Ecology Labs

1. Ecological Methods
2. A quick tutorial on using Excel is here
3. Ecology and Evolution Labs (Off Site)
4. Get SimAnt, Darwin Pond and other simulation games!
5. The Protists Laboratory HTML version Pond Water Laboratory pix for in the lab or review (do NOT print out) Pond Ecosystem Link (Good stuff on Nutrient Cycling)
6. Land Use: Aerial Photos
7. Measuring Spatial Distribution (Paper Birch Lab with Satellite Image)
   • Download the Lab
   • Quicklink to satellite image
   • Quicklink to Excel Sheet
8. Ecological Simulation using Excel A quick tutorial on using Excel is here
9. Mathcad Simulations
10. Do the Stella Modeling for Population Growth in Secret Readings
11. USGS Vermont Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Unit Spreadsheet Project
12. Computer programs for data collection and analysis.
13. Working with a Palm Computer
14. Flower Communities also available in jive. (PDF Version is here)
15. Falls of the Ohio Field Trip and Laboratory. (PDF Version is Here)
16. Data set for Plant Distribution Lab. See this discussion on spatial distribution.
17. Peppered Moth Simulation. Go to the Moth Simulation. The problem is actually a little more complicated than the simulation lets on. Read about that here
18. Ecotone Analysis Laboratory. (PDF is here)
19. Responses to Abiotic Factors Laboratory. (A pdf is here)
20. Transpiration Simulation
21. Effects of Estrogen on Male Fighting Fish Behavior (for Lab) The Excel Data Sheet is Here Data results for fish Fall 2004
22. How to use a palm computer (Big Clock Example)
23. Water Testing Laboratory Link to EPA Drinking Water Contaminants WEB PAGE
24. Water Pollution and Effects on the Vinegar Eel, Turbatrix aceti      
25. Owl pellet laboratory: Examination of a food web. 
26. Decomposer Communities: Arthropods in the leaf litter.
27. Kermit to Kermette?
28. Game theory simulation.
    • Excel Game Theory Simulator (main site- Note: You might have to register (free)). Excel sheet from this site
    • Very good site on Game Theory (though with electric LSD colors) with Java simulations. (NOTE: These require JAVA. Get the update if they don't run)
29. Biodiversity (Read Documentation and run the Excel Model)
30. Population Growth Model
31. Competition Model  or Competition in Pig Latin
32. Predator-Prey Models
33. Predator-Prey assignment.
34. Cellular Automata Assignment (NOTE: These require JAVA. Get the update if they don't run)
    • Majority (Look at this as a model of a single species dispersal)
    • Predator-Prey Model (Modify the operators suggested at the top. Use right-click for the buttons)
    • Block Extinctions (Play with blockSize to determine how birth rate influences rate of extinction)
35. Food Chain Simulation.
36. Food Web Simulation  also available in jive
37. Marine Productivity Model.
38. Human Life Table Laboratory (Cave Hill Cemetery Version).
39. Human Life Table Laboratory (Demographics Version).
40. Stella Models
41. Shark Fossil Lab- Get additional computations here. 
42. Population Growth Laboratory.
43. Trophic Ecology of Humans. Calorie counters can be found here. You can download data and a 30-day trial version of a calorie counter from this web site (be sure to get the data files for fast food and USDA data here). You can also search the USDA Nutrient Data Library directly.
44. Visit the Quantitative Population Ecology Web Page. General readings on many topics can be found here. Visit it often during the semester.
45.    Introduction to Geographical Information Systems (PDF is here) 

46. Remote Sensing Tutorial.

47. Paper Birch Remote Sensing Activity

48. Arcview Tutorial: http://boris.qub.ac.uk/shane/arc/ARChome.html
49. Arcview Home Page: http://www.esri.com/ Try the Arcdata Online area:  http://www.esri.com/data/online/index.html
50. ArcView TIGER data for the USA.
51. ArcView Range Maps for Tree Species
52. Environmental Database: Global Resource Information Database.
53. United States Geological Survey: Visit this site for data and viewing software.
54. Mapping and Demographics On-line Mag: Directions Magazine.
55. WWW.GIS.COM
56. Free Mapping Programs for the Palm and Pocket PC computers (includes GPS interface)
57. Climate Data Library: Mostly oceanographic and atmospheric data sets with examples.
58. Offsite Environmental Simulations
    • The Aid Game (Yale).
      • Introduction
      • How to Play
      • Launch the game
    • Harvard/Smithsonian
      • Carbon Cycle
      • Demographics
      • Disease
      • Energy
      • More at gingerbooth.com
59. Mastodon Lab
60. Working Climate Model from NASA (free for 30 days)
61. Google Earth Download Page Google Earth Lab