Self‐guided field trips take invertebrate zoology students away from their screens and into the environment for hands‐on learning
Middlebrooks, M.L.; Salewski, E. (2021). Self‐guided field trips take invertebrate zoology students away from their screens and into the environment for hands‐on learning. Invertebr. Biol. 140(1): e12325. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ivb.12325
In: Invertebrate biology. Blackwell Publishing: Lawrence, Kan.. ISSN 1077-8306; e-ISSN 1744-7410, more
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- Middlebrooks, M.L.
- Salewski, E.
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| Abstract |
There is a great importance for undergraduate biology students to study organisms in their natural context. Safety concerns surrounding the global COVID-19 pandemic prevented Marine Invertebrate Zoology students at the University of Tampa from participating in traditional faculty-led field trips during the Fall of 2020. Instead, students were assigned to conduct a diversity-focused field trip on their own and report their findings. Here we describe considerations and methods for creating a safe and valuable self-guided field trip assignment for upper-level invertebrate zoology students. These methods are adaptable for a variety of different habitat types and can be conducted with little to no special equipment or training. Students were successful in completing this assignment and found it highly enriching. |
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