Paleoecology as a Classroom Tool to Address Global Climate Change

 

Mark E. Lyford and Jane M. Beiswenger

Tested Studies in Laboratory Teaching, 2000, Volume 21

Abstract

A laboratory activity to illustrate paleoecological techniques by counting pollen on slides representing six different time periods from a site in Idaho. Based on the class data,the students will be asked to interpret how the vegetation has changed at the site as the climate change over time.

Keywords:  paleoecology, climate change

University of Nebraska, Lincoln (1999)