August 26, 2006

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In class today we did the following:

1.  A former Preceptor, Dave Trautman gave a video testimonial on what he liked about being a preceptor.  You can view (if you are on an Internet Explorer Browser) HERE.    Please consider being a preceptor!!  Find out how HERE.

   Topic #2:  "On Science & Being a Scientist"     Dr H gave a presentation on this topic.  You can review the presentation here:

   Topic #2 On Science and Being a Scientist    [pdf]

 2. Students selected their favorite and most surprising quotes by scientists (see Slide 27 of the presentation). A few students got bonus points for being willing to share their thoughts with the rest of the class.

3.  Students completed an In-Class (non-graded) activity on CARTOONS & QUOTES ABOUT & BY SCIENTISTS  (MS Word Doc)

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

•  Please purchase your CLASS NOTES package as soon as possible and bring it to each class with you.  You'll definitely need it for next Tuesday's class (Aug 29).

ASSIGNMENTS

  NEW ASSIGNMENT DUE Tuesday 8/29:     ASSIGNMENT I-1 Your Ecological Footprint 

 

Recap of other ASSIGNMENTS you should be working on for next week:

  NOTE:  normally reading assignments, self tests, and RQ's will NOT be spelled out here in the CLASS FOLLOW UP page.  You should follow along on your own using the TEXTBOOK READING SCHEDULE. 

  IF YOU MISSED CLASS TODAY:  

Go to the In-Class Activity on  CARTOONS & QUOTES ABOUT & BY SCIENTISTS and work through the activity on your own.  The answers are in Dr H's presentation for Topic #2 (above) which you should review  (by clicking on the link above) to get caught up on the lecture that you missed