BIOLOGY 1094	                                                                                        FRESHMAN SEMINAR	

Week	Date	Topic	Activity	Notes	Room
1	Sept 5	Introduction / Overview	Video & journals	Chps. 1 & 2	SSB 115
	Sept 7	Rigging a Fly Rod	Knot tying	Chps. 18 & 19	SSB 115
2	Sept 12	Water Cycle & Stream Hydrology		Chp. 9	SSB 115
	Sept 14	Basic Casting Skills I	Video	Chp. 4	SSB 115
3	Sept 19	Stream Chemistry	Measurements with probes	Chp. 11	SSB 115
	Sept 21	Basic Casting Skills II	Overhead & roll casts	Chp. 5	SSB pond (outdoors)
4	Sept 26	Basic Casting Skills III	Distance & accuarcy	Guest Instructor: Lloyd Hautajarvi	SSB pond (outdoors)
	Sept 28	Casting Skill Check	Casting competition	Skill check; Minn./Wis. stream fishing closes - Sept. 30	SSB pond (outdoors)
5	Oct 3	Stream Inhabitants I - Insects	Insect life cycles	Guest Lecture: Dan Breneman; Stream Jounals Due	SSB 115
	Oct 5	Fly Tying I	Woolly bugger	Chp. 17	SSB 109
6	Oct 10	Stream Inhabitants II - Insects	Insect life cycles	Guest Lecture: Dan Breneman	SSB 103
	Oct 12	Fly Tying II	Pheasant Tail nymph		SSB 109
7	Oct 17	Stream Inhabitants III - Other	Emergence tables Identify insects	Skill check; Chp. 6	SSB 115
	Oct 19	Fly Tying III	Superior X-Legs	Guest Instructor: Jim Pollock	SSB 115
	Oct 21	Bois Brule River Outing #1	Steelhead Fishing	Meet in from of LSci Bldg. at 8:00 am
8	Oct 24	French River Outing	Visit river mouth & observe fish	Return around 6:30 pm	SSB 115
	Oct 26	Fly Tying IV		Skill check	SSB 109
	Oct 28	Bois Brule River Outing #2	Steelhead Fihsing	Meet in front of LSci Bldg. at 8:00 am
9	Oct 31	Stream Habitats & Fly Fishing Tactics	Recognize rise patterns	Chp. 12; Minnesota trout lakes close - Oct. 31	SSB 115
	Nov 2	Fish Identification & Behavior		Chp. 16	SSB 115
10	Nov 7	Citizen River Monitoring		Guest Lecture: Dr. Richard Axler; read Gregory et al. 1991	SSB 115
	Nov 9	Coaster Brook Trout Restoration		Guest Lecture: Jeff Gunderson; Chp. 3;	SSB 115
11	Nov 14	Autotrophy & Organic Matter in Streams	Discussion	read Minshall, 1974; Lower Brule River closes - Nov. 15	SSB 115
	Nov 16	Stream Organization - Food Webs	Discussion	read Power, 1990	SSB 115
12	Nov 21	Stream Organization - Organizing Concepts	Discussion	Skill check; read Vannote et al. 1980.	SSB 115
	Nov 23	HOLIDAY
13	Nov 28	Stream Etiquette & Ethics		Chp. 15	SSB 115
	Nov 30	Fisheries Management & Restoration		Guest Lecture: Molly Negus and Don Schreiner; Chps. 7, 8, & 13	SSB 115
14	Dec 5	Human & Animal Influences on Streams		Chps. 10 & 20	SSB 115
	Dec 7	Storm Water & Stream Conservation		Guest Lecture: Marnie Lonsdale and Todd Carlson; Chp. 14; read Meyer, 1997	SSB 115
15	Dec 12	Student Presentations		Skill Check	SSB 115
	Dec 14	Student Presentations		Stream Journals Due	SSB 115
	Dec 16	FINAL EXAMINATION [No scheduled exam]	Saturday: 2:00-3:55 pm	Your stream journal and presentation are your final exam!

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