Ecology Project

 

Below is a list of case studies. The general assignment is to pick any 2 of the following cases and explain the case and answer the questions that are posed in the study. You should type this using 12-point font and 1-inch margins. This will be worth 100 points (a test grade).

 

Specific

1. First, you want to write about a 2-3 paragraph introduction to the general topic and the specific case. Use the information in the case, your textbook and at least 1 online source (my web page will be helpful) as resources. Start the section with the title of the case.

2. Second, answer the questions or complete the assignment for the case you are working on. You need to include the questions with the answers. You may use outside sources if needed. What you specifically need to do for each case is listed with the cases.

3. Third, list the resources you used. Call this the bibliography. Follow rules for writers. Make sure you site the web page that contains the case.

4. Create a 1-paragraph summary of one of the 2 cases and post it to edline.

 

  1. http://www.sciencecases.org/taxol/taxol.asp - Cancer and conservation - Answer the 11 questions that are at the end of the case.
  2. http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/projects/cases/rabbits/rabbits.html - Biological controls and Rabbits – Answer the 7 questions (go to the learning issues) thoroughly.
  3. http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/projects/cases/coliforms/coliforms1.html - Fecal coliform. Answer the 4 questions in part 1, 4 in part 2, 3 in part 3, and 2 in part 4.
  4. http://www.sciencecases.org/hawaii/hawaii.asp - Hawaiian bird biodiversity. Answer the 5 questions in the “in class exercise” part. Complete each question in the three group assignments.
  5. http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/projects/cases/coyotes/coyotes.html - Conservation biology of Coyotes. Answer the 13 questions from the case.
  6. http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/projects/cases/exotics/exotics.html - Exotics - Answer the 10 discussion questions.
  7. http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/projects/cases/pcb/pcb.html - PCP’s - Answer the 11 questions. This does not have to be a “critique” as it states.
  8. http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/projects/cases/ddt/ddt.html - DDT- Answer the 5 questions thoroughly.
  9. http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/projects/cases/amazon.html - The Amazon - Answer the 5 questions thoroughly.
  10. http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/projects/cases/galapagos1.html - Galapagos - Answer the 8 questions in part 1, the 11 in part 2, no part 3.
  11. http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/projects/cases/salton.html - Pollution - Answer the 12 questions at the end of the case.
  12. http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/projects/cases/grizzly.html - Bear population - Answer the 9 questions at the end of the case.
  13. http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/projects/cases/Isle.html - Interactions - Answer the 4 questions in handout 1, the 5 in handout 2, and the first 5 in handout 3.

 

This is DUE BY NOVEMBER 3. WHETHER WE DROP OR NOT. If you pass it in before Nov 3, I will add 5 points to the project grade.