Educational Resources
Equipment
Black Rock Forest offers field equipment, lab equipment, and teaching supplies.
Field Equipment
- GPS units
- Remote cameras with infrared triggers
- Water chemistry meters
- Stream and pond sampling and study equipment
- Soil sampling equipment
- Tree measuring equipment
- Tree coring equipment
- Insect, turtle, and small mammal traps
- Seine nets and dip nets
- Plant presses
- Spotting scopes
- Hand lenses
- Plant and animal field guides
- Some camping supplies
- First aid kits.
Laboratory Equipment
- Tanks and terrariums
- Dissecting kits
- Teaching collection of skins, skulls, and skeletons
- Herbarium
- Tree-ring analysis station
- Tree cores and slabs
- Soil sieves
- pH and other water chemistry meters
- Microscopes
- Balances
- Glassware
- Centrifuges
- Ovens
- Refrigerators and freezers
- Hood
- Distilled water
- Ice machine
- Other analytical equipment
Classroom Teaching Supplies
Computers, printers, scanners, and other peripherals
Overhead and digital slide projectorsVCRs and videotapes
Library with books, maps, and journals
Internet access