Interactive Teaching Materials for Understanding Ecological Response from Climate Change in Urban Forests

跨学科（99）气候变化和生境破碎化对城市森林生物多样性的影响正在多学科的大二实验室练习和讲座中进行研究。 以探究为基础的方法在三个课程序列中逐步培养学生的研究技能。 全球气候变化和生境破碎化对城市生态环境中生物多样性的互动影响这一主题是促进本科生对环境领域的学习和兴趣的一种手段。 概念框架与当前关于人类主导的生态系统的思想相一致。 二十一个实验练习和教材利用体现学生如何最有效地学习的策略，包括学生主动的方法，解决问题的活动，建立学生的研究技能的练习，以及可视化活动，以促进对模式和系统理解的更好理解。定性建模帮助学生概念化生态关系，并反映他们的理解，以及学生的理解评估。定量建模帮助学生研究不同气候变化情景下的潜在生态影响，并使用空间分析。该材料提供了在预测气候变化范围内评估环境管理备选方案的实际经验。

Interdisciplinary (99) The impact of climate change and habitat fragmentation on biodiversity in urban forests is being studied in multidisciplinary sophomore laboratory exercises and lectures. The inquiry based approach builds students' research skills progressively over a three course sequence. The theme of the interactive effects of global climate change and habitat fragmentation on biological diversity in an urban ecological setting serves as a vehicle for advancing undergraduate learning and interest in the environmental field. The conceptual framework aligns with current thinking about human-dominated ecosystems. The twenty-one laboratory exercises and lecture materials utilize strategies that embody how students learn most effectively, including student-active approaches, problem solving activities, exercises that build student skills in research, and visualization activities to promote greater understanding of patterns and systems understanding. Qualitative modeling helps students conceptualize ecological relationships and reflect on their understanding as well as for assessment of student understanding. Quantitative modeling is helping students examine potential ecological impacts under different climate change scenarios, and spatial analysis is being used. The material provides practical experience evaluating environmental management options given the range of projected climatic changes.