Poster # 212. Wu, X. Ben^*,1, Knight, Stephanie¹, Yue, Chen¹, Yin, Chuanru², Schielack, Jane¹, Yan, Baoping², ¹ Texas A&M University, College Station, TX² Computer Network Information Center of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, Virtual Ecological Inquiry (VEI) - A virtual learning environment for ecological education and assessment research.

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Poster # 213. D'Avanzo, Charlene^*,1, Grant, Bruce², Musante, Susan³, Taylor, Jason⁴, Riney, Josh¹, Morris, Deborah⁵, ¹ Hampshire College, Amherst, MA, USA² Widener University, Chester, PA, USA³ American Institute of Biological Sciences, Washington, DC, USA⁴ Ecological Society of America, Washington, DC, USA⁵ Florida Community College, Jacksonville, FL, USA, Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology (TIEE): An Electronic Publication for Ecology Faculty.

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Poster # 214. Klemow, Kenneth^*,1, Taylor, Jason^*,2, ¹ Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, PA, USA² The Ecological Society of America, Silver Spring, MD, USA, Ecoed.net: the Ecological Society of America's digital library for ecology education.

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Poster # 215. Nelson, Karen^*,1, Ries, Leslie¹, Fagan, William¹, ¹ University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA, Using interactive web-based modules to infuse mathematics into the undergraduate biology curriculum.

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Poster # 216. Purucker, Tom^*,1, Stewart, Robert¹, Welsh, Chris¹, ¹ University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA, SADA: Freeware for GIS and Ecological Risk Assessment in the Classroom.

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Poster # 217. Almeida-Cortez, Jarcilene ^*,1, Ansseau, Colette², ¹ Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil² Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, Ecology without borders: An experiment integrating Canadian and Brazilian undergraduates in a remnant Atlantic rain forest of northeast of Brazil.

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Poster # 218. Biardi, James^*,1, Berkman, Cliff², ¹ PROF Joint Postdoctoral Program, Davis, CA, USA² San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA, Design of an ecological biochemistry course to encourage interdisciplinary exchange among undergraduates.

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Poster # 219. Gebauer, Renate¹, ¹ Keene State College, Keene, NH, USA, Integration of stable isotopes into ecology and environmental studies courses.

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Poster # 220. Logan, Barry¹, Reblin, Jaret¹, ¹ Biology Department, Brunswick, Maine, USA, Student-led investigative laboratories designed to examine the acclimation of photosynthesis and energy dissipation.

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Poster # 221. Zhu, Weixing^*,1, Graney, Joseph¹, Salvage, Karen¹, ¹ State University of New York - Binghamton, Binghamton, New York, USA, A watershed-based interdisciplinary approach to environmental education integrating ecology, hydrology, and geochemistry.

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Poster # 222. Abraham, Barbara¹, Brackery, Aprielle ^*,1, Womack, Ashley^*,1, ¹ Hampton University, Hampton, VA, USA, Why do Hampton University biology majors prefer medicine to ecology?

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Poster # 223. Brewer, Carol^*,1, Alaback, Paul ¹, Kinnersley, Margie ¹, Loehman, Rachel ¹, Mildenstein, Tammy¹, Nichols, David ¹, Parker, Megan ¹, Piotrowski, Jeff ¹, Ridenour, Wendy ¹, Rosier, Carl ¹, Whiteley, Andrew ¹, Woolf, Jennifer ¹, ¹ University of Montana, Missoula, MT, USA, Ecologists, educators and schools: No child left indoors.

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Poster # 224. CAPILLA, CARMEN ^*,1, ¹ UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA, VALENCIA, SPAIN, A survey on ecological education of undergraduate students.

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Poster # 225. Ojikutu, Sherri¹, Komendat, April¹, Choi, Young¹, ¹ Purdue University Calumet, Hammond, IN, USA, Public perception of the restoration of Oak Savanna in Indiana Dunes - national lakeshore.

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Poster # 226. Choi, Young^*,1, Chun, Young-Moon¹, Marburger, Joy², Smith, Wendy², ¹ Purdue University Calumet, Hammond, IN, USA² Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Porter, IN, USA, Demonstration of oak-savanna restoration in Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore.

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Poster # 227. Cid, Carmen¹, ¹ Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, CT, USA, Using wetland seed bank studies to integrate spatial, temporal and biological scales in ecology education.

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Poster # 229. Graves, James^*,1, ¹ Green Mountain College, Poultney, VT, USA, Plant conservation on campus: implementing the International Agenda for Botanic Gardens in Conservation.

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Poster # 230. Hinckley, Thomas^*,, Fridley, James, Brubaker, Linda, Husbands, Mark, Travers, Virginia , , Stakeholders and issues in mountain watersheds: An inquiry–based learning exercise.

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Poster # 231. Hinners, Sarah ^*,1, ¹ University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309, The Sombrero Marsh Education Program and NSF GK-12 at CU Boulder: partnerships enhancing life science and ecology education.

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Poster # 232. Hugelen, Linda^{*,1, 2}, ¹ Sitting Bull College, Fort Yates, ND, USA² South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, USA, Sitting Bull College Ecology Club leads research on Standing Rock Indian Reservation.

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Poster # 233. Hunt, Jodee^*,1, ¹ Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan, Can they write it? Yes they can! Teaching scientific writing within a major's introductory ecology course.

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Poster # 234. Jurgensen-Armstrong, Melissa^*,1, Taylor, Jason¹, Hoffman, Katherine ¹, Strickland, Jeramie ¹, ¹ Ecological Society of America, Silver Spring, MD, How is the SEEDS program doing?

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Poster # 235. Kaneshiro, Kenneth ¹, ¹ University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, The Role of Learning Communities in Ecological Research & Education.

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Poster # 236. Lanza, Janet^{*,1, 2}, Winter, Jim ², ¹ Biology Department, Little Rock, AR, USA² Arkansas STRIVE, Little Rock, AR, USA, Tips for developing inquiry and problem-solving laboratories.

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Poster # 237. Middleton, Beth¹, ¹ USGS National Wetlands Research Center, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA, Latitudinal variation in height and seed set of purple loosestrife in Eurasia vs. North America: volunteer program for purple loosestrife research.

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Poster # 239. Sacchi, Christopher^*,1, ¹ Kutztown University of PA, Kutztown, PA, Environmental Physiology in the Undergraduate Ecology Lab.

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Poster # 240. Simon, Deb^*,1, Hunt, Jodee , Griffin, Carol¹, Snyder, Eric¹, ¹ Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan, USA, If we take them, they will learn: Field-based exercises in a non-major's ecology course.

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Poster # 241. Smith, Sigrid^*,1, Caceres, Carla¹, Jeffords, Michael², ¹ University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801² Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign, IL, 61820, A teacher's guide to aquatic ecology: lab and field-based activities for K-8 students.

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Poster # 242. Stylinski, Cathlyn¹, Raesly, Elaine¹, Gates, Donna¹, ¹ University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Frostburg, MD, Creating and investigating native meadows at rural elementary schoolyards.

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Poster # 243. Troncoso, Andrea^*,1, Armesto, Juan^{1, 2}, Rozzi, Ricardo^{1, 3}, Carmona, Martín¹, ¹ Fundación Senda Darwin, Ancud, Chiloé, Chile² CASEB, P. Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile³ Fundación Omora, Puerto Williams, Magallanes, Chile, Communicating first-hand scientific knowledge of ecology: an experience in the southern chilean archipelagoes.

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Poster # 244. Vaughan, John^*,1, Taylor, Jason^*,2, ¹ St. Petersburg College, St. Petersburg, Florida² Ecological Society of America, Silver Spring, MD, Toward a unified undergraduate ecology curriculum.

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Poster # 245. Wilber, Cynthia ¹, ¹ Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA, A Creek Runs Through It : Ecology outreach education in the San Francisquito creek watershed.

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Poster # 246. Li-Hua, Hou¹, Tsung-Wei, Yao¹, Chiu-Ju, Su¹, Yen, Chiung-Fen^*,1, ¹ Department of Ecology, Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C., Design, development, and validation of Taiwan children environmental action internal control index.

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Poster # 247. Zeman, Janel^*,1, Hunt, Jodee¹, Shontz, John¹, Dunn, James¹, ¹ Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan, Out standing in the field- but are they? Retaining field-based labs in ecology courses.

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