Using a long-term data set from Ohio to analyze climate change and it’s impacts on phenology and ecological interactions
Author(s): Caroline DeVan
New Jersey Institute of Technology
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Summary:
This is an FMN participant modification of the TIEE module "Investigating the footprint of climate change on phenology and ecological interactions in north-central North America," authored by Kellen Calinger in 2014.
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Description
The module was implemented at the New Jersey Institute of Technology by Caroline M. DeVan.
- Course: Biology 205 – Foundations in Ecology and Evolution Honors
- Course Level: Second semester freshman/first semester sophomore – required introductory class for biology majors.
- Instructional Setting: Lecture – 32 students
- Implementation Timeframe: One class period (~1 hour) & some homework, April 21 – second to last lecture – Climate Change Unit
Notes
I made very few modifications to this module. Primarily I simplified – asking students to create graphs from one geographic unit (that I assigned to them) rather than two and instead I had them compare the graphs between groups instead. I also gave them the graphs for the plants rather than have them create them on their own. I also had them complete the final section outside of class (because we ran out of time) and briefly went over the material the next class period.
Cite this work
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
- DeVan, C. (2017). Using a long-term data set from Ohio to analyze climate change and it’s impacts on phenology and ecological interactions. ESA Data Discovery FMN (2017), QUBES Educational Resources. doi:10.25334/Q4S888