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Welcome to IB 203: Ecology www.life.illinois.edu/ib/203/Slide 2Slide 3Slide 4How Lecture ‘Works’…Enrich Your ResumeCourse PhilosophyBloom’s Taxonomy: “Building a higher thought”Grading - compass.illinois.eduTexts: Ricklefs Economy of Nature 6th EditionResponsibilitiesAssignmentsMerit for IB 203 Thursday 3-5 in 304 NHBToday’s OutlineSlide 15What types of questions do ecologists ask?Slide 17The hierarchical nature and processes of different levels of ecological systems:Slide 19What is ‘level of organization’ for:How DO Ecologists Study the Natural World?Slide 22Scientific InquirySlide 24Slide 25Slide 26In-class Activity 1 We write to learn…What to put in folder:Welcome to IB 203: Ecologywww.life.illinois.edu/ib/203/•Dr. Carol Augspurger• [email protected]•Please start each ‘subject’ of email: IB 203: can’t find outline 155 Morrill 3-1298 office hours 2 Th and by appointmentQuickTime™ and aTIFF (LZW) decompressorare needed to see this picture.IB Student PicnicWednesday, September 1, 5-8 pmIllini Grove Pavilion(corner of Lincoln and Pennsylvania Ave.)Meet Faculty Free Food Free T-shirtFind out what SIB is all about and meet other IB majors!!RSVP to Debbie Lanter, [email protected] or 333-3044**Rain Location: 3rd floor Levis**(919 W Illinois)How Lecture ‘Works’…•Assigned seat in groups of 3• Change group after each exam•In-class Activities = Active Learning• Some individual; some group• Some grade; some credit if complete•Turn in - folder; Pick up - folder•Introduce yourselves!•Name your group! special vertebrate (Dr. A.’s too)•Why?Enrich Your Resume•Why bring? •Cross out high school•What to add this year…next…next?•Why critical?•Put into folder now…•What are IB majors/alums doing?Course Philosophy•Learn products = ‘What do we KNOW’ @ ecology’ and processes of science = ‘How to DO ecology…’•Become well-informed citizens about the link between ecology and human-induced problems•Use active learning Tell me and I’ll listen Show me and I’ll understand Involve me and I’ll learn Teton Lakota Indian•Develop higher levels of thoughtBloom’s Taxonomy: “Building a higher thought”•Knowledge : remember previously learned material•Comprehension : grasp meaning of material•Application : use learned material in new situations•Analysis : break down material to component parts so can understand organizational structure•Synthesis : put parts together to form a new whole•Evaluation : judge value of material for a given purposeGrading - compass.illinois.edu•Lecture (50%) First exam 10 + 3 In-class Act. Second exam 14 + 3 “ Final exam 16 + 4 “ (non-cumulative) •Labs (50%) Homeworks 1-10 10 Student project 1 18 Student project 2 22Texts: Ricklefs Economy of Nature 6th EditionLab Manual: ‘Exercises in Ecology’Responsibilities•Mine•Yours•Any questions?AssignmentsLECTURE Read Chap 5 Biomes: Use lecture outline learn biomes 5.95-104; Fig. 5.8-17 Print/bring Biomes lecture outline: 203 website Main page - go to ‘Lecture Topics’LAB •DUE at beginning of first lab this week Homework 1: Hypotheses…(pg. 63)***2 xerox copies of I-card with photo***•Read before first lab this week: Lab 1: Small mammals (pg. 73) Lab Emphasis: Scientific Inquiry (pg. 7)Merit for IB 203Thursday 3-5 in 304 NHBCONTACT:Tracey Hickox [email protected] NHBToday’s Outline•What is ecology? (basic vs applied)•Hierarchical levels of biology/ecology•Questions asked at each level of ecology•Practice skills used in scientific process• What is ecology?• How do basic vs. applied ecology differ?• How does basic contribute to applied?• How does ecology help to solve human- induced problems?What types of questions do ecologists ask?•Descriptive: What? When? Where? Who?•Functional: How?•Evolutionary Why?•Hierarchical levels of biological organization…from molecules toorganisms…•Ecology starts with individual organism…and goes to higher levels of biological organization.The hierarchical nature and processes of different levels of ecological systems:•Individual organism: How do structure, physiology, and behavior lead to the individual’s survival and reproduction?•Population: What determines the number of individuals and their variation in time and space?•Community: What determines the diversity and relative abundance of organisms living together?•Ecosystem: How do energy and matter move in the biotic and abiotic environment?•Biosphere: How do air, water, and the energy and chemicals they contain circulate globally?What is ‘level of organization’ for:•Bill Wills - TR 9•Dan Schoen - TR 2•Carolyn Barrett - F 9; merit•Abby Berkey - M11; W 2 •Mike Urban - M 8•Chris Bertram - M 2; W 11 •Katherine Chi - W 2How DO Ecologists Study the Natural World?QuickTime™ and aTIFF (Uncompressed) decompressorare needed to see this picture.Scientific Inquiry•What factor(s) affect productivity of tall grass prairie?•Hypothesis: If precipitation, as well as fire, topography, and vegetation type, affect productivity,•Then…In-class Activity 1 We write to learn…•Group (turn in 1 sheet) • Transfer answers to your sheet too•Share and edit continually•Practice skills in how to…• Read graphs• Analyze and Write results• Synthesize• Interpret hypothesisWhat to put in folder:•1) yellow sheet - info•2) resume•3) group ICA worksheet with - all 3 names - group


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