Goals for the Week

• Learn about your course

• Begin to get to know one another

• Start understanding what we think conservation biology is and needs to be

• What do you see as major conservation challenges you'd like to explore this semester?

M 08.22 ... Welcome to Conservation Biology in Practice

• 09:35 - 09:40 Settle in

• 09:40 -10:30 Introductory Activity (you doing stuff)

• 10:30 - 10:35 Stretch break

• 10:35 - 10:45 So how is this course going to work? (Hess talking)

• 10:45 - 11:15 Syllabus and Reflection & Evaluation comments (you doing stuff) (15min each)

• 11:15 - 11:20 Biggest likes and concerns about the Syllabus and Reflection & Evaluation (you talking)

• 11:20 - 11:25 Wrap - you have a couple assignments (Quick Links above) (Hess talking)

• 11:25 Adjourn

W 08.24 ... Your Course ... Connecting ... Conservation Challenges

• 09:35 - 09:40 Housekeeping & announcements

  • Time for anyone to announce anything they'd like to the class ... conservation stuff, cool accomplishments, birthdays, whatever

  • Survey for permission (or not) for your name and images of you to appear on public-facing websites (like this) or media (like Twitter) - would like a response from everyone

• 09:40 - 09:55 Where are you from? (you doing stuff)

  • Introductions around each table - Where are you from (where do you consider home)? Describe one thing that was awesome about growing up there.  Describe one conservation need in that place.

• 09:55 - 10:00 Stretch break

• 10:00 - 10:30 Develop working definition of conservation biology (you doing stuff)

• 10:30 - 10:35  Stretch break

• 10:35 - 11:05 What interests you? (you doing stuff)

• 11:05 - 11:20 Report back (us talking)

• 11:20 - 11:25 Wrap - you have a couple assignments (Quick Links above) (Hess talking)

• 11:25 Adjourn

Goals for the Week

• have a look at the kinds of work conservationists do

• help you figure out the kind of role(s) you’re interested in with respect to conservation

• start to create work teams for learning topics

• begin establishing direction and evaluation criteria for our learning topics

M 08.29 ... Where do I fit in? ... Influential Conservationists

• 09:35 - 09:40 Housekeeping & announcements

  • Turnipseed Nature Preserve Service trip - W 09.14 08:00 - 11:25 - outside of class time

• 09:40 - 09:45 Quick, anonymous Google survey - Here are the results

• 09:45 - 10:05 Discussion based on readings (you talking and doing stuff)

  • Share where you are on the despair/hope and neocortical/limbic scales – spend time explaining why you feel as you do and what that means in terms of the role(s) (the advocacy / science scale) you’d like to play in conservation – how does where you are on the scales affect the role(s) you’d like to play?

  • Prepare to report major points to the full class – three minutes max with one or two slides per group in this Google Slides presentation – pick a person to represent your group – the person whose home (the place they call home) is furthest from our physical classroom (3214 Jordan Addition)

• 10:05 - 10:20 Key points from discussion (you talking)

• 10:20 - 10:25 Stretch break

• 10:25 - 10:55 Influential conservationists preparation (you doing stuff)

• 10:55 - 11:20 Lightning presentations (you talking)

• 11:20 - 11:25 Wrap & adjourn

W 08.31 ... Challenges Topics ... Product Evaluation

• 09:35 - 09:40 Housekeeping & announcements

• 09:40 - 10:10 - Please sit with your exploratory team (you doing stuff)

  • Each team has a folder in the Challenges Folder (Quick Links)

  • In your challenges folder is a document on Developing Strong Challenges Topics - it is a template that I'm asking you to complete during the next week to begin developing your topic.

• 10:10 - 10:25 Quick share - challenges, questions, comments, concerns (you talking)

• 10:25 - 10:30 Stretch break

• 10:30 - 11:00 Product evaluation criteria brainstorm (Challenges Folder / Organizational Info) (you doing stuff)

  • We're also going to need a task for to consolidate all of this, like we did for the definition

• 11:00 - 11:20 Let's have a look (us talking)

• 11:20 - 11:25 Wrap & adjourn

Goals for the week

• Discuss any updates on syllabus

• Work on challenges topic refinement

M 09.05 ... Holiday ... No Class

W 09.07 ... Challenges Topic Refinement

• 09:35 - 09:40 Housekeeping & announcements

• 09:40 - 09:55 Guests from prior classes: Cara, Reese ...  plus a couple right in this class: Elizabeth, Lana

• 09:55 - 10:05 Discuss any changes based on your conversation

• 10:05 - 10:55  Pairs of challenges teams for critiques - take breaks as needed

  • • Endangered Species (4) + Wilderness Reintroduction (10)

    • Exotic Pets (6) + Invasive Species (8)

    • Charisma (1) + Hunting (7)

    • Engagement (5) + Disease (2)

    • Conservation Justice (3) + Marine (9)

  • Each team reviews another team's topic statement for critique - focus epecially on the criteria for a strong research question (Item 8) in the topic development template

  • 10:05 - 10:25 Prep time - review your partner team's topic statement and prepare comments for critique - feel free to anotate your partner team's document

  • 10:25 - 10:45 First team critique - have an open, honest, constructive conversation about the strengths and areas for improvement 

  • 10:45 - 11:05 Second team critique

  • 11:05 - 11:25 Individual team time for some quick planning on when to meet and how to proceed in response to critiques - would like to have a refined version for instructor review no later than W 09.14

• 11:25 Adjourn

M 09.12 ... Product Evaluation

• 09:35 - 09:40 Housekeeping & annoucements

  • Field trip on W 09.14 departs 08:00 returns by 11:25 - Weather looks good, we are Go!

  • We'll be working on trails, so bring clothes you don't mind soiling.  The County requires long pants, closed-toed shoes for this work.  If you have work gloves you like, bring them; otherwise County will have some.  Bring snacks, water, sun protection, hat, and any medications you might need.

  • Student conservation experiences session survey - if you have a conservation experience you'd like to share with our class, please complete the form.  I have 5 people so far - thinking doing one at the beginning of class scattered through the semester - does that sound OK or would you prefer all together?

• 09:40 -10:00 Conservation biology definition task force report and further action

• 10:00 - 10:30 Product evaluation criteria brainstorm (Challenges Folder / Organizational Info) (you doing stuff)

  • We're also going to need a volunteer task force to consolidate all of this, like we did for the definition

  • Endangered Species (4) + Wilderness Reintroduction (10)

  • Exotic Pets (6) + Invasive Species (8)

  • Charisma (1) + Hunting (7)

  • Engagement (5) + Disease (2)

  • Conservation Justice (3) + Marine (9)

• 10:30 - 10:35 Break

• 10:35 - 11:00 Report back and consolidation - how close to consensus can we get?

• 11:00 - 11:25 Challenges work time

W 09.14 ... Service Trip to Turnipseed Nature Preserve

• 08:00 Depart NC State 08:00 return by 11:25.  We'll have a bus.  See picture above - bus will meet us on Sullivan Drive just west of Dan Allen on the parking apron at the Food Bioprocessing building.  

• Driving yourself?  Please be in the parking lot at 1505 Pleasants Road, Wendell, NC no later than 08:30.  Remember, the University does not insure you when driving your personal vehicle (see syllabus Transportation section).

• There is a post-visit survey that everyone should complete, reflecting on what they learned. [ SURVEY RESULTS ]

• 11:25 Adjourn back at the Food Bioprocessing (Schaub Hall) parking apron

• Our trailbuilding video (download for best resolution)

M 09.19 ... Endangered Species Act & Red List

• 09:35 - 09:45 Housekeeping & announcements

  • Sit wherever - not project teams today - 6 tables

  • Turnipseed post-visit survey ... if you haven't done it, please do today (f you were there) [ SURVEY RESULTS ]

  • First reflection learning changed from W 09.21 to F 09.23 (because of assignment collision)

  • Share milestones calendar

• 09:45 - 10:10 Questions and class-built Venn diagram comparing ESA and Red List

  • Explore similarities and differences between ESA and Red List

  • Quick poll - Leveraging your voice - Union of Concerned Scientists categores

  • Additional information – ESA species databases – has listed species in all sorts of groupings, including by state, status, delisted, etc

• 10:10 - 10:40 - Small groups, each assigned to one of the Red List / ESA "success story" species

  • Prepare a separate Google presentation (3-5 slides, 5 minutes max) for each species in this ESARedList folder, by table number

  • 1. California condor ... 2. Apache trout ... 3. Robbins' cinquefoil ... 4. Australian grayling ... 5. Mauritius kestrel ... 6. Green sea turtle

  • Describe the species, threats, historic and current range, classification on ESA and Red List through time, conservation actions, and why it's considered a success.  How did ESA and Red List "help the cause?"

  • Take breaks as needed

• 10:40 -11:20 - Each group presents findings and fields questions for 5-7 minutes

• 11:25 Adjourn

W 09.21 ... Island Biogepgraphy & Metapopulations

• 09:35 - 09:45 Housekeeping & announcements

  • Sit at table corresponding to the model you looked at for the prep work (2-4)

    • 2: Last names A-C ... 3: D-M ... 4: N-Z

  • Turnipseed post-visit survey results

• 09:40 - 10:00 Compare & contrast island biogeography and metapopulation theory [ class discussion ]

• 10:00 - 10:15 Review of metapopulation model 1 [ Hess ]

• 10:15 - 11:00 Examination of metapopulation models 2-4 [ you working ]

  • Split among tables by the model you were assigned to.  Work as a group to figure things out. 

  • Take 25 minutes to prepare, during which time you should sketch your metapopulation rate curves, and write down your equilibrium value(s) – you can use the whiteboards for this – just remember you’ll want to save what you do so that you can share it out with the class.   Prepare to describe verbally how extinction and colonization occur and how why they are changing the way they do as p (proportion of patches occupied) increases.

  • Be ready to review each model with class at around 10:45

  • Here are the solutions for all models

• 11:00 - 11:20 Implications for conservation

  • Think about a population [what is a population??] of organisms living in contiguous habitat

  • What happens as the habitat is changed?

  • How do island biogeography and metapopulation theory suggest landscape change should be managed?

  • Based on the models, what would you ideally want to know about a species before making changes to the landscape?

  • Can you associate the results of these models with any conservation practices on the ground that you know about?

• 11:25 Adjourn

M 09.26 ... Conservation You! ... Patches & Fragmentation

09:35 - 09:40 Housekeeping & announcements

• • When you come in, sit at the table with the least number of people around it (there are 5 tables)

  • Continue working on your Conservation Challenges - reach out as you need guidance - next milestone is your schedule for getting it all done, due 10.03 (see Milestones in QuickLinks)

09:40 - 10:00 Conservation You! - Lana Davenport

10:00 - 10:25 Finish metapopulation work

• • Model 4

  • Think about a population [what is a population??] of organisms living in contiguous habitat

  • What happens as the habitat is changed?

  • How do island biogeography and metapopulation theory suggest landscape change should be managed?

  • Based on the models, what would you ideally want to know about a species before making changes to the landscape?

  • Can you associate the results of these models with any conservation practices on the ground that you know about?

10:25 - 10:30 Break

10:30 - 11:25 Birds' Eye View

• • There is a small team for each of five bird species

  • Complete Exercise 1 (sort of) for your bird species.  Open the Google Sheet for your bird, put an X in each habitat square your bird can use according to the rules on the first page of the exercise.  Be sure to do all six landscapes - each should auto-count the number of Xs.

  • Post the number of suitable habitat squares (Xs) in this shared spreadsheet.  Then we'll talk as a class.

  • Report back on each bird - describe habitat needs and changes with different landscapes.

  • Discussion

    • What is habitat loss without fragmentation? With fragmentation?

    • Relate what we've seen to the readings - for which species is fragmentation negative? positive?

    • What are your personal experiences with habitat fragmentation?

W 09.28 ... Conservation You! ... Conservation Corridors

09:35 - 09:40 Housekeeping & announcements

• Marja Diaz has had to cancel her 10.05 visit.  I don't think we'll be able to reschedule :-(

• 5 teams today (maybe 6)

09:40 - 10:00 Conservation You! - Matthew Francisco

10:00 - 11:15 Real-life corridors [ you working ]

• Start with the websites below and search around for other information on your corridor or topic

• Prepare a 5-min presentation in this folder that includes: + what the corridor is called + what the corridor is intended to connect and do (provide context) + basic information about the corridor design (if applicable) + maps of the corridor + relate to readings, particularly in terms of how the corridor is being designed/selected (pattern, process, critiques) + any information about whether its function has been evaluated (and what was found) + challenges encountered and expected

• Pick two people from your team to give the full presentation.  You can pick using any criteria you wish (best presenters, those who most want to practice, etc).  But these people will have to learn the full story, and the rest of the team will have to help them do that.

• Remember, keep your presentation visual.  Slide heading should provide key point for slide.

• Take breaks as needed

• Team 1: Yellowstone to Yukon (Y2Y) Highway 3 Initiative

• Team 2: Florida Wildlife Corridor (Statewide) - here's a technical document

• Team 3: Road Crossing Priorities in NC

• Team 4:  Herpetofauna Crossings (this is a big document - focus on Chapter 6 and poke the web for other examples)

• Team 5: Eastern Tropical Pacific Marine Corridor (also see this article) 

• Team 6 (maybe): North-West Wildlink (also see this document)

11:15 - 11:25 Wrap and adjourn

M 10.03 ... Conservation You! ... Conservation Challenges Work Day

09:35 - 09:40 Housekeeping & announcements

• In conjunction with your mid-semester reflection & self-evaluation (due F 10.07), please make an appointment to speak with Hess at go.ncsu.edu/MeetWithHess.  This is an informal chat about how things are going and what you said in your reflection and self-evaluation (which is due F 10.07). 

• Hemlock Bluffs dates have been established

  • M 10.17 ... Teams 1: Charisma  ... 2: Disease ... 3: Indigineous Voices ... 4: Red Wolves ... 7: Trophy Hunting

  • W 10.19 ... Teams 5: Engagement  ... 6: Exotic Pets ... 8: Spotted Lanternfly ... 9: Marine

• Check Assignments page

  • Due date for mid-semester reflection changed from W 10.05 to F 10.07

  • New entry for our visit by Kelly Cox & Daniel Parobok W 10.12 right after break

• Check Milestones page

  • Product schedule for instructor review due today

• Draft schedule for Conservation Challenges is available - there will be time on W 10.05 to rearrange if needed.  It's in the Milestones Calendar - see the "Your forum in class" line.

09:40-10:00 Conservation You! - Iris Horton

10:00 - 10:15 Product Evaluation Task Force report (Amelia, Cassie, Emilee, Raegan)

10:15 - 10:35 Two corridor reports from last week

• 5: Eastern Marine Tropical Corridor

• 6: North-West WildLink

10:35 - 11:25 Conservation Challenges work time

11:25 Adjourn

W 10.05 ... Conservation You! ... Challenges Work Day

09:34 - 09:40 Housekeeping & announcements

• Quick chat about Challenges

• Any changes to forum dates?

09:45 - 10:45 Conservation Challenges work time

10:45 - 11:00 Conservation You! - Nicole Bilodeau

11:00 - 11:25 Two corridor reports from last week 

• 2: Florida Wildlife Corridor

• 3: NC Road Crossing Priorities

M 10.10 ... Fall Break ... No class

W 10.12 ... Kelly Cox & Danial Parobok

09:35 - 09:40 Housekeeping & announcments

• Welcome back!

• Conservation challenges schedule posted - if you don't like the title showing, please eMail me a new one.  I'm pushing the first advertisement for this tomorrow (Th 10.13)

• Next week is Hemlock Bluffs.  We'll have a bus departing at 09:35 returning by 11:25.  Meeting place being negotiated.  If you're driving yourself, please be there no later than 10AM.   2616 Kildaire Farm Rd, Cary, NC

09:40 Kelly & Daniel

• Don't forget to submit your main take-away point from this discussion.  [ SURVEY RESULTS ]

Any remaining time devoted to Challenges work

M 10.17 ... Hemlock Bluffs (half the class)

• These teams will travel to Hemloc Bluffs today - bus pickup behind Biltmore Hall at 09:35; return by 11:25. .  If driving yourself, please be there no later than 10A.  2616 Kildaire Farm Rd, Cary, NC

  • Teams 1: Charisma  ... 2: Disease ... 3: Indigineous Voices ... 4: Red Wolves ... 7: Trophy Hunting

• Other teams work on challenges project in classroom, with instructor support (Syd); complete peer review package

• Don't forget to reflect on your main learnig from the Hemlock Bluffs visit

W 10.19 ... Challenges Workday

• The field trip has been rescheduled so this will be a challenges workday for all teams.  Student who have not gone to Hemlock Bluffs will go on W 11.02.  Sorry.

09:35 - 09:40 Housekeeping and annoucements

• • For the 2022 Barkalow Lecture - Tu 11.01 3:30-5:00, Talley Coastal Ballroom - "Dr. Miyoko Chu will discuss how the fate of birds is entwined with our own — and how technology, citizen science, global communications, and shifts in attitudes and behaviors are changing the speed and scale at which conservation can be achieved to sustain nature and people, in a race against time."  Registration requested for planning purposes, but you can just show up.

09:40 Challenges work time

M 10.24 ... Conservation You! ... Urban Conservation Planning

09:35 - 09:40 Housekeeping and annoucements

• Sit at the least populated, numbered table when you come in.  There will be 5 tables to start with - things may get rearranged, depending on the room-Zoom balance

• Cox-Parobok main take-away points are available - thank you to those who responded!

• Don't forget to check your Challenges milestones - everyone should have delivered their peer review and that should be in process for 10.31 - some teams are coming up on Forum milestones

• Assignments ... second learning in reflection document ... survey on take-away points from Hemlock Bluffs (for those who went) ... surveys on take-away points from Development Activity and from Hess talk on Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan

• Conservation Challenges Forum feedback form updated per your Product Evaluation Criteria - please let me know if you see any problems

• We have 3 potential slots for Conservation You! presentations if anyone wants

09:40 - 09:55 Conservation You! - Cassie Bolton

09:55 - 10:50 Development Activity - using your knowledge to integrate development and conservation

• Instructions

• 10:00 - 10:30 Work in small teams – draw on the paper copy with your table.  When done, take a photo and upload it to this folder; name it with your table number (e.g., Table1).  If there are enough people on Zoom, they’ll form separate teams and should work together on their ZoomRoom slide in this folder (instructions are in the slide).  Take breaks as needed.

• 10:30 - 10:50 Report out from teams / discussion

10:50 - 11:25 Development Activity Redux

• Continue working in your teams

• Instructions coming

• Don't forget survey on take-away points on this activity [ SURVEY RESULTS ]

W 10.05 ... Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan

09:35 - 09:40 Housekeeping and annoucements

• Sit wherever

09:45 Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan [ Hess ]

• Slides

• Summary booklet

• Further reading, if interested

• Don't foget survey on take-away points from this presentation [ SURVEY RESULTS ]

M 10.31 ... Conservation You! ... Peer Review Conferences (Challenges Workday)

09:35 - 09:40 Housekeeping and announcements

• Hemlock Bluffs on W 11.02 for the teams that didn't get out the last time ... Teams 5: Engagement  ... 6: Exotic Pets ... 8: Spotted Lanternfly ... 9: Marine ... This is a tour of the preserve, not a work day.  We'll be walking on trails.

• Barkalow Lecture tomorrow (Tu 11.01) afternoon - see News at top of page

09:40 - 09:55 - Conservation You! - Amelia Faust

10:00 - 10:15 Review Round 1

• Charisma (1) reviews Disease (2)  at Table / Room (1)

• Conservation Justice (3) reviews Red Wolves (4) at Table / Room (3)

• Engagement (5) reviews Exotic Pets (6)  at Table / Room (5)

• Trophy Hunting (7) reviews Invasive Species (8) at Table / Room (7)

• Marine (9) work time  at Table / Room (9)

10:15- 10:30 Review Round 2

• Disease (2) reviews Conservation Justice (3) at Table / Room (3)

• Red Wolves (4) reviews Engagement (5) at Table / Room (5)

• Exotic Pets (6) reviews Trophy Hunting (7) at Table / Room (7)

• Invasive Species (8) reviews Marine (9)  at Table / Room (9)

• Charisma (1) work time at Table / Room (1)

10: 30 - 10:45 Review Round 3

• Marine (9) reviews Charisma (1) at Table / Room (1)

• Everyone else, work time

10:45 - 11:25 Work time

W 11.02 ... Hemlock Bluffs ... Challenges Worday

• These teams will travel to Hemloc Bluffs today - bus pickup behind Biltmore Hall at 09:35; return by 11:25.  If driving yourself, please be there no later than 10A.  2616 Kildaire Farm Rd, Cary, NC

  • Teams 5: Engagement  ... 6: Exotic Pets ... 8: Spotted Lanternfly ... 9: Marine

  • This is a tour of the preserve, not a work day.  We'll be walking on trails.

• Other teams work on challenges project in classroom, with instructor support

• Don't forget to reflect on your main learnig from the Hemlock Bluffs visit

M 11.07 ... Challenges Workday ... Erin Hines, Gaston County Environmental Educator

09:35 - 09:40 Housekeeping and announcements

• Hemlock Bluffs visitors, please complete main points survey by W 11.09

• Don't forget the second learning in your reflection document

• Check your milestones ... lots coming up

• Your thoughts on the Development Activity and the Sonoran Desert Conservation plan are available

09:40 Challenges work time

10:30-11:25 Erin Hines, Gaston County Environmental Educator (by Zoom)

W 11.09 ... Challenges Workday

09:35 - 09:40 Housekeeping and announcements

• Don't forget the main points survey for Erin Hines' visit

• There are two short reading guides due next week for Conservation Challenges (Exotic Pets due M 11.14, Red Wolves due F 11.18)

09:40 - 09:55 Conservation You! - Elizbeth Selves

10:00 - 10:10 - Conservation Challenges - Hess

10:10 - Challenges Workday

M 11.14 ... Conservation Challenges

09:35-09:40 Housekeeping & announcement

• Team tables to start with

• See Challenges Milestones & Guidance in QuickLinks ... Instructor Review Draft of your Product is due this W 11.16 ... we'll review them as they come in.

• Two Reading Guides due for Conservation Challenges ... Exotic Pets (today) and Wolves (F 11.18) ... see Assignments in QuickLinks

• There may be more Reading Guides - I will keep you posted

09:40 - 10:15 Challenges team work time

10:25-11:00 Who Killed the Loggerhead Sea Turtle?

11:00-11:10 Break – Complete Feedback Form

11:10-11:25 Debrief – what went well, what could be better?

W 11.16 ... Conservation Challenges

09:35-09:40 Housekeeping & announcement

• Sit wherever you wish

09:40-10:15 The Impacts of Exotic Pet Ownership

10:15-10:25 Break – Complete Feedback Form

10:25-11:00 Spotting the Spotted Lanternfly

11:00-11:10 Break – Complete Feedback Form

11:10-11:25 Debrief – what went well, what could be better?

M 11.21 ... Conservation Challenges

09:35-09:40 Housekeeping & announcement

• Sit wherever you wish

• No class Wednesday - Happy Thanksgiving!!

  • If there's anything you'd like to talk about on M 12.05, our last class, you can enter it in this anonymous form

09:40-10:15 How Trophy Hunting Benefits Conservation & Wildlife Managemenet

10:15-10:25 Break – Complete Feedback Form

10:25-11:00 Red Wolf Conservation: Human & Coyote Conflict

11:00-11:10 Break – Complete Feedback Form

11:10-11:25 Debrief – what went well, what could be better?

M 11.28 ... Conservation Challenges

09:35-09:40 Housekeeping & announcement

• Sit wherever you wish

  • Third learning due W 11.30  in your Reflection & Self-Evaluation document

  • Final products due W 12.07, including your evaluation of them using the Product Evaluation Criteria you created.

  • Your end-of-semester reflection and evaluation entries due M 12.12 in the reflection and evaluation document in your assignment folder.  Sooner is fine - please eMail Hess & Case when yours is ready.

  • Bring your __well-behaved__ pet to class day, M 12.05

  • If there's anything you'd like to talk about on M 12.05, you can enter it in this anonymous form

09:40-10:15 Indigineous Voices in Conservation

10:15-10:25 Break – Complete Feedback Form

10:25-11:00 Public Engagement in the World of Conservation Biology

11:00-11:10 Break – Complete Feedback Form

11:10-11:25 Debrief – what went well, what could be better?

W 11.30 ... Conservation Challenges

09:35-09:40 Housekeeping & announcement

• Sit wherever you wish

• Bring your __well-behaved__ pet to class day, M 12.05

• If there's anything you'd like to talk about on M 12.05, you can enter it in this anonymous form

09:40-10:15 The Impact of Wildlife Diseases

10:15-10:25 Break – Complete Feedback Form

10:25-11:00 Underrepresentation of Non-Charismatic Species

11:00-11:10 Break – Complete Feedback Form

11:10-11:25 Debrief – what went well, what could be better?

09:35-09:40 Housekeeping & announcement

• Sit at tables per ... if name not on list, go to an emptier table

1. Iris, Jalin, Vanessa, Emilee, Cameron, Matthew A, Anna B, Elizabeth

2. Mary Grace, Reagan M, Suzana, Amelia, Ainsley, Jing

3. Nicole, Aidan, Michael, Madison, Caroline, John Mark, Grayson

4.  Anna C, Bree,  Tyler, Matthew F,  Hanne, Cassie

5. Parker, Lana, Raegan R, Trey, Jared , Hunter 

• • Final products due W 12.07, including your evaluation of them using the Product Evaluation Criteria you created.

  • Your end-of-semester reflection and evaluation entries due M 12.12 in the reflection and evaluation document in your assignment folder.  Sooner is fine - please eMail Hess & Case when yours is ready.  We'll work through them as they come in.

09:40 Introduction of pets (including any Zoom participants)

10:00 Revisiting early days

• Revisit Introductory Activity  - What's different now, and why / not?

• Revisit working definition of conservation biology - In what ways would you change it?  What aspects do you see now tha tyou didn't see during our first week together? 

• Most valuable / surprising / importan / etc lesson learned

10:30ish Reviewing the course (Hess & Case will leave and come back)

• What worked well for you in the course, and why? 

• What would you change, and in what way?

• Any other thoughts?

Eventually ... adjourn

W 12.07 - Final products due W 12.07, including your evaluation of them using the Product Evaluation Criteria you created.

M 12.12 - Final Reflection & Self-Evaluation. Your end-of-semester reflection and evaluation entries due M 12.12 in the reflection and evaluation document in your assignment folder.  Sooner is fine - please eMail Hess & Case when yours is ready.  Please don't remove comment threads.