Session: Education: Community-Based Learning (97th ESA Annual Meeting (August 5 -- 10, 2012))

PS 20-17

Pollen and public health: A citizen science project
Tiffany S. Carey, University of Michigan; Daniel W. Katz, University of Michigan

PS 20-18

The Geoscience-Teachers-in-the-Park internship: A model for engaging local teachers in hands-on research within the National Parks
Shannon R. Trimboli, Mammoth Cave International Center for Science and Learning; Cheryl Messenger, Mammoth Cave National Park; Rickard S. Toomey III, Mammoth Cave International Center for Science and Learning

PS 20-19

Creating authentic learning experiences that benefit undergraduate students and land management agencies
Julie Beckstead, Gonzaga University

PS 20-20

Partnerships for participation: Implementing continental-scale citizen science programs locally
Sarah Newman, NEON; Sandra Henderson, (NEON; Dennis Ward, NEON

PS 20-21

Educating Europe’s future nature entrepreneurs
Judith C. Jobse, Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences, part of Wageningen UR; Rene van der Duim, Wageningen University; Arjaan Pellis, Wageningen University; Mark Meijering, Helicon Opleidingen; Wouter Helmer, Rewilding Europe & Ark Nature

PS 20-22

The PINEMAP Intern Program: Integrating undergraduates into forest resource and climate change research and education
John B. Kidd, Virginia Tech; John R. Seiler, Virginia Tech; Martha Monroe, University of Florida; Shobha Sriharan, Virginia State University

PS 20-23

Using the WonderWise model to engage minority students in ecology careers
Carmen Cid, Quinebaug Valley Community College

PS 20-24

Service learning in the Ecuadorian Amazon: Developing an inexpensive and easily interpretable plant bioassay for monitoring bioamendment mediated reductions in soil toxicity
Mia R. Maltz, University of California Irvine

PS 20-25

Campus Partnership in a Citizen-Based Monitoring Network: Wisconsin Ephemeral Ponds Project
Joy J. Wolf, University of Wisconsin - Parkside

PS 20-26

Sustaining interest in sustainability: High school students use inquiry and service learning to connect education, community and the environment
Allison A. Poole, The MASTERS Program Early College Charter High School

Cancelled

PS 20-27

Puget Sound seabird survey: Science by citizens (widthdrawn)
Adam Sedgley, Seattle Audubon Society; Peter Hodum, University of Puget Sound; Eric Ward, Northwest Fisheries Science Center; Scott Pearson, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife; Jerry Joyce, Seattle Audubon Society

PS 20-28

Outreach for sustainability practices in Chilean vineyards of Mediterranean climate
Olga Barbosa, Universidad Austral de Chile; Javiera Díaz-Forestier, Centro Regional de Investigación e Innovación para la Sostenibilidad de la Agricultura y los Territorios Rurales-Ceres; Wara Marcelo, Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity; Karina Godoy, Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity; Lidia Mansur, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Juan L. Celis-Diez, Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity

PS 20-29

The Science Ambassadors: A case study of project based experiential learning as a tool to engage traditionally underserved communities in citizen science.
Kevin A. Schallert, National Park Service

PS 20-30

Student professional development in applied ecology through civic engagement, project management and team building
Janet Macfall, Elon University; Michael Strickland, Elon University; Christopher Leupold, Elon University

PS 20-31

Exploring event and status based phenological monitoring in citizen science projects: Lessons learned from Project BudBurst
Dennis L. Ward, National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON, Inc.) Education and Public Engagement; Sandra Henderson, (NEON; Sarah Newman, NEON

PS 20-32

Field research experiences and middle school girls: Supporting ecological literacy and improving science perceptions
Yeni Violeta Garcia, University of Northern Colorado

PS 20 - Education: Community-Based Learning