IB 203
Field/Lab and Homework Schedule

Week Lab # Field/Lab Homework Due
Aug 22-24   Lecture only - NO LAB  None
Aug 27-31 I *Small Mammal Populations

*Wear appropriate field clothes

Bring 2 copies of ID
Read: Guidelines to Scientific Process
1: Hypothesis/Predictions/Experimental Design

Read: Lab I. Small Mammals
2A: Mammals: Complete in lab

Read: Lab IV-VI SDP1 Backgrd/Research ?s
Sept 4-7 II *Plant/Arthropod Succession
   Mon AM lab meets T 5-8
   Mon PM lab meets W 5-8
BRING CALCULATOR		 3: Chi-square Test: Mammals
Read Lab II. Plant/Arthopod Succession
Print/read/bring Abstract/Introduction to one paper   about SDP1 topic
Sept 10-14 III Computer Lab

4: Using EXCEL: (t-test)
Review SDP1 Schedule + due dates
SDP1 Individual Proposal Worksheet 1

   (due 3 days before lab)

2B: Mammals: Complete in lecture
5: Succession: Complete in lab
SDP1 Library Search: Complete in lab

Sept 17-21

(Exam R)

 IV *Student-Driven Project 1 See SDP1-IV**
Sept 24-28
 		 V *Student-Driven Project 1
Computer session in evening for M, T, W Labs		 See SDP1-V
Oct 1-5 VI *Stream Ecology
Computer session in evening for R, F Labs

6: Stream Ecology: Complete in lab

See SDP1-VI
Oct 8-12 VII Life Table + Population Growth
BRING CALCULATOR

7: Life Table-Pop Growth: Complete in lab

9: Population Growth: Problem Set 1
See SDP1-VII
Oct 15-19 VIII *Student-Driven Project 2 See SDP1-VIII
See SDP2-VIII
Oct 22-26 IX *Student-Driven Project 2 8: Correlation/Regression
See SDP2-IX

Oct 29-Nov 2

(Exam T)

 X *Student-Driven Project 2 10: ANOVA
See SDP2-X
Nov 5-9 XI

Student-Driven Project 2

Computer Lab: Data Analysis

 See SDP2:XI
Nov 12-16 XII

*Community Gradient
   AM Labs start at 8

   (W 11 lab at 10)
   PM Labs end at 6
BRING CALCULATOR;

DRESS WARMLY

 11: Community Gradient: Complete in lab
See SDP2-XII
Nov 17-25   THANKSGIVING BREAK  
Nov 26-30 XIII Intraspecific Competition 12: Competition: Complete in lab
Dec 3-7 XIV

4th Annual Ecology Symposium

PPT Sample

 See SDP2-XIV

**See SGP1-IV = See Homework due for Lab IV on Student-Driven Project 1 Schedule

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