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Hacking Scrabble®: A Novel Activity for Teaching Sampling Principles and Species Accumulation Curves

Lab exercise to teach principles of sampling and developing species accumulation curves, using the game pieces from a Scrabble® board game.
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Discipline Specific Core Concepts
Life science discipline (subject)
Keywords sampling, species accumulation curves, species diversity, species richness, species abundance, ecological niche
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Pedagogical Use Description Use a simple set of game pieces to simulate a field sampling regimen.
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Full Name of Primary Author Joseph C. O'Neill
Primary Author Controlled Name
Primary Author Affiliation Department of Entomology
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR 72701
Primary Author email joneill@uark.edu
Secondary Author Name(s) Robert N. Wiedenmann
Secondary Author Affiliation(s) Department of Entomology
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR 72701
Secondary Author Email(s) rwieden@uark.edu
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  • rnwiedenmann
Submitter Name Robert N. Wiedenmann
Submitter Email rwieden@uark.edu
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Drought and Water Ecosystem Services Collection Off
Conservation Targets Under Global Change Collection Off
Big Data Collection Off
Editors Choice No
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Date Of Record Submission 2016-05-30
I Agree to EcoEdDL's Copyright Policy & Terms of Use No
Date Of Record Release 2016-10-31 10:01:02
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Date Last Modified 2016-10-31 10:01:02
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