Here's an example of a current events science news story that I'll
use at the beginning of my intro ecology/evolution course next
week. Particularly appropriate as we're starting to talk about
population growth. I find that students respond well to hearing a
few minutes at the start of each lecture about some current science
news story, often new since the last lecture, as it helps reinforce
the point that what they are learning in this course has applications
outside the classroom.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/27/world/africa/madagascar-locusts/index.html
Some impressive footage of an ongoing locust swarm in Madagascar,
with a link to some similar video of the one in Israel and Egypt.
David
Dr. David W. Inouye, Professor
Associate Chair, Director of Graduate Studies
Dept. of Biology
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742-4415
Rocky Mtn. Biological Laboratory
PO Box 519
Crested Butte, CO 81224
[email protected]
301-405-6946
2013-14 President-elect, Ecological Society of America
