Week 2 Syllabus

Submitted by francisk on Fri, 2006-09-22 17:46.

Visualizing Ecology Fall Quarter, Week 2 (Oct. 2 - 6)

Sunday/

Monday

Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Due: Commentary on Last Child in the Woods to forum by Sunday, 5 pm.

 

Due: Replies to at least two commentaries on Last Child in the Woods to forum by Monday, 5 pm.

 (See guidelines for posting in Seminar folder.)

Lecture

9:00-12:00

Sem 2 D1105

 

Guest Lecture: Delbert Miller, Skokomish Nation

 

Journal Writing

 Lucia: Art and Place

Drawing– Group A

9:00-12:00

Sem 2 D4107

 

Gesture and Contour Drawing

 

Due: Map of Childhood Memory of Place

 

Due: Drawing from Within Pencil Exercise

 

Field Trip

9:00-5:00

Sem 2 D4107

 Helsing Junction Farm Tour 

Meet at 9:00 at sidewalk along Parking Lot C. (Be on time!)

 Bring field gear, pencils and micron pens, and nature journal. 

Drawing– Group B

9:00-12:00

Sem 2 D4107

(See Group A)

 Lab–Group A

9:00-12:00

Lab 1 3041

 

Pacific Northwest Trees and Shrubs

 

Quiz: Floral Structures

Seminar

1:30-3:30

Sem 2 D2107

Sem 2 D2109

Sem 2 D3107

 

Read: Richard Louv, Last Child in the Woods (entire), Stephen Johnson, Everything Bad is Good for You (selections, posted in seminar)

 Lab–Group  B

1:00-4:00

Lab 1 3041

(See Group A)

 

Assignments for Week 3:

Read Bush, Ecology of a Changing Planet, Chapters 1 and 3 (3 hours)

Read Hannah Hinchman, A Trail Through Leaves (10 hours)

Write a commentary on A Trail Through Leaves (1-2 hours)

Reply to at least two commentaries on A Trail Through Leaves  (1-2 hours)

Write a personal essay about your relationship to nature (4 hours)

Complete contour and gesture drawings (2 hours)

Make a series of drawings that express your subjective response to the farm (4 hours)

Study for Lab Quiz (1-2 hours)