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EvenQuads Deck 2

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EvenQuads Deck 1

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Calling Bull Website

Mentioned by Jevin West

Also note the related HS site callingbull.org and the QUBES group Calling Bull.

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Exploring the Complexities of Photosynthesis Through a Comic Strip

Photosynthesis is a conceptually challenging topic. The small scale at which photosynthesis takes place makes it difficult for students to visualize what is occurring, and students are often overwhelmed by all of the details of the process. This activity uses a freely-available comic to make learning photosynthesis more approachable and to help students identify their own misconceptions and questions about the process. This activity is appropriate for any college-level introductory biology course and although it was designed for an online class, it could be adapted for in-person learning. In this activity, students work through a four-part online module. Each part consists of readings and videos containing background information on the steps of photosynthesis followed by the corresponding portion of a comic on photosynthesis. Students then use the background information in the module and the comic to identify their own misconceptions and questions and post these in an online discussion forum. The online module is followed by a live session in which the instructor uses the student discussion posts to clarify any remaining questions. Learning about photosynthesis in the unique visual format of a comic allows students to more easily visualize a process that they cannot see with their own eyes. Students enjoyed this activity because it makes learning photosynthesis fun and less intimidating. This lesson is powerful because it allows the instructor to hear from all students in the course via the discussion forum and then tailor the live discussion session to cover student identified problem topics.

Primary Image: Overview of photosynthesis comic. This image comes from Jay Hosler’s comic Photosynthesis or “gimme some sugar” (© 2020 Jay Hosler, used with permission from the author).

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Investigating Cell Signaling with Gene Expression Datasets

Modern molecular biology is a data- and computationally-intensive field with few instructional resources for introducing undergraduate students to the requisite skills and techniques for analyzing large data sets. This Lesson helps students: (i) build an understanding of the role of signal transduction in the control of gene expression; (ii) improve written scientific communication skills through engagement in literature searches, data analysis, and writing reports; and (iii) develop an awareness of the procedures and protocols for analyzing and making inferences from high-content quantitative molecular biology data. The Lesson is most suited to upper level biology courses because it requires foundational knowledge on cellular organization, protein structure and function, and the tenets of information flow from DNA to proteins. The first step lays the foundation for understanding cell signaling, which can be accomplished through assigned readings and presentations. In subsequent active learning sessions, data analysis is integrated with exercises that provide insight into the structure of scientific papers. The Lesson emphasizes the role of quantitative methods in research and helps students gain experience with functional genomics databases and data analysis, which are important skills for molecular biologists. Assessment is conducted through mini-reports designed to gauge students' perceptions of the purpose of each step, their awareness of the possible limitations of the methods utilized, and the ability to identify opportunities for further investigation. Summative assessment is conducted through a final report. The modules are suitable for complementing wet-laboratory experiments and can be adapted for different courses that use molecular biology data.

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REMNet: Online Resources 5.3.19

Video on online resources for studying microbiomes from the Research Experiences in Microbiomes Network

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GSD QUBES Resource Draft (1)

This QUBES module is focused towards AP Environmental studies courses. It includes hypothesis testing, transect sampling, Shannon Diversity Index, and scatter plot and bar graph creation in excel.

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Introduction to Primate Data Exploration and Linear Modeling with R

Introduction to Primate Data Exploration and Linear Modeling with R was created with the goal of providing training to undergraduate biology research students on data management and statistical analysis using authentic data of Cayo Santiago rhesus macaques.

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Phage Discovery Videos

Instructional Videos

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Laboratory Math

Lab Math Resources

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Prejudiced Polygons Presentation File

This is a PDF for an updated version of the Prejudiced Polygons activity. A link to the JMC article about its design is also included.

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Build Multiomic and Visualization Skills in Bioscience Lecture

This resource promotes inclusive learning by using all free platforms to extend the central dogma to an applied experience. Genomics is focused on with literature reviews that are performed to identify genes implicated in a clinical condition. Transcriptomics with data mining of RNAseq acquisition is followed by protein sequence acquisition and modeling. Teaching and learning of communication in the process of science is the final focus.

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Single Cell Insights Into Cancer Transcriptomes: A Five-Part Single-Cell RNAseq Case Study Lesson

Resources for the Advanced Molecular Biology course (Applied Biosciences Itinerary)

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USFWS Directorate Fellows Program - 2023

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) is partnering with Hispanic Access Foundation, Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Sciences (MANRRS), Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program (DDCSP) and AISES (American Indian Science and Engineering Society) to implement their 2023 Directorate Fellows Program.

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UNODC Wildlife Crime Course Series

Developed under UNODC's Education for Justice (E4J) initiative, a component of the Global Programme for the Implementation of the Doha Declaration, this Module forms part of the E4J University Module Series on Wildlife Crime and is accompanied by a Teaching Guide (forthcoming). The full range of E4J materials includes university modules on integrity and ethics, crime prevention and criminal justice, anti-corruption, organized crime, firearms, cybercrime, trafficking in persons / smuggling of migrants, counter-terrorism as well as wildlife crime.

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Network Methods to Understand Complex Systems, Part 3: Socio-Environmental

This lesson is the third in a three-part series on networks. In this lesson, we move beyond a focus on ecological relationships alone, as in Part 1, or simply on social relationships, as in Part 2, to introduce network concepts associated with fully coupled socio-environmental networks. This lesson covers some basics on network metrics, motifs, and multiplex networks and uses a study on illegal trafficking of wildlife species to illustrate why network analysis can be useful in managing natural resources.

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Northumbria University Newcastle - Wildlife Trade Futures Project

 Wildlife Trade Futures is a research project that aims to understand how the global wildlife trade landscape and related economies are being re-shaped in the COVID-19/post COVID-19 era and with what consequences. Envisioned and started in response to the specifics of COVID-19, the project has evolved to use a range of social science approaches to critically examine the relationships between the wildlife trade/wildlife economies and concerns around zoonoses and public health, and wildlife-based livelihoods. The project aims to provide policymakers with evidence-based guidelines on how to mitigate the ecological and public health risks of wildlife trade in the (post)COVID-19 era in ways that are attentive to power relations, inequality and justice. 

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University of Kent

The DICE Wildlife Trade Research Hub (DICE-WTRH) brings together academics from across the University including from the School of Economics, the Kent Business School, the School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science and the Centre for Journalism, to pioneer research in this complex field, with the ultimate aim of conserving biodiversity and the ecological processes that support ecosystems and people.

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Minecraft Detecting Wildlife Trafficking

Students explore the operation of animal trafficking at a working port. They investigate a crime by interacting with staff on-site to stop trafficking

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IFAW's Keep Wild Animals Wild: Break the Wildlife Trade Chain

Lesson plan for students aged 11-14

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Tale 2 Tail Animal Ambassadors Exploring Illegal Wildlife Trade

This scheme of work includes everything you need to run a series of one-hour sessions for 5–12 year-olds on the illegal wildlife trade. The pack offers over 20 hours of free lesson plans and resources created with the help of amazing illustrators, photographers and storytellers who care about endangered wildlife. The lessons include tips on photography from the world’s best wildlife photographer David Yarrow; a masterclass for children on how to draw animals from Axel Scheffler, award-winning illustrator of The Gruffalo; and a gripping adventure story from the author Zella where children discover an ivory smuggling ring.

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WWF Illegal Wildlife Trade Educational Resources

Illegal and unsustainable wildlife trade are major threats to many of the world's species and it’s one of the most important and urgent parts of our work.

Our two new classroom resources - Illegal Wildlife Trade Detectives (ages 8 - 11) and Illegal Wildlife Trade: Investigations (ages 11 - 14) - help your pupils find out more about the threats to wildlife from illegal trade and to explore some of the solutions to help fight it. The activities can be delivered through different subject areas or as part of a themed week on sustainability.

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Our Broken Planet (podcast)

Nature is in crisis. Hear from activists, scientists and those most affected as we unpack the challenges we face as well as the solutions that lie within our grasp. In this podcast from the Natural History Museum in London, discover the interconnected issues facing our planet and explore what we can do about them together.

Series of 6 podcasts related to wildlife trafficking

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Combating International Wildlife Trafficking & Other Environmental Crime, with Olivia Swaak-Goldman (Podcast)

Kieran talks with Olivia Swaak-Goldman, executive director of the Wildlife Justice Commission, about the Hague-based organization’s efforts to stop the illegal wildlife trade and other forms of environmental exploitation, currently the fourth largest source of funds for transnational criminal organizations. Olivia discusses how WJC targets traffickers in endangered species and those having the greatest negative environmental impact with its team of former law enforcement investigators, intelligence officials and prosecutors.

Olivia highlights WJC’s recent success in prosecuting ivory and Pangolin smugglers with help from Nigeria and China as well as the ongoing struggle to take down transnational criminals throughout the world who rely on the aid of corrupt officials and are often also engaged in human and drug trafficking.

“Wildlife crimes wouldn’t be there without corruption, without fraud, without money laundering,” Olivia says, adding, “Addressing corruption is absolutely essential to tackling wildlife crime.”

ACAMS and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)collaborated with the WJC to develop a free training certificate on investigative strategies to aid law enforcement in the use of financial intelligence and other data related to the illegal wildlife trade. LEARN MORE: www.acams.org/en/training/certif…or-law-enforcement

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