Systems Thinking in Ecology: Climate Drivers of Phenology (Project EDDIE) and Teleconnections (Macrosystems EDDIE)

This learning activity integrates a Project EDDIE-style data inquiry with Macrosystems EDDIE Teleconnections scenario outputs to help students explain how climate drivers influence phenology and biodiversity across scales. Students analyze authentic time-series datasets, interpret modeled teleconnection scenarios, and create a systems artifact (causal diagram + CER) that makes indirect effects, time lags, and uncertainty explicit.