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Teaching Assistant Course Policies and Contact Information

This document outlines the course policies and contact information for the teaching assistant, including attendance requirements, office hours, and assessment grading. It also provides relevant resources and references for the subject matter.

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Teaching Assistant Course Policies and Contact Information

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  1. Teaching assistants Eric Niederhauser (Porter 405) email: en331709@ohio.edu Jen Philhower (Porter 405) email: jp209508@ohio.edu

  2. Administration Course policies http://www.plantbio.ohiou.edu/epb/instruct/PBIO%20109%20grm/a&tf%20policies.pdf Subject matter Attendance Problems Office hours 1-4 Thursdays, or any other time! matlack@ohio.edu

  3. Texts Michael Williams (1989 or 1992) Americans and Their Forests. Cambridge University Press. Aerial photo Map of forest types: http://nationalatlas.gov/natlas/Natlasstart.asp (click on Biology > Forest Cover Types) Handouts!

  4. Assessment raw score = points earned/100 e.g. 84 points  raw score = 84% scale = 75 – class mean e.g. mean = 70, scale = 5 grade = raw score + scale e.g. 84 + 5 = 89

  5. Final grade 1-hour exams 3 @ 20% apiece = 60% term paper (aerials) 10 + 20 = 30% in-class (quizzes, etc.) 10% e.g. 78 x 0.2 + 86 x 0.2 + 85 x 0.2 + 91 x 0.3 + 82 x 0.1 = 85.3  85 exam 1 exam 2 exam 3 paper in-class grade

  6. A 90 - 100% • B 80 – 89 • C 70 – 79 • D 60 – 69 • F < 60 • Keep all course materials!

  7. Missing exams – don’t! • Matlack: 593 1131 • matlack@ohio.edu • mail: 317 Porter • secretary: 593 1126

  8. Administration Academic integrity “What is plagiarism and how to avoid it” Cellular telephones

  9. I. Vegetation zones

  10. I. Vegetation zones Rainfall !

  11. II. Forest types A. Northern mixed conifer Spruce Fir

  12. II. Forest types A. Northern mixed conifer Hemlock Birch

  13. II. Forest types A. Northern mixed conifer White pine (Pinus strobus)

  14. II. Forest types B. Eastern deciduous forest Oak Maple Hickory Dogwood Beech

  15. II. Forest types B. Eastern deciduous forest Tulip poplar

  16. II. Forest types B. Eastern deciduous forest Eastern box turtle American chestnut False solomon’s seal

  17. II. Forest types B. Eastern deciduous forest

  18. II. Forest types C. Coastal Plain Pines!

  19. II. Forest types C. Coastal Plain - uplands

  20. II. Forest types C. Coastal Plain – river bottoms White cedar Bald Cypress Magnolia

  21. II. Forest types D. West coast rainforest Douglas fir California redwood

  22. II. Forest types D. West coast rainforest California redwood (Sequoia sempervirens)

  23. II. Forest types D. West coast rainforest

  24. II. Forest types C. West coast rainforest Illinois River, SW Oregon (Biscuit Fire 8/2002)

  25. II. Forest types E. Western interior forest

  26. II. Forest types E. Western interior

  27. II. Forest types E. Western interior Pinyon pine/juniper (low elev.) Lodgepole pine (high elev.)

  28. II. Forest types E. Western interior Englemann spruce (really high elevation!)

  29. II. Human impact Humans have regarded trees as - weeds - wealth - natural beauty - scary - fire traps - home

  30. III. Human impact 1620 1850 1920 2010

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