Climate Change & Disease - Encouraging biology students to critique what they read Open the paper on any given day and you’re likely to read …
Icky Stories as Teachable Moments
Zombie ants, tapeworms, fungi & feces! “You can talk about sex, or you can gross ’em out.” This is author and educator Dr. Jon Herron’s sure-fire …
Urban Ecology – Beyond Rock & Ice
Like many ecologists, I was drawn to the field for the promise of exploring spectacular remote landscapes populated by herds of migrating caribou, …
Tackling Climate Change
Resources for making a difference Not long ago, my colleagues asked me to spearhead our efforts to update our chapter on Climate Change. …
Mysteries of the Sargasso Sea
How an abundance of seaweed helps students explore ecological principles Christopher Columbus is often credited with naming the subtropical gyre of …
The Vaccine Debate
Helping students navigate comparative risk Each year, I begin my ecology course by assigning a popular-press article Amy Wallace wrote for Wired …
Making Climate Change Real While Giving Students Hope
Over the past decade, I’ve seen dramatic shifts in how college students in my courses view the evidence for climate change. Much of the skepticism I …
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Six Degrees of Biology
Years ago, back when I was a Biology grad student, Kevin Bacon was at the height of his popularity. It seems he was everywhere, starring in films as …
San Francisco’s Algal Bloom
Current Events provide teachable moments As educators, we seek to convince our students that the challenging concepts we assign are worth taking …
