98th ESA Annual Meeting (August 4 -- 9, 2013)

COS 90 - Education And Outreach II

Thursday, August 8, 2013: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
L100F, Minneapolis Convention Center
8:20 AM
Teaching Ecology in a SCALE-UP (Student-Centered Active Learning Environment for Undergraduate Programs) room
Brett J. Goodwin, University of North Dakota; Brian J. Darby, University of North Dakota
8:40 AM
Citizen science data: It's not just for scientists
Sarah Newman, NEON; Leah A. Wasser, NEON, Inc.; Dennis L. Ward, National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON, Inc.) Education and Public Engagement; Wendy K. Gram, NEON, Inc.; Sandra Henderson, (NEON
9:00 AM
Researcher-driven campaigns engage Nature’s Notebook participants in scientific data collection
Theresa M. Crimmins, USA National Phenology Network; Andrew J. Elmore, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science; Alfredo Huete, University of Technology; Stephen Keller, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Appalachian Laboratory; Estelle Levetin, University of Tulsa; Jeffrey Luvall, NASA; Orrin Myers, University of New Mexico; Cathlyn D. Stylinski, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Appalachian Laboratory; Peter K. Van de Water, CSU Fresno; Ana Vukovic, University of Arizona
9:20 AM
NASCARand ecology: A remarkably natural partnership for educational outreach and undergraduate research
Jeffrey Lake, Adrian College; Penny Cobau-Smith, Adrian College; Agnes Caldwell, Adrian College; Janna D'Amico, Adrian College; Aubrey Quinlan, Adrian College; Andrew Barron, Adrian College; Erin Bisco, Adrian College
9:40 AM
9:50 AM
Education toolkits for 21st century ecological research: Facilitating the use of Lidar data in global scale ecology
Leah A. Wasser, NEON, Inc.; Wendy K. Gram, NEON, Inc.; Stuart Phinn, The University of Queensland; Alex Held, CSIRO; Thomas Kampe, National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON, Inc.); Sarah Elmendorf, National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON); Keith Krause, National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) and Battelle Ecology Inc.; Shelley Petroy, NEON, Inc.
10:10 AM
It takes a village to talk science: Science communications tools for administrators and educators
Clarisse Hart, Harvard University; McOwiti Thomas, LTER Network Office; Julie E. Doll, Michigan State University; Marcia Nation, CAP LTER, Arizona State University; Kathleen Fallon Lambert, Harvard Forest (Harvard University); Susan Dailey, Florida International University
10:30 AM Cancelled
COS 90-8
A case-based approach for integrating ecology and evolution education (widthdrawn)
Peter J. T. White, Michigan State University; Merle K. Heidemann, Michigan State University; James J. Smith, Michigan State University
10:50 AM
EcoMOBILE - Can mobile devices support development of ecological observation skills across temporal and spatial scales?
Amy Kamarainen, New York Hall of Science; Shari Metcalf, Harvard Graduate School of Education; Tina Grotzer, Harvard University; Chris Dede, Harvard Graduate School of Education