SEE-UBiosphere2

General Methadology for Instructors and TAs

Exercise 14: Crazy Ants and Species Extirpation
Module 14: Exotic Species Introduction

Background Lecture

Instructor gives the biological background during the lecture on exotic species, briefly emphasizing the points in the above introduction (exotic introduction, typical introduction methods, population dynamics, reasons for population explosion, effects on biodiversity and ecosystem processes); as well as the following:

Student Pre-field Preparation

After lecture, before the start of field time, the students will be asked to confer with their labmates and will be required to draw up a plan outlining how their group will answer the question that they have chosen above. This should include the following (this is applicable to all field activities and nearly all digital activities):

Activities in the experiment, Hypotheses to test

Possible experimental design (Because this exercise will be performed very late in the class, we will not be providing the students with very much in the way of experimental design. They must create the majority of it themselves)

Student Evaluation

Students will be evaluated by having each lab group present a 10 minute oral lab report