RESEARCH

• The TIEE Research Practitioners Project: Faculty Investigating Active Teaching and Student Learning
  Deborah Morris, Charlene D'Avanzo, and Bruce Grant
  Volume 5, July 2007
• Evaluating the impact of TIEE activities on student learning: lessons for the instructor
  Jaclyn Schnurr
  Volume 5, July 2007
• Assessing gains in undergraduate students' abilities to analyze graphical data
  Chris Picone, Jennifer Rhode, Laura Hyatt, and Tim Parshall
  Volume 5, July 2007
• Data-rich case studies improve students' abilities to interpret graphs in a large non-majors course
  Judith Bramble and Margaret Workman
  Volume 5, July 2007
• Semester-long engagement in science inquiry improves students' understanding of experimental design
  Alan B. Griffith
  Volume 5, July 2007
• Use of an inquiry-based approach to teaching experimental design concepts in a general ecology course
  Elizabeth N. Hane
  Volume 5, July 2007
• Evaluating course impact on student environmental values in undergraduate ecology with a novel survey instrument
  Robert Humston and Elena Ortiz-Barney
  Volume 5, July 2007

ISSUES TO TEACH ECOLOGY

Figure Sets

• Do Antbirds Help or Hinder Army Ants
  Mark Kuhlmann
  Volume 4, April 2006
• What are the Ecological Impacts of Plant Biotechnology?
  Dara Zycherman and Jason Taylor
  Volume 2, July 2004
• Ecological Impacts of High Deer Densities
  Tania M. Schusler
  Volume 2, July 2004
• What's Killing the Coral Reefs and Seagrasses?
  Charlene D'Avanzo and Susan Musante
  Volume 1, January 2004
• What Are Impacts of Introduced Species?
  Charlene D'Avanzo and Susan Musante
  Volume 1, January 2004
• The Ecology of Disturbance
  Charlene D'Avanzo
  Volume 1, January 2004
• Human Alteration of the Global Nitrogen Cycle
  Charlene D'Avanzo
  Volume 1, January 2004

Data Sets

• The Effects of Bison Grazing on Plant Diversity in a Tallgrass Prairie (Konza Prairie LTER)
  Harmony J. Dalgleish and Teresa M. Woods
  Volume 5, July 2007
• Forest Ecosystem Responses to Chronic Nitrogen Additions
  Serita D. Frey
  Volume 4, April 2006
• Changes in Lake Ice: Ecosystem Response to Global Change
  Robert E. Bohanan, Marianne Krasny, and Adam Welman
  Volume 3, April 2005
• Long-term Response of an Arctic River Community to Phosphorus Fertilization
  Linda Deegan
  Volume 3, April 2005
• Comparing the Influence of Precipitation, Fire, and Topography on Plant Productivity in the Tallgrass Prairie
  Jesse Nippert and John Blair
  Volume 3, April 2005
• Effects of Plant Biodiversity on Ecosystem Productivity within a Savannah Grassland Community
  Joe Fargione and David Tilman
  Volume 2, July 2004
• Energy Balance and Trophic Status in Fish
  Charlene D'Avanzo (data from ESA archive)
  Volume 1, January 2004
• Hubbard Brook Streamflow Response to Deforestation
  Adam Welman, Cynthia Berger, and Marianne Krasny (data from Hubbard Brook LTER)
  Volume 1, January 2004
• Impact of Cowbird Brood Parasitism on an Avian Community
  Charlene D'Avanzo (data from ESA archive)
  Volume 1, January 2004

Frontiers Issues to Teach Ecology

• Landscape Ecology of Large, Infrequent Fires in Yellowstone Park
  Based on Turner, M.G., W.H. Romme, and D.B. Tinker. 2003. Surprises and lessons from the 1988 Yellowstone fires. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 1 (7): 351-358.
  Volume 3, April 2005
• Vulnerability of High Diversity Habitats to Introduced Species
  Based on Stohlgren, T.J., D.T. Barnett, and J.T. Kartesz. 2003. The rich get richer: patterns of plant invasions in the United States. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 1(1): 11-14.
  Volume 2, July 2004
• Evolution of Ideas about Causes of Amphibian Deformities
  Based on Blaustein, A.R. and P.T.J. Johnson. 2003. The complexity of deformed amphibians. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 2(1): 87-94.
  Volume 2, July 2004
• Long Term Changes in Marine Fisheries
  Based on Barange, M. 2003. Ecosystem science and the sustainable management of marine resources: from Rio to Johannesburg. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 4(1): 190-196.
  Volume 2, July 2004

EXPERIMENTS TO TEACH ECOLOGY

Field Experiments

• Herbivore Responses to Plant Vigor and Plant Responses to Herbivores
  Christopher F. Sacchi
  Volume 4, April 2006
• Life Under Your Feet: Measuring Soil Invertebrate Diversity
  Richard L. Boyce
  Volume 3, April 2005
• Testing Hypotheses on Plant-herbivore Interactions Using Sawfly Galls on Willows
  Kristina A. Ernest
  Volume 3, April 2005
• A Crosstown Walk to Assess Environmental Changes Along an Urban Socioeconomic Gradient
  George Middendorf and Charles Nilon
  Volume 3, April 2005
• Inquiry-based Learning in Plant Ecology: Students Collect the Field Data, Ask the Questions, and Propose the Answers
  Alan B. Griffith
  Volume 2, July 2004
• Pollination Ecology: Field Studies of Insect Visitation and Pollen Transfer Rates
  Judy Parrish
  Volume 2, July 2004
• Ecology of Habitat Contrasts: An Example from the Holyoke Range, MA
  Charlene D'Avanzo
  Volume 1, January 2004
• Environmental Correlates of Leaf Stomata Density
  Bruce W. Grant and Itzick Vatnick
  Volume 1, January 2004
• Effects of Eastern Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) on the Establishment of Interspecific Seedlings
  Greg Murray and Kathy Winnet-Murray
  Volume 1, January 2004
• Seedling Growth of Wisconsin Fast Plants (Brassica rapa) in Field Environments
  Valerie A. Barko, Beth A. Burke, David J. Gibson, and Beth A. Middleton
  Volume 1, January 2004

Lab Experiments

• Observing and Quantifying Predator-avoidance Behavior: Habitat Shifts in Snails Threatened by Shell-crushing Predators
  Timothy W. Stewart
  Volume 4, April 2006
• Exploring the Lotka-Volterra Competition Model with Two Species of Parasitoid Wasps
  Christopher W. Beck, Judy A. Guinan, Lawrence S. Blumer, and Robert W. Matthews
  Volume 2, July 2004

Ecological Simulations and Games

• Using Student Generated Qualitative Ecological Models
  J. Scott Blackwood, Marion Dresner, and Hang-Kwang Luh
  Volume 4, April 2006
• Insect Predation Game: Evolving Prey Defenses and Predator Responses
  W. Wyatt Hoback and Tamara L. Smith
  Volume 4, April 2006
• The Floristic Relay Game: A Board Game to Teach Plant Community Succession and Disturbance Dynamics
  Elena Ortiz-Barney, Juliet C. Stromberg, and Vanessa B. Beauchamp
  Volume 3, April 2005

TEACHING

• Frequently Asked Questions and Answers About Student-Active Teaching
• Tutorials on Student-Active Teaching (short how-to's)
• Turn-to-Your-Neighbor
• Jigsaw
• Essays
• Student-Active Teaching
• Evaluation of Course Reforms: A Primer
• Guided Class Discussion
• Help Your Students Understand and Interpret Figures and Tables
• Glossary (education terms)
• Links
• TIEE Evaluation & Research
• Ecology Education Publications [PDF] (156 KB)

EXPERIMENTS TO TEACH ECOLOGY

• Experiments to Teach Ecology. 1993, edited by J.M. Beiswenger.