Backyard Beetles + Pollinators for a non-lab course on biodiversity conservation
Author(s): Emily Nodine
Rollins College
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- Backyard pollinators assignment guidelines.docx(DOCX | 16 KB)
- Backyard pollinators background worksheet.docx(DOCX | 22 KB)
- Backyard pollinators module 1.docx(DOCX | 17 KB)
- Backyard pollinators module 2.docx(DOCX | 20 KB)
- Backyard pollinators module 3.docx(DOCX | 1 MB)
- Backyard pollinators module 4.docx(DOCX | 3 MB)
- Backyard pollinators module 6.docx(DOCX | 69 KB)
- Backyard pollinators module 7.docx(DOCX | 22 KB)
- Backyard pollinators teaching notes.docx(DOCX | 16 KB)
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Description
These modules were developed for an upper level Environmental Studies core course, Conservation of Biodiversity, toward the goal of engaging students in hands-on research whether in-person or remote. Students employ a mix of field and online research techniques to observe insect pollinators and other floral visitors to describe plant-pollinator networks and assess how the assemblages from their sites compare to those in a range of landscapes. The project was divided into a series of homework assignments for a non-lab course.
Included here are the overarching assignment guidelines, background worksheet, modules 1-7, and teaching notes on its inaugural implementation in Spring 2021.
Notes
These modules were adapted from an existing adaptation for a class with both remote and in-person students. Reflection questions are skewed more to a conservation focus.
Cite this work
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
- Nodine, E. (2021). Backyard Beetles + Pollinators for a non-lab course on biodiversity conservation. EREN-NEON Flexible Learning Projects FMN Spring 2021, QUBES Educational Resources. doi:10.25334/F3ZH-EH84