Fishes, Frogs and Forests

Fall & Winter Quarters 2003

Handout #	Handed out	Due date (if assignment)	Topic of Handout (download here)
1	Sept 29, am		Program information, contact info...
2	Sept 29, am		Brief Syllabus (excel doc) Updated Oct 15
3	Sept 29, am		Expanded Syllabus (excel doc) Updated Oct 15
4	Sept 29, am		Covenant
5	Oct 1		Outdoor exercise instructions
6	Oct 2	Oct 8, in class	Writing Assignment #1: Making sense of nature
	Oct 2		Seminar groups: where you go, and with whom
7	Oct 6		Lecture notes for Heather's 1st lecture: scientific method
8	Oct 8	Oct 9	Scientific Process Workshop
9	Oct 13		Lecture notes for Heather's 2nd lecture: Introduction to the tropics
AC2	Oct 13	Oct 22 (1st draft) Oct 27 (2nd draft)	Five senses writing assignment
AC3	Oct 14		Field exercise: tree diameter and density
AC3'	Oct 15	Oct 20	QM Workshop: tree diameter and density
AC4	Oct 16		Lecture notes for Amy's 2nd lecture: Abiotic conditions in ecological communities
10	Oct 20		Lecture notes for Heather's 3rd lecture: Microevolution
11	Oct 20		Quantitative Workshop Handout 1: Math for the critical citizen
12	Oct 20	Oct 22	Quantitative Workshop Handout 2: Paradox of the False Positive
13	Oct 27		Lecture notes for Heather's 4th lecture: Microevolution (2 of 2) and Macroevolution (1 of 2)
	not handed out		Key for Quiz 1 (given by Heather on October 20)
AC5	Oct 27	Nov 13	Photo Essay assignment
14	Nov 5	Draft 1: Nov 17 Draft 2: Dec 1	Writing Assignment #3: Environmental resources close to home
15	Nov 10		Lecture notes for Heather's 5th lecture: Macroevolution (2 of 2)
16	Nov 14		Woodland Park Zoo worksheet
17	Nov 17, 19		Lecture notes for Heather's 6th lecture: Competition
18	Dec		Lecture notes for Heather's 7th lecture: Zoology
	Dec 1		Key for Heather's 2nd quiz
AC9	October 9		Lecture Notes for Amy's lecture on demography
			Lecture Notes for Amy's lecture on trophic ecology
AC10	December 12		Lecture Notes for Amy's lecture on assembling communities

On-line as of	Read by	For what event	Title of Reading (download here)
Oct 2	October 6, pm	Lecture on scientific process	Three articles by Shermer from Scientific American
Oct 6	whenever (not required)	Classic paper on scientific method	Platt, J.R. 1964. Strong Inference. Science 146(3642): 347-353.
Nov 17	Nov 20	Seminar Also read chaps 69 - 72 (pp 491Ð507) in Env Ethics & Policy book	Two articles on genetically-modified food crops "Will Frankenfood save the planet?" in The Atlantic Monthly, and "A good farmer" by Barbara Kingsolver in The Nation