Natural Resources Measurements (NR300) - Spring 2025

Above: Small group counting grass.

Goals for the week ...

• Start getting to know one another, build team spirit, set the tone for a wondeful semester

• Review statistics while building team spirit

• Have a great week

Assignments

• Be sure to check Assignment Calendar

Tu 01.09 ... Welcome to Natural Resources Measurements

• 13:30-14:05 – Activity

  • Instructors will be along shortly - please begin activity without them

  • Create clusters of 5-6 people, preferably by sitting with people you don’t know well.  Please (re)arrange the furniture as needed.

  • Review summaries of Patrick Lencioni’s 5 Dysfunctions of a Team here and here

  • Trust-building teamwork activity
    – Within each cluster, each person should take a turn using Google maps and streetview to show the others where they grew up (the place they consider home).  Talk briefly about what it was like growing up there.
    – Also spend some time talking about whether you’ve experienced any of Lencioni’s dysfunctions in prior team work, and what you might do to avoid them
    – Be finished by 14:05 and ready to debrief – you need to allocate your time so that you can make this deadline

• 14:05-14:25  – Debrief: DEAL – Describe, Examine, Articulate Learning

• 14:25-14:40 – Brief description of how the course will work (will do tomorrow if we're short on time)

  • Website, project, assignments, grading, etc

W 01.10 ... Team Building & Stats Review

You will be outside part of the time - dress accordingly!

• 12:50-12:55 Housekeeping, Announcements

  • I may need a van driver for class this semester - is anyone already a University employee and cleared to drive University vehicles?

• 12:55-13:05

  • Please sit in groups of 4-6 people, preferably people you don’t know and different from yesterday

  • Introduce yourselves around the table … from your perspective, what’s the most interesting, exciting place you’ve ever been?

• 13:05-14:25 Sampling discovery and teamwork - here's our work area

  • You can use this time as you wish to organize, collect data, perform calculations, prepare report, etc.

  • Be ready with your estimate(s) and prepared to de-brief by 14:25

• 14:25-14:50 De-brief & discussion: DEAL – Describe, Examine, Articulate Learning

• 14:50 Open discussion

• If time remaining ... Complete the "Request ArcOnline Account" and "Consent Form" assignments (see Assignments in Quicklinks) right now.  Syd can help with the ArcOnline account if you have any issues.

Th 01.11 ... Teambuilding

• 13:30-13:45 Housekeeping / Quick web tour / Announcements

  • Explain our website and google drive folder, as needed

  • Don’t forget to check assignments

  • Any troubles with ArcOnline account activation?

• 13:45 Teamwork activity ... MazeRules  |   Timer

Assignments

• Be sure to check Assignment Calendar (QuickLinks)

Above: Most of our team at the gnome log on the 286 property.

Goals for the Week ...

• Meet our partners

• Start scoping out topic ideas

• Keep getting to know one another

Assignments

• Be sure to check Assignment Calendar

Tu 01.16 ... Meet our Partners

13:30 Housekeeping & Announcements

• Working on hiring another driver - can 2 people get to the site on their own tomorrow?

13:35 Partners for our work this semester ... those present will introduce themselves ... 

• Chris Snow, Director, Wake County Parks, Recreation, & Open Space

• Deborah Fowler, Open Space Manager, Wake County Parks, Recreation, & Open Space

• Thomas Reed, Open Space Assistant Manager, Wake County Parks, Recreation, & Open Space; NCSU wildlife alum (2019)

• Charlie McClay, Environmental Education Technician, Wake County Parks, Recreation, & Open Space; NCSU wildlife alum (2018)

• Drew Cade, Park Manager, Lake Crabtree County Park, Wake County Parks, Recreation & Open Space

• Susan Jones, Assistant Park Manager, Lake Crabtree County Park, Wake County Parks, Recreation, & Open Space; NCSU parks alum, MS (2023)

• The 286 Property

13:45 Description of site, goals, potential work - questions and disucssion throughout

14:25 Any final questions and discussion 

14:35 Instructions for tomorrow

• Working on hiring another driver - can 2 people get to the site on their own tomorrow?

• Meet bus in the lower parking lot by Hodges Lab, behind Biltmore Hall

• Be prepared to depart at 12:50, the start of our lab period; we'll return no later than 15:35, the end of our lab period

• We'll be outside, so dress appropriately.  Closed-toed shoes required (no sandals, flip-flops, etc), long pants and sleeves highly recommended.   Please bring water, snacks, any medications you need.  If you carry an epi-pen or similar, please let Hess know. 

W 01.17 ... Meet our Field Site

You will be outside for around 2 hours - dress accordingly!

12:50 Depart from parking lot by Hodges Lab, behind Biltmore Hall for 286 Property (2139 Old Reedy Creek Rd, Cary - parking lot at dam).  We will actually park here - a wide spot in the road across the highway.  From the dam parking lot, drive across the highway on Old Reedy Creek Road.  In about 1/4 mile you'll see a house on the right - lots of anti-quarry signs.  A little past that on the left is a big map sign and a wide spot in the road.  Park in the wide spot, head in.

13:10 Arrive 286 Property

• Meet Wake County staff on site

13:30 Field site tour

15:10 (latest) Depart for NC State

Th 01.18 ... Now what?

13:30 Housekeeping & Announcements

• Don't forget assignments ... Teamwork 1 Reading Guide due today

• I've established a class eMail that reaches everyone in the class - students and instructors.  Anyone in the class can send to it ... nr-300-001-sprg-2024-everyone@wolfware.ncsu.edu

13:35 What topics interest you? - Here are Potential Topics of Interest from our discussions and site visit (286 Project Folder) ... shout out or add to document if I've missed any ... then we'll guage interest levels around each and see if we can form some topic groups, at least to explore

Proximate Goal: Next week, we'd like to complete a Project Worksheet and One-Pager for each thing we want to work on (templates in 286 Project Folder)

13:50 We'll form some topic groups to develop ideas ... move furniture around as needed

• Everyone in each group, say name & pronouns

• Talk thru the different ideas within your topic for about 30min. 

• You can work in the Potential Topics of Interest document to save your thoughts (just start a new page in there, head it, and go), or write on the board

• Rank the ideas withing your topic from most to least interest / enthusiasm

• Be prepared to talk about them for 3-5 min per group

14:20 Hear from each group

• What are your ideas, ranked

Goals for the week ...

• Continue developing project ideas - get something ready to share with Raleigh & Wake 

• Review reflection and self-evaluation document

• Develop team operating principles

• Hess has the flu and will be participating remotely this week

Assignments

• Be sure to check Assignment Calendar

Tu 01.23 ... Project Planning

13:30-13:35 Housekeeping & announcements

• • Sit with work teams (the ones you selected last week)

  • Please enter your current team in the Contact Information spreadsheet, if you haven't already done that

  • The reflection and evaluation document is available for your comments (Course Information in Quick Links).  We'll spend class time on this W, but feel free to have a look.

  • On Th, we'll have some students from last year available for you to talk with

13:35 Start developing project worksheet and timelines

• • Each team from last week now has a working folder within the 286 Project Folder (QuickLinks).  Within each of those folders, I've placed a Project Worksheet template for the team to start completing (I'll review this with you).  This will be your working document for planning purposes.  There's also a One-Pager Template in each folder; we'd like to have a relatively solid version of this that we can deliver to Wake County Parks next week for review.  Oh, and I also placed a photo of your notes from the board in there.

  • There is some guidance for  developing timelines in the 286 Project Folder.  Have a look and start developing a timeline in your team's folder.  You won't know all the pieces-parts yet, but we have to start somewhere.

  • Hess & Case will wander the room to ask and answer questions.

14:30 Full class discussion of issues and whatnot

W 01.24 ... Reflection & Evaluation ... Project Planning

12:50-12:55 Housekeeping & announcements

Reflection & Evaluation (35 minutes)

13:00-13:05 Hess to describe

13:05-13:25 Review Reflection & Evaluation document (Course Information) - make comments and any suggestions for change.  Feel free to ask me questions as you do this (reach out on Zoom thru Syd).

13:25-13:35 Class discussion as needed

Project Development

13:40 Continue working on your project worksheets and one-pages.  Hess & Case will wander the room to ask and answer questions.

• General comments from Hess & Case - inventory is an important step - you don't have to solve all the problems - providing the data that others can use to solve problems and manage land is an important step

15:35 Adjourn

Th 01.25 ... Team Development ... Operating Procedures

13:30-13:35 Housekeeping & announcements

• Sit wherever today - don't need to be in topic teams

• We'll be doing a recon visit to 286 next Wednesday, so start thinking about that.  We're working on having some GIS / mapping / data collection guidance for you to work through when you're out there.

Students from Last Year

13:35-13:50

• A few students from last year's class will visit to talk with you about the course and grading approaches.  Hess & Case will leave the room so you can talk freely.  Only a summary of concerns will be reported to us.

Operating Procedures (or whatever you decide to call them)

13:50-14:05 Past experience with teams

• 5-6 Small groups develop list of team experiences and attributes they have experienced that help or hinder the effective operation of a team (so basically create a + column and a - column).  As needed review summaries of Patrick Lencioni’s 5 Dysfunctions of a Team (see Week 1) and talk about whether and how you’ve experienced them during past projects, as well as anything you did to overcome them.

14:05-14:20 Operating procedures for this semester

• Now use this information to develop Operating Procedures that will help our teams function more effectively.  How should our teams operate?  You can grab another easel sheet for that.

14:20 Class agreement on Operating Procedures

• One small group will speak first, then others will build on what they say – agreed on rules of operation wind up in document

• Someone(s) help me document these Operating Procedures

• Can someone(s) volunteer to clean this up by tomorrow so we can use it for Teamwork3 (currently due Th 02.01)?

Assignments

• Be sure to check Assignment Calendar

Goals for the Week ...

• Safety and public interactions discussion

• Recon at site

• Planning

Assignments

• Be sure to check Assignment Calendar

Tu 01.30 ... Safety & Public Interactions

13:30-13:35 Housekeeping & announcements

• Sit with project teams

• Need a leader / spokesperson for each team - lots of communication already, so it is time!

• Need a GIS lead for each time - also time!

• The revised Reflection & Evaluation document is now available in the Course Information folder - use the one called "Reflection & Evaluation 2024 - USE THIS ONE."  There is also a version with all of your comments intact in the folder, in case you want to refer (Reflection & Evaluation 2024 - WITH COMMENTS).

13:35 Wrap up Operating Principles - Class discussion

13:55 Safety & Public Interactions - Added to Quick Links, in Course Information (Hess)

14:10 Structure for tomorrow (Case)

14:15 Work time

• Finish One-pagers for review by Wake County.  Work on the ones in your team 286 project folder. Goal is to send these to Wake County.  Brief but complete.  Please use some narrative - not just bullet points.

• Continue completing and fleshing out your worksheet - most are still pretty light.  Include placeholders for things that you know you have to do, even if you don't know how to do them yet.

• Prep for tomorrow's recon visit - what do you want to accomplish?

W 01.31 ... Reconnaisance

You will be outside for around 2 hours - dress accordingly!

12:50 Depart from parking lot by Hodges Lab, behind Biltmore Hall for 286 Property (2139 Old Reedy Creek Rd, Cary - parking lot at dam).  We will actually park here - a wide spot in the road across the highway.  From the dam parking lot, drive across the highway on Old Reedy Creek Road.  In about 1/4 mile you'll see a house on the right - lots of anti-quarry signs.  A little past that on the left is a big map sign and a wide spot in the road.  Park in the wide spot, head in.

13:10 Arrive 286 Property

• Now that you think you have a plan, it's time to revisit the site to help you assess the viability of your plan.

• We'll also have some mapping / data collection guidance and questions for you to work through

15:10 (latest) Depart for NC State

Th 02.01 ... More GIS & Planning

13:30-13:35 Housekeeping & announcements

• I'll be collecting team and GIS lead names today

13:35 DeBrief from yesterday / Data issues (Case) / Hess will relate any feedback from the County /

• Susan Jones has responded to our project summaries (in the 286 Project folder) - we need to reply back in a single, brief memo. Does someone want to be the key communication point with the county for things like this?

• GIS leads can meet with Case

• If you need specific equipment, it's definitely time to start figuring out how that's going to happen

13:50 Work session - Hess & Case will visit with teams

Assignments

• Be sure to check Assignment Calendar (Quick Links)

Above: Random cyclist on the 286 tract, plus a couple team members.

Goals for the Week ...

• Project work - making sure we're ready for the field - I don't think we are

• Field work or finalize planning, timelines, etc

Assignments

• Be sure to check Assignment Calendar (QuickLinks) - Teamwork 3 and part of Reflection & Self-Evaluation due this week

Tu 02.06 ... Planning & Project Work

13:30-13:35 Housekeeping & announcements

• Sit with project teams

• Team & GIS leads indicated in Contact Information, Roles column

• If you haven't already started a timeline / schedule, it's time to do that - here's some timeline guidance (286 Folder).  If you have, you might want to look at the guidance anyway. 

13:35 Project work

• Get ready for tomorrow - are we really ready for the field?  I don't think so.  I think we need some equipment training, some discussion of your proposed data collection locations, and development of GIS entry forms in Field Maps.  

• Need people to fetch equipment from equipment room at 1:30.

14:30 Team spokesperson meeting with Hess

W 02.07 ... Field Work

I was wrong - you're ready and we're going to the field!

12:50  Vans depart from parking lot by Hodges Lab, behind Biltmore Hall for 286 Property.  Driving yourself?  Be on site by 1:15 latest.

15:35 Back at Hodges Lab

Th 02.08 ... Planning & Project Work

13:30-13:35 Housekeeping & announcements

• Next Tuesday 02.13 is a wellness day and there are no classes.  You'll want to keep this in mind as you're planning - we'll be in the field next W 02.14 and in class on Th 02.15.

13:35 Team work - Hess & Case will circulate

• Hess - Deed training with human use team

14:30 Team spokespersons meeting with Hess

• Update on status, equipment needs, questions

Assignments

• Be sure to check Assignment Calendar (Quick Links)

Above: Part of Team Water at Haley's Branch. (Photo by M Dunn)

Goals for the Week ...

• Field work

• Project planning and work

• ClassWide timeline work

Tu 02.13 ... Wellness Day - No Class

00:00-23:59, Today & every day ... Take good care of yourselves :-))

W 02.14 ... Field Work

12:50 Depart for 286 from parking lot by Hodges Lab, behind Biltmore Hall. Please be sure to being whatever equipment you'll need, including any safety vests you have.

13:10 Arrive 286.  Briefing about finding your way back to the vans if you get disoriented.

15:10 (latest) Depart for NC State

Th 02.15 ... Project Work

13:30-13:35 Housekeeping & announcements

• All teamwork 3 and reflection/evaluation documents in place as of yesterday have been reviewed with comments.  If yours wasn't there, I've reached out by eMail.  If I asked for revisions on your reflection/evaluation, please get them done soon and reply to the comment.

• I've compiled Potential Principles Changes and would like the OP team to have a look and propose appropriate changes to our principles

• Mid-semester reflection and evaluation coming up on 02.22.  Half-hour slots for a chat with me start next week at go.ncsu.edu/MeetWithHess.  Please have all of the mid-semester sections of the reflection document completed at least a day before your appointment.

13:40 Project Work

14:25 Oral status report to class from team leads

Assignments

• Be sure to check Assignment Calendar (Quick Links)

Goals for the Week ...

• Carry on field work

• Organize team lessons

• Full class TimeLine work

Tu 02.20 ... Planning

13:30-13:35 Housekeeping & announcements

• Syd out today, sorry.

• Mid-semester reflection and self-evaluation coming up this week (see Assignments in Quick Links).  Also please make an appointment to talk with me about your reflection ... pick an Appointment slot at go.ncsu.edu/MeetWithHess ... be sure your reflection document is completed at least 2 days before your appointment.

13:35 - Develop big timelines together

• Organize team lessons

• Start organizing for end game - talk about open house; 1 draft presetation and 2 practices; 2 draft reports

14:05 Project work

• Get ready for tomorrow.

W 02.21 ... Field Work

12:50 Depart for 286 from parking lot by Hodges Lab, behind Biltmore Hall

13:10 Arrive 286

15:10 (latest) Depart for NC State

Th 02.22 ... Planning

13:30-13:35 Housekeeping & announcements

13:35 Potential changes to operating principles

13:50 Project work

14:30 Team spokespersons meeting with Hess

• Update on status, equipment needs, questions, lessons

Assignments

• Be sure to check Assignment Calendar (Quick Links)

Goals for the Week ...

• Carry on field work

• Begin team lessons

Tu 02.27 ... Planning

13:30-13:35 Housekeeping & announcements

• If you want to see what Syd's been doing for her graduate work. come to the premier for State of Open Space 2023 - A StoryMap - Th 03.07 09:30-10:30

• Still looking for images for the 286 Public page

• Least brook lamprey (a fish) are actively breeding right now.  As you visit or cross stream sites while doing your work, please look for them. If you see them, please take video, stills, and record the location on GIS.  Here's a video of what they look like, they're only a couple inches long ... https://youtu.be/Uh1YSUy-IFoSome opportunities coming up

  • M 03.04 Dawn bird outing - see the wildlife team

  • W 03.20 Electrofishing and fish sampling, during lab - see stream team

• In line with that ... remember, we're all learning and that's the main purpose of what we're doing.  So be sure, to the greatest degree possible, to let all team members try different things so they can get the experience.  Maximum efficiency is not the key goal - learning is.

• Teams should have standardized methods for their work by now (also known as standardized operating procedures) ... and this is a great time to write them down for your methods portion of the report.

• Upcoming assignments, both due Th 03.07

  • Team peer reviews

  • Learning 2 in reflection document

• Guidelines for report and open house will be available by Thursday

• Please (please) don't resolve comments in your reflection and self-evaluation documents.  I need to be able to see our conversation and know that I've been in your document.  It's fine to address the comments in the text or by reply, but please leave them open.

• Did we lose a measuring reel at the field site?

13:35 Project work

• Get ready for tomorrow

• Start thinking about post spring break - how to wrap field work, get report and open house done - only 5 weeks after break.

• Plan to wrap field work by end of March (first week of April if absolutely needed)

• Start thinking about data visualization, if you haven't already - how are you going to show your data in the report and during open house?  Syd is awesome at this (and I'm pretty good too)

W 02.28 ... Field Work

12:50 Depart for 286 from parking lot by Hodges Lab, behind Biltmore Hall

13:10 Arrive 286

15:10 (latest) Depart for NC State

Th 02.29 ... Human Use Team Lesson ... Planning

13:30-13:35 Housekeeping & announcements

• Happy Leap Day!

• Report and Open House guidelines are now available in the 286 Project Folder - we'll discuss on Tuesday, so please have a look in advance and come prepared with any questions.

• Everyone's project folder now has a Report and Open House folder within.  Please do your report and open house work in the appropriate folder - makes it much easier for me to find stuff.

• If you haven't made an appointment to talk with me yet, I've added additional slots to go.ncsu.edu/MeetWithHess, including a few Zoom slots during break.

13:45 Human Use Team Lesson

14:05 Project work

• Hess & Case will circulate

• Case would like a GIS lead meeting at some point

• Update on status, equipment needs, questions,

Assignments

• Be sure to check Assignment Calendar (Quick Links)

Goals for the Week ...

• Carry on field work

• Start working on reports and open house

• Progress review (Th)

Tu 03.05 ... Planning ... Project Work ... Wildife Team Lesson

13:30-13:35 Housekeeping & announcements

• Final report and presentation guidelines moved to Th

• Open House Webpage coming together - link available go.ncsu.edu/NR300OpenHouse - will need some input on the text summaries and new pictures to replace these placeholders (unless you're happy with them) 

• Before break, please complete your 2nd learning (in your reflection document) and a mid-semester peer review for each of your teammates AND yourself (both due Th 03.07)

• Syd out Thursday - get your GIS needs met today!!

13:40 Work time - prep for tomorrow

14:15 Team Wildlife lesson (in the classroom)

Any remaining time will be work time

W 03.06 ... Field Work

12:50 Depart for 286 from parking lot by Hodges Lab, behind Biltmore Hall

13:10 Arrive 286

15:10 (latest) Depart for NC State

Th 03.07 ... Planning ... Spring Break Ahead!

13:30-13:35 Housekeeping & announcements

• Before break, please complete your 2nd learning (in your reflection document) and a mid-semester peer review for each of your teammates AND yourself

• Th 03.07 Syd passed her Masters defense today - you can see her work at State of Open Space 2023 - A StoryMap - great examples of visualization and presentation

• Syd out today

13:35 Final report and presentation guidelines [ Hess ]

14:00 Project work

• Take some time to review how your work is going with respect to your goals (visit your one-pager and you project worksheets) - any course-corrections needed?

• Make sure anything that has to happen during spring break is attended to

• Week of 03.25 should be last week in field - that's 2 weeks after spring break

14:25 Quick (<5min) progress review from each team for entire class

14:45 Adjourn for Spring Break

Assignments

• Be sure to check Assignment Calendar (Quick Links)

Goals for the Week ...

• Remember when ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

• Start working on reports and open house

• Trails (Tu) and Soils (Th)  lessons

Tu 03.19 ... Trails Lesson ... Plan for Tomorrow

13:30-13:35 Housekeeping & announcements

• Finished peer evaluations, then circling back to 2nd learning in reflection documents

• Help Wanted! - need these positions filled, please

• Assignment calendar heavily updated (QuickLinks)

• Bird outings - see Chloe if you'd like to join - meet at our usual field meeting place

  • Sun 03.24 07:00

  • Sat 03.30 01:00 or 02:00, to be announced (night outing for owls)

  • Sun 03.31 07:00

13:35 Team Trails lesson

14:05 Team Stream - what's the electofishing plan for tomorrow?  How can others observe?

14:10 Work time - prep for tomorrow

• Remember where you left things. Carry on. 

• Work on storyboarding for your open house (Guidance in Quick Links > Open House Guidelines)

• Start organizing for your report and open house

W 03.20 ... Field Work

12:50 Depart for 286 from parking lot by Hodges Lab, behind Biltmore Hall

13:10 Arrive 286

• Steam team will be doing electrofishing - anyone can observe

15:10 (latest) Depart for NC State

Th 03.21 ... Project Work ... Organization ... Storyboarding

13:30 13:35 Housekeeping & announcements

• Working thru Learning 2 - about half done

• Help Wanted! - still need some positions filled, pleased

13:35 Team Soils Lesson

14:05 GIS & Data Leads work with Syd across hall; Team time

Assignments

• Be sure to check Assignment Calendar (Quick Links)

Goals for the Week ...

• Complete field work

• Work on reports, open house, and data - storyboard due Tu; first drafts of open house and reports due next week

• Team Stream (Tu) & Team Plants (Th) lessons

Tu 03.26 ... Team People Lesson ... Project Work

13:30 Class will begin at 1:30 at the southwest corner of the Student Health parking lot near Dan Allen Drive.  Navigate to this location to arrive by 1:30.   Steam Team Lesson.

14:10-14:15 Housekeeping & announcements

• Final Reflection and Learning 3 due 05.01

• News Article due 04.16

• Syd out Th 03.28

• Tomorrow looks wet - so does next Wednesday - plan for it - it's our last day out

• I've worked thru all Learning 2.  If I've asked for revisions, please complete ASAP and reply to the comment saying that revisions are complete.

14:15 Project Work

• Storyboard for review completed by end of class

W 03.27 ... Project Work - Last Field Lab - CANCELLED 

W 03.27 ... we are NO GO for the field outing today.  Please don't go out on your own; please attend class so we can work on other things.

With thunderstorms likely, I'll send an eMail by 11:15A today, and post here, the Go / No-Go decision for fieldwork today.  If I declare No-Go, please don't go on your own; please attend class instead so we can work on other things.

12:50  Arrive in class

• Making weather decisions is almost always a no-win situation.  So redefine "win."

13:00 Housekeeping & announcements

• Bird outings - see Chloe if you'd like to join - meet at our usual field meeting place

  • Sat 03.30 01:00  - night outing for owls

  • Sun 03.31 07:00

• Help Wanted! - need these positions filled, please

• I can take people to 286 on F (03.29) or M (04.01), or during class Tu (04.02).   If you must, and can't arrange another time, teams can finish next W (04.03) though (lighter) rain is currently forecast.

13:10 Telling a Story & Designing a Presentation (Case & Hess)

13:40 Project Work

15:30 Adjourn

Th 03.28 ... Plant Team Lesson ... Project Work

13:30 13:35 Housekeeping & announcements

• Syd out today

• Bird outings - see Chloe if you'd like to join - meet at our usual field meeting place

  • Sat 03.30 01:00  - night outing for owls

  • Sun 03.31 07:00

• Help Wanted! - still need these positions filled, please

• Storyboard reviews are considered complete.  Whatever you're doing now is working towards your presentation slide deck.

• Always eMail Hess & Case when you have a report or presentation item ready for review, especially if it's ahead of the deadline.  It's the best way to get feedback most quickly.

• Any team(s) up for doing their 1st presentation practice next week? Get a jump on things!

13:35 Team Plants lesson

14:00 Project Work

• First draft report and presentation due next week

Assignments

• Be sure to check Assignment Calendar (Quick Links)

Goals for the Week ...

• Celebrate completion of field work (Tu)

• Work on reports, open house, and data - first draft presentation and report due this week

Tu 04.02 ... Ice Cream Celebration of Field Work Completion ... Project Work

13:30-13:35 Housekeeping & announcements

• Syd will be out next week (of 04.08) - keep that in mind as you deal with GIS and visualization issues

• Please return any vests, first aid kits, and other equipment to class this week

• Always eMail Hess & Case when you have a report or presentation item ready for review, especially if it's ahead of the deadline.  It's the best way to get feedback most quickly.

• Help Wanted! - need these positions filled, please. Really.  Now.

• Olivia is compiling images and blurbs for the open house webpage - needs them Tu 04.09

• Grace is collecting teaser slides - needs them Th 04.11

• Any team(s) ready to practice their presentation this week?  If not, I'll be coming around scheduling for next week: 1 or 2 on Tu/Th; 2-4 on W.

13:35 Celebration of field work completion (and th Final Four), followed by (or mixed with) project work

• Howling Cow Ice Cream

• Mandies

13:50 Project Work

W 04.03 ... Project Work ... Presentation Feedback

12:50 Housekeeping & announcements

• Reminder on individual items due rest of semester ... Learning 3, Final Reflection, News Article ... details in Assignment Calendar

• Any more vests, first aid kits, other equipment?

12:55 Project Work

• GIS Team Leads will meet with Syd across the hall

• Trip to equipment room to return stuff - need some help

14:30 Trails Team practie presentation (round 1)

Th 04.04 ... Project Work

13:30-13:35 Housekeeping & announcements

13:35 Project Work

• Syd will be working remotely with the GIS leads today, across the hall

• First draft presentation slides and first draf report findings & methods due end of class (or at least end of day) for my review.  Please put them in the right folders, per the directions.  Thanks!

Assignments

• Be sure to check Assignment Calendar (Quick Links)

Goals for the Week ...

• Get it done!!

• Second round of open house practice and then finish prep for next week

• Complete work on reports and data (by F 04.19 Noon)

Tu 04.16 ... Project Work

13:30-13:35 Housekeeping & announcements

• Not all teaser slides are in - we're practicing that in less than 30 minutes

• Room across the hall is available if anyone wants to do work or practice there

• All project stuff due Friday - report, data; open house should be 99% done (recognize you might do some last-minute tweaks)

• Reminder on individual items due rest of semester ... News Article (Today), Learning 3 (W 05.01), Final Reflection (W 05.01)

13:35 Project Work

14:00 Practice Presentations

• Intro & Teaser Slides

• Team Plants

W 04.17 ... Project Work ... Open House Practice

12:50 Housekeeping & announcements

• Room across the hall is available until 14:00

12:55 Project Work

14:00 Practice Presentations

• Human Use

• Wildlife

• Trails

Project Work

15:35 Adjourn

Th 04.18 ... Project Work Wrap-up

13:30 13:35 Housekeeping & announcements

• Complete work on report and data by tomorrow F 04.19 noon.  Let me &Syd know by eMail when you are done.

• Room across the hall is available if anyone wants to do work there

• Make sure you know how to work the side screen assigned to your team

13:35 Project Work

14:00 Practice Presentations

• Streams

• Soils

Assignments

• Be sure to check Assignment Calendar (Quick Links)

Tu 04.22 ... Last class ... finalize for Thursday

13:30 13:35 Housekeeping & announcements

• Happly LDOC!!  Woohooo!!!

• Room across the hall is available if anyone wants to do work there

• Draft report is available for review on the Open House page

• Final reflections and Learning 3 (your personal learning goal) due 05.01 - let me know when yours is done and I'll be doing grades on a rolling basis, with priorty to graduating seniors

13:35 Project Work

14:00 Course Review

• 15min - Hess & Case will leave room.  Create two charts on the board - things that should stay the same in the course, and things that should change.  

• 15min - Hess & Case return.  Discussion.

14:30 Any last minute stuff

W 04.23 ... Reading day ... NO CLASS

Th 04.24 noon-2:30P ... Open House

11:30-Noon Arrive, setup, get comfortable

12:05 Introduction & Teaser Slides - Hess leads

12:15 Open House - Teams lead

14:00 Open House ends

14:05 Last thoughts

14:30 Adjuorn - have a great summer / life!

Assignments

• Be sure to check Assignment Calendar (Quick Links)

• Final reflection and evaluation due W 05.01