Published by the ESA Office of Education and Diversity Programs

July 2014 Vol. 4 Issue 4

Photo Credit from EcoEdDL: Example of habitat fragmentation in Franklin County, Kentucky, USA. Upcoming Events
Image data from USDA Farm Service Administration (FSA) NAIP program and the Kentucky Division of
Geographic Information, 2010.
National Science
Foundation webinars on
Special Feature: Effects of Fragmentation & National Disability PAESMEM nominations for
Independence Day Diversity Mentoring Awards
July 8-September, 2014 |
Registration now open

Announcements American Society of Plant

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Biologists 18 Annual Meeting
EcoEdDL at ESAs 2014 Annual Meeting
July 12-16, 2014 | Portland, OR

Society for the Study of

Annual Meeting Sessions on Education, Diversity & Outreach Evolution- 2014 Annual Meeting
A list of all education, diversity, and outreach sessions at the ESA July 20-24, 2014 | Raleigh, NC
Annual Meeting is available for your reference
Botanical Society of America
2014 Annual Meeting
Session on EcoEdDL: July 26-30, 2014 | Boise, ID
Workshop 31: Submit Your Teaching Resource to ESAs EcoEd Digital Library
Have a hands-on opportunity to submit your own ecology teaching resource to ESAs Animal Behavior Society
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EcoEd Digital Library (beta) 51 Annual Meeting
August 9-14, 2014 |
Princeton, NJ

Ecological Society of America-

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99 Annual Meeting
August 10-15, 2014|
Sacramento, CA
The Life Discovery- Doing Science conference will highlight the leading science,
curriculum design and implementation and data exploration in a research-rich biology
education for grades high school through undergraduate. EcoEdDL Stewards
Registration Early Bird Deadline: August 25, 2014
Now accepting Education Share Fair Roundtable Discussions submit proposal here. Editorial Board
Ken Klemow
Kathleen Shea
 Advisory Board
SEEDS Update David Kirschtel
Gerd Kortemeyer
Nora Bynum
Philip Bourne
Join us for the following sessions at the ESA 99th Annual
Meeting on August 10-15, 2014, in Sacramento, CA. Life Discovery Partners
Botanical Society of
America
Society for the Study of
WK 34: ESA SEEDS Chapter Activities Presentation Workshop
Tuesday, August 12, 2014: 11:30 AM-1:15 PM Evolution
304/305, Sacramento Convention Center Society for Economic
Join us to learn more about the SEEDS Chapter network across the U.S. Botany

TK 4: ESA SEEDS Diversity Celebration Committee on Diversity

Wednesday, August 13, 2014: 6:30 PM-8:00 PM and Education (CDE)
Ambrosia, 1030 K St. $10 ticket includes light dinner
All are welcome! The event highlights the accomplishments of ESAs award-winning ESA Education & Diversity
education program Strategies for Ecology Education, Diversity and Sustainability programs staff
(SEEDS) program and its participants. Teresa Mourad, Director
of Education and Diversity
Programs
Fred Abbott, Diversity
Programs Coordinator
Special Feature: Effects of Fragmentation La Dolimier, Education
Intern
Tracy Estelus, Education
Life on the Edge: Investigating Habitat Intern
Fragmentation, the Edge Effect and Associated
Invasive Species in the Field
By Tamara Sluss, Kentucky State University
Education Resource
This field activity allows students to discover the Partners
impacts of habitat fragmentation on air and soil
temperature, canopy cover, and invasive species
presence. It is a versatile activity that can be
conducted on a typical campus and modified based
on resources available.
 NCEP Exercise- Forest Fragmentation and its
Effects on Biological Diversity: A Mapping
Exercise
By James P. Gibbs, SUNY-ESF
This exercise involves measuring changes in a
landscape as it is fragmented. Students begin with a ESA Education
blank grid then, mark grid squares in a progression & Diversity
that mimics fragmentation of the landscape by
human colonization. Students invoke land use
guidelines to examine how they might influence the
outcome in terms of structure of the landscape and
the biodiversity within it.

An Assessment of Assemblage Nestedness in

Habitat Fragments
By Roarke Donnelly, Oglethorpe University
This experiment illustrates how ecological theory
can help conserve native species in a fragmented
landscape. Student groups survey breeding birds in
forest fragments, perform a statistical analysis, and
assess the relative merits of the alternative
hypotheses. Student groups complete the
experiment by presenting scientific research
posters

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National Disability Independence Day

July 26, 2014

This day commemorates the anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act
(ADA) on July 26th, 1990

National Science Foundation (NSF)

NSFs formal report, now in the form of a digest, on Persons
with Disabilities in Science and Engineering. It provides
statistical information about their participation in science and
engineering education and employment.

The Alliance for Students with Disabilities in Science,

Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics at
University of Washington
AccessSTEM is a central resource for publications, tutorials,
 training materials, videos, online Knowledge Base, and web-
based learning environments for people with disabilities.
Sponsored by the DO-IT program at the University of
Washington.

From College to Careers: Fostering Inclusion of Persons

with Disabilities in STEM
This book is a collaborative project initiated to examine
current issues and explore future directions for improving the
academic success and career entry rate of postsecondary
students with disabilities (SWDs) in science, technology,
engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. This publication
contains chapters prepared by four groups of invited authors
who shared their pertinent research findings, expert
knowledge and views on key topics pertinent to this topic.

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