Have you developed a classroom activity to engage undergraduate students in lecture, laboratory, or in the field? Share your activity with other ecology educators at the Resources for Ecology Education Fair & Share (REEFS) at ESAs Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh August 1-6, 2010.
At this years meeting, ESAs Education Section and Office of Education and Diversity Programs will host an informal event on Monday, August 2 from 10:15 11:30 AM. REEFS is a free event and will be open to all ESA attendees. The session will include several rounds of concurrent presentations by faculty who will each bring a lab, lecture, or field activity to share with other attendees. REEFS is an opportunity to share what youve developed with your colleagues where you can receive friendly input and suggestions on how to further develop your activities to incorporate student-active methods. Interested? All you need to do right now is to submit an abstract. The final document that presenters will share during the session will provide more details about the activity, such as: learning objectives, timeframe, core ecological concepts addressed, instructor version (materials, procedure, any other necessary information), and student version (instructions and handouts, if applicable). Please note: this session is limited to activities that have not been previously published, but participants will be encouraged to submit these activities to EcoEd DL, ESA's digital library of peer-reviewed resources for teaching ecology at the undergraduate level. HOW TO SUBMIT AN ABSTRACT In order to submit an abstract, please email the following information to educat...@esa.org. The deadline for abstracts is June 1, 2010. Name Affiliation Email Activity type (Lecture/Laboratory/Field) Intended audience (introductory majors, upper level majors, non-majors, other) Activity title (no more than 10 words) Abstract (Please limit to 250 words). In the abstract, please describe the activity, the context in which it is taught (intended audience, course type), and what methods are used to engage students. Please specify any student-active strategies (such as bounded inquiry) or specific techniques used (such as think-pair-share). Faculty who submit abstracts will be notified of acceptance by mid-June. Any questions about this session may be directed to julie.a.reyno...@duke.edu.
