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Welcome to Mr. Tredinnick's Biogeography Course

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Biogeography deals with the spatial distribution of the planet's plants and animals over time, as well as the physical forces that impact them. Among others, biogeography draws from climatology, and ecology, to better understand the distributions and diverseness of the planet's organisms. The study of biogeography seeks to better understand distributions of species, and connections to the physical landscapes. Students will utilize local, and remote resources to better understand process such as speciation, adaptation, and the effects of change.

Unit I - Physical Geography

Unit I Schedule

​Week 1: Introduction to Course Concepts 
     (Aug 15-19)
Module 1.1: Course Introduction
     Central Question: What is Biogeography?
     Forum: Factors Determining Life (1.1)
     - Course Introduction
          + Explore Everyday - Field Research
          + Getting to Know You
      Field Lab: How'd it Get here? (Ostrich)
​          + NovaLabs: Biogeography - Where Life Lives
          + Course Syllabus
     - Course Vocabulary
​     Map Lab: Ratites Geoinquiry (Assignment)
          + Ratite Distribution webmap
Module 1.2: History and Philosophy 
     Central Question: ​What are the major theories            associated with Biogeography?
     Forum: Science and Geography (1.2)  
     - History of Biogeography (Notes)
     HW: World Physical Regions (Review)
          + Quiz on Wednesday/Thursday next week
Week 4: Earth in the Anthropocene
     (Sept 5-9)
No School Sept 5 & 6 (Labor Day & Teacher PD)
​Module 1.7: The Scientific Basis for Climate                              Change
     Central Question: What are the scientific                     foundations for climate change?
     Forum: ​Dangers of Change? (1.7)
     - Natural & Anthropogenic Forces (Assignment)
          + Milankovitch Theory
          + Quanta - Natural Climate Change
          + Nasa - Human Caused Climate Change
Week 2: Related Principles of Earth Sciences
     (Aug 22-26)
Module 1.3: Continental Drift 
     Central Question: How are continents formed?
​     Forum: First Law of Geography (1.3)​
     HHMI: Pangea, Wegener, and Continental Drift
     - Continental Drift Theory (Notes)
     Map Lab: What Fits Where?
          + Cornell: Continental Drift Puzzle
Module 1.4: Geomorpholgy
​     Central Question: Why is the earth's surface              shaped like it is?
     Forum: Earth as a Geoid (1.4) 
​     - World Physical Regions Quiz
     - Geomorphology: The Shaping of the Earth               (Notes)
     Field Lab: Shape of the Earth (Assignment)
     Map Lab: Finding Evidence of Geomorphology                         (Assignment)
Week 5: Unit I Celebration of Knowledge
     (Sept 12-16)
No School Sept 16 (Teacher PD)
Module 1.8: Climate Science
     Central Question: What are the scientific                     foundations for climate change?
     Forum: Worst that could happen??
     - Global Warming and Climate Change (Notes)
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Field Lab: Finding Physical Geography
​​Module 1.9: End of Unit I
     Central Question: How do the principles of                 physical geography apply to the study of                   biogeography? 
     Forum: Pre-Test Questions (Unit I)
     - Unit I Test - Principles of Physical Geography
     Field Lab: Global Canary (Aquarium)
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Week 3: Climatology 
     (Aug 29-Sept 2)
Module 1.5: Climate Zones
     Central Question: What correlation is there                     between climate, weather, and life?
     
Forum: Climate Dynamics (1.5)
          + Bretherton Diagram of Climate Systems
​     Map Lab: Tracking Climate Regions (Notes)
          + Koppen Climate Classification
     - Reading Climate Charts (Assignment)
Module 1.6: Climatic Variations
     Central Question: What is the connection                   between plants and animals with the climate and       landscape?
     Forum: No Two Lands are the Same​ (1.6) 
     Map Lab: Biogeographic Realms (Assignment)
​          + Biogeographic Realms (Map)
​     Field Lab: Biome Variations (Desert)
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Unit I Checks for Understanding

Module 1.2
Module 1.3
Module 1.4
Module 1.5
Module 1.6
Module 1.7
Module 1.8

Unit I Notes/Map Sets

Biogeographic Realms (Module 1.6)
Continental Drift Theory (Module 1.3)
Geomorphology: The Shaping of the Earth (Module 1.4)
History of Biogeography (Module 1.2)
Tracking Climate Regions (Module 1.5)
Global Warming and Climate Change
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Unit I Review

Unit I Physical Geography Review
Unit I Quizlet
World Physical Regions
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Unit I Assignments

Baede: The Climate Systems (2007)
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Biome Variations
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Biome Variations
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Finding Evidence of Geomorphology
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Finding Evidence of Geomorphology
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Map Lab: Ratite Geoinquiry
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Map Lab: Ratite Geoinquiry
(Module 1.1)
Map Lab: What Fits Where?
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Map Lab: What Fits Where
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Reading Climate Charts
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Reading Climate Charts
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Unit I Resources

A Pyramid Map of the World's Biomes

Atlas Pro: What Are the 7 Realms of Biogeography
Cornell: Continental Drift Puzzle

Current Biology - Evolution: Flight of the Ratites

GDA2020 - Geocentric Datum of Australia 2020 
National Geographic Encyclopedia: Continental Drift
National Geographic: Five New Fossils Found in Antarctica

NovaLabs: Biogeography - Where Life Lives

Ratite Distribution
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Unit II - Principles of Biogeography

Unit II Schedule

Week 6: Theories of Range and Distribution
     (Sept 19-23)
Module 2.1: Conceptualizing Range
     Central Question: How can biogeographers track       and communicate where species are located?
     Forum: Complications in Plotting Range (2.1)
     - Visualizing Range (Notes)
     Field Lab: Creating a Distribution Map (Trails)
          - Adventure Trails Census App
     HW: Tolerance Ranges of Species (Assignment)
​          + Read for next class
Module 2.2: Impacting Distribution
     Central Question: What may cause a species to         stay put, or decide to leave its traditional range?
     Forum: Factors Leading to Range Changes (2.2)
     Field Lab: Suited for its Home (Snow Leopard)
     Map Lab: Limitations of Range (Notes)
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Week 9: Evolution and Adaptation
     (Oct 10-14)
Module 2.7: Darwin's Armada
     Central Question: What role does evolution have         in the distribution of species?
​     Forum: Collaborating Evidence (2.7)
     Nova Labs: Evolution Lab
     Map Lab: The Beagle's Path (Assignment)
          + The Beagle's Path Webmap
Module 2.8: Adapting to a New Environment
     Central Question: How do the process of                     adaptation influence speciation?
​     Forum: Referencing Adaptations (2.8)
     Field Lab: March of the Beavers (KON)
​     - Case Study: American and Eurasian Beaver               (Notes)
​          + Why Beavers Matter (Vox)
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Week 13: Forces of Change
     (Nov 7-11)
Module 2.13: Glacial and Fire Ecology
     Central Question: How can other natural forces           (Fire and Ice) have an effect on speciation?
     Forum: Fiery Conundrum (2.13)
     - Song of Ice and Fire (Assignment)
          + UGS: Ice Ages - What are they?
          + UGS: Utah's Pleistocene Fossils
          + The Nature Education: The Ecology of Fire
          + TEDEd - Why Wildfires are Necessary
     Field Lab: Fire in the Hole! (Prairie Dogs)
Module 2.14: Invasive Species
     Central Question: What impact can the                       introduction of new species have on an                       ecosystem?
     Forum: Pest Control (2.14)
     - The Lionfish Sleeps Tonight (Assignment)
          + EPI: Marine Invasive Species
     - Invasive Species (Notes)
          Field Lab: Keeping Track of Bugs (Insects)
​     - Invasive Species Story Map
     Map Lab: Nebraska Aquatic Invasive Species
Week 7: Phylogeography
     (Sept 26-30)
Module 2.3: Genetic Mapping
     Central Question: What effect does physical               location have on similarities and differences in           species?
     Forum: Tobler's Genetics (2.3)
     Field Lab: Which one is not like the others?                                 (Jungle)
     - Amazonia Cladogram (Assignment)
​     HW: A Game of Change (Assignment)
Module 2.4: Species Separation
     Central Question: How can we trace the lineage         of the current species that we have today back to       their centers of origin?
​     Forum: Defining Phylogeography (2.4)
     Field Lab: A Veritable Garden of Eden                                        (Aquarium)
     Map Lab: Species-energy-theory (Assignment)
          + Species Richness webmap
​     HW: Wallace Line (Assignment)
​          + Read for next class
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Week 10: Species Diversification
     (Oct 17-21)
Module 2.9: Importance of Biodiversity
     Central Question: Why is it important to preserve       our planet species? No matter big or small
     Forum: Maintaining Biodiversity (2.9)
     Map Lab: The Planet's Biodiversity (Notes)
     - Illustrating Species Importance (Assignment)
​          + How Wolves Change Rivers
          + How Whales Change Climate
          + US Mexico Border Wall
          + Eagles in Wisconsin
     HW: Pollinator Biodiversity (Assignment)
          + Read for Next Class
Module 2.10: Endemic and Cosmopolitan Species
     Central Question: Why are some species spread       out while others are concentrated?
     Forum: The Distribution of Species (2.10) 
     Map and Field Lab: A Gorilla World (Gorillas)
          + Gorilla Range Map
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     - Endemic and Cosmopolitan Species (Notes)
     HW: Effects of Climate Change on Biodiversity
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          + Read for Next Class
Week 14: Species Removal and Extinction
     (Nov 14-18)
Module 2.15: Forces of Extinction and Extraction
     Central Question: Why is it so important to                 maintain populations of all types of species?
     Forum: Make a Case for Removal (2.15)
     Field Lab: Serengeti Happy-meal (AfricaGrass)
     Data Lab: Wolves of Isle Royale
          + Data Set - Wolf and Moose of Isle Royale
          + hhmi Biointeractive: WMIR
     HW: NatGeo - Will Humans Survive the Sixth                     Extinction?
Module 2.16: Fighting a Lost Cause?
     Central Question: What does the planet lose             when a species goes extinct?
     Forum: Impacts of Changes to Landscapes (2.16)
     - TEDxMidwest: Joel Satore
​     - Before They (Assignment)
           Field Lab: Before They (Student Choice)
​          + IUCN Redlist 
          + Joel Satore: Photo Ark
Week 8: Dispersal and Vicariance
     (Oct 3-7)
Module 2.5: Dispersal Adaptation   
     Central Question: Why is the sun so influential in       connection to species diversity?
​     Forum: Significance of the Wallace Line (2.5)
​     - Discovering the Wallace Line 
     - Factors of Speciation (Assignment)
          + Planet Earth: From Pole to Pole
     Field Lab: Polar Extremes (Penguins)
Module 2.6: Tracking Range Movements
     Central Question: What do different evolutionary         paths look like and how can we map them?
​     Forum: Centers of Origin (2.6)
     Map Lab: The Lineage of the Wolf (Assignment)
          + IUCN: Redlist
          + Illinois State Museum: Wolves
          + Wolf Country: Wolf Origins
          + GPS Tracking of Wolves
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Week 11: Island Biogeography
     (Oct 24-28)
Module 2.11: Principles of Island Biogeography
     Central Question: Why are islands such                      important fields of study?
     Forum: Climate Change and Island                                          Biodiversity (2.11)
     Speaker: Topics on Madagascar
          (A2 - 9-9:20, B3 12:30-12:50)
     Field Lab: Island Biodiversity (Madagascar)
     - Natural Laboratory: Galapagos Finches                      (Assignment)
          + HHMI: Galapagos Finch Evolution
Module 2.12: Relationships of Life on Islands
     Central Question: What factors impact                         biodiversity on islands?
     Forum: Factors impacting Island Diversity (2.12)
     Map Lab: Island Life (Assignment)
​     - Physical Characteristics of Iceland (Notes)
​     - The Rise and Fall of a Fearless Fox
     HW: Island Biogeography- Taking the long view                 of nature's laboratories
          + Skim for Next Class - To be quizzed
Week 15: Unit II Celebration of Knowledge
     (Nov 21-25) 
No School Nov 23-25 (Thanksgiving)
Module 2.18: End of Unit II
​     Central Question: What is the relationship                   between biological species and their physical              location? 
     Forum: Pre-Test Questions (Unit II)
     - Unit II Test - Principles of Biogeography
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Unit II Checks for Understanding

Module 2.1
Module 2.5
Module 2.9
Module 2.13
Module 2.2
Module 2.6
Module 2.10
Module 2.14
Module 2.3
Module 2.7
Module 2.11
Module 2.15
Module 2.4
Module 2.8
Module 2.12
Module 2.16
Module 2.17

Unit II Notes

Case Study: American and Eurasian Beaver (Module 2.8)
Endemic and Cosmopolitan Species (Module 2.10)
Limitations of Range (Module 2.2) 
Invasive Species (Module 2.14)
Physical Characteristics of Iceland (Module 2.12)
The Planet's Biodiversity (Module 2.9)
Visualizing Range (Module 2.1)

Unit II Review

Unit II Concepts
Unit II Vocabulary Quizlet

Unit II Resources

Amoeba Sisters: Genetic Drift 
Nature.com: Effects of Biogeography on Community Diversity
NCBI: Taxonomic Site Guide
Open Yale Course: Island Biogeography and Invasive Species
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Unit II Assignments

Amazonia Cladogram
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Before They
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Crisci - Phylogenetic Biogeography
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Creating A Distribution Map
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Factors of Speciation
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Illustrating Species Importance
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Natural Laboratory: Galapagos Finches
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Song of Ice and Fire
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Principles of Biogeography Jeopardy
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Species Energy Theory
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The Lineage of the Wolf
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The Lionfish Sleeps Tonight
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Wolves of Isle Royale
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Unit III - Applied Biogeography

Unit III Schedule

Week 16: Tools of the Biogeographer
     (Nov 28-Dec 2) 
Module 3.1: Ways We Study Life
     Central Question: How can biogeographers                 actually capture and study data?
     Forum: Work of the Biogeographer (3.1)
     - Tagging and Tracking
​          + Does Jane Goodall use GIS?
          + Tracking the Movement of Denali's Wolves
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          + WWF Species Tracker: Svalbard Polar Bears
     - Capturing Visual Record
          + Fluke ID Catalog
          + TED Talk: Paul Nicklen 
          + Botswana Wildlife Watch
Week 17: Biogeographic Geoinquiry
     (Dec 10-14) 
Module 3.6: Organizing Data
     Central Question: What are effective ways of             communicating data?
     
Forum: Advantages of Visualizations (3.6)
     - Biogeographic Geoinquiry (Assignment)
          + ESRI: ArcGIS
     Benchmark: All parts of Ask, Acquire, and                 Organize should be completed ​for next class
Module 3.7: Analysis and Action Plan
     Central Question: Once you've got information           together what do you do with it?
     
Forum​: Next Steps (3.7)
​     - Biogeographic Geoinquiry (Assignment)
     Deliverable: Project Submission
          (All projects must be submitted by 11:59 p.m.              on Tuesday, December 18th, 2018) 
Week 17: Mapping Biogeography
     (Dec 5-9) 
Module 3.2: Remote Field Study
     Central Question: How can modern technology           be used for biogeographic studies?
     Forum: Modern Mapping (3.2)
     Map Lab: Bamboo Lemur Field Study 
          + Kianjavato Ahmanson Field Station
          + ESRI: ArcGIS
     Homework: John Grehan: Panbiogeography             Method (Read Thoroughly)
Module 3.3: Panbiogeography
     Central Question: How can geographic analysis         be used to discover spatial relationships between       taxa?
     
Forum: More of Biology or Geography? (3.3)
​     - Panbiogeography Methods (Notes)
     Map Lab: Panbiogeographic Rhinocerotidae
​          + Example Map
          + ESRI: ArcGIS
          - IUCN Red List
     - Panbiogeographic Relationships (Assignment)
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Week 18: Biogeographic Geoinquiry
     (Dec 12-16) 
Module 3.4: Formulate Geographic Question
     Central Question: How can geography be used to       address issues in the natural world? 
     
Forum: Elements of a Geographic Question (3.4)
     - Biogeographic Geoinquiry (Assignment)
​          + Project overview and requirements
          + Part 1: Ask
     Deliverable: Final Geoinquiry Question
Module 3.5: Collect and Organize Data
     Central Question: What type of data do you need       to answer a geographic question?
     
Forum​: Identifying Reputable Sources (3.5)
     - Biogeographic Geoinquiry (Assignment)
​          + Data Collection
          Field Lab: Student Choice
     Benchmark: Ready to Organize Next Class
Week 18: Present Findings
     (Dec 17-21) 
Module 3.8: Project Work Day
     Central Question: What ties research together in       the better understanding of our planet? 
     Forum: Purpose of Research (3.8)
​​     - Biogeographic Geoinquiry (Assignment)
     - Student Survey
     Deliverable: Project Submission
Module 3.9: Project Presentations
     Central Question: When is research not enough         and how can it be used to solve a problem?
     
Forum​: Quality of Research (3.9)
​​     - Biogeographic Geoinquiry (Assignment)
     Deliverable: Project Submission

Unit III Checks for Understanding

CFU 3.1
CFU 3.2
CFU 3.3
CFU 3.4

Unit III Notes

Panbiogeography Methods (Module 3.3)

Unit III Resources

Quizziz 
For More Wonder, Re-Wild the World
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Biogeography Projects
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Unit III Assignments

Bamboo Lemur Geoinquiry
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gblemur_shapefile.zip
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prolemur_simus_e2_2017.csv
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Biogeographic Geoinquiry
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Panbiogeographic Relationships
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Panbiogeography Rhinocerotidae
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Biogeography Course Resources

Biogeography Resources

Biogeography Index
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Biogeography Syllabus (22-23)
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Conducting Field Studies
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EBook: Fundamentals of Biogeography

Biogeography Forum

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Biogeography Internet Resources

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Biome Viewer
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