PNW=Filed Guide to the Pacific Northwest |
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MM=Malheur Manual on Flash |
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NG=Nationals Geographic Guide to Birds of N.A. |
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Tentative Outline 2020 |
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Date |
Topics |
Assigned Readings from Texts |
Due Dates |
Week 1 |
Introduction & Orientation |
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1/14 |
Introduction |
PWN 10-15 |
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1/16 |
Topography
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MM 60 |
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Week 2 |
Principles of Geology |
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1/21 |
Geology-General |
PWN 16-27 |
Table/Figure
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1/23 |
Geology-Oregon |
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Week 3 |
Geology of Oregon |
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1/28 |
Geology |
PNW 414-415,420, 422-23, 425 |
Geology 1 |
1/30 |
Rock Lab |
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Week 4 |
Elements of ecology I |
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2/4 |
Ecosystems |
PWN 28-39, 44-45, 76-77 |
Geology 2 |
2/6 |
Communities |
MM 9-27 |
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Week 5 |
Elements of ecology II |
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2/11 |
Populations |
PNW 46-51, 54-61 |
Ecology 1&2 |
2/13 |
Exam 1 |
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Week 6 |
Vegetation |
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2/18 |
Plants |
PNW Mushrooms (p. 78-79),
algae (p. 83), lichens (p. 85-86) |
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2/20 |
Plants |
spore plants (p.88, 91),
wild flowers (p.
130-131) |
Plant Lab |
shrubs and trees (p. 94-95, 102-103, 107, 111), |
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MM 32,34,40,41,43,44,45, |
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Week 7 |
Animal adaptations |
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2/25 |
Animals |
PNW Invertebrates (166, 187, 189, 192-193, 198, 201, 203, 205, |
PNG assignment |
2/27 |
Animals |
207-208), vertebrates (220), amphibians (243, 245-246), |
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reptiles (248-250, 252), mammals (330-331, 340, 352, 358-359) |
Week 8 |
Essentials of ornithology |
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3/3 |
Birds |
PNW Birds 255-257 |
Bird Topography |
3/5 |
Birds |
NG 6-19 |
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Week 9 |
History - human settlement |
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3/10 |
BIRD Walk-with Journal Entry |
NG assignment |
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3/12 |
History |
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Week 10 |
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3/17 |
History |
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3/19 |
Exam 2 |
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History |
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Week 11 |
Spring Break |
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3/24 |
Spring Break |
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3/26 |
Spring Break |
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Week 12 |
Population sampling |
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3/31 |
Qudrat/Point Quarter |
MM 46-49,53-56 |
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4/2 |
Lab Activity |
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Week 13 |
Population sampling |
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4/7 |
Circle Plot/Line Intercept |
50-52,57-59 |
Sample Data |
4/9 |
Final trip information |
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Week 14 |
Field Trip to Malheur Field Station |
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4/13-17 |
Exam 3 (4/17) |
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Week 15 |
Post Field Trip |
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4/21 |
Data from all groups due-Begin Calculations |
Data Sets |
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4/23 |
Plant identification |
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Week 16 |
Environmental stewardship |
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4/28 |
Plant ID |
FJ/plant collection |
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4/30 |
Closing Lecture |
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Finals Week |
Final Assignments Due |
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5/5 |
Plant Reports Due on Tuesday at the Final Time |
Ecology Plant Reports |
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