WEEK 11 -- APR 1

Wildlife Science Research Films, Part IV

6:30-7:30, Reviewing documentary genres (a typical day on Animal Planet)

Blue Chip: The Most Extreme Animals (2003)

Heroic/Adventure: Jeff Corwin Experience (2003), Crocodile Hunter (2003)

Welfare: Emergency Vets (2003)

Sporting: TBA

Conservation: Under Antarctic Ice (2003)
See the PBS website for this film by clicking here

7:45-8:30, Development of experimental wildlife and fisheries sciences, E. Pullins

Differentiating science from art
Empirical vs. descriptive science
How experiments are done
Understanding science in natural history
Key scientific concepts in wildlife studies, 20th century
Film tends to focus on animal behavior studies - the case of fish

Click here for reading homework assignment, and reading notes questions.

Click here for Power Point presentation from 4.1.03

ACTIVITY DUE ON APR 15:
a. You will be given guidelines for making observations through the guest lecture, tour and movie. Notes taken during tour will be handed in at the end of the tour. Click here to get note taking guidelines.
b. Turn in reading notes from your assigned Chapter 3 reading (see reverse)

ACTIVTY DUE APR 15: READINGS: Chapter 3, Reel Nature, Zooming In On Animals' Private Lives, pp. 59-84.