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Zoology 2013. Module I Results (test, oral topic submissions, and final grade)
The instructors who lead the practical sessions have submitted the grades given during topic submissions. As you can see, nearly half of the students did not pass the module.
BatrachoWiki and the Tasks to Be Solved with Its Help
Goals to be achieved with BatrachoWiki and information sources that will be useful for students.
Student Works Following the Second-Year Practicum – 2012 (Part I)
In 2012, the number of student works completed as part of the collaborative project I organized during the practicum was exceptionally high. Specifically, this was due to the fact that Olha Mykhailova, Anastasiia Bondareva, and Olena Meleshko were present during …
Rasnitsyn, 2008. Theoretical foundations of evolutionary biology - 01
Here is presented the first part of the monograph: V.V. Zherikhin, A.G. Ponomarenko, A.P. Rasnitsyn. Introduction to Paleoentomology. Moscow: KMK Scientific Publishing House. 2008. 371 p. The text is posted with the author's consent and is intended primarily for use …
Ecology-2012. Results of Module II and Attestation
The second module out of four has already been completed. The dean's office is demanding attestation results. Here I present both the second-module results and the attestation. When assigning attestation, I sorted the students by their average percentage of correct …
Student Research Projects (UIRSs) at Haidary-2012
As in the previous year, I would like to briefly characterize the topics of the UIRSs (educational research projects) conducted by students during field practice at Haidary.
A Summary of the Practice, in Informal Photos
At the moment while I am uploading the photographs shown here to the site, the bus with the vast majority of students is leaving the biological station. Well, it is already possible to sum up some results.
Zoology-2012. Vertebrate Photo Contest During Practice
At the end of the practice, we held a vertebrate photo contest for second-year students. A description of the procedure and the three winning photographs are here.
A Little from the Life of Bank Swallows
As part of the UIRS work (student research project) of two second-year students, Olha Chaiuk and Viktoriia Shulik, we photographed and filmed the bank swallow colony on the bank of the Siverskyi Donets. Although the quality of many photographs makes …
June 23-24. Zhovtneve
I am on practice in Haidary. Four years ago, Dima Dedukh took up frogs during such a practice - then a second-year student. He started with morphometrics and then switched (with help from colleagues in St. Petersburg) to studying lampbrush …
Zoology-2012. The First Half of the Practice
The first half of the practice has passed. The students' research projects have been defended, the credits have been completed. The grades can be calculated. The calculated grades may still change slightly. Someone will retake the failing grade in ornithology, …
Zoology 2012. What the Exam Consists Of
Here you can find the list of exam questions. I am satisfied with it and will not change it. Here is a discussion of some exam questions. Here is the scoring breakdown and explanation of the rules. Here is an …
Zoology 2012. May 7 — Bird Test for All Groups!
A reminder that the Module IV test (birds) for all groups will be held on Monday, May 7, during the second period (lecture time).
Zoology-2012. Results of the Module III test
Results of the third test. An interesting distribution emerged! I am inclined to interpret it as follows. Some students took the test "by guessing," and their results formed the left "tail" of the distribution. Others probably prepared seriously, but the …
April 8. Marking Common Toads During Spawning
Common toad spawning has begun! This is already the thirteenth spawning season during which we mark toads at Iskiv Pond, identifying recaptures from previous years. The work is quite labor-intensive, but the data obtained are worth the effort. This year, …
Zoology 2012. Module II Test Results
For now, only the Module II test results (together with Module I test results). After I receive the oral examination results from the instructors who lead practical sessions, I will post the total points each student receives for these two …
“Ecological problems” for university and school students. Column in ComputerreOnline #49
Night, in the distance trout splash. Across the meadow moves a formation of ninety thousand tadpoles, devouring insects. Toward us, under the cover of darkness, a thousand "ecologists" march.
Student Biology Olympiad
I invite strong and ambitious students of ALL years to participate in the student biology olympiad. The olympiad will be held on Tuesday, March 13, at 3:15 PM in room III-15.
Zoology 2012. Module I Test Results
For now, only the test results. Unfortunately, the oral examination of topics by instructors, as far as I know, is proceeding very slowly. As I warned, only the test scores of students who pass their topics with the instructors will …