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View Resource Exploring Energy Transformations in Plants

The ability to explain the processes by which plants capture, store and use energy for growth and development is fundamental to understanding bioenergy. In this set of lessons, students investigate how plants harness and use different sources of energy during germination and growth. Students ask questions and make predictions about the sources of energy that plants use. They then plan and carry...

 

Publisher: EcoEd Digital Library

View Resource Life Cycle Assessment of Biofuels 101

When selecting alternative fuels, it is important to consider the relative advantages and disadvantages of each. This activity asks students to begin to consider the life cycle energy and carbon dioxide emission costs of gasoline, corn ethanol, and cellulosic ethanol. The various pieces help students trace energy and matter through a complex system and begin to critically analyze graphical...

 

Publisher: EcoEd Digital Library

View Resource Marine Reserve Design: Simulating stakeholder options

In this simulation, students work in groups to design a marine reserve in a hypothetical island state called “Udubia.” After learning about marine reserve design, students will choose characters that represent a variety of stakeholders, be placed in like-minded groups, create a reserve design based on provided data sources, and defend it in a presentation and debate. An optional individu...

 

Publisher: EcoEd Digital Library

View Resource Widening the Road in a Tropical Country

This photo was taken in 2009 after a mountain road had been widened. The small layer of soil supporting the diverse tropical rainforest is observable. The road was widened from a single car road to a road that could easily handle two-way traffic and up to three cars in some areas. One can see a single lane in the right of the photo. One of the streams is down the mountain on the right side of...

 

Publisher: EcoEd Digital Library

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View Resource Urban to Rural Gradients – Exploring Trends in Organismal, Community and Ecosystem Ecology

Urban ecology is quickly becoming a major subdiscipline in ecology and being included in the syllabi of most college-level ecology courses. This field and laboratory exercise is designed to be easily modified for use in any area that has a gradient of human density, from urban to rural. In addition, the exercise is designed to 1) cover major organizational levels in ecology, from organisms to...

 

Publisher: EcoEd Digital Library

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