Climate Change & Disease - Encouraging biology students to critique what they read Open the paper on any given day and you’re likely to read …
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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 …
