8:15 AM Lehman, Elizabeth¹, Love, Alan¹, Ingram, Ella^*,1, Myer Polacek, Kelly¹, ¹ Indiana University - Bloomington, Bloomington, IN An ecological example of incorporating inquiry into non-laboratory classrooms: Exploring organisms.

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8:30 AM Perkins, Alison^*,1, Brewer, Carol¹, Twiggs, John¹, ¹ University of Montana, Missoula, MT, USA What are your kids watching? Developing evaluation criteria for nature and science films and videos.

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8:45 AM Mokos, Jennifer^*,1, Fowx, Cynthia¹, ¹ Beczak Environmental Education Center, Yonkers, NY Adaptation of a wetland rapid assessment method to teach 3rd grade students the functions and values of wetlands.

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9:00 AM Sadler, Kim¹, Smith-Walters, Cindi², ¹ Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN² Middle Tennesse State University, Murfreesboro, TN Raising ecological awareness in preservice educators and elementary students through a cedar glade curriculum study.

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9:15 AM Berkowitz, Alan^*,1, Grove, J. Morgan², Steele, Karen³, Zipperer, Wayne⁴, Pouyat, Richard⁵, Nilon, Charles⁶, Middendorf, George⁷, Szlavecz, Katalin⁸, ¹ Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY² USDA Forest Service, Burlington, VT³ Carver Center for Arts and Technology, Towson, MD⁴ USDA Forest Service, Syracuse, NY⁵ USDA Forest Service, Baltimore, MD⁶ University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO⁷ Howard University, Washington, DC⁸ Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD Teacher and student investigations of urban ecosystems with the Baltimore Ecosystem Study.

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9:30 AM Weishampel, John¹, Riedel, Teresa^*,2, Breedlove, John³, Waldrop, Joel⁴, Hughes, Charles³, Moshell, Michael⁴, Stapleton, Chris⁵, Smith, Eileen⁶, ¹ Department of Biology, Orlando, FL, USA² Carillon Elementary School, Oviedo, FL, USA³ Computer Science Department, Orlando, FL, USA⁴ Digital Media Department, Orlando, FL, USA⁵ Institute for Simulation and Training, Orlando, FL, USA⁶ Orlando Science Center, Orlando, FL, USA The virtual longleaf pine forest Orlando Science Center exhibit.

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9:45 AM Break.

10:00 AM Meir, Eli^*,1, Steinberg, Eleanor¹, Maruca, Susan¹, ¹ SimBiotic Software for Teaching and Research, Inc., Ithaca, NY, 14850 The next EcoBeaker: Introducing EcoBeaker 2.5 for introductory biology and beyond.

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10:15 AM Maruca, Susan^*,1, Meir, Eli¹, Stal, Derek¹, Reich, Christine², ¹ SimBiotic Software, Inc., Ithaca, NY² Museum of Science Boston, Boston, MA Teaching ecology in a science museum using an EcoBeaker simulation.

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10:30 AM Parshall, Tim¹, Anderson, Charles², Gallagher, Jim², Green, G.¹, Klug, Mike¹, Robertson, G.¹, ¹ Michigan State University, Hickory Corners, MI² Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI Long-term ecosystem education through the Kellogg Biological Station's K12 Partnership for Science Literacy.

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