The Final Lecture

This pdf file contains PowerPoint images from the last regularly scheduled lecture of my University of Nebraska career. The course is BIOS 103 (Organismic Biology), a majors' course with 248 students. The first page of this file is a survey that was passed out on the Wednesday before that lecture, asking for their preferences of topics. The vote was decidedly in favor of the topic presented: how students have changed over the past 44 years. - JJ

The Final Lecture

This *WMA file contains audio of the last scheduled lecture of my career at UNL. The course is BIOS 103 (Organismic Biology), 248 students, which I'll post some comments on later.

Shell quiz #2

This link is to pictures of shells being used by the Organismic Biology class (BIOS 103) this semester at UNL. This pdf file is the second one assembled from pictures taken in class on 040111. We have most of them identified, but if you want to try your hand, feel free. Post generic names by page number and file name.

Shell quiz #1

This link is to pictures of shells being used by the Organismic Biology class (BIOS 103) this semester at UNL. This pdf file is the first one assembled. There is a second one, also available via a link from this blog. We have most of them identified, but if you want to try your hand, feel free. Post generic names by page number and file name.

Bugbears

I'm cleaning out the lab, after 44 years, of all things that might be important for whatever reason. This link leads to the text from a crumbling piece of paper. The typed quote was originally posted (= taped to a chemical shelf) in 1967 by a grad student. F. M. Cornford is worth a search on Google.

Studying, character, success, and value (Part II - Character)

Recently a former BIOS 101 student, still in school at UNL, asked me to comment on the intertwining of studying and character. Given who the student was, I sort of assumed this was a writing assignment, perhaps based on experiences not only in my class, but also in some other class being taken currently. Then she followed with a similar assignment: to deal with success and value. I fired back a paragraph, but it was obviously not enough, so I decided to take the assignment seriously. Here is the second installment (Part II: Character).

Studying, Character, Success, and Value (Part I: Studying)

Recently a former BIOS 101 student, still in school at UNL, asked me to comment on the intertwining of studying and character. Given who the student was, I sort of assumed this was a writing assignment, perhaps based on experiences not only in my class, but also in some other class being taken currently. I fired back a paragraph, but it was obviously not enough, so I decided to take the assignment seriously. Here is the first installment (Part I: Studying).