Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Biosystematics Study Guides

I'm going to post them by sections so you can get going on each one more quickly. I'm hoping to finish all these and get back on my durn ecology paper. (grrr)

Biosystematics Exam 1 Study Guide (chapter 3-4)
Blank Study Guide ch. 3-4

Class 10/31/2012

Ecology
Audio
Notes

Biosystematics
Audio
Notes

Pictures from today's lab
YouTube video of thrashing nematodes
YouTube video of rotifer
Shorter video, but better view of the rotifer

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Class 10/24/12

Ecology
Audio
Notes

Biosystematics
Audio
Notes

Photos from Biosystematics Lab so far 
Lab 1 -- There are no photos from lab 1, because we just did the key.
Lab 2
Lab 3

Friday, October 12, 2012

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Study guides for Ecology exam 2

I'm going to post these as chapters so that you can get to them sooner than if I made one big review. I didn't include anything that was on the quiz with the hope that he will be posting that key sometime today. I will go back and add what I can remember if he doesn't post that soon. Hope it helps!

Chapter 7-10 review (with vocab) 
Chapter 7-10 review blank

Be sure to look over all of the labs and the quiz key because I'm sure they are fair game. I hope everyone does well tomorrow!
~V

Sunday, October 7, 2012

Flash Cards

Here's the link to the flash cards on the Ecology book website. I like this format pretty well because you can either use the flashcard option or turn it into a quiz-type format. It gives you a multiple-choice type quiz, and it's pretty great. I'm also going to put more in-depth vocab on the study guide since he did give us that big page of vocab to write out. But while I'm putting it all together, you can work on studying the vocab at the website. Enjoy!
~V

Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10

Friday, October 5, 2012

Class 10/5/2012

I hope everyone did well on their Biosystematics exam on Friday, and I hope you are having a great weekend/Fall break. Here is the lecture I recorded from Friday's Ecology class. I didn't take any notes because I was obsessing about the Biosystematics exam. But at least you have recorded lecture, especially those of you who skipped in order to study for the exam. No judgey from me. I am working on the study guide for Ecology, and I will post some handy study tools from the website as well. See y'all on Wednesday!
~V

Ecology Lecture Audio

Thursday, October 4, 2012

A little help, perhaps?

I love keeping this blog going so that I can help out my classmates. I certainly don't ask for anything in return, and don't expect that to change any time soon. (Here comes the BUT...) BUT... If anyone has benefited from the stuff posted here, please consider helping out this weekend with the JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes. I am a member of the CSU AMSA team, and we are walking on Saturday morning at Rotary Park at 8:00am. If you can join in, I know it's late notice, but I just had the thought of getting it out there for anyone who could help. If you can't walk, consider donating (even just a dollar!) to the cause. We get nothing from any donations you make, it all goes to JDRF. So, if you can come walk, or if you are interested in donating, go to the Team Website and find out more! Thanks!
~Val

Study guides for Biosystematics exam 2

I'm splitting them up into chapters so that I can get them up faster. I figured if I waited til I did every chapter, I wouldn't have anything to put up until midnight. At least this way, you'll have something to go over while I'm assembling the rest. Good luck!

Chapters 19-20, lichens and bryophytes
I only did the blank for studying because apparently I saved the one that had all the answers in it wrong. I don't have time to go back and fill in all the answers, so I'll leave that for y'all to do. Hopefully the chapters going forward will have the answers as well as a second blank form for study.

Chapter 21 Answers
Chapter 21 Blank

Chapter 22 Answers
Chapter 22 Blank 

Chapter 23 Answers
Chapter 23 Blank


Remember: If you only use my tools to study, you may not make an awesome grade. I only intend this to be used as a supplement, and if you fail, don't bring the torches and pitchforks. Good luck!

StudyArch for Mental Case

Thanks to Jenn for sending me this great Mental Case study archive file. If you have Mental Case on your Mac, this is very helpful! If not, you can get it in the app store. If you have windows, I'm very sorry. If you have an iPhone, iPad, or iPod, you can get this software in the app store as well. Good luck!
Biosystematics StudyArch

I am studying today, and hopefully I'll have some kind of study guide to help you out with later this afternoon. Good luck guys!

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Pics from Biosystematics lab 9/26

Photo stream for lab 7
These are the pics I took from the microscopy in lab 7. Hope it helps you for the test! (and you can use them too, Dr. Burgess!)