Teaching Materials (1-7 of 7)

1. How Luxury and Legacy Effects Shape Urban Avifauna in Los Angeles, California

   09 May 2024 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Melanie Del Pozo, Herman Tomasi

   Is L.A.’s bird population shaped by historic redlining and income inequality? This lesson will introduce luxury and legacy effects hypotheses as they relate to urban avifauna in LA neighborhoods....

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/4788/?v=1

2. An Interrupted Case Study on Urban Prairie Restoration

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

   By Amy L. Concilio*¹, Maria Lazo Macik², X. Ben Wu²

   1. St. Edward's University 2. Texas A&M University

   Engaging students in meaningful discussions can be a challenging task for science instructors, especially in introductory courses. The story-telling approach used in case studies can increase...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/4702/?v=1

3. The Power of Place: A Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience Studying Urban Ecology, Local Apple Trees and Disease Susceptibility

   26 Jan 2024 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Deidre M. Jaeger†*¹, Teresa Bilinski††¹, Amy Dunbar-Wallis††¹, Irfanul Alam††¹, Lisa A. Corwin††¹

   University of Colorado Boulder

   Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs) offered early in an undergraduate student’s career have the potential to include a greater number and diversity of students than...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/4601/?v=1

4. Urban stream invaders: a scientist spotlight featuring Dr. Piatã Santana Marques

   15 Jul 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Jennifer Apple

   SUNY Geneseo

   Students read and interpret data from a study which addresses how urbanization affects the invasive attributes of a non-native species. They also reflect on the identity of the lead researcher and...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2472/?v=1

5. Coyote Habituation and a Scientist Spotlight on Dr. Christopher Schell

   25 Jun 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Darlene Panvini

   Belmont University

   Dr. Christopher Schell is an ecologist who uses a variety of techniques to study mammalian carnivores in urban areas. This scientist spotlight uses graphs from his study on parental habituation to...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2455/?v=1

6. Carbon Sequestration and the Urban heat Island Effect

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

   By Evan Blais

   Virginia Commonwealth University

   An urban heat island is an urban or metropolitan area that is on average far warmer than the surrounding rural areas. In this lesson we will study the impact these warmer temperatures have on the...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2354/?v=1

7. Urban Ecology

   24 Jul 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Kelly O'Donnell

   Science Forward

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

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/717/?v=1