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Links to courses taught
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Larkin Powell Associate Professor School of Natural Resources University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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NRES 311 Wildlife Ecology and Management Offered each spring |
NRES 350 Wildlife Management Techniques Offered during summer at Cedar Point Biological Station in odd years, on-campus in fall of even years |
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NRES 312 Introduction to Geospatial Information Sciences Shared course--instruct in odd springs |
NRES 315 Boundary Waters Wilderness Trip Offered during each summer pre-session |
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NRES 315 Tropical Ecology: Puerto Rico Trip Offered in spring semester of even years |
NRES 404 Shared course--will instruct next in fall of 2007 |
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NRES 896 Multi-state mark-recapture analyses Parameter estimation mini-courses offered in spring of even years |
NRES 862 Not currently offered
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Download materials from UNL GTA Workshop (August 2007) Planning and preparing to teach: how do I develop a meaningful course? Powerpoint here (PDF) Workshop handout here (PDF) |
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Current teaching projects --Developing Geospatial Information Technology course for undergraduates. --Integrating Problem-based Learning (PBL) teaching method into wildlife and conservation courses. --Pursuing funding for curriculum development: integrating Geospatial Information Technology |
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Teaching awards received Holling Family Junior Faculty Award for Teaching Excellence, College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, University of Nebraska (peer nominated). $3000 stipend. 2004. Faculty of the Year Award, University of Dubuque (student selected). 2000. |
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Teaching grants received Mamo, M., J. A. Ippolito, T. A. Kettler, and D. L. McCallister (PI's). 2005. Broadening soil science education through on-line lessons. $74,869. National Science Foundation: Educational Materials Development. Role: grant collaborator, module development). Powell, L. A., Merchant, J., Walter-Shea, E., Johnson, R., and Zanner, W. 2002. Integrating Geospatial Information Technologies into Natural Resources Curricula. $5,100. UNL Teaching, Learning, and Technology Roundtable. Role: team leader. University of Dubuque. 2001. Renovation of Goldthorp Science Hall. $800,000. U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education, Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education. Role: chair of grant committee, developed in association with Cassidy and Associates. |
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Professional teaching presentations
Fritz, S., D. Husmann, D. Reese, R. Stowell,
and L. Powell. 2006. High school students' perceptions of a College of
Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources. National Association of
College Teachers of Agriculture annual meeting. (Abstract).
Powell, L. A., A. J. Tyre, S. E. Hygnstrom, and D. A. Wedin. 2006.
Assessing experiential learning in a wilderness field course. Sixth
biennial conference on University Education in Natural Resources, March
4-7, 2006, East Lansing, MI. (Abstract).
Mamo, M., P. Hain, T. Kettler, J. Ippollito, W.
Zanner, R. Reuter, L. Powell, D. McCallister, C. Geiss, and D. Husmann.
2005. A multidisciplinary approach to applying soil science principles
in the classroom. American Society of Agronomy annual meeting, Salt Lake
City, UT, 6-10 November, 2005. (Abstract).
Powell,
L. A. 2004. Course assessment in problem-based learning courses using
formative, qualitative measures. Fifth Biennial Conference on University
Education in Natural Resources, Flagstaff, AZ, 14-17 March, 2004.
(Facilitated Discussion: Abstract).
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Professional teaching activities --participated in UNL's Peer Review of Teaching project with partner Dr. Bill Zanner, 2003-2004. --attended Fourth Biennial Conference on University Education in Natural Resources, Raleigh, NC, March 14-17, 2002. --attended North American College Teachers of Agriculture Conference in Lincoln, NE, June 21-22, 2002. |
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Teaching organization memberships --National Association of Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture --University Educators in Natural Resources |
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Teaching publications |
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