 Live in NJ w/husband, 3 children & 2 cats  BS & MS in Environmental Science  PhD in Ecology &Evolution – parasites of fish  15+ yrs environmental experience › 5 yr environmental consulting › 10 yrs teaching: on-ground & online  Communication is key!!

 What region are you from?  How many online classes have you taken?  What’s your major?  When was your last ‘science’ class?

 Communicate, communicate, communicate! › Ask questions when you have them!  Engage & interact on all DBs regularly to advance discussion.  Writing assignments - Check with your home instructor for details… › Introduction, conclusion, In-text citations & separate reference page, always spelling & grammar check.  Late work policy - contact your instructor for more details.

 We start on-time  15 minutes Q&A  Seminar Topic Roundtable › Very interactive › Come prepared  Complete assigned readings (be sure to scroll through completely)  Have several questions ready  Let’s have fun!!

 1. Name the problem or question  2. Form an educated guess ( hypothesis ) of the cause of the problem and make predictions based upon the hypothesis  3. Test your hypothesis by doing an experiment or study (with proper controls)  4. Check and interpret your results  5. Report your results

PROBLEM: You’re getting ready to log in to your favorite KU Course (SC300 – Big Ideas in Science!) and your computer won’t turn on. Now what?!  Testable Question  Evidence Collected  Analysis and Explanation of Evidence  Next Questions

 Complete Course Tour  Introduce yourself  Review Extra! Extra!  Reading assignments › Chapter 1: Science A Way of Knowing  Discussion: What’s in the can? › More quality posts & interaction = better learning experience!