Equipment inventory

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

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Up the mountain box:

• Digital thermometer (2 ea)
• Brunton Atmospheric data meter (2 ea)
• Clinometer
• IR thermometer (4 ea)
• Environmental meter (light, temp, humidity, etc)
• RYOBI Laser thermometer
• Altimeter (analog)
• Measuring tape, 20 meter
• Measuring tape, 60 inches / 152 cm
• NOAA Weather radio
• Soil color book

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

Scientific equipment

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)
• HCl bottles (9 ea)
• Silly putty (12 ea)
• Pumice (bag)
• Super-absorbant diaper polymer--modeling a solid under pressure, like the mantle
• NPK soil test kit
• Soil conductivity & temperature meter
• Soil color book

Hydrology:

• Water pH meter
• Infiltration rings (3 sets)
• Spray bottle

Ecology:

• Leaf press Kit
• Leaf pack experiment kit
• 1 meter quadrats (10 ea)
• Macroinvertebrate kit

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)
• Hand-held 30x mini microscopes
• Stainless steel tweezers
• Flagging--orange survey tape (11 rolls)
• 50 meter 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)
• Balloons

• Compound microscope (2 ea)
• Projector
• RSpec Explorer camera and software, [1]

Inquiry group project boxes:

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