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ABI 198 Section A - Session 1!

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Day one complete! Marshall talked to everyone about the course setup, course philosophy, safety, and potential field sites. There were more slides from Ryan and Marshall than there should be for the rest of the course (yay!). You can find Marshall's slides from today under the Miscellaneous folder in the google drive.  Aims: - Intro this course - Begin to meet each other - Check out lab spaces - Pick a field location for Thursday (4/2/26) What we did: Time Activity Key Takeaway(s) 10:00 Class intro Student-driven novel research 10:20 Blogger and MC signup Check google drive schedule 10:25 Field safety briefing Stay with a buddy! If you feel unsafe you can stop 10:30 Expectations Be involved, volunteer, think, be creative 10:35 Constraints Only 10 weeks. Limited vertebrate manipulation 10:40 Name game If (when) you forget, ask! 10:50 Project We need a site, reasonable study subject, question 10:55 Organization Rely on google drive. Need R, Discord, Zotero, Blogger 11:00 Lab spaces T...