97th ESA Annual Meeting (August 5 -- 10, 2012)

PS 21-33

Developing institutional support for land stewardship at a Midwestern liberal arts college
Eric J. Baack, Luther College; Elizabeth A. Lynch, Luther College

PS 21-34

Inspiring future ESA members in elementary or middle school, using place-based inquiry
Callin M. Switzer, University of New Mexico

PS 21-35

Expansion of a successful mentoring program in an introductory biology course
David J. Grisé, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi; Caitlin M. Bailey, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi; Mariela Rivera, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi; Cori Speights, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi; Abigail M. Johnson, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi

PS 21-36

ShowMe Nature GK-12: It works because great minds don’t think alike
Nicole Miller-Struttmann, University of Missouri-Columbia; Candace Galen, University of Missouri-Columbia

PS 21-37

Changing undergraduate confidence in a large introductory biodiversity course
Elisabeth E. Schussler, University of Tennessee - Knoxville; J. Kashina Hickson, University of Tennessee - Knoxville

PS 21-38

Global change in the K-12 classroom: An environmental outreach curriculum with mutual benefits for scientists and society
Daniel L. Preston, University of Colorado; Philip G. Taylor, Duke University

PS 21-39

Inclusive and longitudinal educational research tools for promoting engaged student learning: Bridging the undergraduate experience with biodiversity and DNA barcoding
Clay Runck, Georgia Gwinnett College; James Russell, University of Auckland; Allison D'Costa, Georgia Gwinnett College; Mark Schlueter, Georgia Gwinnett College; Alessandra Barrera, Georgia Gwinnett College; David Barnes, Georgia Gwinnett College; Robert Haining, Georgia Gwinnett College

PS 21-40

Implementing a research-infused botanical curriculum at a public liberal arts university
Jennifer Rhode Ward, University of North Carolina at Asheville; Jonathan L. Horton, University of North Carolina at Asheville; H. David Clarke, University of North Carolina at Asheville

PS 21-41

Ecology education in the post-secondary setting: Opportunities abound for integration and transference
Jennifer L. Stoffel, Upper Iowa University; Nigel George, Upper Iowa University; Katherine McCarville, Upper Iowa University; Jeffrey Butikofer, Upper Iowa University; Kerry Opel, Upper Iowa University

PS 21-42

Group projects and group mentorship: Building research teams and building capacity at the Harvard Forest Summer Research Program in Ecology
Aaron M. Ellison, Harvard University; Emery R. Boose, Harvard University; Mark Friedl, Boston University; Clarisse M. Hart, Harvard Forest (Harvard University); Barbara S. Lerner, Mt. Holyoke College; Nsalambi Nkongolo, Lincoln University; Leon J. Osterweil, University of Massachusetts; Manisha V. Patel, Harvard University; Andrew D. Richardson, Harvard University; Jianwu Tang, Marine Biological Laboratory

PS 21-43

Sustainable agriculture education in the liberal arts? The case for instituting an experiential agroecological curriculum at Willamette University's Zena Farm
Jennifer S. Johns, Willamette University; Briana Lindh, Willamette University

PS 21-44

Combining low-tech hands-on with high-tech computer simulations to model community dynamics in undergraduate ecology courses
Jeffrey K. Lake, Adrian College

PS 21-45

Meandering mealworm metapopulations in mesocosms go horizontal
Fred Singer, Radford University; Joel Hagen, Radford University

PS 21-46

Seed germination as a model of developing inquiry laboratory exercises
Janet Lanza, University of Arkansas at Little Rock

PS 21-47

The K-12 standards conundrum: Math, ecology, and authentic research
Dean A. Keller, Sonoran Science Academy Davis-Monthan; Steven R. Archer, University of Arizona; Katharine Predick, University of Arizona; Taliesin D. Sutton, University of Arizona

PS 21-48

Critiquing conventional and alternative agriculture in the environmental studies classroom with ecological diversity theory and Integral Ecology
Devan Allen McGranahan, Sewanee: The University of the South

PS 21-49

Using visual imagery and service learning to teach ecological concepts
Dana A. Garrigan, Carthage College; Laura Rodman Huaracha, Carthage College

PS 21-50

Vision and Change: Biology curriculum reform at George Mason University
Larry L. Rockwood, George Mason University

PS 21 - Education: Pedagogy