An introduction to the Scientific Method for Introductory Biology students using plant and animal richness and environmental data from ephemeral ponds and permanent wetlands.

This adaptation consists of three exercises that introduce students to 1) format spreadsheet data tables, 2) carry out spreadsheet quality control, and 3) count/sort/filter data of interest in order to conduct a pilot analysis on NEON small mammal data.

Laboratory experiment included in Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology (TIEE) Volume 4

This pdf provides a list of over 100 educational resources related to tools and skills related to ecological forecasting.

Module for practice included in Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology (TIEE) Volume 7

I combined material from the Carbon, Climate and Energy Resources Module and the Changing Biosphere Module to help students understand climate change, the carbon cycle, and feedback loops in my intro Ecology class.

Link to Populus Software

This is an FMN participant supplement for the TIEE module "Global Temperature Change in the 21st Century," authored by Daniel R. Taub and Gillian S. Graham in 2011.

Practice module included in Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology (TIEE) Volume 10

A project to compare effects of a continuum of landscape alteration intensities on plant diversity, biomass, and ecosystem services, and to explore human socioeconomic connections to plants in the environment.

Biostatistics Using R: A Laboratory Manual was created with the goals of providing biological content to lab sessions by using authentic research data and introducing R programming language to biology majors.

Module for Ecology & Evolution course covering island biogeography principles, The scientific process and hypothesis testing, statistical methods (t-tests, regression), and online database use and availability

Teaching students how to code and analyze data in R is important for the fields of biology and ecology. Olivia Tabares and the Ecological Forecasting Education Working Group created this resource to encourage individuals who are teaching biostatics with R. These infographics are intended to provide encouragement and suggestions for working with students who are learning R.

This mini-case study provides undergraduate ecology students with experience in how to read climate diagrams and how to put them together. The activity includes a discussion of actual and potential evapotranspiration.

In this activity, students will use data from natural parks to examine trophic cascades.

Course materials for BIO 263 Ecological Data Analysis

TIEE Module- How does nutrient pollution impact stream ecosystems locally and nationally?

Students use their number sense to make observations and come up with reasonable guesses or explanations for the patterns shown.

Students observe insect pollinators and other floral visitors in their backyards, or campus, or nearby natural areas to describe plant-pollinator networks and assess how the assemblages from their sites compare to those in a range of landscapes.

This module introduces students to the research supporting ‘growth mindset,’ the idea that you can increase your brainpower and ability through effort

Teaching notes from my use of BIOMAAP Growth Mindset teaching materials in my 300 level Ecology class for majors.

In this "lunch with a Scientist" episode, we interviewed a medical student and medical doctor to help us understand the path to medicine. Becoming a medical doctor is a very daunting task but with the right resources, students can find their way onto the path a bit easier. This resource is great if you have students interested in going into medicine and are struggling with deciding what to major in, what the time commitment is, what the prerequisites for med school are, and what life after medical school is like.

This framework, developed by ISKME in partnership with SERC, provides a practical reference for curators and authors of STEM OER, with 23 accessibility criteria, or elements, to reference as they curate, design and adapt materials to be accessible.