Do Now O Find your seat O Take out a notebook/loose leaf O A pen/pencil O Agenda O Survey – work on this when set up O Syllabus O Everything else on the floor!! O Ms. Rouse’s Survey Responses 1. Lakeview East 2. Busy 3. Bowtruss Coffee 4. Biology, Small Animal Science, Ecology, Diseases of Wildlife, Animal Development, Comparative Anatomy, Physics, Chemistry, Animal Behavior, Ornithology, Ethology, Conservation of Resources, Bioacoustics, Animal Training, Zoo Management, Animal Nutrition 5. Went to MN to go camping 6. Nerd

Welcome to Urban Ecology Ms. Rouse Office Hours: Wednesdays in L03 OR by appt

Classroom Logistics O Our board configuration is on the board to your RIGHT (but greeter is shown upfront) O Your materials: Do Now and Handouts will be found in the clear trays on the black filing cabinet O Greeter, you answer the door and feed the turtle and fish.

Materials for this class O You will need to purchase a composition notebook for this class. O If this will be an issue for you, please let me know by Thursday this week. O You will be issued a paper tape measure, if you lose this you will need to get your own or a ruler for this class.

Class Logistics O Sign up for Edmodo!! O We will be using this site to post pictures of observations to drive discussion O I will be grading some activities on this site as well. You should watch for assignments, polls and questions posted to the site. O To Join: O Create a personal account O Enter the group code: f9wekg (A-Day) isq7kp (B-Day)

What to Expect this Year Outside O With Class O Practice data collection O Ecologist Observations O Map use and creation O At Home O Data collection O Observations of patterns in your neighborhood O Identification of issues and concerns that need to be addressed O Updates to Edmodo In Class O Lecture and Reading O Discussions O Indoor Labs O Urban Gardening

Outdoor Expectations O All living (biotic) things should be left intact and in the same or better condition than when we arrived O No Running, Climbing, or Jumping off high places. Basically no behaviors that may result in injury. O Stay with your lab partner(s) at all times O Return to meeting area on time

Outdoor Expectation Consequences 1 st Offense = 4 Demerits 2 nd Offense = Loss of outdoor privilege for 1 class period (Plus 4Ds) 3 rd Offense = Permanent Loss of outdoor privilege (Plus 4Ds)

Sooooo What is Urban Ecology Anyway? O Urban = ?? O in, relating to, or characteristic of a city or town. O Ecology = ?? O branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings O Urban Ecology O scientific study of the relation of living organisms with each other and their surroundings in the context of an urban environment.

So What is a City… O I need 2 volunteers (raise your hands) O We are going to work on figuring out what makes up a city. O When we are set you can raise your hand and share what you think of when you think of a city…