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Guided Tours
Cedar Bog is a natural laboratory setting, creating the perfect opportunity for a guided tour
to
observe and study a wide range of natural history objects.
Plan for a one and one-half hour visit to the bog. The maximum group size is 100 persons. Tours will
be conducted in smaller groups.
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Tour: History in Cedar Bog (September, October, April, May) (197 k)
Study the Ice Age, human attitudes towards natural resources especially wetlands, and how people
usewetlands and forests as it pertains to Cedar Bog.
Tour: Soils Aren't Dirt (September, October, April, May) (202 k)
Learn about soils in central and west-central Ohio. How did current soils get here? What are
organic,
wetland, and upland soils? Is Cedar Bog soil yucky or mucky or both? Who and what lives in the soil?
Tour: Habitats and Ecosystems (September, October, April, May) (225 k)
Food webs; biotic and abiotic factors; succession; adaptations; energy flow and population
dynamics will be explored in detail during this guided tour.
Tour: Wetlands and Water (September, October, April, May) (225 k)
Did you know that Cedar Bog is really a fen? Fens, bogs, marshes and swamps will be compared and
contrasted; wetlands ecology, wetlands and man; the functions of wetlands; adaptations to wetlands;
the water cycle; and succession.
Tour: Human Migration (September, October, April, May) (333 k)
This program takes a look at the impact of human migration on natural areas and
natural resources including: agriculture, transportation, communications and energy; the loss of
natural areas, environmental pollution, the availability, usage, and pollution of water, global
warming, and population dynamics.
Tour: Birds (September, October, April, May) (194 k)
This guided tour goes in-depth into the habitat, migration, and identification of the birds that both
live year-round and migrate through Cedar Bog.
Tour: Climate: Location (September, October, April, May) (264 k)
Why do trees grow well in Ohio but not well in western prairies? Do landforms make
a difference in climate? Does weather play a role? Why did prairies invade Ohio? How much rain makes
a rainforest and was Ohio ever part of a temperate rainforest? Does distance from the equator or the
arctic circle make a difference? All these questions and more are covered by this tour. We discuss
bodies of water, landforms, vegetation, the water cycle, and historical climates in Ohio.
Tour: Plants (September, October, April, May) (253 k)
This guided tour will focus on keying out plants, solar powered sugar factories; life cycles;
adaptations; structures related to function; interactions with other plants and animals, and sexual
and asexual reproduction.
Tour: Introduced Species (September, October, April, May) (205 k)
How did all the bush honeysuckle start in the woods? Are Chicory and Queen-Anne's-Lace native
wildflowers? On this tour, discover introduced species, their impacts on the native species,
predator-prey relationships and population dynamics.
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