Elena Sparrow
	Telephone (primary): (907) 474-7699 Telephone (secondary): Fax: (907) 474-6184 E-mail1 (primary): ffebs@uaf.edu E-mail2 (secondary): Web URL: http://www.uaf.edu/salrm/faculty/esparrow.html Address: 203 D Akasofu Building Fairbanks, AK 99775 Unidted States

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Publications (16)

Journal Articles:

Sparrow, S.D. and E. Sparrow. 1988. Microbial biomass and activity in a subarctic soil ten years after crude oil spills. Journal of Environmental Quality 17:304-309.

Sparrow, E.B. 1999 Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment. Agroborealis 31(1):16-18.

Sparrow, E.B. 2001 Innovative Ways of Implementing Global Change Education in K- 12 classrooms. Agroborealis 33 (1):30-33.

Sparrow, E.B. 2001 GLOBE: A New Model in K-12 Science Education. Global Glimpses 9:1-4.

Bombaugh, R., E. Sparrow and T. Mal. 2003 Using GLOBE plant phenology protocols to meet the national science education standards. The American Biology Teacher 65(4):279-285.

Bombaugh, R., E. Sparrow and T. Mal. 2003 Using GLOBE's plant phenology to monitor the growing season. NSTA Science Scope 26(6):20-23.

Penuel, W.R., L. Shear, C. Korbak, E. Sparrow. 2005 The Roles of Regional Partners in Supporting an International Earth Science Education Program. 2005 Sci Ed 89:956-979.

Gazal, R., M.A. White, R. Gillies, E. Rodemaker, E. Sparrow, and L. Gordon.. 2008 GLOBE students, teachers, and scientists demonstrate variable differences between urban and rural leaf phenology. Global Change Biology 14(7):1568-1580. Doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01602.x.

Robin, J.H., Dubaya, R., Sparrow, E., and Levine, E. 2008 Monitoring start of season in Alaska with GLOBE, AVHRR and MODIS data. Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences. VOL. 113, G01017, doi:10.1029/2007JG000407

Books:

Book Chapters:

Gordon, L.S., S. Stephens and E.B. Sparrow. 2005. Applying the National Science Education Standards in Alaska: Weaving Native knowledge into teaching and learning environmental science through inquiry. In Exemplary Science: Best Practices in Professional Development, Robert E. Yager, editor, pages 85-97, 2005.

Chapin, F.S., III, A.D. McGuire, R.W. Ruess, M.W. Walker, R. Boone, M. Edwards, B. Finney, L.D. Hinzman, J. B. Jones, G.P. Juday, E.S. Kasischke, K. Kielland, A.H. Lloyd, M.W. Oswood, C.-L. Ping, E. Rexstad, V. Romanovsky, J. Schimel, E. Sparrow, B. Sveinbjornsson, D.W. Valentine, K. Van Cleve, D.L. Verbyla, L.A. Viereck, R.A. Werner, T.L. Wurtz, and J. Yarie.. 2006. Summary and synthesis: Past and future changes in the Alaskan boreal forest. Pages 332-338 in F.S. Chapin, III, M. Oswood, K. Van Cleve, L.A. Viereck, and D.L. Verbyla (Eds.) Alaska's Changing Boreal Forest. Oxford University Press, New York.

Sparrow, E.B., J.C. Dawe, and F.S. Chapin, III. 2006. Communication of Alaskan boreal science with broader communities. Pages 323-331 in F.S. Chapin, III, M. Oswood, K. Van Cleve, L.A. Viereck, and D.L. Verbyla (Eds.) Alaska's Changing Boreal Forest. Oxford University Press, New York.

Sparrow, E.B., J.C. Dawe, and F.S. Chapin, III. 2006. Communication of Alaskan boreal science with broader communities. Pages 323-331 in F.S. Chapin, III, M. Oswood, K. Van Cleve, L.A. Viereck, and D.L. Verbyla (Eds.) Alaska's Changing Boreal Forest. Oxford University Press, New York.

Conference Proceedings:

Verbyla, D., E.B. Sparrow, L. Gordon and H. Goldman. 1999. GLOBE Plant Phenology Observations: Temporal and Spatial Perspectives. In proceedings of Fourth Annual GLOBE Conference, Durham, New Hampshire, USA, 1999.

Sparrow, E.B. 2002. Community collaborations: Cultivating the common ground. In : Education and Implementation Panel Report: Impact of GLOBE on Your Community. In Proceedings of 7th GLOBE Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Report:

Johnson, L.A., E.B. Sparrow, T.F. Jenkins and C.M. Collins. 1980. The fate and effect of crude oil spilled on subarctic permafrost terrain in interior Alaska. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Corvallis Environmental Research Laboratory EPA-600/3-80-040 Corvallis, Oregon, USA.

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