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    PLANT Talking Points: Economic Botany - how we value plants...
    This resource gives insight into the interactions between humans and the environment.

    Keywords: sustainabilitybotanyenvironmentethnobotany

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    The Education for Sustainability – Philly Project: Supporting Teachers to Develop Lessons on Sustainability
    Talk given as a part of the Symposium - Communities of Practice for Math Modeling Education at the SIAM 2018 Conference

    Keywords: SIAMsustainabilityResources @ MMHubResources @ SIAMEd 2018

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    Urban Ecology
    This video describes the field of urban ecology and features scientists who use the city as their field site.

    Keywords: videosecologyurban ecologyScience Forward

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    Using InTeGrate materials to incorporate sustainability into General Biology II at the University of North Carolina Charlotte
    I incorporated three units from InTeGrate into my General Biology II class. This document outlines how I used these materials, and what modifications I made to them.
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    Addressing Complex, Emergent Risks in 21st Century Natural-Human Systems
    Presentation on wicked problems in natural-human systems

    Keywords: climate changeSummer Workshop 2018environmental systemsfinancial risksystem of systems

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    Interdisciplinarity through a modular sustainability curriculum
    Poster on successful sustainability education in college curricula presented at the 2018 QUBES/BioQUEST Summer Workshop .

    Keywords: sustainabilityinterdisciplinary educationSummer Workshop 2018

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    Improving Civic and Scientific Literacy through Scaffolded Thematic Classroom Research Experiences
    Poster on encouraging civic and scientific literacy presented at the 2018 QUBES/BioQUEST Summer Workshop

    Keywords: scientific literacyauthentic researchcivic literacySummer Workshop 2018

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    Terrestrial Trophic Cascades & Population Structure
    In this activity, students will use data from natural parks to examine trophic cascades.

    Keywords: case studyBiodiversityplantsurban ecosystemsResource Typetrophic cascadesnational parksdeforestation

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    Using Climate of Change in a Non Majors Sustainability Course
    The Climate of Change module was implemented in my Introduction to Environmental Sustainability course. We concluded the semester with an in depth examination of climate change, which includes how...
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    Do urban yards serve as a refuge for native land snail species?
    This module contains a series of take-home activities to prepare students to analyze their own dataset collected in lab.

    Keywords: urban ecosystemsrefugia from habitat lossgroup homework

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    Seed Dispersal in Tropical Forests
    In this activity, students use data from published studies to understand patterns of seed dispersal and apply these ideas to the design of a conservation area. This was applied through the lens of...

    Keywords: ecologyResources @ HHMI - BioInteractivecommunityplantsdiversityScientific Process

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    A Growing Concern: Sustaining Soil Resources through Local Decision Making
    This module addresses this need by providing students the opportunity to examine the differences between intensively managed agricultural landscapes (e.g. grazelands, conventional tillage) and...

    Keywords: sustainabilityenvironmental sciencegeologysoil scienceResources @ InTeGrate

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    Natural Hazards and Risks: Hurricanes
    Making the difficult decision to evacuate before a hurricane makes landfall can save lives and property. This two week module explores how hurricanes connect the ocean-atmosphere-terrestrial...

    Keywords: sustainabilityearth scienceOceanographyenvironmental scienceglobal changenatural hazardsatmospheric scienceResources @ InTeGrate

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    Environmental Justice and Freshwater Resources
    This module enables students to identify the freshwater components of the hydrologic cycle and connect them to the basic need of all human beings for equal access to clean freshwater.

    Keywords: sustainabilityenvironmental scienceglobal changeexamwater resourcesenvironmental sociologyResources @ InTeGrate

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    Do urban yards serve as a refuge for native land snail species?
    This module contains a series of take-home activities to prepare students to analyze their own dataset collected in lab.

    Keywords: urban ecosystemsrefugia from habitat lossJMP

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