Taking a Bird's-Eye View of Forest Biodiversity

This lesson was designed for a 75-minute in-person lecture class meeting. Target student level is introductory ecology for biology majors. The materials here include an instructor guide (1_Lesson Guide_BirdsEyeViewofForestBiodiversity), an in-class presentation (Google slides; 2_PresentationSlides_BirdsEyeViewofForestBiodiversity), a worksheet (3_Worksheet_BirdsEyeViewofForestBiodiversity), and a link to the interview with Dr. Tomás Carlo, (BioGraphI Interview with Dr. Tomás Carlo) Content learning objectives  1. Characterize the structure of an ecological community with metrics such as species richness, evenness, and Shannon diversity index 2. Compare communities by examining their biodiversity metrics 3. Explain how interactions between species influence the biodiversity of communities Quantitative learning objectives  4. Interpret graphs and/or data figures related to the concepts from this lesson. 5. Reflect on your perceptions about using graphs or figures in biology. Metacognitive learning objectives 6. Reflect on your perceptions of people who do biology. 7. Compare your own interests and/or identities to those of people who do biology.