|
Phone: 515-271-3812 Fax: 515-271-3702 |
Fall 2005 Syllabus Office: Olin 132 Office Hrs: M: 2-4; T: 10-12; F: 11-12 |
 |
|
Phone: 515-271-3812 Fax: 515-271-3702 |
Fall 2005 Syllabus Office: Olin 132 Office Hrs: M: 2-4; T: 10-12; F: 11-12 |
|
Lab Reports: Lab reports will be due at 2:00 on the Tuesday following the lab. They will generally be handed out at the beginning of lab, but there may be preliminary material as well, or occasionally supplementary material will be available on the Tuesday following the lab.
Projects: Students will spend significant time during the semester developing and carrying out a group project. Groups of two to four students will study a question of local environmental relevance, and will present their findings at a poster session at the end of the semester. Some suggested topics can be found here.
Grading: Your final grade will be calculated as follows:
Lab Reports (lowest grade dropped): 160 pts.
Progress Reports: 30 pts.
Final Poster: 80 pts.
Poster Explanation: 50 pts.
Lab Scedule (note: this schedule is tentative and subject to change based upon weather or whim of the instructor):
8-23 Introduction/Project Description
8-30 Aquatic Species Diversity
Data and Questions
9-6 Neal Smith Prairie Restoration, Prairie City
9-13 Organic Farm, Minburn
Project Descriptions due
Questions
9-20 Project work time
9-27 Water Quality Testing
Data and Questions
10-4 Swine Teaching Farm, Ames
Questions
10-11 Seminar: Feeding the hungry
First Progress Report Due
10-18 No Class -- Fall Break
10-25 Project work time
11-1 Life Cycle Assessment
Second Progress Report Due
11-8 Project work time
11-15 Project work time
11-22 Project work time
11-29 Calculating Your Ecological Footprint
Download Excel spreadsheet in raw or zipped format.
(Note: try downloading the raw version first and opening it in Excel or other spreadsheet application. If that causes you problems, download the zipped version, unzip it, and proceed as above.)
12-6 Poster Session
Labs in italics are off-campus.