Welcome BIOS 35501 Students!

Powerpoint presentations, handouts, and other documents distributed in class will be posted here on a weekly basis. Please refer to our course syllabus for class meeting dates.

• Powerpoint: Introduction to UNDERC (21 January)
• Powerpoint: What Shaped the UNDERC Environment? (28 January)  
• Powerpoint: Northwoods Environmental History (4 February)
• Powerpoint: Aquatic Ecology (11 February)
• Powerpoint: Statistics, Part 1 (18 February)
• Powerpoint: Statistics, Part 2 (25 February)
  •   Homework: Statistics "Smammal" capture data (only part of it; Systat Data File) Smammalcaptures
  •   Homework: Statistics "Smammal" data  (Excel file, entire data file--you will need to enter data in Systat to answer some of the homework questions)Smammalstatsexercise
  • Homework: Statistics questions
  • Handout: Key to simple statistics
  • Homework answers:
    • Question 1 (ANOVA)
    • Question 2 (Regression)
    • Question 3 (Chi-square)
         
• Powerpoint: Invertebrate Identification (10 March)
  • Handouts: key to insect orders (.pdf file)
  • Exercise in insect identification (refer to .ppt file for "unknowns")
• Powerpoint: Forest Ecology (17 March)
  • Forest Simulation Program Download the Program (.zip)  
• Powerpoint: Identifying Woody Plants(31 March)
  • Handouts: vegetative characteristics (.pdf file)
  • Handouts: key to trees of Michigan (.pdf file)
• Powerpoint: Vertebrate Taxonomy (7 April)
  • Handouts: key to mammals of Great Lakes region (.pdf file)
• Handout: Vertebrate Taxonomy exercise

 

Some of the powerpoint presentations include a "Notes" section to explain each slide. To view the notes as you are viewing the slides, follow these instructions:

1. Open the presentation by clicking on the link
2. Once the presentation is open, place the mouse on the slide, and right-click.
3. Choose "Edit Slides"
4. The notes are now listed below each slide
5. Use the mouse to adjust the bar above the notes, so that more or less of the notes section is visible

OR

1. Save the file to your hard drive
2. Open the powerpoint file
3. The notes should be visible at the bottom of the screen...follow step 5 above to adjust your screen

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