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Subject: Ecology Education Webinar
From: "Catherine Crawley" <[log in to unmask]>
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NIMBioS-ESA Webinar: "Math, Computing, Undergraduate Ecology Education
and Large Datasets: An Example from a Citizen Science Program"
Date: Sept. 8, 2010
Time: 1 - 1:45 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time
Organizers: William Godsoe (NIMBioS) and Louis Gross (Univ. of
Tennessee/NIMBioS)
Objectives: The National Institute for Mathematical and Biological
Synthesis (NIMBioS) and the Ecological Society of America are
co-organizing this 45-minute interactive webinar on math and
computational education for ecology undergrads. The webinar illustrates
how a large field dataset can be used to motivate hypothesis formulation
and assessment by undergraduates. This includes a discussion of NIMBioS'
Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program linking biology and
math undergrads; discussion of a large citizen science project based in
the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (Discovery Life in America's All
Taxa Biodiversity Inventory -- ATBI); a description of one ATBI large
biodiversity dataset and how a small group of undergrads chose what to
analyze and how to do so; and interview comments from the REU students
about their learning process. We emphasize how the data and analysis
involved a multiplicity of concepts of biodiversity, the variety of
questions raised by the students and the constraints on addressing them
using the available data. The webinar is offered as one of several
events prior to the Ecology and Education Summit, sponsored by ESA and
the National Education Association, to be held Oct. 14-15, 2010, in
Washington, 2010.
Participants will have the opportunity to interact with webinar
organizers via computer. To participate, all you will need is your
computer, a reliable internet connection, and a phone line.
The webinar is free but registration is required. Information about how
to access the webinar will be sent to participants prior to the webinar.
For more information about the webinar and a link to register, go to
http://www.nimbios.org/press/ecoed_webinar
Registration Deadline: Sept. 1, 2010, or until webinar is full.
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Catherine Crawley, Ph.D.
Communications Coordinator
National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS)
University of Tennessee
1534 White Avenue
Knoxville, TN 37996-1527
Phone: (865) 974-9350
Fax: (865) 974-9461
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