Biology 265L: Ecology

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Biology 265LEcology Evolution Lab
Welcome!

• Fall 2005

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But first, a brief advertisement
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For more information Stop by Dean Hall, 2nd
floor, Room 105A Call 956-8433 E-mail
mop_at_hawaii.edu Website at http//www.hawaii.edu/mo
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Hope to see you there!
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Now back to your regularly scheduled show
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I. INTRODUCTORY LABORATORY Lab 0
Purpose of the lab
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A Note on Critical Thinking

• Our job as TAs
• Encourage you to think, not just to accept
• Make sure you understand, especially fundamentals
• Teach you how to analyze understand your
  thoughts
• Show how the concepts your will learn apply to
  any field of science

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A Note on Critical Thinking (contd)

• Your job as Students
• Be able to think, write, speak ecologically
  and/or evolutionarily
• Be an active learner
• Become a questioner
• Use class time to practice
• Understand fundamentals key concepts

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You will need
A. This Lab Manual
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E. Computers and the Internet
www.biology.hawaii.edu/bio265L You will be using
this website for access to prelabs and data sets
for homework
Email is the primary mode of communication for
this course. You need to check your email
regularly.
You all have a hawaii.edu email account in
order to register for classes and can access it
from many places on campus
Its recommended you start using this account.
Its free, easy, and has a much larger inbox than
something like hotmail
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III. HIKING AND FIELD TRIP REGULATIONS
Assumption of Risk Release Form
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IV. ASSIGNMENTS GRADING
A. Final Grade Breakdown
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Turning in late assignments

• During Business hours
• Staple and put your name AND your TAs name on it
• Time stamp your assignment
• Put it in your TAs mail slot (to the right)
• (assignment pickup is under the fish tank)
• Do not bother the office staff (they have plenty
  of better things to do than find you a stapler or
  a pen)

After hours Slip it through the Mail Slot

• After Business hours
• Use drop box
• It is imperative that your TAs name is on the
  paper
• It will be time stamped the next morning

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Your homework should look like this
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C. Pre-Lab Worksheets (16 )
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Things to do today

• HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT (Worth 4 of your grade)
• DUE BEFORE YOU LEAVE TODAY!
• Show your TA your Excel exercises
• Take your picture with digital camera enter in
  camera log
• Practice downloading files from the web
• Send your TA an email so that s/he can more
  easily set up an email list for the class
• OTHER STUFF TO DO
• Sign the assumption of risk and release waiver
  form
• Fill out the student information page

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