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Plants by the Numbers

Overview

This is a completed Faculty Mentoring Network (FMN). FMNs are sustained, immersive, community-based professional development opportunities for faculty. FMNs support the adaptation and implementation of materials and/or instructional approaches in their classrooms. Learn more about FMNs.

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Plants by the Numbers

Growing Quantitative Literacy Using Botany

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Goals

  • Increase awareness of plants in biology classrooms
  • Increase amount of data shown in biology classrooms
  • Form a community with these goals in mind
  • Educate faculty members on botanical and data skills resources

Mentors

Final Products

Terrestrial Trophic Cascades & Population Structure

Gregory Zimmerman, J. Phil Gibson

Version: 1.0.0 Adapted From: Terrestrial Trophic Cascades & Population Structure v1.0

In this activity, students will use data from natural parks to examine trophic cascades.
case study, Biodiversity, plants, trophic cascades, national parks
1.4K
315
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06.2018

Trophic Cascades, Population Structure, and the Role of Keystone Species

Merrilee Anderson, J. Phil Gibson

Version: 1.0.0 Adapted From: Terrestrial Trophic Cascades & Population Structure v1.0

In this activity, students will use data from natural parks to examine terrestrial trophic cascades. Concepts will then be applied to examples in freshwater ecosystems.
case study, Biodiversity, plants, trophic cascades, national parks
1.2K
323
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06.2018

Terrestrial Trophic Cascades & Population Structure

Brian Robert Shmaefsky, J. Phil Gibson

Version: 1.0.0 Adapted From: Terrestrial Trophic Cascades & Population Structure v1.0

In this activity, students will use data from natural parks to examine trophic cascades.
case study, Biodiversity, plants, urban ecosystems, trophic cascades, national parks, deforestation
1.3K
446
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0
06.2018

Transpiration

Maryann Adel Borsick Herman, J. Phil Gibson

Version: 1.0.0 Adapted From: Transpiration v1.0

In this lab, students will examine differences between C3 and C4 plants in their transpiration rates.
plant physiology, botany, laboratory
1.4K
334
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0
06.2018

Seed Dispersal in Tropical Forests - implementation at a small, Primarily Undergraduate Institution

Maryann Adel Borsick Herman, HHMI BioInteractive

Version: 1.0.1 Adapted From: Seed Dispersal in Tropical Forests v1.0

In this activity, students use data from published studies to understand patterns of seed dispersal and apply these ideas to the design of a conservation area.
ecology, Resources @ HHMI - BioInteractive, community, plants, diversity, Scientific Process
1.4K
439
0
0
06.2018
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Food Chain Dynamics In A Simple Ecosystem

Jessica Joyner, J. Phil Gibson, Anna Petrovicheva

Version: 1.0.0 Adapted From: Food Chain Dynamics In A Simple Ecosystem v1.0

In this lab, students will work with a simple algae/brine shrimp environment to learn about food chains and population dynamics. It was implemented with limited alteration for an Introductory Ecology course.
ecology, ecosystems, food chain
1.8K
495
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05.2018

Food Chain Dynamics In A Simple Ecosystem

Merrilee Anderson, J. Phil Gibson

Version: 1.0.0 Adapted From: Food Chain Dynamics In A Simple Ecosystem v1.0

In this lab, students will construct simple experiments with algae and brine shrimp to learn about food chains and population dynamics.
ecology, ecosystems, food chain, algae, brine shrimp
1.3K
317
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0
05.2018

Transpiration

Leah Dudley, J. Phil Gibson

Version: 1.0.0 Adapted From: Transpiration v1.0

In this lab, students will examine differences between varieties of tomato plants in their transpiration rates.
plant physiology, botany, laboratory, transpiration, tomato, food security
1.5K
509
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05.2018

What the Mendel

Leah Dudley, Lindsey Tuominen

Version: 1.0.0 Adapted From: A Structured Inquiry Approach to Cotyledon Phenotyping v1.0

Students practice hypothesis testing using Mendelian genetics for monohybrid and dihybrid crosses. Both corn and Wisconsin Fast Plants are employed.
genetics, plants, mendelian inheritance, phenotype, cotelydon, corn, Wisconsin fast plants
1.4K
568
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0
05.2018

Morphological and Molecular Analysis of Plant Phylogeny and Diversity

Leah Dudley, J. Phil Gibson

Version: 1.0.0 Adapted From: Morphological and Molecular Analysis of Plant Phylogeny and Diversity v1.0

In this lab, students perform phylogenetic analyses on morphological and molecular data, and compare.
morphology, phylogeny, laboratory, plants, diversity, molecular analysis
1.3K
508
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0
05.2018

Seed Dispersal, Mutualisms, and Communities

Jenny Hazlehurst, HHMI BioInteractive

Version: 1.0.0 Adapted From: Seed Dispersal in Tropical Forests v1.0

In this activity, students use data from published studies to understand patterns of seed dispersal and apply these ideas to understanding the evolution of mutualisms, and how mutualistic interactions can shape biological communities.
mutualisms, ecology, Resources @ HHMI - BioInteractive, community, plants, diversity, Scientific Process, large lecture
2.0K
390
0
0
05.2018

Seed Dispersal in Tropical Forests

Anna Petrovicheva, HHMI BioInteractive, Jessica Joyner

Version: 1.0.0 Adapted From: Seed Dispersal in Tropical Forests v1.0

In this activity, students use data from published studies to understand patterns of seed dispersal and apply these ideas to the design of a conservation area. This was applied through the lens of ecology.
ecology, Resources @ HHMI - BioInteractive, community, plants, diversity, Scientific Process
2.4K
572
0
0
04.2018

Population dynamics in simple two-species experimental microcosms

Christopher T. Ivey

Version: 1.0.0 Adapted From: Food Chain Dynamics In A Simple Ecosystem v1.0

A two-week exercise which includes homework calculations and teaching resources. Students establish brine shrimp and Platymonas algal cultures and predict final densities.
population dynamics, ecology, species interactions, botany, ecosystems, food chain, population regulation
1.6K
1.4K
0
0
04.2018

Phylogenetic analysis using collections material: interpreting trait evolution by comparison of morphological and molecular genetic hypotheses

Christopher Ivey

Version: 1.0.0 Adapted From: Morphological and Molecular Analysis of Plant Phylogeny and Diversity v1.0

Exercise spans two weeks, includes homework, and involves some groups of animals as well as plants. Emphasizes re-interpretation of morphological trait evolution following molecular genetic phylogeny reconstruction
Evolution, morphology, phylogeny, laboratory, plants, biological collections, molecular analysis
2.0K
20.5K
0
0
03.2018

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