**Being Updated for Spring 2026**
Image: Wake County Parks, Recreation, & Open Space manages Historic Yates Mill County Park. We will inventory a portion of the Park with them to support additional trails, trail improvements, and monitoring of flora and fauna. This image shows Steep Hill Creek. And, yes, that's a lot of microstegium.
10.19 ... Being updated for Spring 2026. We will be working at Historic Yates Mill County Park this spring.
Above: Small group counting grass.
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
Be sure to check Assignment Calendar
10:15-10:50 – Activity
Instructors will be along shortly - please begin activity without them
Create clusters of 4-5 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 10:50 and ready to debrief – you need to allocate your time so that you can make this deadline
10:50-11:10 – Debrief: DEAL – Describe, Examine, Articulate Learning
11:10-11:30 – Brief description of how the course will work (will do tomorrow if we're short on time)
Website, project, assignments, grading, etc
You will be outside part of the time - dress accordingly!
12:50-12:55 Housekeeping, Announcements
I may need a backup, paid 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 4-5 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 14:15
14:25-14:40 De-brief & discussion: DEAL – Describe, Examine, Articulate Learning
14:40 Open discussion
15:00 Misc
Website, project, assignments, grading, etc
If time remaining ... Complete the "Request ArcOnline Account" and "Consent Form" assignments (see Assignments in Quicklinks) right now. Trey can help with the ArcOnline account if you have any issues.
10:15-10:30 Housekeeping / Quick web tour / Announcements
Don’t forget to check assignments
Any troubles with ArcOnline account activation? See Trey!
Be sure to check Assignment Calendar (QuickLinks)
Above: K found an arrowhead down along Dutchmans Branch. Very Cool!!
Meet our partners
Start scoping out topic ideas
Keep getting to know one another
Be sure to check Assignment Calendar
10:15 Housekeeping & Announcements
Don't forget assignments ... Teamwork 1 Reading Guide due Thursday
10:20 Partners for our work this semester ... those present will introduce themselves ...
Patrick Lynch, Assistant Park Manager, Crowder County Park [ present ]
Laura Ketcham, Assistant Park Manager of Education
Sarah Goldsmith, Technician of Education
Thomas Reed, Open Space Assistanat Manager [ present ]
Chris Snow, Director, Wake County Parks, Recreation, & Open Space [ present ]
Sam Trogdon, Associate Director, Wake County Parks, Recreation, & Open Space [ present ]
Adam Prince, Group Program Coordinator, Yates Mill and Crowder County Parks [ present ]
10:30 Description of site, goals, potential work - questions and disucssion throughout
11:10 Any final questions and discussion
11:20 Instructions for 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.
You will be outside for around 2 hours - dress accordingly!
12:50 Depart from parking lot by Hodges Lab, behind Biltmore Hall for Crowder County Park (4709 Ten-Ten Road, Apex). We will actually park here at the north end of the park.
13:15 Arrive Crowder County Park
Meet Wake County staff on site
13:30 Field site tour
15:05 (latest) Depart for NC State
10:15 Housekeeping & Announcements
Don't forget assignments ... Teamwork 1 Reading Guide due today
I'm working on a class eMail that will reach everyone in the class - students and instructors. Anyone in the class will be able send to it. Hope to have it ready next week.
10:20 What topics interest you? - Here are Potential Topics of Interest from our discussions and site visit (Crowder 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 Crowder Project Folder)
10:40 We'll form some topic groups to develop ideas ... move furniture around as needed
Everyone in each group, introduce yourself as you wish
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
11:10 Hear from each group
What are your ideas, ranked
Continue developing project ideas - get something ready to share with Wake County
Review reflection and self-evaluation document
Develop team operating principles
Be sure to check Assignment Calendar - Teamwork 2 coming due
10:15-10:40 Housekeeping & announcements
Sit with work teams (the ones you selected last week)
Please enter your current team in the Contact Information spreadsheet (in Course Information), if you haven't already done that
The Reflection & Evaluation 2024 - DRAFT 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 and comment in advance.
On Th, we'll have some students from last year available for you to talk with
10:40 Start developing project worksheet and timelines
Each team from last week now has a working folder within the Crowder Project Folder (QuickLinks). Within each of those folders, I've placed a Project Worksheet template for the team to start completing. 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 early next week for review. Oh, and I also placed a photo of your notes from the board in the Crowder Project folder.
We can do a recon trip to Crowder next Wednesday, if you see value in that for planning purposes
There is some guidance for developing timelines in the Crowder 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 & Mumma will wander the room to ask and answer questions.
11:15 Full class discussion of issues and whatnot
12:50-12:55 Housekeeping & announcements
Reflection & Evaluation (35 minutes)
13:00-13:05 Hess to describe
13:05-13:25 Review Reflection & Evaluation 2025 - DRAFT document (Course Information) - make comments and any suggestions for change. Feel free to ask me questions as you do this. I'll work on things live as you enter, as fast as I can. **MOVED OFFLINE BECAUSE OF SNOW CANCELLATION - SEE ASSIGNMENTS CALENDAR DUE F 01.24**
13:25-13:35 Class discussion as needed
Project Development
13:40 Continue working on your project worksheets and one-pages. Hess & Mumma will wander the room to ask and answer questions. **MOVED OFFLINE - GET AS MUCH DONE BY Tu 01.28 AS POSSIBLE**
15:35 Adjourn
10:15-10:20 Housekeeping & announcements
Sit wherever today - don't need to be in topic teams - let's have 4 roughly equal sized teams
Snow cancelation yesterday ...
be making comments in the Reflection & Evaluation draft - do that buy tomorrow
be communicating with your teams to move forward on one-pages and workplans
We'll be doing a recon visit to Crowder Park 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.
Operating Procedures (or whatever you decide to call them)
10:20-10:35 Past experience with teams
4 small groups develop list of team experiences and attributes they have experienced that helped or hindered the effective operation of a team (so basically create a plus column and a delta 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.
Students from Last Year
10:35-10:50
A few students from last year's class will visit to talk with you about the course and grading approaches. Hess & Mumma will leave the room so you can talk freely. Only a summary of concerns will be reported to us.
Back to Operating Procedures
10:55-11:10 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.
11:10 Class agreement on Operating Principles
One small group will speak first, then others will build on what they say – agreed on rules of operation wind up in the document linked above
Someone(s) help me document these Operating Principles as we talk
Need a volunteer or two to clean this up by tomorrow (F 01.24) so we can use it for the Teamwork3 assignment.
Be sure to check Assignment Calendar
Above: Team water conducts a reconnaisance visit to Crowder Park
Safety and public interactions
Recon at site
Planning - get one-pager to Wake; keep pushing the workplans
Be sure to check Assignment Calendar
10:15-10:20 Housekeeping & announcements
Sit with project teams
Need a leader / spokesperson for each team - lots of communication already, so it is time!
If you submitted a Teamwork 2 assignment by 01.26, I've reviewed it and left comments. If not, you've received an eMail from me.
The revised Reflection & Evaluation document is now available in the Course Information folder - use the one called "Reflection & Evaluation 2025 - 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 2025 - WITH COMMENTS).
10:20 Operating Principles - Class discussion, if needed
Teamwork 3 is a opportunity for any critique of these - although it's due next Th (shifted bc of snow) you can get to it sooner and it would be great if you did.
10:30 Safety & Public Interactions - Added to Quick Links, in Course Information (Hess)
10:45 Work time
Finish One-pagers for review by Wake County. 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. 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?
Trey will call a meeting of the GIS lead from each team
I need to talk with water team about YSI usage - can anyone meet with Dr Allen on W 01.29 at 11AM for an hour or so?
You will be outside for around 2 hours - dress accordingly!
12:50 Depart from parking lot by Hodges Lab, behind Biltmore Hall for Crowder Park.
13:10 Arrive Crowder Park
Now that we have preliminary plans, 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
10:15-10:20 Housekeeping & announcements
Teamwork 3 assignmetn is ready to go - have at it - due Th 02.06, but earlier would be appreciated!
One-pagers went out this morning - see PreliminaryPlans.2025.01.29.pdf in the Crowder folder - I did edit them some
Review equipment room instructions (QuickLinks)
10:20 DeBrief from yesterday - what did we learn?
10:30 Work session
GIS leads will meet with Mumma
Hess & Mumma will visit with teams
YSI leads in Water Team meet with Dr Allen down on 2nd floor
Some of animal team visit with Dr Mali about audio recorders
11:10 Team spokesperson meetings with Hess & Mumma
Determine if we're ready for fieldwork next week
Project work - making sure we're ready for the field
Refine plans and timelines
Be sure to check Assignment Calendar (QuickLinks) - Teamwork 3 and part of Reflection & Self-Evaluation due this week
10:15-10:20 Housekeeping & announcements
List of things in equipment room has been added to the Equipment Room document (Quick Links)
Team spokesperons & GIS leads indicated in Contact Information
If you haven't already at least started a timeline / schedule, it's time to do that - there's some timeline guidance in the Crowder folder. If you have, you might want to look at the guidance anyway - it might help with your planning worksheet also.
There are comments on the preliminary plan (your one-pagers) in the Crowder Project folder.
Need to know who's not taking the van tomorrow, who's going early, staying late, etc
10:20 Krispy Kreme Run Report
Runners included Allison, Athena, Sarah, Sydney, Trey ... others??
10:30 Project work
Get ready for tomorrow.
GIS checkin with Mumma - make sure you have the layers you need to collect the data you need tomorrow ... and that you know how to do it
11:15 Team spokesperson meeting with Hess & Mumma
12:50 Vans depart from parking lot by Hodges Lab, behind Biltmore Hall for Crowder. Driving yourself? Be on site by 1:10 latest - meet in the usual parking area.
15:35 Back at Hodges Lab
10:15-10:20 Housekeeping & announcements
Next Tuesday 02.11 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 02.12 and in class on Th 02.13.
10:20 What did we learn yesterday?
10:30 Team work - Hess & Mumma will circulate
Review and respond (in the document) to the comments on our one-pagers - comments are in the Crowder Folder
11:15 Team spokespersons meeting with Hess
Update on status, equipment needs, questions, plans for next week
Above: Part of the water team at Dutchmans Branch.
Field work
Project planning and work
Be sure to check Assignment Calendar (Quick Links)
00:00-23:59, Today & every day ... Take good care of yourselves :-))
12:50 Depart for Crowder 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.
Water going out (4 van, 2 drive)
Critters going out (6 drive)
Trees workig inside (JK)
13:10 Arrive Crowder. Briefing about finding your way back to the vans if you get disoriented.
15:10 (latest) Depart for NC State
10:15-10:20 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.
Mid-semester reflection and evaluation coming up on 02.20. Half-hour slots for a chat with me start next week at go.ncsu.edu/MeetWithHess [ Soon will be ]. Please have all of the mid-semester sections of the reflection document completed at least 2 days before your appointment, so I have time to review it..
Crowder public meeting is Tu 03.25 4P-7P at the Heron Shelter in Crowder Park, right where we usually park
I sent our responses to each of Patrick's comments on our 1-pagers this morning.
10:20 Operating Principles Task Force
Review of any changes proposed as a result of Teamwork 3 assignment
10:30 Project Work - Hess & Mumma will circulate
11:15 Oral status report to full class from team leads
Above: THE Critter Crew on a recon mission.
Carry on field work
Be sure to check Assignment Calendar (Quick Links)
10:15-10:20 Housekeeping & announcements
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.
What are we gonna do about the snow??
10:20 - Develop big timelines together
Organize team lessons for after break
Start organizing for end game - talk about open house; 1 draft presentation and 2 practices; 2 draft reports
10:45 Project work
Get ready for tomorrow (haha)
12:50 Depart for Crowder from parking lot by Hodges Lab, behind Biltmore Hall
13:10 Arrive Crowder Park
15:10 (latest) Depart for NC State
10:15-10:20 Housekeeping & announcements
10:20 Project work
11:315 Team spokespersons meeting with Hess
Update on status, equipment needs, questions, lessons
Carry on field work
Work on team lessons
Start planning for the end game
10:15-10:25 Housekeeping & announcements
Crowder public meeting Tu 03.25 4-7P at the Heron Shelter where we usually park
Upcoming THE Critter Crew activities - you're invited!
W 03.05 21:00 (9P) Night birding - meet at the park
M 03.17 07:00 - Morning birding with Dr Moorman - meet at the park
Anyone want to go? Anyone need transport?
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 start writing them down for your methods portion of the report.
Guidelines for report and open house are now available in the Crowder Project folder and the Quick Links. We'll discuss next week, so please have a look in advance.
Assignment calendar heavily updated (QuickLinks) based on our planning next week - have a look, get things on your calendars
If you haven't signed up for a meeting with me yet, go.ncsu.edu/MeetWithHess
Upcoming assignments, both due Th 03.06, before break
Learning 2 in your reflection document
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.
10:25 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. We have a schedule - now you have to figure out how to implement it
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? Hess & Mumma can help if you show us some initial ideas
11:15 Team Leads meet with Hess
12:50 Depart for Crowder from parking lot by Hodges Lab, behind Biltmore Hall
13:10 Arrive Crowder
15:10 (latest) Depart for NC State
10:15-10:25 Housekeeping & announcements
If you haven't made an appointment to talk with me yet, please do at go.ncsu.edu/MeetWithHess
Help Wanted! - will need these positions filled, please
10:25 Project work
Hess & Mumma will circulate
Update on status, equipment needs, questions
11:15 Team Leads meet with Hess
Be sure to check Assignment Calendar (Quick Links)
Above: Part of the Tree Hugger team working on some wetland delineation.
Carry on field work
Start working on reports and open house
Progress review (Th)
Be sure to check Assignment Calendar (Quick Links)
10:15-10:20 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 (both due Th 03.06)
Job fair tomorrow 03.05 10A-2P Talley Ballrooms (3rd floor) - list of employers
10:20 Report Guidelines
Report and Open House guidelines are available in the Crowder Project folder and QuickLinks - we'll discuss on Thursday, 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.
Help Wanted! - will need these positions filled, please
10:45 Dr Kays meets with THE Critter Team to talk through Wildlife Insights
10:35 Work time - prep for tomorrow
13:00 LATE Departure for Crowder from parking lot by Hodges Lab, behind Biltmore Hall
13:20 Arrive Crowder
15:10 (latest) Depart for NC State
21:00 Meet at the park
10:15-10:20 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
Hess will be out on Tu 03.18 - you know what to do
10:20 Team Dysfunction Diagnostics
Each team memeber complete the form, individually without consulting with others
Discuss issues that are indicated based on results
10:35 Project work
Take some time to review how your work is going with respect to your goals (visit your one-pager and your project worksheets) - any course-corrections needed?
Make sure anything that has to happen during spring break is attended to
Week of 03.24 should be last week in field - that's 2 weeks after spring break
11:15 Quick (<5min) progress review from each team for entire class
11:30 Adjourn for Spring Break
Be sure to check Assignment Calendar (Quick Links)
Above: Examining macroinvertebrates as inidicators of stream quality.
Start working on reports and open house
THE Critter Crew Lesson (Th)
Meet at the park 07:00
10:15-10:20 Housekeeping & announcements
Hess out today
Crowder public meeting Tu 03.25 4-7P at the Heron Shelter where we usually park
10:20 Open House Guidelines
Trey will present - they are in the QuickLinks
10:35 Work time - prep for tomorrow
Remember where you left things. Carry on.
Dr Stephanie Jeffries will meet the Tree Hugger team out there - please prepare for the best use of her time.
Work on storyboarding for your open house (Guidance in Quick Links > Open House Guidelines)
Start organizing for your report and open house
11:15 Team leads meet with Mumma
12:50 Depart for Crowder from parking lot by Hodges Lab, behind Biltmore Hall
13:10 Arrive Crowder
Steam team will be doing electrofishing - anyone can observe
15:10 (latest) Depart for NC State
10:15 10:20 Housekeeping & announcements
Crowder public meeting Tu 03.25 4-7P at the Heron Shelter where we usually park
Critter Crew - be sure to have waders arranged for electrofishing next Wednesday
10:20 THE Critter Crew Lesson
10:50 Project work
11:15 Team leads meet with Hess & Mumma
Be sure to check Assignment Calendar (Quick Links)
THE Critter Crew team member setting a minnow trap in the pond (top) and the team electrofishing Dutchmans Branch (bottom).
Complete field work
Work on reports, open house, and data - next week open house storyboard and first drafts of reports are due
Tree Huggers (Tu) & Water Quality (Th) lessons
10:15-10:20 Housekeeping & announcements
Crowder public meeting TONIGHT 4-7P at the Heron Shelter where we usually park
THE Critter Crew - be sure to have waders and boots arranged for tomorrow
10:20 Tree Huggers Lesson
10:50 Project Work - prepare for tomorrow - last field lab - do any needed cleanup - water quality, fetch rain data from office
12:50 Depart for Crowder from parking lot by Hodges Lab, behind Biltmore Hall
13:10 Arrive Crowder
THE Critter Crew will be doing electrofishing in the stream, weather permitting - anyone can observe
Do any cleaneup needed
Water Quality - fetch rain data from office
15:10 (latest) Depart for NC State
10:15 -10:20 Housekeeping & announcements
All equipment should be returned, including any books borrowed from the closet, first aid kits, vests, things from the equipment room, and so forth
Rest of semester... Individual News Article (04.15) ... Report (04.22) ... Data (04.22) ... Open House (04.25) ... Learning 3 (05.01) ... End of Semester Reflection (05.01)
Always eMail Hess & Mumma when you have a report or open house item ready for review, especially if it's ahead of the deadline. It's the best way to get feedback most quickly.
Help Wanted! ... I don't know who the open house and report leads are for each team
All roles are in the Contact Information page (QuickLinks)
10:20 Project Work
OK, where are we and what do you need? - quick reports from each team
10:55 Quick reports from each team to whole class
11:00 Water Quality Lesson
Be sure to check Assignment Calendar (Quick Links)
Celebrate completion of field work (W)
Work on reports, open house, and data - open house storyboard & first draft report due this week
10:15-10:20 Housekeeping & announcements
Please return any other equipment this week
Rest of semester... Individual News Article (04.15) ... Report (04.22) ... Data (04.22) ... Open House (04.25) ... Learning 3 (05.01) ... End of Semester Reflection (05.01)
Always eMail Hess & Mumma 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.
Halee coordinating Open House page photos and blurbs - see her this week
Nathan coordinating teaser slides for Open House introduction - see him this week
10:20 Project Work
10:30 Hess to meet with Report Leads - Aubrey, Halee, Madison
10:45 Hess to meet with Open House Leads - Allison, David, Reilly
10:45 Mumma will meet with GIS Leads
11:00 Hess to meet with Executive Summary, Intro, Acknowledgements, References leads - determine due dates - Ava, Cade, Ricky, Sarah
12:50 Housekeeping & announcements
THANK YOU - smoothest equipment return EVER :-))
Halee on English Ivy removal effort
13:00 Celebration of field work completion, followed by (or mixed with) project work
Special snacks
13:15 Project Work
Open house storyboard due today - we can review during class if you're ready
Hess and Mumma are here to help you work through any issues - please just ask!!
THE Critter Team ... members working on visualization should sign up for a Tableau Public account in advance of Dr Kays' visit tomorrow
10:15-10:20 Housekeeping & announcements
Ricky: Re Study abroad in Namibia - wildlife and drones
Rest of semester... Individual News Article (04.15) ... Report (04.22) ... Data (04.22) ... Open House (04.25) ... [ Learning 3 (05.01) ... End of Semester Reflection (05.01) - earlier is better, especially if graduating ]
10:20 Project Work
Please get your Open House page photos and blurbs to Halee today so I can start advertising
First draft of 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!
Any team feel like they will be ready for a first presentation critique next week?
10:30 Roland Kays to meet with THE Critter Team to look at vizualization techniques from Wildlife Insights and Tableau
Be sure to check Assignment Calendar (Quick Links)
Above: The north pond
Work on reports, open house, and data
10:15-10:25 Housekeeping & announcements
Rest of semester... Individual News Article (04.15) ... Report (04.22) ... Data (04.22) ... Open House (04.25) ... Learning 3 (05.01) ... End of Semester Reflection (05.01). News article will help you consolidate your thinking and highlight the value of what we've done - could influence your presentation and report in positive ways - start now! Earlier end of semester stuff would be appreciated, especially for graduating seniors.
First draft open house slide deck due (W 04.09)
First drafts of introduction, executive summary, and so forth due (Th 04,10)
Teaser slide changes due Th 04.10 - Nathan coordinating
Second report drafts due end of day F 04.11 - sooner is better - let us know when ready
10:25 Project Work
12:50 Housekeeping & announcements
Check title page - is your name the way you want it? Fix any mistakes, please
Instructor review draft of Open House slides due end of class - we can look them over in class if you're ready
Anyone ready for first run presentation this week (including today)?
12:55 Project Work
Check title page - is your name the way you want it? Fix any mistakes, please
3213 across the hall is available if anyone needs a quiet place or to practice talking
10:15 - 10:20 Housekeeping & announcements
Teaser slide changes due today - Nathan coordinating
Intro, Exec Sum first draft due today; Ref and Ack leads should check in with each team to make sure it's happening
Second report draft due tomorrow F 04.11 - let us know when ready
First practice talks Tuesday
Rest of semester... Individual News Article (04.15) ... Report (04.22) ... Data (04.22) ... Open House (04.25) ... [ Learning 3 (05.01) ... End of Semester Reflection (05.01) - earlier is better, especially if graduating ]
10:20 Project Work
As always ... be sure to check Assignment Calendar (Quick Links)
Above: Evaluating wetland soils
Practice talks
Work on reports, open house, and data
10:15-10:20 Housekeeping & announcements
Rest of semester... Individual News Article (04.15 TODAY) ... Report (04.22) ... Data (04.22) ... Open House (04.25) ... [ Learning 3 (05.01) ... End of Semester Reflection (05.01) - earlier is better, especially if graduating ]
10:25 Project Work
12:50 Housekeeping & announcements
3213 across the hall is available if anyone needs a quiet place or to practice talking after our first round
13:00 Round 1 Practice talks
Tree Huggers
Water Quality
Wildlife
14:00 (Latest) Project Work
3:35 Adjourn
10:15 10:20 Housekeeping & announcements
Open house attire ... the classic "business casual" ... here are some pictures ... NCSU has a professional clothing closet if you don't have anything like this. Basically, something that's neat and clean and other than gym shorts & T-shirts. No need for ties and jackets or anything like that.
10:20 Project Work
Intro, Exec Sum final draft due today; Ref and Ack leads should check in with each team to make sure it's happening
Potential Round 2 practice talks
Water quality
Wildlife
Tree Huggers
As always ... be sure to check Assignment Calendar (Quick Links)
10:15 - 10:20 Housekeeping & announcements
Happly LDOC!! Woohooo!!!
Happy Earth Day!
Rest of semester... Report (04.22 today) ... Data (04.22 today) ... Open House (04.25) ... [ Learning 3 (05.01) ... End of Semester Reflection (05.01) - earlier is better, especially if graduating - eMail Hess when ready ]
Open house attire ... the classic "business casual" ... here are some pictures ... NCSU has a professional clothing closet if you don't have anything like this. Basically, something that's neat and clean and other than gym shorts & T-shirts. No need for ties and jackets or anything like that.
10:20 Project Work
11:00 Course Review
15min - Hess & Mumma 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 & Mumma return. Discussion.
Open house attire ... the classic "business casual" ... here are some pictures ... NCSU has a professional clothing closet if you don't have anything like this. Basically, something that's neat and clean and other than gym shorts & T-shirts. No need for ties and jackets or anything like that.
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!
Be sure to check Assignment Calendar (Quick Links)
Final reflection and evaluation due W 05.01 - sooner is better, especially if you're graduating - grades are due 05.02
