Class 4, September 29
Readings/Videos to do before class:
- Read: Observing from Inside and complete your BioBlitz observations
- SF: Tools of Seeing
- SF: Urban Ecology
- Read: Chapter 44, Sections 1 & 2 in Biology 2e
- Read: Are New Yorkers Wearing Masks from the NYTimes
Reading Response questions: https://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/rice21sf/2021/09/27/class-4-reading-response-questions/
Slides for class: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1VmFLDpYTX2tzLWkLSg7p9Dg_APR2KV2ev9LDN_28v1Q/edit?usp=sharing
Pick one of the terms on Slide 3, and make a new slide to explain the term, based on the template of the existing slides 4 & 5. Your slide should have a title, graphic, and at least two sections of concise text to define/explain the term in the context of the scientific method. Use examples from the Are New Yorkers Wearing Masks article if you need to.
Prof. Kelly O’Donnell’s slides: https://www.dropbox.com/s/nbzwta788osye1n/odonnell_bioblitz_data_exploration.pdf?dl=0
iNaturalist Project Page Links
2021 Remote BioBlitz iNaturalist project page (students only)
2021 Remote BioBlitz iNaturalist project page (faculty/staff/virtual taxon leaders)
2021 Umbrella Project (includes both the students and the faculty/staff/vtl)
Macaulay BioBlitz Website Links
Data Landing Page (access BioBlitz data from all years)
iNaturalist Data Download Guide
Class Recording Video & Audio (~300 MB)
Assignments for after Class 4:
Revise two science questions (yours or someone else’s) based on our class discussion. Your revised question should be specific enough to be explored with the scientific method (Research Project).
Revise your slide in the Experimenting with Science presentation to incorporate professor comments (Weekly Assignment).
Make sure you have completed all of the work assigned up to this point. Contact Prof. Rice if you are unsure.
Readings for Class 5
- Read: Two blog posts by the Undergraduate Science Librarian: 1, 2
- Read: How to Read A Scientific Paper by Carl Zimmer in the NYTimes
- Read: How to (seriously) read a scientific paper
