SEE-UBiosphere2

General Methadology for Instructors and TAs

Exercise 2: Measuring Biodiversity
Module 2: Introduction to Local Biomes

Background Lecture

Instructor gives the biological background during the lecture on the Local Biome and utility of GPS/GIS (Day 2, late morning):

Lab prep discussion
(Day 1, afternoon)

Activities for Task A: Orienteering and Introduction to the Sonoran
(Day 1, late afternoon)

Activities for Task B. Measuring Local Biodiversity and the Importance of Spatial Scale

Introduction to GIS

Activities for Task D. Regional Biodiversity

Hypotheses

Independent variables in the experiment

Dependent variables that they could use in their experimental design.

Student evaluation

Students will be evaluated by a short lab report (optionally) and presentation.

Authors: A. Hoylman, T. Kittel, J. Danoff-Burg