BIO --Ecology: http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/Biology/eco/syllabus/ecosyll20.htm

BIO --Environmental Health : EH Notes
http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/Biology/Eh2003/EH03schedule.html

Student Final Presentation 2003
http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/Biology/Eh2003/EH03PPpresentations/PPEH03links.html

MLA- Wild America: WA class web site

GS...Environmental Problem Solving Notes for '04 in Budapest
http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/Biology/EPS04/epswebpage/epssyll.html

COM: Digital Photography and Web Design - daily changes as course progresses
http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/Biology/PW/pwsyllabus.htm

BIO...Botany :Drugs, Sex and engineered goods
http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/Biology/appliedbotany/botanyintro.html

BIO--Botany ( Traditional): older version of notes
http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/Biology/botsyl01/botsyl01.html

New directives:

Over the last two summers I attended a number of workshops which have encouraged me to try some new methodologies. Currently I am working on learning how to use and implement GIS in my ecological/environmental classes (and in my research efforts) along with new testing methodologies for EH pollutants( ie. Elisa). I've also been working with RealBasic to begin programming interactive software for classes and research.

I 've just submitted a grant proposal to NSF which would permit me to make the course student-oriented with mini-labs, new assessment techniques ( digital portfolios) and learning goals ( professional skills motivated learning) for the classroom.

This last Fall, I've worked with a number of faculty from Political Science, Physics, Chemistry and Biology to develop a new Environmental Science& Policy major/minor for McDaniel. Currently this proposal is being considered by the APC committee.

This last summer I attended a Mac Design conference to help me upgrade my photography/web skills.The benefits of this workshop will be evident with new visual materials produced for the web sites.

My short respite from research this last two summers will end this year, as I return to the Barrens...

Serpentine Barrens: Over the last 6 years, several students and I have been investigating the impact of nutrients and heavy metals on plant growth in the barren regions of Soldier's Delight Park. In this unique serpentine area, with its controlled burns and Allegheny mound ants, a mosaic of plant species and growth patterns has developed which we are attempting to model.

Forest dynamics has long been my primary research topic of interest...
The majority of my research touches on tree survival in the forest: how their genotypes, gender, age and growth correlate with existing environmental parameters (climate and human perturbation) and with site history. The challenge of working with organisms that apparently communicate so little information, that dwarf us with their longevity and size is frustrating though not impossible. Two of former undergraduates ( Ken Fischer, John Sobanski) and I worked on a C+ -based Forest dynamics model.

Computer enhanced learning strategies: In this last decade both my students and I have experimented with multimedia and web production, investigating the best ways this developing technology can enhance our classes. Thus far I've produced a series of environmental health authorware mm productions, and class web notes for all courses. One of our earliest communal efforts in EH was the Carroll Carroll County EH Web Page The Botany students produced videomicroscope images for the Botany web pages. In Ecology students produce their own nature movies using digital video editing technology as producing simulation models using STELLA, Various computer data acquisition systems provide means of gaining data for a number of classes..