Workshops
The first Ecosystem Ecology Workshop in 2010 featured seven modules (lessons) that supported the teaching of climate change. The second workshop in 2012 presented materials that were refined based on feedback from teachers in the previous workshop.
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Teachers view climate-controlled treatment groups at the greenhouse.
Ryan (foreground) helps teachers manipulate the environmental models.
Melissa helps teachers analyze the data they generated during the Radioactive Decay Activity.
Mike explains his research to teachers during a lab tour.
Hu lab field site in Alaska
The Morrow Plots at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
A lake sediment core from the Hu lab.
Hu lab field site camp at Orion Lake in Alaska.
An instrument measures a plant’s absorptive spectrum.
Melissa describes a sediment core to teachers during a lab tour.
Denise participates with teachers in the Radioactive Decay Activity (A Lesson with Dice).
Carolyn presents a sediment core model made out of sugar.
During the workshop, teachers experience the Climbing the Pyramid activity as their students would in the classroom.
A lab instrument measuring a plant’s absorptive spectrum.
Melissa (far right) demonstrates to teachers how sediment cores are used in climate science.
Teachers tour the Bioenergy Farm on the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus.
Carolyn discusses the curriculum materials with a teacher.