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EXERCISES AND IDEAS FOR ACTIVELY INVOLVING UNDERGRADUATES IN ECOLOGY CLASSES
EDITORS
Jim Ebersole and Mike Farris
Department of Biology Department of Biology
Colorado College Hamline University
Colorado Springs, CO 80903 1536 Hewitt Ave.
jebersole@cc.colorado.edu St. Paul, MN 55104-1284
mfarris@hamline.edu
OVERVIEW
The file in this directory contains ideas and exercises for actively
involving students in undergraduate ecology classes. By active
involvement we mean a learning experience that requires students to
think originally, to solve problems, to synthesize, to evaluate
arguments, or to be creative.
This compilation developed from a workshop in Madison, WI in July
1993 that was led by Jim Ebersole and Mike Farris and sponsored by
the Ecological Society of America's Education Section. The bulk of
this file consists of ideas and exercises contributed by people
after the workshop. In addition, a summary of ideas from group
discussions at the workshop is included here. We gratefully
acknowledge the ideas of all participants of the workshop and
especially those who contributed ideas and exercises to this
compilation.
***********************TABLE OF CONTENTS***********************
SUMMARY OF GROUP DISCUSSIONS AT THE MADISON WORKSHOP
CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES
The Value of Discussion
Spenser Cortwright, Indiana University Northwest
Summer to Winter Differences in Landscapes
Sheila Strawn, University of Oklahoma
Writing About Environmental Issues from an Ecological
Perspective
Kelly McConnaughay, Bradley University
Writing Research Proposals
Colin Nichols-Orians, Williams College
LABORATORY ACTIVITIES
Simulated Sampling
Larry Spencer, Plymouth State College
Ecological Sampling Techniques: A Population Board Approach
Mary Benninger-Truax and Martin K. Huehner, Hiram College
FIELD ACTIVITIES
On Being a Field Naturalist: Organismal Microenvironments
Bruce W. Grant, Widener University
Sampling Lawn Vegetation
Ed Cawley, Loras College
Ecological Sampling: Some Field Methods for Detecting Pattern
in Nature
Bruce W. Grant, Widener University
Succession: A Seasonal Wildflower Composition
Gwen Pearson, University of Texas at the Permian Basin
Vegetation Mapping
Jim Ebersole, Colorado College
Biological Diversity and Experimental Design
Gary Wagenbach, Fred Singer, Sylvia Halkin, and Matt Lee,
Carlton College
Comparative Aquatic Ecosystem Ecology
Bruce W. Grant, Widener University
Individual Projects
Jane Bock, University of Colorado, Boulder
Small Group Research Projects
Jim Ebersole, Colorado College
Ecological Research Study
Bruce W. Grant, Widener University