August 2009 Workshop at ESA Annual Meeting in Albuquerque, NM

About the workshop

ESA is offering an all-day Sunday workshop at the 2009 ESA Annual Meeting to help prepare the ecology education community for the use of National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) data in undergraduate classrooms. This workshop is a continuation of the effort begun with last year’s NSF-funded faculty development workshop in Washington DC. Similar to last year’s workshop, faculty will explore classroom uses of existing continental-scale data, focusing on datasets currently available.

Workshop registration is $25 and includes lunch and a preparatory webinar on July 8th. The workshop will focus on guided discussion of how participants can use the data in classroom exercises to address four key ecological challenges (biodiversity, biogeochemistry, climate change, and ecohydrology). Preceding the August Workshop, there will be an introductory webinar on Wednesday, July 8 (2-4 PM EST) and a data exploration “homework” assignment which participants will share and discuss in Albuquerque.Registration for this workshop was closed July 1st to prepare for the July 8th webinar.

Workshop links

• Session abstract
• Webinar agenda
• Workshop agenda
• Resources For Participants
• Planning team and faculty facilitators

Group discussion pages

• Climate Change
• Biodiversity
• Biogeochemistry & Ecohydrology