Session: Latebreaking: Education (2018 ESA Annual Meeting (August 5 -- 10))

PS 61-153

Unmanned systems for ecological research: An applied, interdisciplinary partnership bridging student researchers, conservation organizations, and industry
James S Barnes, James Madison University; Patrice M. Ludwig, James Madison University; Audrey Barnes, James Madison University; Sean McCarthy, James Madison University; Fred Briggs, Teq Strategy LLC; Kevin Giovanetti, James Madison University

Cancelled

PS 61-154

An evaluation of bird feeders as a tool to connect people with nature, and challenges associated with interventions in public schools (widthdrawn)
Ruby L. Hammond, Northern Arizona University; Tad C. Theimer, Northern Arizona University

PS 61-155

Professional development: Evidence for predicting teaching practices in early-career biology faculty
Nathan Emery, Michigan State University; Diane Ebert-May, Michigan State University; Jessica Middlemis Maher, University of Wisconsin

PS 61-156

Assessing the role of active learning in developing student mastery of data analysis and interpretation in an introductory ecology lab
Elise K.Y. Krueger, University of Georgia

PS 61-157

Characterization of Punte Chame Bay, a nursery for neonate and juvenile sharks
Valeria Alvarez, The Metropolitan School; Femke Van't Hoff, The Metropolitan School; Mark Norman, The Metropolitan School; Jennifer D. Noble, The Metropolitan School; Yehudi Rodriquez, Ramsar CREHO

PS 61-158

Engaging large numbers of high school students as full participants in university-level estuarine ecology research: Lessons from “Columbia River Estuary Science Education and Outreach” (CRESCENDO) Project
Gretchen Rollwagen-Bollens, Washington State University; Tamara Holmlund, Washington State University Vancouver; Stephen M. Bollens, Washington State University; Julie Zimmerman, Washington State University; Jude Wait, Washington State University; Kristin Connelly, Washington State University; Lucas Bargmann, Washington State University

PS 61-159

GoPollinators: a citizen science and technology approach to pollinator studies within the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
Sarah Whipple, Colorado State University Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory; Benjamen Duffy, Colorado State University; Gillian Bowser, Colorado State University; Diane W. Husic, Moravian College

PS 61-160

Introducing authentic research into the first-year experience: The impact of summer research experiences
Cheryl Swift, Whittier College; Stephen D. Davis, Pepperdine University; Jay Brewster, Pepperdine University; Rodney L. Honeycutt, Pepperdine University; Lee B. Kats, Pepperdine University; David Mbora, Whittier College; Hector Valenzuela, Whittier College; Sylvia Vetrone, Whittier College

PS 61-161

Submersion of leaves in plant physiology research: A cautionary tale
Alana R.O. Chin, UC Davis; Andrew J. McElrone, University of California, Davis

PS 61-162

Overcoming ecology misconceptions: Using a break-out box to encourage critical thinking in the undergraduate classroom
Erica Schlickeisen Tietjen, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

PS 61-163

Evaluating contemporary conservation biology texts for bias in biodiversity representation
Katherine E. Stahl, Auburn University; Christopher A Lepczyk, Auburn University; Rebecca Christoffel, Christoffel Conservation

PS 61-164

An applied learning in campus living laboratories success story: From one undergraduate directed independent study springs courses in restoration ecology and mitigation design plus a master's thesis on phytoremediation potential
Bruce Nick Hendrix, UNC Wilmington; Amy E.K. Long, UNC Wilmington

PS 61 - Latebreaking: Education