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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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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
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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
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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
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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