box), Medium (1 box), Large (2 boxes)
- Kimwipes (3 boxes)
- Parafilm (1 box ea of 2 in and 4 inch rolls)
- 95% Ethanol, 2/3 of 1 liter
- Plastic inoculation loops
- Glass sterilization beads, 1 oz
- Immersion oil
- Sterile pipettes (3 ea)
General:
- Specimen jars (12 ea)
- Metal collection containers (34)
- Plastic weigh boats (20 ea)
- Magnifier – 4 inch (4 ea)
- Magnifier – 3 inch (2 ea)
- Flagging--orange survey tape (11 rolls)
- 50 meter tapes (2 ea)
- 20m Measuring tapes (2 ea)
- etrex GPS units (5 ea)
- Compass (5 ea)
- Infrared remote camera (1 ea)
- Portable bunsen burner
- Graduated cylinder, 10 ml (2)
- Graduated cylinder, 500 ml
- Various collection tubes and canisters
- Digital scales (2 ea)
- Glass equilateral prisms, 100 mm x 25 mm (5 ea)
Inquiry group project boxes:
Field guides
- Edible Wild Plants
- Bugs and Slugs
- Animal Tracks
- Butterflies and Moths
- Alien Invaders
- Familiar Butterflies
- Western Trees
- Western Wildflowers
- Southwestern United States
- Hummingbirds
- Clouds and Weather
- Mountain Wildflowers of Southern Arizona
- Mountain Trees of Southern Arizona
- Simon and Schuster guide to Rocks and Minerals
Teambuilding equipment
- Rope (3 ea)
- Blindfolds (20 ea)
- Kazoo (5 ea)
- Blue sitting mats (20 ea)
Teaching supplies
- metal clipboards
- portable whiteboards
- Meter stick (2) / Yard stick (9)
- Safety radios (not currently in use)
- First aid kits
- Wasp nest
- Rubber skull
- Dehydrated bat