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2.1: Example Schedule

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    Date

    Details – unless otherwise stated assignments are due the following week

    Week 1

    Course logistics and first field trip

    Location: Classroom + Field Site

    Assignments: pre-course survey + field notebook entry #1

    Week 2

    Field Trip: Plant specimen collection

    Location: Classroom + Field Site

    Assignments: field notebook entry #2

    Week 3

    Field Trip: Prepare herbarium specimens

    Location: Classroom + Ada Hayden Herbarium

    Assignments: field notebook entry #3 + reflective writing #1

    Week 4

    Field Trip: Data Collection

    Location: Classroom + Field Site

    Assignments: field notebook entry #4 + peer review #1

    Week 5

    Field Trip: Data Analysis

    Location: Classroom

    Assignments: field notebook entry #5

    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)

    Week 7

    Field Trip: Local Site and Paper

    Location: Classroom + Field Site

    Assignments: field notebook entry #7 + peer review #2 + paper reading #2

    Week 8

    Field Trip: Virtual Discussion and Paper

    Location: Classroom

    Assignments: field notebook entry #8 + paper reading #3

    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

    Week 10

    Workshop on Proposals I

    Location: Classroom

    Assignments: peer review #3 + proposal #1 (due week 12)

    Week 11

    Finding research opportunities – invited speaker

    Location: Classroom

    Assignments: revision #1

    Week 12

    Workshop on Proposals II

    Location: Classroom

    Assignments: peer review #4 + proposal #2 (due week 14)

    Week 13

    Preparing Professional Materials Workshop I

    Location: Classroom

    Assignments: revision #2 (due week 15)

    Thanksgiving Break – Class does not meet

    Week 14

    Workshop on Proposals III

    Location: Classroom

    Assignments: proposal #3

    Week 15

    Professional Materials Workshop II

    Location: Classroom

    Assignments: reflective writing #3 + post-course survey + final presentation

    Week 16

    Finals Week – Present Research Proposals

    Location: Classroom

    End of Semester Celebration


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