Campus Adventures

Five Trees:
Palm-like trees outside of the Engineering building.
Evergreen tree outside of Willingham that serves as the Christmas tree.
Much taller evergreens which grow at various places on campus.
Chestnut Trees between Greek Row and the UC.
Magnolia Tree outside of Willingham.

Five Plants
Various shrubs grown for decorative purposes, such as the MU topiary outside of the Administration building.
Dandelions which grow randomly on campus and in neighboring Tatnall Square Park.
Grass: It is everywhere and it counts.
Bush covered in pink flowers outside of Willingham.
Black Mold :)

Five Animals
Squirrels
Robins
Bees
Earth worms
Pigeons

Five Rocks
Quartz
Granite
Gneiss
Limestone
Feldspar

Erosion
The parking lot above the Engineering building that is on an incline shows signs of erosion.
The sides of the WSC also showed bare earth, indicating possible erosion.
The parking lot in front of the CTA building
The area in front of the old bookstore.
The hill in front of the UC.

Burgess Shale

Burgess Shale is a fossil field located in British Columbia (as part of the Canadian Rockies). This area was discovered in the early 1900's and is still a significant source for pre-Columbian geology and fossil studies. Below are anomalocaris, wiwaxia, hallucigenia, opabinia, waptia, and marrella, common fossils that would be found in this area.