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This is a completed Faculty Mentoring Network (FMN). FMNs are sustained, immersive, community-based professional development opportunities for faculty. FMNs support the adaptation and implementation of materials and/or instructional approaches in their classrooms. Learn more about FMNs.

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EREN-NEON Flexible Learning Projects Faculty Mentoring Network:

Teaching Ecology During A Pandemic

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Goals

  • Learn how to retain an element of field ecology in your course while still teaching online or in a hybrid environment
  • Implement and provide feedback on at least one field ecology project that teaches ecological concepts and skills
  • Benefit from online support throughout the process of implementing new materials in your course

Mentors


Final Products

This is a 2-part lab activity based on the EREN-NEON Flexible Learning Project: Lichens in Diverse Landscapes. Students conduct field surveys of lichen abundance near their homes and explore large-scale geospatial data on lichens and the environment.
linear regression, GIS, NEON, air quality, National Ecological Observatory Network, Lichen, field based methods, EREN lichen, airpollution
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05.2021
This project makes use of publicly-available datasets on lichen presence and abundance and wet deposition, paired with geospatial data on air quality, tree canopy cover, and locally collected field data, to better understand how lichens respond to changes
NEON, National Ecological Observatory Network
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05.2021
This project makes use of publicly-available datasets on lichen presence and abundance and wet deposition, paired with geospatial data on air quality, tree canopy cover, and locally collected field data, to better understand how lichens respond to changes
NEON, National Ecological Observatory Network
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05.2021
This project uses locally collected field data on lichen presence & abundance to better understand how lichens respond to changes. Navigation skills with a hand held compass are developed.
NEON, National Ecological Observatory Network
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05.2021
Backyard Beetles + Pollinators is a project to observe and evaluate plant-pollinator networks. This adaptation modifies the (adapted) modules for a non-lab course on conservation, conducted during a mix of in-person and remote students.
NEON, National Ecological Observatory Network
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753
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05.2021
PHAE is a project to compare effects of landscape alteration intensities on plant biomass and diversity. This adaptation modifies the (adapted) modules for a non-lab course on conservation, conducted during a mix of in-person and remote students
eren, NEON, diversity, biomass, 4DEE Framework, ecosystem, socioeconomic effects
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05.2021
This project uses Lichens to connect students with their local environmental air quality. Through a short lab session, students assess lichens growing on trees on their campus. They then use class generated data to test a hypothesis about air quality.
NEON, National Ecological Observatory Network
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05.2021