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This README file contains the introduction and table of contents of the
larger companion file, workshop.txt.  The larger file is roughly 170 kB
in size (that is, 24,000 words or 75 pages long), so you should read this
first to decide if you want to retrieve the longer document.

Gopher users:  the file workshop.txt will appear automagically as a
directory of 17 files (the introduction and the 16 contributed papers).
Thus, you can select individually the papers you want.  If you want
more than a few of them, you may prefer to use anonymous FTP in order
to retrieve the entire file at once.

Anonymous FTP users:  even if you don't have a gopher client, the chances
are good that you can still use gopher.  If you have FTP, then you probably
also have telnet;  you can telnet to metalab.unc.edu and log in there to
use a public gopher client, courtesy of metalab (instructions will appear
before the login prompt).

For more information, contact Jim Ebersole, jebersole@cc.colorado.edu.

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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