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Introduction to the Methods
of Environmental Science (Spring 2002)

SECTIONS

Wk Dates Section Activities
1 Jan 21-25 Sections will not meet this week
2 Jan 28 - Feb 1 Discuss Platt (1964) Strong Inference paper
3 Feb 4 -8 Discuss Hurlbert (1984) paper
Hand out/discuss instructions for Annotated Bibliography assignment
Hand out/discuss instructions for Research Article Critique assignment
Hand out Research Article and critique worksheet
4 Feb 11-15 Turn in (at start of section) completed Research Article Critique worksheet
[make yourself a copy to refer to during discussion]
Discuss critique of research article
Hand out a sample Introduction and Methods section from a published paper
[to be read for following week's discussion]
5 Feb 18-22

Discuss format of Group SOD project: Introduction and Methods (read Day pp. 1-50)

6 Feb 25-Mar 1 Computer lab: introduction to Excel data entry and statistics
7 Mar 4-8 Computer lab: introduction to Excel graphs
8 Mar 11-15 Computer lab: enter and analyze Group SOD project data
9 Mar 18-22 Computer lab: enter and analyze Group SOD project data
10 Mar 25-29 Spring Break
11 Apr 1-5 Computer lab: making graphs and tables of Group SOD project results
12 Apr 8-12 Computer lab: put finishing touches on Group SOD project results
13 Apr 15-19 Discuss Hairston 1989, Chap 2 & 3
14 Apr 22-26 Discuss Underwood 1991
15 Apr 29-May 3 Discuss ES 196 research proposal assignment
16 May 6-10 Discuss ES 196 research proposal assignment
17 May 13-17 Sections will not meet this week

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