You are standing in front of a graphic panel titled “SERC’s Campus and the Surrounding Area:
Today.” To your left is a graphic panel titled “House History: Second and Third Floors.” To your right is a graphic panel and artifact case titled “Volunteer Scientists: Partners in Discovery.”

The panel in front of you includes text, two maps, and eight images.

The larger of the two maps shows an aerial view of SERC’s campus and the surrounding area with markers showing the locations of eight sites. The aerial view shows grassy and forested areas and the Rhode River.

A smaller area map shows the location of SERC’s campus in relation to the Chesapeake Bay, London Town, Galesville, Annapolis, Washington, DC, and Baltimore.

The eight sites listed are:

1. YOU ARE HERE
Woodlawn History Center
The accompanying photo shows the main entrance to the Woodlawn History Center.

2. Java Mansion Ruins
The accompanying photo shows an aerial view of the ruins of a brick building, held in place by metal beams in the shape of a house. 

3. Mathias Laboratory
The Charles McC. Mathias Laboratory is the main research facility on SERC’s campus.
The accompanying photo shows a gleaming modern building beneath a blue sky.

4. Reed Education Center
The Philip D. Reed Education Center hosts programs for students and teachers studying the environment.
The accompanying photo shows the outside of the building, which has red bricks, light blue siding, and white columns.

5. SERC Dock
The SERC dock on the Rhode River is the home for SERC research vessels and an important area for estuarine research.
The accompanying photo shows an aerial view of the dock, which extends in a long capital-L shape from the shore.

6. Research Wet Lab
SERC’s wet lab allows scientists to conduct research on estuarine plants and animals.
The accompanying photo shows several tubs of water with plants growing in them.

7. Global Change Research Wetland
Scientists use this brackish marsh (a mixture of fresh and salt water) to conduct experiments on the future of coastal wetland ecosystems. The accompanying photo shows pieces of technological equipment in the marsh.

8. National Ecological Observatory Network Tower
SERC conducts long-term environmental monitoring from atop this 120-foot tower.
The accompanying photo shows the metal tower as seen looking up from its base.