Downloadable Student Instructions and Faculty Notes

• Synopsis, Description, Notes to Faculty
  [PDF] (1.8 MB), [DOC] (2.1 MB)

Resources

• POWERPLAY is available for free from the Ecological Society of America's Ecological Archives (http://esapubs.org/Archive/ecol/E083/022/suppl-1.htm),
  
  from the POWERPLAY downloads page (http://www.ent.orst.edu/loop/download.aspx),
  
  and a copy is archived on TIEE, press install.exe to download and launch the 8.5 Mb installation file
• Student Handout 1: Introduction to Qualitative Modeling
  [PDF] (61 KB), [DOC] (48 KB)
• Student Handout 2: Steps for Creating Qualitative Models
  [PDF] (20 KB), [DOC] (29 KB)

Note from the TIEE Editors — Making a Hand-out for Your Students:

Feel free to use the PDF's linked above, whole or in part, to tailor an unique handout for your students. Here are two contrasting examples:

• If you want to take students into the field "cold" so they could make their own observations, the only information you might give ahead of time could be a list of necessary field clothes. After the trip (and explanation/experiences in the field ), you could give students a shorter hand-out containing:
• Overview (includes Overview written for students, references and some links)
• Lab Objectives
• What Is Due
• Guidelines for Research Papers/Presentations (using links and examples, and including assessments)
• In contrast, if you want students to be more fully prepared for an upcoming lab or field trip ahead of time, you could give them a longer hand-out that includes:
• Overview, Principle Ecological Questions Addressed
• Lab Objectives and other Summary Information
• Full Lab Description (Introduction, Materials and Methods, Data Analyses, etc.)
• What Is Due
• Questions for Further Thought
• Guidelines for Research Papers/Presentations (using links and examples, and including assessments)