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Amphibian Diversity: Species Richness and Precipitation

This activity will explore how natural history specimen data can be used to investigate the relationship between precipitation levels in a region and species diversity of amphibians.

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Species Range Over Space and Time

used this Spring 2020

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Ferns are Everywhere

Using spatial fern population data in hypothesis testing

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Testing hypotheses about the role of wildfire in structuring avian communities

This module assesses the role of wildfire in the eastern US and its impact on bird communities using NEON bird survey data from pre- and post- a major wildfire in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GRSM) in November 2016.

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Cleaning Biodiversity Data: Excel

Access and clean an open source polar bear dataset using Excel.

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Remote sensing data processing – NEON airborne data

Concepts of remote sensing and data logistics, and NEON remote sensing data are introduced. Students learn how to apply spatial data processing and visualization skills using R coding program to process NEON airborne data to address scientific questions.

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Why does Blood Flow Change? Investigating the Math of Blood Flow Dynamics

This collection of activities explores the relationship between blood flow, pressure, and the factors of resistance through graphs and modeling direct and inverse variation.

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A New Phenology-focused CURE using Herbarium Specimen Data

phenology on-line

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Cleaning Biodiversity Data: A Botanical Example Using Excel or RStudio

Access and clean an open source herbarium dataset using Excel or RStudio.

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Climate-Induced Shifts in California Butterflies

Jess Coyle using CODAP from 4DEE Extravaganza

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The “Problem” Woman of Colour in the Workplace

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The 5 Biases Pushing Women Out of STEM - Joan C. Williams

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CCURI: Community College Undergraduate Research Initiative

The Community College Undergraduate Research Initiative (CCURI) uses an inquiry-based teaching model where students are exposed to real world science through a case study in an introductory course followed by a hands-on research experience resulting from questions about or related to the case.  CCURI is providing resources for our 44 institutional partners including introductory workshops/conferences that are building regional and national collaborations, start-up supplies and a wide variety of faculty development opportunities.

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U-FERN: Undergraduate Field Experiences Research Network

The Undergraduate Field Experiences in Research Network (U-FERN) seeks to understand the impacts of these types of experiences and to build a community of practitioners working together with education researchers to share and develop effective practices that are inclusive of all students. 

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Ethics in synthetic genomics

This is an ethical reflection for students on an issue in genome engineering and the synthesis of potentially infectious viruses. The case study asks students to reflect on material in the linked article. Also included is the grading rubric.

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Where Are All the Faculty in the Open Education Movement? - Jasmine Roberts

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What Black scientists want from colleagues and their institutions - Virginia Gewin

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Why So Many Organizations Stay White - Victor Ray

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SENCER - Science Education for New Civics Engagements and Responsibilities

SENCER, the signature initiative of the National Center for Science & Civic Engagement, is a national project focused on empowering faculty and improving STEM teaching and learning by making connections to civic issues.

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Science in the Classroom (SitC) - American Association for the Advancement of Science

Annotated research papers and accompanying teaching materials.  A  collection of freely available annotated research papers from the Science family of journals

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