Appendix 1: Example Schedule
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Date |
Details – unless otherwise stated assignments are due the following week |
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Week 1 |
Course logistics and first field trip Location: Classroom + Field Site Assignments: pre-course survey + field notebook entry #1 |
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Week 2 |
Field Trip: Plant specimen collection Location: Classroom + Field Site Assignments: field notebook entry #2 |
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Week 3 |
Field Trip: Prepare herbarium specimens Location: Classroom + Ada Hayden Herbarium Assignments: field notebook entry #3 + reflective writing #1 |
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Week 4 |
Field Trip: Data Collection Location: Classroom + Field Site Assignments: field notebook entry #4 + peer review #1 |
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Week 5 |
Field Trip: Data Analysis Location: Classroom Assignments: field notebook entry #5 |
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Week 6 |
Weekend Field Trip Location: Lakeside Laboratory Assignments: field notebook entry #6 + reflective writing #2 + paper reading #1 + first draft of professional materials (due week 10) |
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Week 7 |
Field Trip: Local Site and Paper Location: Classroom + Field Site Assignments: field notebook entry #7 + peer review #2 + paper reading #2 |
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Week 8 |
Field Trip: Virtual Discussion and Paper Location: Classroom Assignments: field notebook entry #8 + paper reading #3 |
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Week 9 |
Field Trip: Local Site and Paper Location: Classroom + ISU Horticulture Farm Assignments: field notebook entry #9 + turn in field notebook + REMINDER: first draft of professional materials |
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Week 10 |
Workshop on Proposals I Location: Classroom Assignments: peer review #3 + proposal #1 (due week 12) |
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Week 11 |
Finding research opportunities – invited speaker Location: Classroom Assignments: revision #1 |
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Week 12 |
Workshop on Proposals II Location: Classroom Assignments: peer review #4 + proposal #2 (due week 14) |
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Week 13 |
Preparing Professional Materials Workshop I Location: Classroom Assignments: revision #2 (due week 15) |
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Thanksgiving Break – Class does not meet |
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Week 14 |
Workshop on Proposals III Location: Classroom Assignments: proposal #3 |
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Week 15 |
Professional Materials Workshop II Location: Classroom Assignments: reflective writing #3 + post-course survey + final presentation |
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Week 16 |
Finals Week – Present Research Proposals Location: Classroom End of Semester Celebration |
