Today’s presentations certainly set a standard of excellence for the remaining groups, and we hope you were duly proud of your efforts! We have no doubt that the final week will be equally successful, and we’re already looking forward to hearing about your plans for the sites you’ve been engaging with throughout the term.

Next week, we’ll hear from the groups listed below, with both the peer evaluation and instructor feedback continuing along with input from some special guests.
Tuesday, April 4: Pacific Spirit Park, UBC Hospital A, UBC Hospital B
Thursday, April 6: Northeast False Creek A, Northeast False Creek B, Arbutus A

As a reminder, please ensure that you arrive on time and enter and exit the room as quietly as possible if you need to do so while the presentations are in progress.

Per the brief announcement at the beginning of Tuesday’s class, you are invited to participate in a survey designed to support the integration of interactive video content into undergraduate forestry courses. All of the details needed to complete the survey are below; please address any questions you may have to matthew.gordon.shields@gmail.com.
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We are trying to improve the delivery of forestry concepts in your undergraduate program! Supported by the Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund (TLEF), we’re looking at introducing interactive video to your courses. We’ve produced a test video that demonstrates some of the features of interactive video, and would like you to explore it and give us some feedback. You can access the test video and the feedback survey at this link.

The first five people from each course we’ve targeted to complete our survey will receive a $10 gift card to Starbucks!

This week’s guest lecture by Dr. Michael Jerrett of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) described his research into the role parks and other forms of urban greenspace can play in increasing rates of physical activity, reducing levels of overweight and obesity, and preventing the adverse health outcomes associated with both of these risk factors.

In lieu of seminar, Thursday will be spent completing an in-class midterm, worth 15% of the total course grade. The midterm will cover all content presented through Week Six, with a focus on lecture and seminar presentations. Students will have the entire class to write the exam, which will consist primarily of short-answer questions along with one page-length essay question.

As always, we encourage you to continue posting comments on any of the course presentations, as well as questions related to the required and optional readings. If there are specific topics that you would like clarified in advance of the midterm, feel free to post them below or on the relevant weekly post.