Introduction to
Tree Rings & Dendrochronology [
color pdf
]
September 14, 2010
In class today we did the following:
1.Dr. H gave the class some practice on Test
#1 questions using the Clickers!
You can review the questions (and correct answers) here:
TEST
#1 Practice Questions [ pdf]. (The right
answer is in red on the second
slide).
2. Dr H gave a presentation on Introduction to Tree Rings & Dendrochronology
Introduction to
Tree Rings & Dendrochronology [
color pdf
]
3. During the "Zombie Break" we watched the following video:
|
LIVING HISTORY (produced by the USDA |
 |
 You can watch it again under VIDEOS in D2L |
4. Then students got in groups facilitated by preceptors or a TA to do PARTS A & B of Assigment G-2 on WOOD KITS
There will be time to finish up G-2 after the Group Test on Thursday Sep 16th.
IF YOU MISSED CLASS TODAY:
Go over the Test #1 practice questions linked above to familiarize yourself with the types of questions you might get on Thursday's test.
Carefully review the presentation on Introduction to Tree Rings & Dendrochronology linked above
Watch the video on
Living History, the Ancient Bristlecone Pines in D2L
Read through pp
127 -131 in Class Notes to get caught up on tree rings and
the G-2 activity on Classifying Wood Samples
from Different Types of Trees ( pp 130 -131) so that you
learn what you missed and are ready to jump right in on the continuation of
the G-2 activity on Thursday.