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