Bacon, KL orcid.org/0000-0002-8944-5107 and Peacock, J (2016) Making the most of the university campus for teaching ecology. New Directions in the Teaching of Physical Sciences, 11 (1). ISSN 1740-9888
Abstract
University campuses provide an accessible, cheap and useful means of teaching ecology to undergraduate students. We describe a short campus-based activity that was trialed in the 2015-16 academic year to engage first year physical geography students with both ecology and urban ecology. Students undertook a 40-minute investigation of the campus to identify niches and ecosystems and were asked to relate their findings to previous lecture material. Overall, the activity was enjoyed by students and considered useful by both students and staff in supporting students’ engagement with ecology.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. |
Keywords: | field work; practical work; urban ecology; campus |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Geography (Leeds) > Ecology & Global Change (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 29 Nov 2016 17:03 |
Last Modified: | 28 Feb 2024 14:18 |
Published Version: | https://journals.le.ac.uk/ojs1/index.php/new-direc... |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Higher Education Academy |
Identification Number: | 10.29311/ndtps.v0i11.585 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:108585 |