Macrosystems EDDIE: Cross-Scale Interactions Instructor’s Manual Module Description Environmental phenomena are driven by multiple factors that interact across space and over time. In freshwater lakes and reservoirs worldwide, phytoplankton blooms are increasing in frequency and severity due to interactions between local, regional, and continental drivers, including land use (local) and climate change (regional) drivers. In this module, students will learn how to set up a lake model and "force" the model with climate and land use scenarios to test hypotheses about how local and regional drivers interact to promote or suppress phytoplankton blooms in different lakes. The overarching goal of this module is for students to explore new modeling and computing tools while learning fundamental concepts about how non-linear macrosystem-level phenomena (e.g., lake phytoplankton blooms) can occur through cross-scale interactions. Pedagogical Connections Phase Functions Examples from this module Engagement Introduce topic, Short gauge students’ introductory preconceptions, lecture call up students’ schemata Exploration Engage Development students in of hypotheses inquiry, of how scientific climate discourse, change and evidence-based land use reasoning affect testing of these hypotheses by forcing lake
Macrosystems EDDIE: Cross-Scale Interactions Instructor’s Manual Module Description Environmental phenomena are driven by multiple factors that interact across space and over time. In freshwater lakes and reservoirs worldwide, phytoplankton blooms are increasing in frequency and severity due to interactions between local, regional, and continental drivers, including land use (local) and climate change (regional) drivers. In this module, students will learn how to set up a lake model and "force" the model with climate and land use scenarios to test hypotheses about how local and regional drivers interact to promote or suppress phytoplankton blooms in different lakes. The overarching goal of this module is for students to explore new modeling and computing tools while learning fundamental concepts about how non-linear macrosystem-level phenomena (e.g., lake phytoplankton blooms) can occur through cross-scale interactions. Pedagogical Connections Phase Functions Examples from this module Engagement Introduce topic, gauge students’ preconceptions, call up students’ schemata Short introductory lecture Exploration Engage students in inquiry, scientific discourse, evidence-based reasoning Development of hypotheses of how climate change and land use affect testing of these hypotheses by forcing lake
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