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    Investigating Human Impacts on Hawaiian Fishpond Ecology
    Examining water quality (including fertilizer residue, nutrients, soil erosion, and invasive plants) on a Hawaiian fishpond ecosystem.

    Keywords: sustainabilityecologywater quality and resource allocationocean sustainabilityinvasive plantsfisheries science

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    Adaptation of Investigating human impacts on stream ecology: locally and nationally
    TIEE Module- How does nutrient pollution impact stream ecosystems locally and nationally?
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    Investigating human impacts on stream ecology: locally and nationally
    TIEE Module- How does nutrient pollution impact stream ecosystems locally and nationally? This is an adaptation of the module that includes statistical testing and links sections to a lab report...
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    Investigating human impacts on stream ecology: locally and nationally
    How does nutrient pollution impact stream ecosystems locally and nationally?
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    A Tough Choice in Watershed Management
    In this Team-based activity, students work in teams, playing the role of natural resource managers who must decide in which region to invest limited funding for nutrient reduction in streams....

    Keywords: Stream ecologyBox PlotsSpreadsheetGroup cooperative learningTeam-based LearningBiogeochemical cycles

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    Investigating human impacts on stream ecology: locally and nationally
    This is a modification of an original TIEE Module, investigating these questions: How does nutrient pollution impact stream ecosystems locally and nationally? How does land cover change impact...

    Keywords: tool:rstudiolandscape ecologyStream ecologyBox Plotsland usespatial analysisEutrophication

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    Investigating human impacts on local Hawaiian stream ecology
    Students learn about stream ecology on the island of Hawaii using data available through USGS and University of Hawaii websites and develop an understanding for potential stream changes due to...

    Keywords: climateStream ecologyHawaii CountyTopographyMap ReadingRainfall

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    The Insect Predation Game
    Laboratory experiment included in Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology (TIEE) Volume 4 The main learning objective of this module was to tie together what students had learned during the...

    Keywords: simulationpredator-preypredation ecology

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    Investigating human impacts on stream ecology: Intro to R
    This resource uses the Human Impact on Stream Ecology data set, background and questions and provides students an very general introduction to using R. Students perform basic summary statistics and...

    Keywords: graphingdata visualizationR programming languagedescriptive statisticsundergraduate environmental science

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    The Effect of Climate Change on Butterfly Phenology
    In this module, students explore changes in butterfly phenology through the use of natural history collections data. The resource I have modified is a pptx presentation to introduce the background...

    Keywords: ExcelResources @ ESA - TIEEclimate changefmnphenologynatural history collectionsDIGbutterflyinterspecific interactions

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    Modification of "The Effect of Climate Change on Butterfly Phenology" module by Linton et al.
    This is a modification of the Linton et al. module in TIEE Volume 13. Students use data from digitized museum records of butterfly specimens in a modification with no homework (lab/workshop format)...

    Keywords: ExcelResources @ ESA - TIEEclimate changefmnphenologynatural history collectionsDIGbutterflyinterspecific interactions

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    Investigating the Ecology of Mosquitoes and Birds in Hawaii
    Examining biotic and abiotic environmental factors explain the historic, present, and future prevalence and range of avian malaria in Hawaii. The activity also asks how this affects local...

    Keywords: data analysisintroductory biologyInvasive SpeciesbirdsHawaii County

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    Understanding Global Climate Change: Present, Past, and Future
    Understanding global climate change through the lenses of the present, past, and future, combining modern technology and indigenous knowledge and ways of knowing.

    Keywords: climate changeglobal changeabiotic environmentindigenous knowledge

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    Too much of a good thing? Exploring nutrient pollution in streams using bioindicators
    Students use data on nitrogen and phosphorus levels in streams and macrobenthic insect biodiversity to consider issues of nutrient pollution and stream health while learning to filter, summarize,...
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    More information about the Discovery – Doing Science Biology Education Conference
    2023 Conference Theme - Variants in Biology Education: What can we learn from pandemics?

    Keywords: LDC2023

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    Processes that Regulate Patterns of Species and Genetic Diversity
    This activity was developed for an undergraduate upper level ecology course for Environmental or Biological Science majors. Classes of ~20 students work best for the activity.
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    Exploring how climate will impact plant-insect distributions and interactions using open data and informatics
    This teaching module provides an entry point for students to learn about data science, open data repositories (e.g., citizen science data), and species distribution modeling to study the effects of...

    Keywords: modelingcitizen sciencehypothesis testingdata scienceclimate changeR programming languageBiodiversityplant animal interactionsinquiry-based learningspecies distributionseco-informatics

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    Landscape Indicators:Nutrients and Macroinvertebrates
    Modification of the Investigating Human Impacts on Stream Ecology Module to emphasize landscape indicators and incorporate inclusive practices.
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    Drivers of Avian Local Species Richness: Continental-Scale Gradients, Regional Landscape, or Local Land Cover?
    Experiment included in Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology (TIEE) Volume 8

    Keywords: ecologyResources @ ESA - TIEEspecies richness

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    Changes in Lake Ice: Ecosystem Response to Global Change
    Data Set included in included in Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology (TIEE) Volume 3

    Keywords: Resources @ ESA - TIEE

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