Education Resources

Other educational resources

  • Community ecology labs – a set of 9 computational labs + solutions (in R + tidyverse, based on public datasets) for an upper level population/community ecology class, for free re-use
  • The secrets of leaves – leaf venation networks – art, visualization, software
  • An introduction to R for ecologists – a week-long course for learning statistics and data visualization. First taught at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, summer 2011. (upper-level undergraduate/graduate)
  • The Physics of Biological Systems – taught at Swarthmore College, spring 2008. (upper level undergraduate)
  • Tree scaling – a lesson on limits to tree height and radius. Contains theory, field experiments, and computer analysis resources. Paired with additional resources files and MATLAB code. First taught at the University of Arizona for an upper-level undergraduate course.
  • Weird plant lesson – a list of strange plants and a lesson plan for guided research projects. Taught in Tucson for 6th-8th grade. (middle/high school)