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ARCHIVE - Scholarship Fund for STEM Fields

francisk — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 21:08:20 +0000

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ARCHIVE - Thursday is Snow Day (too)!

francisk — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 03:49:35 +0000

Evergreen will be closed again on Thursday, which means we will not have class again until next week. Here are some changes / reminders for next week.

Library research workshop (Monday) as scheduled: Bring your tentative ideas for projects to the computer labs in the library building (same place we had animation critiques last quarter). We will meet at the computer lab at noon.

Special skills workshop (Tuesday): We will post a spreadsheet on the moodle site with each person’s workshop. If you did not sign up for a workshop or if you would like to change your workshop, please send an email to all three faculty indicating your first choice for the workshop. We will post the spreadsheet by tomorrow (Thursday) and a brief syllabus/list of required materials for each special skills workshop by Saturday.

Writing Workshop (Wednesday): Essay #1 (originally due today) is now due next Wednesday, January 25, along with your treatments of the final project. We will workshop/peer review both documents. Bring 11 or 1 copies of Essay #1 as you would have for the writing workshop that was cancelled today.

Lecture/Seminar (Thursday): Please complete all readings for Week 2 and 3 by Thursday of next week. By tomorrow, we will post an assignment sheet on the moodle site with the seminar material for next Thursday (Sapolsky readings and Marzluff chapters).

Finally (this is a long list!), we encourage you to look for animal tracks as you are out exploring in the snow. You may have more or less luck depending on when and where you look—so this assignment is recommended but not required. If you find something, great! If not, no worries.

Kevin, Amy, Ruth

ARCHIVE - Wednesday is Snow Day!

francisk — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:59:00 +0000

Evergreen will be closed on January 18. We would like you to bring two things to class on Thursday (assuming that Evergreen is open, that you can reach school, etc.) :

1) Essay #1: Please bring 1 copy or 11 copies–whatever you were supposed to bring to the writing workshop this week. We will do a writing workshop in the afternoon.

2) Animal tracks assignment: We would like you to spend some time observing animal tracks in the snow–see the assignment sheet on the moodle site (week 2).

Enjoy the snow! Kevin, Amy, Ruth

ARCHIVE - Morning Lab at 10 am

francisk — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:31:54 +0000

At this point, Evergreen is open but starting late. Our morning lab will start at 10 am. Students who cannot make the morning session may attend the afternoon session.

ARCHIVE - Class in Inclement Weather

francisk — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:53:05 +0000

We might have some interesting weather the next few days. If the College is open, we will be holding classes. You will need to make the decision as to whether you feel safe coming in based on your local road conditions. The consequences of missing class will be less than usual. Also, we will be able to accommodate a few more students in lab on Tuesday afternoon for those of you who are scheduled for a morning lab but cannot make it because of poor road conditions.

ARCHIVE - Winter Quarter — First Class Meeting

francisk — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 04:19:22 +0000

Welcome back! We look forward to seeing you at our first class meeting at noon on Monday, January 9, in Sem 2 B1107. We will pass out a revised schedule for the quarter and share other information at this meeting.

ARCHIVE - Evo Devo Sources

francisk — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 01:28:17 +0000

I recommend the following books for students who want to find out more about evolutionary developmental biology. Both books are quite accessible and written by leading biologists in the discipline.

Sean Carroll, Endless Forms Most Beautiful: The New Science of Evo Devo (Norton, 2005).

Neil Shubin, Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-billion-year History of the Human Body (Pantheon, 2008)

The Wikipedia entry, part of a series of pages on evolution, provides a good brief overview: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolutionary_developmental_biology.

ARCHIVE - Review Session

francisk — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 01:22:54 +0000

An informal review session is planned for Monday, Dec. 5, 10-12 in the lab/studio space. This is not a “cram session” but rather a place for you to bring questions that you are struggling to understand.

ARCHIVE - Final Study Guide

francisk — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 02:15:50 +0000

The study guide for the final exam is posted on the moodle site (week 9).

ARCHIVE - Week 8 Reading, Week 9 Prompt (Essay #6)

francisk — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 23:22:52 +0000

See the moodle site (Week 8 ) for web handout of the reading assignment from Brian Switek, Written in Stone, and the essay prompt for Week 9.