Syllabus (Standard)
Lecture/Lab Schedule
Lecture PowerPoints:
(These
files require PowerPoint-
it is available on every NVCC computer)
Section 1
Lecture 1-Introduction (Ch 1)
Climate (Ch 3)
Aquatic Environment (Ch 4)
Aquatic Ecosystems (Ch 24)
Terrestrial
Environment (Ch 5),
Biomes (Ch 23), Decomposition (Ch. 21) & Nutrient Cycling (Ch 22)
Test 1 follows the material
covered in the these lectures
Section 2
Ch.
6/7 Plant & Animal Adaptations to Environment
Ch.
8 Life History Patterns
Ch.
10 population growth-
Logistic
growth chapter 11 & 12
Interspecific competition chapter 13
Predation
Parasitism Mutualism-Ch 14 & 15
Test 2 follows the material covered in the these lectures
FINAL
EXAM: Cumulative
Lab Materials Hand-outs- Fall
2011
Aug. 31 Moss coverage on trees (Excel file)
Sept. 7- ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (Anova) PROCEDURES
GUIDELINES FOR WRITING UP ECOLOGICAL
REPORTS
Oct.
12 – Analysis for Mark &
Recapture
Nov 1-Directions
to cemetery
Graveyard survivorship table &
analysis (in Excel)