An overview of natural resource management in the U.S. focusing on federal management of National Parks, National Forests, rangeland, wildlife refuges, and Native American lands. Study of physical, chemical, and biological factors which influence distribution of organisms. Chemical water tests and local species identification. Biol 111 or 112 and one other biology lab course. Hours A course for prospective middle or high school biology teachers, offering an in-depth look at teaching biology, including methods, materials, the teacher's role, schooling practices, curriculum design and classroom management.
Attention is given to the social and cultural diversity of public classrooms.
This course is taken with Junior Block internship. For Secondary Education majors only. Identity, habitat, life forms of local and midwestern flora. Two recitations and three laboratory or field trips per week. Emphasis on applying these concepts to field studies.