8:00 AM: Bergner, Regina ^{*,1, 2, 3}, Cooke, Ken ⁴, ¹ University of Louisville, Louisville, KY² Tetra Tech EM Inc., Prospect, KY³ Salt River Watershed Watch, Louisville, KY⁴ Kentucky Division of Water, Frankfort, KY, Volunteer community water quality monitoring and educational outreach.

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8:20 AM: Pinilla, Theresa^*,1, ¹ Stockbridge Middle School, Stockbridge, GA, USA, Let's take it outside: Incorporating field research in the classroom.

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8:40 AM: Uzochukwu, Godfrey¹, ¹ North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA, Challenges of developing interdisciplinary energy and environmental studies graduate program.

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9:00 AM: Suffling, Roger^*,1, Vojtek, Stacey², Salter, Diane³, Schoner, Vivian³, Harrigan, Kevin², ¹ The School of Planning, Waterloo, On, N2L 3G1² Dept. of Environment and Resource Studies, Waterloo, On, N2L 3G1³ The Centre for Learning & Teaching Through Technology (LT3), Waterloo, On, N2l 3G1, Testing if an interactive computer package works better than a text in teaching numerical ecology to non-scientists.

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9:20 AM: Batzli, Janet^*,1, Milam, Erika¹, Dahl, Nick¹, ¹ University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, Peer led team learning in multi-semester introductory biology sequence.

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9:50 AM: Jablonski, Leanne ^*,1, Dillon , Mary Ellen ², Poling, Tara¹, ¹ Marianist Environmental Education Center, Dayton, OH, USA² University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, USA, Increasing ecological literacy through an interpretive nature trail walk through a woodlands and prairie restoration.

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10:10 AM: Mattei, Jennifer¹, ¹ Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT, Limulus polyphemus: A model organism to promote science literacy and conservation.

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10:30 AM: McEuen, Amy¹, ¹ Biology Department, Springfield, IL, mceuen.amy@uis.edu, Using Lyme disease dynamics in oak forests as a Jigsaw exercise to convey ecological complexity: Overview and student evaluation.

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10:50 AM: Jordan, Rebecca^*,1, Howe, David¹, Rousch, Jeffrey ², ¹ Rutgers University, Cook College, New Brunswick² Elizabeth City State University, Elizabeth City, Enhancing ecological understanding: An evaluation of student perception and a case study.

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11:10 AM: Galbraith-Kent, Shannon ^{*,1, 2}, Kolmer, Grant¹, ¹ Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USA² Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA, Schoolyard restoration at a middle school in suburban New Jersey: NSF GK-12 program enhances hands-on ecological education.

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