Some On-Line resources for curriculum planning in natural resources

 

SYLLABI AND RESOURCES OF COURSES DEVELOPED BY OTHER INSTRUCTORS

Physiological Ecology Teaching Links http://www.biology.duke.edu/jackson/ecophys/ (select the "Teaching and Mentoring" link

to access numerous courses involving physiological ecology, global change, ecosystem studies and ecology field labs)

UBC Integrated Field Course: http://www.forestry.ubc.ca/programs/webcontent/integratedfs.html

Pacific Northwest Ecosystems (UW): http://faculty.washington.edu/wgold/bes489.htm

Biology Labs On-Line: http://biologylab.awlonline.com/

Biology Links: Instructional Resources in Biology: http://golgi.harvard.edu/biolinks/edures.html

USEFUL INFORMATION FOR COURSES IN ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY

Biology hypertextbook home page http://esg-www.mit.edu:8001/esgbio/

Carotenoids in photosynthesis http://www.life.uiuc.edu/govindjee/papers/CarFin1.html

Life Science  http://encarta.msn.com/category/lifescience.asp

Evapotranspiraion http://encarta.msn.com/find/Concise.asp?ti=05D8B000

US shorebird plan:  http://www.manomet.org/USSCP/index.htm

WHSRN:  http://www.manomet.org/WHSRN/index.html

Ramsar Wetlands Convention:  http://www.ramsar.org/

Society for Ecological Restoration:  http://www.der.org/

Restoration Ecology Network-University of Washington:  http://depts.washington.edu/uwren

Center for Restoration Ecology, University of Wisconsin, Madison:  http://gaia1.ies.wisc.edu/cre/

Restoration Ecology Institute, Northern Arizona University:  http://www.mpcer.nau.edu/ug/ecorest.html

California Ecological Restoration Projects Inventory:  http://www.ice.ucdavis.edu/cerpi

Alpine restoration: http://depts.washington.edu/ehuf473/ehuf473/outalpine3.htm

Basic Ecology Literacy: http://wilkes1.wilkes.edu/~kklemow/basic-lit.html

Gardening information: http://www.nationalgardening.com

OTHER HELPFUL TEACHING INFORMATION AND TIPS

Bloom's taxonomy of cognitive objectives: www.clat.psu.edu/homes/bxb11/objectives/bloom.htm

Learning domanins (cognitive, affective, psychomotor): www.nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/bloom.html

Networks: An on-line journal for teacher research: http://www.oise.utoronto.ca/~ctd/networks/

101 things you can do in the first 3 weeks of class: http://www.hcc.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/101thing.htm

Higher Education Development International: http://www.abo.fi/instut/hied/

Teaching (Parker Palmer):  http://www.teacherformation.org