Welcome to the 2019-2020 Project EDDIE Webinar Series

1. Welcome to the 2019-2020 Project EDDIE Webinar Series As you enter, please take a moment to review the Zoom controls below. Leave your audio off, unless prompted by a host. You can post questions in the chat box. Thank you! Project EDDIE is supported by funding from NSF (Earth and Ecosystems IUSE Award 1821567; Environmental Data DEB Award: 1245707; and MacrosystemsEF Award: 1702506) and ACI (Award: 1234983)

2. Welcome to the 2019-2020 Project EDDIE Webinar Series Free and open to the public, this series brings together a community of faculty instructors interested in teaching quantitative reasoning and using large datasets. The series aims to build a community-sourced assessment of effective ways to teach using large datasets, and to discuss the development and implementation of Project EDDIE pedagogical tools and teaching modules in the classroom.  About Project EDDIE Earth and Ecosystems – https://serc.carleton.edu/eddie/earthecosystems/about.html Webinar Series - https://serc.carleton.edu/eddie/earthecosystems/eddieevents/webinars/index.html Project EDDIE is supported by funding from NSF (Earth and Ecosystems IUSE Award 1821567; Environmental Data DEB Award: 1245707; and MacrosystemsEF Award: 1702506) and ACI (Award: 1234983)

3. Upcoming Opportunities Workshop: Barriers and Solutions to Teaching with Large Data SetsJune 11-13, 2019Carleton College, Northfield, MN Applications will be available later in Februaryhttps://serc.carleton.edu/216011 Workshop: EDDIE Teaching Module Design and DevelopmentOctober 2019 – Details coming this spring Using Time Series Data in the ClassroomWednesday, March 6, 2019 9 PST | 1 CST | 2 ESTPresented by: Dax Soule and Glenn Kroeger https://serc.carleton.edu/216981 EDDIE Modules for MacrosystemsMay 2019 – More information coming soon! https://serc.carleton.edu/185621 News Page - https://serc.carleton.edu/eddie/earthecosystems/news/index.html Community Email list – https://serc.carleton.edu/eddie/earthecosystems/get_involved.html Project EDDIE is supported by funding from NSF (Earth and Ecosystems IUSE Award 1821567; Environmental Data DEB Award: 1245707; and MacrosystemsEF Award: 1702506) and ACI (Award: 1234983)

4. How to Adapt EDDIE Modules to Meet Students' Needs Jen Klug, Fairfield University

5. Poll questions to start… Do you teach courses that include any of the following topics? Choose all that apply Environmental Science Freshwater Ecology or Limnology General Ecology Hydrology Which of the following student populations do you teach? Choose all that apply. High School Students College students - Non-science majors College students - 1st and 2nd year science majors College students - 3rd and 4th year science majors Have you ever used an EDDIE module? Yes No • If Yes, which one? Choose all that apply. • Lake Ice Phenology • Lake Mixing • Lake Metabolism • Lake Modelling • Water Quality • Stream Discharge • Nutrient Loading • Climate Change • Spectral Seismology • Soil Respiration

6. Goals for today’s webinar 1.Recognize that EDDIE modules can be used with different student populations. 2.Understand how EDDIE modules can be adapted to your classroom. 3.Appreciate the diversity and versatility of EDDIE modules currently available.

7. Agenda for webinar 1.Brief background on EDDIE 2. Components of an EDDIE module 3.Description of a subset of EDDIE modules - Lake Ice Phenology - Lake Mixing - Water Quality 4.Examples of modifications of subset of modules Explore modules on the EDDIE website Questions/Discussion

8. What is Project EDDIE? https://serc.carleton.edu/eddie/index.html EDDIE (Environmental Data-Driven Inquiry and Exploration) is a suite of education projects composed of STEM disciplinary and educational researchers. We develop flexible classroom teaching modules using large, publicly available, sensor-based datasets to engage students in STEM and improve their quantitative reasoning. Three phases so far: EDDIE – Environmental Data EDDIE – Macrosystems EDDIE – Earth and Ecosystems

9. Modules available from EDDIE Environmental Data https://serc.carleton.edu/eddie/enviro_data/modules.html Also Macrosystems EDDIE https://serc.carleton.edu/eddie/macrosystems/index.html Climate Change Effects on Lake Temperatures Cross-Scale Interactions Teleconnections plus more on the way

10. Agenda for webinar 1.Brief background on EDDIE 2. Components of an EDDIE module 3.Description of a subset of EDDIE modules - Lake Ice Phenology - Lake Mixing - Water Quality 4.Examples of modifications of subset of modules Explore modules on the EDDIE website Questions/Discussion

11. Components of an EDDIE module and example from Ice Phenology • Overview, learning goals, suggested module usage, suggested workflow on website • Instructor’s Manual (Word file) • Instructor’s PPT (Powerpoint file) – can be modified to best serve your students • Student Handout with instructions (Word file) - can be modified to best serve your students • Student dataset (for some modules) • Instructor’s answer key (for some modules)

12. Structure of an EDDIE module and example from Ice Phenology • Pre-class readings and discussion questions • Instructor presentation • Students complete one or more activities in class • Some activities can be assigned as follow-up homework

13. Agenda for webinar 1.Brief background on EDDIE 2. Components of an EDDIE module 3.Description of a subset of EDDIE modules - Lake Ice Phenology - Lake Mixing - Water Quality 4.Examples of modifications of subset of modules Explore modules on the EDDIE website Questions/Discussion

15. Ice Phenology Originally designed for traditional 3 hour freshwater ecology lab time period Science concepts – climate change, ice-off, phenology, physical, biological, and cultural implications of changing ice-off dates Quantitative reasoning concepts – regression, graphing, variation, spreadsheet navigation Data sets included – 6 lakes, each with 100-200 records

16. How I have used the Ice Phenology module For Environmental Science (non-science majors) - Just Activity A – parts of 2 75-minute lecture periods For Freshwater Ecology (2-4th year Biology majors) – A, B in 3 hour lab period and C for homework Changes I have made: - did a demonstration on how to do the regression in Activity A in R - have future plans to adapt entire module for use in R

17. Ice Phenology Example Sample student output from Activity A Students graph a lake, add the regression line, compare slopes across lakes, make predictions about future ice off date

18. Ice Phenology : Make it work for your students! 1. Change the readings E.g., O’Reilly et al. 2015 shows importance of ice cover in determining rates of summer surface water temperature. Sharma et al. 2019 estimates # of lakes that will stop having winter ice as climate continues to warm. 2. Add new data Include data for your local region from National Snow and Ice Data Center: Global Lake and River Ice Phenology - https://nsidc.org/data/G01377 3. Integrate with existing course activities E.g., winter limnology sampling, discussion of ecosystem services

19. Agenda for webinar 1.Brief background on EDDIE 2. Components of an EDDIE module 3.Description of a subset of EDDIE modules - Lake Ice Phenology - Lake Mixing - Water Quality 4.Examples of modifications of subset of modules Explore modules on the EDDIE website Questions/Discussion

21. Lake Mixing Originally designed for traditional 3 hour freshwater ecology lab time period Science concepts – lake thermal stability, mixing regimes, climate change, seasonal variation, lake modeling Quantitative reasoning concepts – graphing, variation, spreadsheet navigation Data sets included – 6 lakes, each with 3000-4000 records

22. Lake Mixing Example For Freshwater Ecology (2-4th year Biology majors) – A, B in 3 hour lab period and C for homework - A and B in two 75 minute lecture periods and C for homework A colleague has used the Lake Mixing module (A and B) in a non-science majors class on lakes followed by interpretation of data from her own sampling Changes I have made: combine with Wetzel and Likens “Tank” laboratory exercise

23. Lake Mixing Example Sample student output (complete with missing axis labels) for Activity B Students graph thermal stability, air temperature, and wind speed and look for visual correlations in patterns, students navigate the spreadsheet to find time and date of maximum stability and compare across lakes, students graph max stability vs lake morphometric features and assess correlation

24. Lake Mixing: Make it work for your students! 1. Change the readings E.g., Richardson et al. 2017 shows patterns of warming in lakes in the Northeastern North America. 2. Add new data E.g., Find a Global Lakes Ecological Observatory Network (GLEON) site or other site with high-frequency data near you and request data to add. 3. Integrate with existing course activities E.g., manually sampling lake thermal profile, laboratory exercises

25. Agenda for webinar 1.Brief background on EDDIE 2. Components of an EDDIE module 3.Description of a subset of EDDIE modules - Lake Ice Phenology - Lake Mixing - Water Quality 4.Examples of modifications of subset of modules Explore modules on the EDDIE website Questions/Discussion

27. Water Quality Example Originally designed for four 1 hour class periods Can be used as Part 2 in 3 module sequence with Stream Discharge and Nutrient Loading Science concepts – nitrogen cycling, water quality management, health and environmental consequences of nitrogen pollution, point and non-point sources of nitrogen Quantitative reasoning concepts – graphing, variation, spreadsheet navigation, probability Data sets included – students access USGS online data repository and EPA impaired waters lists for each state

28. Water Quality Example For Biology of Food Production (non-science majors) – A and B and part of C in one to two 75 minute periods - this is an on-going experiment – haven’t gotten the timing right For Freshwater Ecology (2-4th year Biology majors) – A-D in one 3 hour lab period Changes I have made: made modifications to C so that students visually estimate probability from data in B rather than doing calculation, divided B into different parts so some can be done as homework

29. Water Quality Example In Activity B, students find causes of impairment for water body of their choice by searching EPA database. Each state has different format.

30. Water Quality Example Also in Activity B, students explore real-time data on water quality on USGS website and look at patterns of nitrate concentration and discharge in an agricultural stream https://waterwatch.usgs.gov/wqwatch

31. Water Quality: Make work for your students! 1. Change the readings e.g., readings on regional water quality concerns 2. Add new data e.g., USGS discharge data from near you 3. Integrate with existing course activities e.g., manually calculating discharge from a local stream, nutrient bioassay experiments

32. Advice for new module users • Try everything out ahead of time • will help with time budgeting • will ensure links to data are still current • gives you time to contact module authors with questions if needed • 2. Assess students prior spreadsheet usage • - my experience is that they overestimate their skills • 3. Anticipate problems – these can be learning experience for students but helpful if you know ahead of time • - e.g., some MS Excel x-y plots only plot 255 data points • - e.g., not all versions of MS Excel can calculate p-values More tips here: https://serc.carleton.edu/eddie/enviro_data/teacheddie.html and in O’Reilly et al. 2017 Bioscience 67(12): 1052–1061

33. Agenda for webinar 1.Brief background on EDDIE 2. Components of an EDDIE module 3.Description of a subset of EDDIE modules - Lake Ice Phenology - Lake Mixing - Water Quality 4.Examples of modifications of subset of modules Explore modules on the EDDIE website Questions/Discussion

34. Modules available from EDDIE Environmental Data https://serc.carleton.edu/eddie/enviro_data/modules.html Also Macrosystems EDDIE https://serc.carleton.edu/eddie/macrosystems/index.html Climate Change Effects on Lake Temperatures Cross-Scale Interactions Teleconnections plus more on the way

35. Which modules seem like they would be the best fit your classes? • Choose all that apply. • Lake Ice Phenology • Lake Mixing • Lake Metabolism • Lake Modelling • Water Quality • Stream Discharge • Nutrient Loading • Climate Change • Spectral Seismology • Soil Respiration • Please type your answer into the CHAT BOX • Suggestions for future EDDIE module topics? • Suggestions for data sets that might be useful for EDDIE module topics? • What are the specific criteria for your situation? • Which quantitative skills? • Classroom setting? • Uneven academic opportunities?

36. Thank you for attending! Project EDDIE Earth and Ecosystems Webinar Series We appreciate your feedback and ideas Webinar assessment https://serc.carleton.edu/217601 Project EDDIE is supported by funding from NSF (Earth and Ecosystems IUSE Award 1821567; Environmental Data DEB Award: 1245707; and MacrosystemsEF Award: 1702506) and ACI (Award: 1234983)

37. Upcoming Opportunities Workshop: Barriers and Solutions to Teaching with Large Data SetsJune 11-13, 2019Carleton College, Northfield, MN Applications will be available later in Februaryhttps://serc.carleton.edu/216011 Workshop: EDDIE Teaching Module Design and DevelopmentOctober 2019 – Details coming this spring Using Time Series Data in the ClassroomWednesday, March 6, 2019 9 PST | 1 CST | 2 ESTPresented by: Dax Soule and Glenn Kroeger https://serc.carleton.edu/216981 EDDIE Modules for MacrosystemsMay 2019 – More information coming soon! https://serc.carleton.edu/185621 Please fill out the Webinar assessment https://serc.carleton.edu/217601 News Page - https://serc.carleton.edu/215652 Community Email list – https://serc.carleton.edu/214401 Project EDDIE is supported by funding from NSF (Earth and Ecosystems IUSE Award 1821567; Environmental Data DEB Award: 1245707; and MacrosystemsEF Award: 1702506) and ACI (Award: 1234983)

38. References Klug, J.L., C.C. Carey, D.C. Richardson, and R. Darner Gougis. 2017. Integrating high-frequency and long-term data analyses into undergraduate ecology classes improves quantitative literacy. Ecosphere 8(3):e01733. O'Reilly, C. M., S. Sharma, D. K. Gray, S. E. Hampton, and 60 others. 2015. Rapid and highly variable warming of lake surface waters around the globe. Geophysical Research Letters 42:10,773–10,781, doi:10.1002/ 2015GL066235.. O’Reilly, C.M., R.D. Gougis, J.L. Klug, C.C. Carey, D.C. Richardson, N.E. Bader, D.C. Soule, D. Castendyk, T. Meixner, J. Stomberg, K.C. Weathers, W. Hunter. 2017. Using large datasets for open-ended inquiry in undergraduate science classrooms. Bioscience 67(12): 1052–1061. Richardson, D. C., S. J. Melles, R. M. Pilla, A. L. Hetherington, L. B. Knoll, C. E. Williamson, B. M. Kraemer, J. R. Jackson, E. C. Long, K. Moore, L. G. Rudstam, J. A. Rusak, J. E. Saros, S. Sharma, K. E. Strock, K. C. Weathers, and C. R. Wigdahl-Perry. 2017. Transparency, geomorphology and mixing regime explain variability in trends in lake temperature and stratification across Northeastern North America (1975-2014). Water (Switzerland) 9. Sharma, S., Blagrave, K., Magnuson, J.J., O’Reilly, C., Oliver, S., Batt, R.D., Magee, M., Straile, D., Weyhenmeyer, G., Winslow, L. and Woolway, R.I. 2019. Widespread loss of lake ice around the Northern Hemisphere in a warming world.  Nature Climate Change. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-018-0393-5 Wetzel, R.G., and G.E. Likens. 2000. Limnological Analyses. Springer.

39. Agenda for webinar 1.Brief background on EDDIE 2. Components of an EDDIE module 3.Description of a subset of EDDIE modules - Lake Ice Phenology - Lake Mixing - Water Quality 4.Examples of modifications of subset of modules Explore modules on the EDDIE website Questions/Discussion