Curricular Uses

Several biology courses use CERA extensively for field labs and student research projects. Courses in other disciplines also visit and tour CERA on field trips; those disciplines include art, anthropology, and various tutorials.

Praire Earthworks Project: Ephemeral sculptures were created at CERA in the spring of 2002 by students in William Pergl's Intermediate Sculpture course (ART-242). The Center for Prairie Studies has photos of the sculptures and more information on this special project.

List of Courses

  • BIO-150: Introduction to Biological Inquiry
    Effects of Climate Change on Organisms (Spring)
    Sex Life of Plants (Spring)
    Current Environmental Issues in Iowa (Fall 2001)
    Prairie Restoration (Fall)
  • BIO-195: Introductory Special Topic
    Fortune-Telling Frogs: Amphibians as Bioindicators (Spring 2002)
  • BIO-252: Organisms, Evolution, and Ecology (Spring)
  • BIO-325: Fungal Biology (Fall)
  • BIO-340: Aquatic Biology (Spring)
  • BIO-368: Ecology (Fall)
  • BIO-374: Evolutionary Ecology
  • BIO-395: Advanced Special Topics

Evolution of Iowa Flora

Vertebrate Zoology/Natural History (Spring 2002)
Animal Behavior

Animal-Plant Interactions (Spring 2001)

  • ANT-262: Archaeology of N. America (Fall)
  • ART-242: Intermediate Sculpture (Fall or Spring)
  • ART-295: Prairie Art Culture: Image and Imaging (Fall or Spring)
  • ART-342: Advanced Sculpture (Spring)
  • ENV-111: Introductory Geology (Fall)

Student Project Form


If you are a Grinnell College student and need to use CERA for course study or independent research, please complete our on-line Student Project Form.

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