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



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:

  • 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