2009 LTER All Scientists Meeting - Environmental Education

Konza Environmental Education Program's Schoolyard LTER: Teaching Science Through Ecology

Annie Baker — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 02:40:36 +0000

Poster Number:

366

Presenter/Primary Author:

Jill Haukos

Co-Authors:

Annie Baker

Konza Prairie Biological Station established its education program in 1996 for visitors and students interested in learning about the tallgrass prairie. With the Schoolyard LTER supplements (1998), programs for school children were developed to parallel the long-term ecological research on site and also to add information useful to scientists. Teachers participate in annual professional development workshops to learn about the prairie ecosystem, experience the protocols of several long-term scientific activities and choose one or more of these activities to add to their curriculum.

Culturally relevant ecology, learning progressions and environmental literacy

John Moore — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 21:18:47 +0000

Poster Number:

304

Presenter/Primary Author:

John Moore

Co-Authors:

Charles Anderson

Co-Authors:

Alan Berkowitz

Co-Authors:

Alison Whitmer

Co-Authors:

Ray Tschillard

Co-Authors:

William Hoyt

Co-Authors:

Robert Mayes

Co-Authors:

Sarah Haines

Co-Authors:

Bob Waide

Weaving Quantitative Reasoning into Learning Progressions for Environmental Citizenship

Nissa Yestness — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:04:39 +0000

Poster Number:

299

Presenter/Primary Author:

Mark Davis

Co-Authors:

Shandy Hauk

Co-Authors:

Nissa Yestness

What mathematical skills, particularly in the area of reasoning about proportions, rate of change, and rate of growth are needed for a high school graduate to effectively use knowledge and tools from environmental science as an informed citizen in a democratic society? What are the quantitative reasoning stepping stones from elementary school through high school that might help develop this key to environmental science literacy?

Pathways to Ecological Literacy: Developing a Biodiversity Learning Progression

Brook Wilke — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:20:56 +0000

Poster Number:

298

Presenter/Primary Author:

Brook Wilke

Co-Authors:

Laurel Hartley

Co-Authors:

Charles Anderson

Co-Authors:

Eric Keeling

Co-Authors:

Jonathon Schramm

Co-Authors:

Robin Tinghitella

Co-Authors:

Liz Ratashak

Co-Authors:

Yeni Garcia

Co-Authors:

Shawna McMahon

Co-Authors:

Cornelia Harris

Co-Authors:

Mitch Burke

Humans make decisions daily that impact biodiversity, and it is essential that citizens understand the implications of these decisions. Yet, ecological systems are extremely complex, with many details still being discovered. Our challenge is to identify the underlying principles and concepts governing the distribution of organisms, and then communicate these details to students in a way that influences their citizenship decisions as participants in local and global communities.

Cross-Site Working Group on Coupled Human-Natural Systems

Craig Harris — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:38:27 +0000

Final Report (Required, .pdf format only) :

Cross-Site Working Group on Coupled Human-Natural Systems Final Report

Organizer:

William Freudenburg

Co-organizer(s):

Craig Harris

This session is intended both for social and biophysical scientists who want to help develop a proposal for the kind of “multi-site, highly collaborative and integrated research initiative” envisioned by the LTER planning group. The focus will be on what the LTER planning process calls the “centerpiece” of the group's conceptual framework, as well as one of “Grand Challenges” to be addressed at the network level – “the dynamics of coupled human-natural ecosystems.”

Preferred Dates:

Sept. 14

Working Group Duration:

Session Info

Session(s):

Working Group Session 5

Room:

Reusch Auditorium Sweet

Official Participants

Additional Participants:

"Craig Harris" <Craig.Harris@SSC.MSU.EDU>, Victor Thompson <thompson.2042@osu.edu>, John Turck <jaturck@#uga.edu>, Hannah Gosnell <gosnellh@geo.oregonstate.edu>, Sharon Hall <sharonjhall@asu.edu>, Abigail York <abigail.york@asu.edu>, Jim Gosz <jgosz@uidaho.edu>, "Wm. R. Freudenburg" <freudenburg@es.ucsb.edu>

Culturally Relevant Ecology, Learning Progressions, and Environmental Literacy - Quantitative Reasoning Impacts

Robert Mayes — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:56:09 +0000

Poster Number:

136

Presenter/Primary Author:

Robert Mayes

Co-Authors:

Mark Lyford

Co-Authors:

Jennifer Schuttlefield

Co-Authors:

Sylvia Parker

The NSF MSP Culturally Relevant Ecology, Learning Progressions, and Environmental Literacy project focuses on the critical education juncture of middle through high school (grades 6-12).

Schoolyard Study of Biodiversity Incorporating Site Specific Biodiversity Issues and LTER Sampling Protocols

Brook Wilke — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:08:17 +0000

Final Report (Required, .pdf format only) :

Schoolyard Study of Biodiversity Incorporating Site Specific Biodiversity Issues and LTER Sampling Protocols_report.pdf

Organizer:

Brook Wilke

Co-organizer(s):

Charles Anderson

Co-organizer(s):

Robin Tinghitella

Co-organizer(s):

John Moore

Co-organizer(s):

Alan Berkowitz

Co-organizer(s):

Laurel Hartley

Understanding biodiversity and the factors that govern it are important components of an environmental literacy framework. Yet, students rarely graduate from K-12 institutions with a robust understanding of biodiversity, particularly of their local ecosystems. Given the wealth of expertise in biodiversity science within the LTER network and education activities at LTER sites, we have the opportunity to build unique collaborations that continue to enhance ecological literacy.

Preferred Dates:

Sept. 15

Working Group Duration:

Session Info

Session(s):

Working Group Session 2

Room:

Reusch Auditorium Billhiemer

Working Group Materials

Related materiels:

Outline/Presentation for Working Group

Teaching Ecological Complexity Through Field Science Inquiry: Resources for Teacher Workshop Providers, Teachers, and Students

Stephanie Bestelmeyer — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:50:59 +0000

Final Report (Required, .pdf format only) :

ASMWorkshopReport_TeachingComplexity.pdf.pdf

Organizer:

Stephanie Bestelmeyer

Co-organizer(s):

Marion Dresner

For the last three years, scientists and educators from five LTER sites (AND, CAP, JRN, LUQ, and SGS) have collaborated on the NSF-funded Teaching Ecological Complexity Through Field Science Inquiry (Ecoplexity) Project. The purpose of the project is to provide resources and training for high school teachers that will allow them to engage in authentic field research studies with their students. Our goal for this working group is to help establish new partnerships with other LTERs seeking to use this model of teacher professional development and these existing web-based resources.

Preferred Dates:

Sept. 14

Preferred Dates:

Sept. 15

Working Group Duration:

Session Info

Session(s):

Working Group Session 1

Room:

East Side Deer Ridge Fireside

Official Participants

LTER Participants:

Stephanie Bestelmeyer

Marion Dresner

Monica Elser

Jorge R. Ortiz-Zayas

Kimberly Melville-Smith

John Moore

Andrew Moldenke

Audrey Barker Plotkin

Rita Caceres

Jason Love

Amanda Lease

Melissa Kjelvik

Jessica L. Watkins

Arthur Schwarzschild

Jackie Wilson

Yeni Violeta Garcia

Tom Lindsay

Carol Landis

Joshua Heward

Bess Caplan

Mary Spivey

Jeffrey Corney

Brook Wilke

Xueying Han

Jessica Savage

Liz Duff

Laurel Hartley

Additional Participants:

Clarisse Hart - hart3@fas.harvard.edu

Jean Johnson - john2597@msu.edu

Saleit Ron - Saleit@ramathanadiv.org

Eric Keeling - Keelinge@caryinstitute.org

Michele Johnson - kissinger@msi.ucsb.edu

Bob Williams - bobwms@uga.edu

Susan Sahnow - susan.sahnow@oregonstate.edu

Sheila M. Soler - sheisoler@gmail.com

LTER - National Biological Information Infrastructure

Inigo San Gil — Tue, 12 May 2009 21:37:55 +0000

Poster Number:

Presenter/Primary Author:

Inigo San Gil

Co-Authors:

William. K. Michener

Co-Authors:

Mark Servilla

Co-Authors:

James Brunt

Co-Authors:

Mike Frame

Co-Authors:

Vivian Hutchison

The National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) entered in 2004 in a five year cooperative agreement with LTER. The NBII-LTER cooperative agreement is the result of efforts championed by W. Michener dating back to 2000. The overarching goal is the interoperability of both networks: Sharing the wealth on information on ecological and biological resources, and offer those to educators,, scientists, lawmakers and the public in general.