COBWEB: Ecosystem Modelling Software
A challenge that teachers face when covering climate change and sustainability in the curriculum is making it evocative and engaging to students. In conjunction with Dr. Brad Bass of UofT, non-profit EnviroThink presents the COBWEB workshop. This workshop will be closely examining anthropological impacts on lake ecosystems through a simple lab experiment and computer model with the COBWEB software. Developed by Dr. Bass, COBWEB is a learning and research tool that enables the simulation of complex systems in ecology, geography, sociology, and economics. The health of aquatic ecosystems is a pertinent topic to discuss with students, as the toxic algae blooms in Lake Erie earlier this year have made drinking water in several towns unsafe. The COBWEB workshop will take place at the Toronto Urban Studies Centre located in Danforth Collegiate and Technical Institute (800 Greenwood Ave., room A18) and will run from 9:00 am to 3:30 pm. There will be a lunch break at noon and we encourage you to bring a lunch, although there are fast-food options available nearby. We encourage teachers to bring one or two students as well, but they will need to sign-up for free at http://www.enviro-think.org/ or else they cannot attend the workshop.
The maximum is 36
participants, teachers and students combined. Please click the link below.
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