MONDAY 14 JANUARY

THE SEPARATE HOUR (NORMALLY, 9-10 FOR W-1 AND 11-12 FOR W-2)

ACTIVITY: You will organize yourselves into teams and prepare answers to questions that will be distributed in class.

THE COMMON HOUR (NORMALLY, 10-11 FOR BOTH SECTIONS)

So that the laboratory complex might accommodate everyone we ask that students enrolled in section W1 sit on the 201 side.  During this hour we will present the format of the course with particular emphasis on the following:

• Working in teams.
• Writing Projects
  • Personal Essay
  • Group Projects: Journal Articles (2) and Review Article (1)
• Activities
• Dialogues
• Games

WEDNESDAY 16 JANUARY

THE SEPARATE HOUR

DIALOGUE 1: A history of evolutionary thought.  Be prepared for a quiz at the beginning of the hour.  That will be followed by a dialogue in which you should answer a question, ask a question (that is appropriate to the material), or make a comment (that is appropriate to the material).  You should be familiar with the attached concepts and terms for week 1 for the game on Monday.  Please try to use the terms during the dialogues this week. 

Introduction to evolutionary theory.

• Holt. Parasites and Darwin's Intellectual Triumph
• Holt. The Mentor and the Heretic, Architects of Natural Selection
• Larson. There's a Hair in My Dirt
• Darwin. Chapter 1: Variation Under Domestication

THE COMMON HOUR

ACTIVITY 1:  WINTER BIRD COUNT.

Come prepared to be outside for the full hour.  Each team will be assigned a particular part of the campus to survey for bird species.  Use your binoculars and field guides to create a comprehensive list of bird species from your assigned area.  You must also indicate the kind of habitat in which you found each one (e.g. shrub, lawn, tree...).  If you do not know the species, you will have to write down a description that is comprehensive enough to allow you to determine what it was at a later date.  This is due next Wednesday and must be submitted in electronic form in the attached excel sheet.  Name the file after your team name.

THE SEPARATE HOUR

DIALOGUE 2:  You must have read following in anticipation of the dialogue.  Come prepared for a quiz..

• Savage. 1995. Systematics and the Biodiversity Crisis. Bioscience 45(10): 673-679.  Find this on E-Res.
• Cracraft. 2002. The Seven Great Questions of Systematic Biology: An Essential Foundation for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity. Ann Missouri Bot. Gard. 89:127-144. Find this on E-Res.
• Holt. The Systematics Wars, Schools of Modern Taxonomy

THE COMMON HOUR

ACTIVITY 2: An exercise in cladistics. An Introduction to MacClade.  

You are responsible for knowing the information from week one for the Game on January 22.

The Game (see the description of it in the syllabus/assignments) will include the following:

1. WHO. This will be a recognition question based on the history of evolutionary thought.
2. WHAT. This category will include questions that require factual answers.
3. WHY. This category will include questions about theory.

JRH & CAI:  Last modified on 01/16/08