First+Visit+Details

**First Visit Details:**
By this time, you have chosen your site, created your wikispace and chosen a group (if desired). Now, we are ready to make our first observations of this eco-place.

1) **Free-Journal portion**: Describe your area. What kind of plant life and animal life do you notice? What are the significant abiotic factors in this place? Take some pictures (make sure to resize so they aren't too big, mega-pixel wise). Explain why you think this area will be a good place to "study" for the rest of the semester. This portion should be between 400-600 words.

2) **Assigned Journal Entry**: Choose one of the following and write 400-600 words on the topic.
 * Describe the niches of at least four different organisms in your eco-place OR
 * Describe a predator-prey relationship you see evidence of (direct or indirect) in your eco-place