WHERE TO MEET FOR FIELD TRIPS: In the schedule below is a note indicating whether to meet in the lab room, or at the bus. Busses will depart from Stadium Place between Lawrinson hall and the Standart parking lot. If you face Moon Library from the quad, you can see a tall building in back...that is Lawrinson Hall. Busses meet on the street, west of the hall (down hill). Be sure to arrive EARLY. We have a lot to accomplish and must depart at the scheduled lab starting time. You are NOT allowed to drive to the field sites. See lab manual for safety precautions.

Lab Schedule

Week of…	Lab	Meeting location	Assignment Due
8/31	Lab 1: Statistics primer	Lab room
9/7	Lab 2: Biodiversity	BUS	Lab 1: Stats Primer
9/14	Biodiversity continued	Lab room
9/21	Lab 3: Soil Ecology	Bus	Lab 2: Biodiversity
9/28	Lab 3 data analyses	Lab room	Good soil invert paper
10/5	Lab 3 write-up	Lab room
10/12	Lab 4: Stream Ecology	Bus	Lab 3: Soils
10/19	Lab 4 data analyses	Lab room
10/26	Lab 4 write-up	Lab room
11/2	Lab 5: Competition	Lab room	Lab 4: Streams
11/9	Lab 5 data analyses	Lab room
11/16	Lab 5 write-up	Lab room
11/23	Thanksgiving – NO LABS
11/30	Lab 6 Encyclopedia of Life EOL Lab Instructions	Lab room	Lab 5: Competition
12/4	EOL – Share your page	Lab room	Lab 6: EOL page & NOTEBOOKS

Grading

	GRADING
Notebooks & participation		50 points
Lab 1	Statistics primer	25 points
Lab 2	Biodiversity	25 points
Lab 3	Soil Ecology	50 points + 15pts peer review
Lab 4	Stream Ecology	50 points + 15pts peer review
Lab 5	Competition Ecology	50 points + 15pts peer review
Lab 6	Encyclopedia of life	25 points
	Total for the Lab grade	250 points + 45 = 295 pts

NEW FOR GRADING

We are adding an additional 45 points to the lab grade, bringing the total to 295 points. We are implenting a 15 point peer-review for each of your big lab write-ups (Labs 3, 4 & 5). The peer review will occur in lab. We fully expect everyone to offer helpful and constructive comments so that all the final drafts will be improved by the process. The 15 pts are distributed as follows: 5pts for the rough draft do on the lab write-up session (e.g., the week of 10/5 for the Soil Ecology lab), 5 points for your serious comments made on two of your classmates rough drafts, 5 points for your seriously incorporating the suggestions made by two of your classmates on your rough draft. The week after the Lab write-up session, you will turn in 1) your rough draft that was peer-reviewd, the comment sheets from your reviewers and the final draft for your 50 point grade on the report. We are serious about this -- because the process will help you become a better writer.

T.A. section assignment, office, and email address

Day/Time	Section	Room (All Illick)	TA	Office (All Illick)	Office Hours	email
Tuesday 12:30-3:20	One	1) 306	Caitlin	436	M: 10:30-11:30, W: 11:30-12:30	cmsnyder@syr.edu
	Two	2) 220	Portia	512	M: 1-2 F: 11-12	poosborn@syr.edu
	Nine	9) 238	Juliana		M: 4-5, Th: 9:30-10:50	juliana.quant.gmail.com
Wednesday 1:50-4:50	Three	3) 112	Andrew	305	M: 12-1, Th: 2-3	atmyers@syr.edu
Wednesday 1:50-4:50	Four	4) 220	Lee	452	M: 12-1, Th: 12-1	mldavi05@syr.edu
Thursday 12:30-3:20	Five	5) 220	Portia	512	M: 1-2 F: 11-12	poosborn@syr.edu
Thursday 12:30-3:20	Six	6) 238	Caitlin	436	M: 10:30-11:30, W: 11:30-12:30	cmsnyder@syr.edu
Friday 1:50-4:50	Seven	7) 220	Juliana	401	M: 4-5, Th: 9:30-10:50	juliana.quant.gmail.com
	Eight	8) 306	Andrew	305	M: 12-1 Th: 2-3	atmyers@syr.edu
	Ten	10) 238	Marian	457	T: 1-2 W: S3-5	morlousky@gmail.com