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PlantEdDL Keyword Search: Home Browse Resources Submission Instructions About Help Advanced Search Announcements Using the Site Posted by Teresa Mourad on October 5th, 2012 at 4:27pm . RESOURCE USERS: All items presented on the site are peer-reviewed and accepted for educational use by the Botanical Society of America and/or one of the peer Society partners. New Resources Climate, Weather and Anthropogenic Activity This module presents a science-based story to demonstrate how climate determines the global, long-term, large-scale distribution of living organisms; whereas, weather determines the local, short-term, small-scale ecology of living organisms. Life thrives within specific, often narrow ranges of temperature and precipitation – two main players in climate and weather. Using a systems-based approach,... Publisher : EcoEd Digital Library More Info Activity: Using Soil Fungi Next Generation Sequencing Data to Study Wildfire Resiliency This lab exercise is an active learning introduction to techniques used to analyze soil microbiome data. Students will also learn about forming hypotheses, what kind of questions can be answered with this data, and practice the scientific method. This resource was developed with support from the National Science Foundation. Publisher : EcoEd Digital Library More Info Impacts of Introduced Species: Interspecific Competition, Predation, and Other Species Interactions Due to increasing global connectivity, global biotic interchange has been escalating, leading to species introductions in regions in which they are not indigenous. Most of these species do not establish and/or do not cause significant impacts, but a small proportion do and can have positive or, more often, negative ecological, economic, and cultural impacts. These species often interact with... Publisher : EcoEd Digital Library More Info Resources to Help You to Prepare a Course in Plant Diversity The extensive (2.4 gig) resources available on OSF (see link) are intended to help young faculty members develop a course on plant diversity. They can be used in whole or in part to jump start a course. They include both lecture and laboratory materials, as well as homework, quizzes, and exams. These materials were developed over the course of more than 15 years and have been extensively tested in... Publisher : PlantEd Digital Library More Info Redlining and Environmental Justice In this lesson, we explore the inequity that exists in environmental health and nature because of changes we, humans, have made in our environment. Typically, people who have access to nature are generally healthier and have reduced incidences of respiratory illnesses (e.g., asthma), decreased blood pressure, and decreased chance of depression. Unfortunately, highly urbanized areas have higher... Publisher : EcoEd Digital Library More Info Suggest a New Resource Next → Log In : User name: Password: Log In Using OpenID : Use: OpenID BotanyID Name: Create a Login Forgot your password? | Leave...