Greta, This is exactly what I have done in working with high school science classes to not just provide curriculum, but actually teach in the class and work with the teacher in taking the students through an experiment in plant competition and then having them track the experiment over the semester. It was fun to work with students and then hear about what they learned at the end of the experiment. I have done this several times and have quite a bit of experience putting a course together.
Let me know how I can help. Regards, Steve On 12/17/15, 3:34 PM, "Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news on behalf of Greta Gramig" <[email protected] on behalf of [email protected]> wrote: >Hello All, > >I teach an upper-level undergrad/grad course about weed biology and >ecology. >I'm hoping to gather some ideas about plant competition experiments that >could be used in the classroom to demonstrate fundamental principles >governing intra- or inter-specific competition. I'd especially be >interested >in ideas that could fit into a contest of sorts, where students would try >to >design scenarios with specific hypothesized outcomes. I'm also especially >interested in showing how things like size inequalities and resource >requirements vs. availability can affect the outcomes of inter-specific >competition. If anyone has some example of exercise they have used in the >classroom, please share them with me. Thanks! > >Greta
