OCELOTS FMN: Adapting online modules in tropical ecology
Selected Modules
Selected Modules
These are the selected modules for this Faculty Mentoring Network (FMN). During Summer 2022, participants will adapt one of the following modules for use in a new setting. These modules cover a range of topics in tropical ecology, so please select the module that will fit best into your course curriculum. Click on individual links below, or access the OCELOTS library (https://www.learngala.com/catalog/libraries/ocelots).
- ‘Snapshot Serengeti Online Lab’ by C. Willis and J. Klemens. https://www.learngala.com/cases/5c7e397e-b22e-478f-94f7-02d677bb11ea. This multi-week inquiry lab allows students to explore African wildlife ecology by analyzing camera trap data. During the lab, students participate in ongoing community-powered research and learn about data visualization and interpretation using R Shiny. Students design and carry out their own analyses of the data set and participate in peer-review activities.
- ‘Restoring tropical forests’ by K. Holl, Z. Zahawi, and San Jose in either English: https://www.learngala.com/cases/restoring-tropical-forests or Spanish: https://www.learngala.com/cases/restaurando-bosques-tropicales. In this case study about tropical forest restoration, students learn how to interpret bar graphs, use R Shiny to visualize seed rain in different restoration treatments, and listen to a podcast about social obstacles to restoration.
- ‘Healing the Scars: Tropical rainforest carbon cycling – Does it matter which tree species you plant?’ by A. Russell. https://www.learngala.com/cases/tropical-rainforest-carbon-cycling. This module immerses students into a long-term field experiment in Costa Rica and engages them in scientific inquiry about how the differences in carbon cycling traits at the whole-plant level translate into differences at the global level. Students connect the dots across scales and disciplines and consider various solutions for dealing with global warming.
- ‘Sounds of the tropics’ by T.M. Aide, L. May-Collado and M. Campos-Cerqueira. https://www.learngala.com/cases/sounds-of-the-tropics-part-1; https://www.learngala.com/cases/sounds-of-the-tropics-part-2; https://www.learngala.com/cases/sounds-of-the-tropics-part-3. This three-part series begins with the basics of sounds, who makes sounds, and how we can turn sounds into useful information for ecological and conservation studies.
- Other OCELOTS module on Gala. Please specify in your description of the module modification.