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ESA Data Access - Inclusive Pedagogy

Overview

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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Goals

Increase understanding and implementation of inclusive pedagogy in ecology classrooms
Develop, implement, and assess effective materials and inclusive pedagogical practices for teaching data-intensive modules in the classroom
Join a diverse community of practice in small group virtual meetings over a semester to exchange ideas, effective tips and strategies in lecture/classroom/lab

Mentors

Jackie Matthes, Wellesley College
Kaitlin Stack Whitney, Rochester Institute of Technology
Teresa Mourad, Ecological Society of America

Final Products

Climate-Induced Shifts in California Butterflies

Jessica Coyle

Version: 2.0

A module in which students generate and test hypotheses about butterfly species’ response to climate change in the Central Valley and Sierra Nevada Mountains of northern California using publicly available data.

linear regression, Scatter Plots, climate change, phenology, hypothesis formulation, mountains, California, public data, CODAP

1.2K

283

02.2021

Investigating human impacts on stream ecology: locally and nationally

Emily C Pollina

Version: 1.0 Adapted From: Investigating human impacts on stream ecology: locally and nationally v1.0

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 writing.

1.1K

285

07.2020

Understanding Global Climate Change: Present, Past, and Future

Michelle Phillips

Version: 1.0 Adapted From: Global Temperature Change in the 21st Century (Abstract) | TIEE v1.0

Understanding global climate change through the lenses of the present, past, and future, combining modern technology and indigenous knowledge and ways of knowing.

climate change, global change, abiotic environment, indigenous knowledge

1.3K

1.6K

06.2020

Too much of a good thing? Exploring nutrient pollution in streams using bioindicators

J. Stephen Gosnell

Version: 1.0 Adapted From: Investigating human impacts on stream ecology: locally and nationally v1.0

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, and plot data.

1.3K

1.6K

06.2020

Investigating human impacts on stream ecology: Scaling up from Local to National with a focus on the Southeast

Emily Weigel

Version: 1.0 Adapted From: Investigating human impacts on stream ecology: locally and nationally v1.0

Adaptation of the "TIEE Module- How does nutrient pollution impact stream ecosystems locally and nationally?" specifically to include information on the SE (particularly Atlanta, GA).

1.3K

05.2020

Landscape Indicators:Nutrients and Macroinvertebrates

Stacy Cotey

Version: 1.0 Adapted From: Investigating human impacts on stream ecology: locally and nationally v1.0

Modification of the Investigating Human Impacts on Stream Ecology Module to emphasize landscape indicators and incorporate inclusive practices.

1.2K

784

05.2020

The Effect of Climate Change on Butterfly Phenology

Risa Cohen

Version: 1.0 Adapted From: The Effect of Climate Change on Butterfly Phenology v1.0

In this module, students explain the importance of collections in scientific research, manipulate data in a spreadsheet program, create properly plotted and labeled graphs, analyze data to test hypotheses about climate effects of butterfly phenology

Excel, Resources @ ESA - TIEE, climate change, fmn, phenology, natural history collections, DIG, butterfly, interspecific interactions

1.8K

1.4K

05.2020

Introduction to Data Management, Life History, and Demography

Risa Cohen

Version: 1.0 Adapted From: Demography from physical cemeteries, "virtual cemeteries," and census data v1.0

Learning Goals: • explain importance of data management • identify elements of an organized data sheet • create & manipulate data in a spreadsheet • calculate vital statistics using life tables • collect, manage and analyze data to test hypotheses

Resources @ ESA - TIEE, demography, survivorship, data management, life tables

1.3K

1.5K

05.2020

Investigating human impacts on stream ecology: locally and nationally

Meghan Graham MacLean

Version: 1.0 Adapted From: Investigating human impacts on stream ecology: locally and nationally v1.0

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 nutrient pollution?

tool:rstudio, landscape ecology, Stream ecology, Box Plots, land use, spatial analysis, Eutrophication

1.3K

714

05.2020

Global Temperature Change in the 21st Century: An Introduction to Global Climate Models and Graphing in Excel (Adapted for Non-Majors)

Tamara Basham

Version: 1.0 Adapted From: Global Temperature Change in the 21st Century (Abstract) | TIEE v1.0

Students link human behavior in various climate change scenarios to predicted temperature outcomes at both local (their assigned Latitude) and global (Latitudinal trends) scales. This adaptation is intended to be more accessible to non-majors.

Excel, Resources @ ESA - TIEE, ecology lab, climate change, environmental science, global change, human-environmental interactions, Simple Linear Regression, human impacts, inclusive pedagogy-FMN

1.3K

1.6K

05.2020

Data management and introduction to QGIS and RStudio for spatial analysis

Meghan Graham MacLean

Version: 1.0 Adapted From: Data Management using National Ecological Observatory Network's (NEON) Small Mammal Data with Accompanying Lesson on Mark Recapture Analysis v2.1

Students learn about the importance of good data management and begin to explore QGIS and RStudio for spatial analysis purposes. Students will explore National Land Cover Database raster data and made-up vector point data on both platforms.

tool:rstudio, GIS, data management, landscape ecology, Geospatial Science, National Ecological Observatory Network, quantitative inquiry, QGIS

2.2K

1.3K

05.2020

Investigating human impacts on stream ecology: locally and nationally

Erin Larson

Version: 1.1 Adapted From: Investigating human impacts on stream ecology: locally and nationally v1.0

This module is a modification of the Nuding and Hampton module in TIEE Volume 8. This modified module includes data from Alaska and is modified to be completed as an asynchronous lab in an online class.

aquatic macroinvertebrates, Alaska, Stream ecology, nutrient pollution, Human Impacts of Ecosystems, ecological monitoring, asynchronous learning

1.2K

288

05.2020

Demography from "virtual cemeteries"

Erin Larson

Version: 1.1 Adapted From: Demography from physical cemeteries, "virtual cemeteries," and census data v1.0

This module is a modification of the Lanza module in TIEE Volume 8. Rather than requiring students to visit cemeteries outside of class, this modification has students collect data from online cemetery databases, analyze data, and present to the class.

ecology, Resources @ ESA - TIEE, demography, survivorship, life tables

1.6K

336

05.2020

A Tough Choice in Watershed Management

Ann E Russell

Version: 1.0 Adapted From: Investigating human impacts on stream ecology: locally and nationally v1.0

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. Students base their decision on data analyses, other info.

Stream ecology, Box Plots, Spreadsheet, Group cooperative learning, Team-based Learning, Biogeochemical cycles

1.6K

1.5K

05.2020