Oral Session #24: Ecological Learning Activities.

Presiding: M.E. Krasny, Cornell University.
Monday, August 7, 2000
8:15 AM to 11:30 AM
Cottonwood Room II - Sports Event Center

8:15 AM	Historical analysis of ecological effects: A useful educational tool. PESCH, C.E. and R.A. VOYER
8:30 AM	Kids on nature: Children's knowledge of ecological issues in Greater Yellowstone. HANSEN, W.D. and A.J. HANSEN
8:45 AM	A global survey of tropical biological field stations. WHITESELL, S. and R.J. LILIEHOLM, T.L. SHARIK
9:00 AM	The classification of landscape patterns as interpreted by middle school students. JOHNSTON MARSHALL, B. and V.E. BIRDIN, J. BUTLER
9:15 AM	College science teacher beliefs and influence on helping preservice biology teachers to do science. YEN, C.F. and S.C. HUANG
9:30 AM	Teaching students with diverse backgrounds: A case study. SCHRADER, B.A. and D.A. ZAHLER, K.A. AVINA, E.C. JENSEN
9:45 AM	Ecological restoration and GIS: Curriculum for the Montana Natural History Center WARNER, K.E. and C.A. BREWER
10:00 AM	Break
10:15 AM	Experiments to teach ecology (Volume 2): A new ESA-sponsored web site and CD-ROM for undergraduate ecological education. GRANT, B.W. and C. D'AVANZO, S. MUSANTE
10:30 AM	A web-based educational module illustrating ecological applications of hyperspectral remote sensing . ROBERTS, D.
10:45 AM	The Mock EIS: A problem-based learning activity. BURTON, R.S.
11:00 AM	Simulating and modeling island biogeography theory in an undergraduate field ecology course. ROWAN, D.E. and J.W. HAEFNER, A.M. LINDAHL
11:15 AM	Assessment of quantitative skills in introductory ecology labs. LINDAHL*, A. and J.W. HAEFNER