REEFS Archive

17th Resources for Ecology Education Fair & Share (REEFS) Monday, August 11 11:45 AM – 1:15 PM ET 2025 ESA Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD Learning Activities  Monday, August 11th 11:55am – 12:25pm PT (Round 1 Presenters) 12:30pm – 1:00pm PT (Round 2 Presenters) Descriptions (Round 1) Presentation 1: Putting students in the driver’s seat of rapid ecological research Author: Abraham…

The following resources will be presented during the REEFS Session at the 2024 ESA Annual Meeting. Time: 11:45am – 1:15pm PDT Location: 104C Learning Activities  Monday, August 5th 11:55am – 12:25pm PT (Round 1 Presenters) Creating Free-Response Questions via Online Teacher-Staff Collaboration: Outcomes & Lessons Rescuing Data: Preserving Data for the Future Connecting Students Lived Experiences, Climate Change, and Shifting…

The following resources were presented during the REEFS Session at the 2022 ESA Annual Meeting. Learning Activities  Effects of streetlights on ground arthropod communities Disturbance and Succession (A 4DEE Active Learning Lecture Example) Using local green spaces when teaching and learning Environmental Science Data cases with milkweed to ask questions and develop solutions Sourdough starters as a teaching tool in…

REEFS – Resources for Ecology Education, Fair and Share –  is an annual event held during ESA’s Annual Meeting. It is organized jointly by ESA’s Office of Education and Diversity and the Education Section.  The following resources will be presented during the 13th REEFS Session at the 2021 ESA Annual Meeting. There will be two round robin sessions during this…

REEFS is a reoccurring event held during ESA’s Annual Meeting. It is organized jointly by ESA’s Office of Education and Diversity and the Education Section.  The following resources were presented during the REEFS Session at the 2020 ESA Annual Meeting. Learning Activities  A citizen science project: a two-campus collaboration between three undergraduate STEM courses Data is the New Science: Exploring Digital…

REEFS is a reoccurring event held during ESA’s Annual Meeting. It is organized jointly by ESA’s Office of Education and Diversity and the Education Section.  The following resources were presented during the REEFS Session at the 2019 ESA Annual Meeting. Learning Activities  Speed dating for inquiry projects  Exploring Soil Diversity Reflective essay for intensive field schools – building critical thinkers Integrating…

REEFS is a reoccurring event held during ESA’s Annual Meeting. It is organized jointly by ESA’s Office of Education and Diversity and the Education Section.  The following resources were presented during the REEFS Session at the 2018 ESA Annual Meeting. Learning Activities Life Cycle Analysis and Assessment of Food Production Methods Quantifying and Visualizing Campus Tree Phenology Tracking the spread of…

REEFS is a reoccurring event held during ESA’s Annual Meeting. It is organized jointly by ESA’s Office of Education and Diversity and the Education Section.  The following resources were presented during the REEFS Session at the 2017 ESA Annual Meeting. Learning Activities Michigan Sustainability Case: Sustainable Alternatives for Phragmites management in the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge Transforming traditional Supplemental Instruction…

REEFS is a reoccurring event held during ESA’s Annual Meeting. It is organized jointly by ESA’s Office of Education and Diversity and the Education Section.  The following resources were presented during the REEFS Session at the 2016 ESA Annual Meeting. Learning Activities Integration of real world environmental data in computer skill courses TIEEing together past and future climate change How the…

REEFS is a reoccurring event held during ESA’s Annual Meeting. It is organized jointly by ESA’s Office of Education and Diversity and the Education Section.  The following resources were presented during the REEFS Session at the 2015 ESA Annual Meeting. Learning Activities  Materially Closed Ecological Systems; pollution effects on algae and grazers Birds, trees, noise, and your local community A Simple…

REEFS is a reoccurring event held during ESA’s Annual Meeting. It is organized jointly by ESA’s Office of Education and Diversity and the Education Section.  The following resources were presented during the REEFS Session at the 2014 ESA Annual Meeting. Learning Activities  Bioengineering with willows to restore riparian areas Using Owl Pellet Analysis to Explore Space Use and Productivity Life of…

REEFS is a reoccurring event held during ESA’s Annual Meeting. It is organized jointly by ESA’s Office of Education and Diversity and the Education Section. The following resources were presented during the REEFS Session at the 2013 ESA Annual Meeting. Learning Activities Mutations are random: The Lederberg experiment Testing the Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis with Periphyton Investigating the effects of invasive…

REEFS is a reoccurring event held during ESA’s Annual Meeting. It is organized jointly by ESA’s Office of Education and Diversity and the Education Section. The following resources were presented during the REEFS Session at the 2012 ESA Annual Meeting. Learning Activities There’s a Hair in My Dirt!: Using a Humorous Story as Touchstone for Ecological Learning The Evolution of…

REEFS is a reoccurring event held during ESA’s Annual Meeting. It is organized jointly by ESA’s Office of Education and Diversity and the Education Section. The following resources were presented during the REEFS Session at the 2011 ESA Annual Meeting. Learning Activities SOS (Student Outreach in Science) Insects on the menu? Exploring the future of entomophagy as an intersection between…

REEFS is a reoccurring event held during ESA’s Annual Meeting. It is organized jointly by ESA’s Office of Education and Diversity and the Education Section. The following resources were presented during the REEFS Session at the 2010 ESA Annual Meeting. Learning Activities Case Study: West Nile Virus as an Invasive Species Birds in Human Landscapes Wet’N’Wild: A mock congressional exercise…

REEFS is a reoccurring event held during ESA’s Annual Meeting. It is organized jointly by ESA’s Office of Education and Diversity and the Education Section. The following resource was presented during the REEFS Session at the 2008 ESA Annual Meeting. From Individuals to Ecosystems with Stream Macroinvertebrates Author: Bill Bromer, University of St. Francis (wbromer@stfrancis.edu) Activity type: Field activity Audience…