Emily Mohl

Climate Drivers of Phenology part of Project EDDIE:Teaching Materials:Modules
Many species' life cycles are strongly influenced by temperature, but other cues, like day length and precipitation, can also trigger life cycle changes. Phenology is a way of recording the time when events, ...

Using Project EDDIE modules in Invertebrate Biology part of Project EDDIE:Teaching Materials:Using Project EDDIE Materials:Instructor Stories
Phenology is a broadly accessible topic for students with clear relevance for understanding and predicting the effects of climate change; consequently, it provides strong motivation for students to develop data analysis skills. Using data from the National Phenology Network, students are able to make decisions about how to use simple tools like scatterplots and linear regressions to predict which species are likely to be impacted by climate change. They must wrestle with questions about data reliability and confidence in their answers.