Using Field Notebooks in a Freshmen Biology Laboratory Course

 

Tested Studies in Laboratory Teaching, 2011, Volume 32

Rachel Ratcliff

Abstract

The field notebook is being resurrected and used as a tool to engage students by improving their observational skills and making them more aware of the natural world in which they live. This presentation documents the use of the time-honored field notebook in a freshmen biology laboratory course. The format and content of the field notebook will be given as well as student feedback, on the use of the field notebook. I am also using the field notebook in my non-majors Biology course with good results.

Keywords:  field studies

Dalhousie University (2010)