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  1. Take 4DEE outside: Using campus and local resources to photograph ecological concepts

    23 Sep 2024 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Erica Tietjen

    Nevada State University

    In my introductory courses in environmental science and ecology, students work on a three-part project throughout the 16-week semester (called “Finding Ecology Where You Look”) to focus on making...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/4992/?v=1

  2. Salmon, Society, and Success: A case study on the intersections of colonialism, ecological degradation, and the power of social action.

    12 Sep 2024 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Kylea Rose Garces

    Northeastern University

    Using a case study approach, this lesson examines colonialism as an ongoing force affecting nature, culture, and society by focusing on decades of tribally led efforts resulting in recent federal...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/4984/?v=1

  3. Malaise Trap Project: Involving Undergraduate Students in Network Science

    19 Aug 2024 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Kim Komatsu

    A multi-week project for upper division undergraduate students to participate in network-level science, while simultaneously learning classic entomology skills of specimen collection and...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/4806/?v=1

  4. Investigating the ecological value of migratory fishes on stream ecosystems in southern Appalachia

    22 Jul 2024 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Johnathan Davis

    Wofford College

    Using the Ecological Society of America’s Four-Dimensional Ecology Education (4DEE) framework, students apply ecological concepts such as energy flow, nutrient cycling, migration, and climate...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/4819/?v=1

  5. Data-Driven Decision-Making: Antarctic Fisheries

    05 Jul 2024 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Jessie Golding1, Desiree Andersen1, Ellen Bledsoe1

    University of Arizona

    This is an entire module for a general education data science and ecology course. The module was originally designed as the fourth and final section of the course; the full course is openly...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/4885/?v=1

  6. Exploring Microbial Diversity: An Interactive In-Class Assignment for Biology and Microbiology Courses

    02 Jul 2024 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Amanda Zirzow

    Florida SouthWestern State College

    This interactive assignment engages students in a hands-on exploration of microbial diversity and the importance of microbes in ecosystems. Designed for General Biology II and Introduction to...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/4880/?v=1

  7. Healing the scars: Tropical rainforest carbon cycling. Does it matter which tree species you plant?

    23 Jul 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Ann E Russell1, Anneke Oosterom2, Eden Marek3, Lili Zhou1

    1. Iowa State University 2. St. Catherine University 3. Rhodeside Harwell

    This online module explores how differences in traits of tropical tree species translate into differential effects on the carbon cycle, integrating ecological information across scales and the...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/4335/?v=2

  8. Healing the scars: Tropical rainforest carbon cycling. Does it matter which tree species you plant?

    11 May 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Ann E Russell1, Anneke Oosterom2, Eden Marek3, Lili Zhou1

    1. Iowa State University 2. St. Catherine University 3. Rhodeside Harwell

    This online module explores how differences in traits of tropical tree species translate into differential effects on the carbon cycle, integrating ecological information across scales and the...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/4335/?v=1

  9. Species Conservation Management Plan Report and Class Exercise

    30 Mar 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Vikki L Rodgers

    Babson College

    In this project, students work in pairs to become an expert in their assigned IUCN Red List endangered species. They are charged to create a well-researched, written conservation management plan....

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/3908/?v=1

  10. Integrating the modeling of biogeochemical cycles and energy flow

    30 Mar 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Vikki L Rodgers

    Babson College

    This in-class activity challenges students to create and then integrate models of how carbon, nitrogen, water and energy all move within an ecosystem. Using 15 provided standard pools, they work...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/3907/?v=1

  11. Applying ESA’s 4DEE framework to guide the development of ecological literacy for non-majors

    30 Mar 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Vikki L Rodgers

    Babson College

    The Four-Dimensional Ecological Education (4DEE) framework, endorsed by the ESA Governing Board in November 2018, is the culmination of 30 years of work by the ecology community to clearly define...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/3906/?v=1

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  13. Adaptation of Plants in the Human-Altered Environment (PHAE) for a non-lab course on biodiversity conservation

    12 May 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Emily Nodine

    Rollins College

    PHAE is a project to compare effects of landscape alteration intensities on plant biomass and diversity. This adaptation modifies the (adapted) modules for a non-lab course on conservation,...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2356/?v=1

  14. An Adaptation of "Plants in the Human-Altered Environment (PHAE)" for 100% Remote Learning at East Stroudsburg University

    11 Dec 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Emily Rollinson

    East Stroudsburg University

    PHAE is a project to compare effects of landscape alteration intensities on plant diversity. This adaptation modified and extends the modules to suit fully remote learning (data collected...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2190/?v=1

  15. Plants in the Human-Altered Environment (PHAE): EREN-NEON Flexible Learning Project

    07 Aug 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Jason Kilgore1, Karen Kuers2

    1. Washington & Jefferson College 2. The University of the South

    A project to compare effects of a continuum of landscape alteration intensities on plant diversity, biomass, and ecosystem services, and to explore human socioeconomic connections to plants in the...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2047/?v=1

  16. ESA Webinar: ESA’s Four Dimensional Framework for Ecology Education (4DEE): Opportunities and Challenges

    17 Jan 2019 | Posted by Elia Crisucci

    ESA Webinar: ESA’s Four Dimensional Framework for Ecology Education (4DEE): Opportunities and Challenges January 24, 2019 2:00 pm EST The ESA’s Governing Board endorsed the 4DEE...

    https://qubeshub.org/news/blog/2019/01/esa-webinar-esas-four-dimensional-framework-for-ecology-education-4dee-opportunities-and