Please add your comments This project is a logical extension of the independent, documented observation of field activities that are so central to the rest of the course.
Students synthesize their data into a concise, written report.
An emphasis for this course is independent observation and careful, thorough documentation, and reporting of observations made in the field. A logical progression to make after recording observations is to synthesize them in a concise, written report that presents an accurate account of the behavior and ecology of the organism you observed. Before doing that, however, it is useful to prepare a short proposal, describing your project, the question or questions you plan to address, and how you propose to approach answering those questions. Your proposal will be evaluated by our teaching staff for feasibility and clarity of presentation, among other things. The first thing to do is to decide which vertebrate to study.