Welcome BIOS 35501 Students!

 

UNDERC-East Orientation

for University of Notre Dame and Saint Mary's College students

Meet 7:00 PM in 298 Galvin Life Sciences Center

23 January:  Introduction to UNDERC (Drs.Gary Belovsky and Michael Cramer)

30 January:  What shaped the UNDERC environment? (Dr. Belovsky)

6 February:  Environmental history of the Northwoods (Dr. Belovsky)

13 February: Inhabitants of UNDERC (Dr. Cramer)  QUIZ

20 February:  Habitats of UNDERC (Dr. Belovsky)

27 February:  Using dichotomous keys (Dr. Cramer) QUIZ

5 March:  Safety training in class -- Chemical Safety & Drivers video (Bring copy of driver's license to class!)

19 March:  Statistics and experimental design, Part 1 (Dr. Belovsky)

26 March:  Statistics and experimental design, Part 2 (Dr. Belovsky)

2 April:  Meet the mentors

16 April: Proposal Guidelines (Dr. Cramer) (Statistics homework problems due)

23 April: Safety training in class -- Fire safety

30 April:  What to bring to UNDERC (Drs. Belovsky and Cramer) (Proposal outline due)

UNDERC-East Practicuum in Field Environmental Biology

21 May:  Leave for UNDERC from Notre Dame

22 May:  Tour UNDERC property (Drs. Belovsky and Cramer)

23 May:  Statistics (Dr. Belovsky)

24 May:  Orienteering (Dr. Belovsky)

25 May:  Orienteering Hike

26 May:  Research Proposals due.

27 May -- 2 June: Research Week 1

3 -- 9 June: Forest Ecology Module (Dr. Walt Carson)

10 -- 16 June: Herpetology Module (Dr. Matt Michel)

17 -- 23 June:  Ornithology/Mammalogy Module (Dr. Cramer)

24 -- 30 June:  Research Week 2

1 --7 July:  Insect Ecology Module (Dr. Tony Joern)

8 -- 14 July:  Aquatic Ecology Module (Dr. Todd Crowl)

15 -- 21 July:  Research Week 3

23 July:  Final Papers and Presentations due.

24 -- 25 July:  Final Presentations

26 July:  Clean-up.

27 July:  Leave for Notre Dame from UNDERC

 

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