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Do NowOFind your seatOTake out a notebook/loose leafOA pen/pencilOAgendaOSurvey – work on this when set up
OSyllabusOEverything else on the floor!!
OMs. Rouse’s Survey Responses1. Lakeview East2. Busy3. Bowtruss Coffee4. Biology, Small Animal Science, Ecology, Diseases of
Wildlife, Animal Development, Comparative Anatomy, Physics, Chemistry, Animal Behavior, Ornithology, Ethology, Conservation of Resources, Bioacoustics , Animal Training, Zoo Management, Animal Nutrition
5. Went to MN to go camping6. Nerd
Classroom LogisticsO Our board configuration is on the board
to your RIGHT (but greeter is shown upfront)
O Your materials: Do Now and Handouts will be found in the clear trays on the black filing cabinet
O Greeter, you answer the door and feed the turtle and fish.
Materials for this classO You will need to purchase a
composition notebook for this class. O If this will be an issue for you, please
let me know by Thursday this week.
O You will be issued a paper tape measure, if you lose this you will need to get your own or a ruler for this class.
Class LogisticsO Sign up for Edmodo!!
O We will be using this site to post pictures of observations to drive discussion
O I will be grading some activities on this site as well. You should watch for assignments, polls and questions posted to the site.
O To Join: www.edmodo.comO Create a personal accountO Enter the group code: f9wekg (A-Day)
isq7kp (B-Day)
What to Expect this Year Outside
O With ClassO Practice data collectionO Ecologist ObservationsO Map use and creation
O At Home O Data collectionO Observations of
patterns in your neighborhood
O Identification of issues and concerns that need to be addressed
O Updates to Edmodo
In Class
O Lecture and Reading
O Discussions
O Indoor Labs
O Urban Gardening
Outdoor ExpectationsO All living (biotic) things should be left
intact and in the same or better condition
than when we arrived
O No Running, Climbing, or Jumping off high
places. Basically no behaviors that may
result in injury.
O Stay with your lab partner(s) at all times
O Return to meeting area on time
Outdoor Expectation Consequences
1st Offense = 4 Demerits
2nd Offense = Loss of outdoor privilege for 1 class period (Plus 4Ds)
3rd Offense = Permanent Loss of outdoor privilege (Plus 4Ds)
Sooooo What is Urban Ecology Anyway?
O Urban = ??O in, relating to, or characteristic of a city or town.
O Ecology = ??O branch of biology that deals with the relations of
organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings
O Urban EcologyO scientific study of the relation of living
organisms with each other and their surroundings in the context of an urban environment.
So What is a City…
O I need 2 volunteers (raise your hands)
O We are going to work on figuring out what makes up a city.
O When we are set you can raise your hand and share what you think of when you think of a city…