Science Process Skills
Science Process Skills
Skills
Articles
Reading research papers
Reading research papers
- Helping Students to Metacognitively Read Scientific Literature With Talking to the Text
- Fatty Acid Induction of Lipid Droplets in Cancer Cells
- Bringing Pasteur Back to Life: Studying the Biochemistry of Yeast Fermentation Through Discussion Groups and an At-Home Lab
- A 360˚ View of COVID-19
- Expanding the Reach of Crop Plants for Food Security: A Lesson Integrating Non-Majors Students Into the Discussion of Food Diversity and Human Nutrition
- Using Images of Foraging Leaf-Cutter Ants to Teach Linear Regression
- Assessing Urban Biodiversity With the eBird Citizen Science Project: A Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) Module
- Using Gamification to Teach Undergraduate Students about Scientific Writing
- Teaching students to read, interpret, and write about scientific research: A press release assignment in a large, lower-division class
- Discovery Poster Project
- A new approach to course-based research using a hermit crab-hydrozoan symbiosis
- Using Yeast to Make Scientists: A Six-Week Student-Driven Research Project for the Cell Biology Laboratory
- "Reading groups" in an undergraduate biology course: A peer-based model to help students develop skills to evaluate primary literature
- Your Tax Dollars at Work: A mock grant writing experience centered on scientific process skills
- A Strategy for Teaching Undergraduates to Write Effective Scientific Results Sections
- Building a Model of Tumorigenesis: A small group activity for a cancer biology/cell biology course
- Using Pathway Maps to Link Concepts, Peer Review, Primary Literature Searches and Data Assessment in Large Enrollment Classes: An example from teaching ecosystem ecology
- Modeling the Research Process: Authentic human physiology research in a large non-majors course
- Does it pose a threat? Investigating the impact of Bt corn on monarch butterflies
- Bad Cell Reception? Using a cell part activity to help students appreciate cell biology, with an improved data plan and no loss in coverage
Reviewing prior research
Reviewing prior research
- Fatty Acid Induction of Lipid Droplets in Cancer Cells
- Bringing Pasteur Back to Life: Studying the Biochemistry of Yeast Fermentation Through Discussion Groups and an At-Home Lab
- Online Information Literacy: Applying the CRAAP Test to Vaccine (Mis)information
- Diversifying and Humanizing Scientist Role Models Through Interviews and Constructing Slide Decks on Researchers’ Research and Life Experiences
- A Classroom Intervention to Reduce Confirmation Bias
- A 360˚ View of COVID-19
- Cutthroat trout in Colorado: A case study connecting evolution and conservation
- Mapping a Mutation to its Gene: The "Fly Lab" as a Modern Research Experience
- Using Images of Foraging Leaf-Cutter Ants to Teach Linear Regression
- Vitamin C for Colds? Writing LETTERS to Synthesize and Communicate Results from Multiple Studies
- Teaching students to read, interpret, and write about scientific research: A press release assignment in a large, lower-division class
- A Short Laboratory Module to Help Infuse Metacognition during an Introductory Course-based Research Experience
- Discovery Poster Project
- Understanding Protein Domains: A Modular Approach
- Promoting Climate Change Literacy for Non-majors: Implementation of an atmospheric carbon dioxide modeling activity as an inquiry-based classroom activity
- A new approach to course-based research using a hermit crab-hydrozoan symbiosis
- Antibiotic Resistance Genes Detection in Environmental Samples
- "Reading groups" in an undergraduate biology course: A peer-based model to help students develop skills to evaluate primary literature
- Inexpensive Cell Migration Inquiry Lab using Zebrafish
- Your Tax Dollars at Work: A mock grant writing experience centered on scientific process skills
- Modeling the Research Process: Authentic human physiology research in a large non-majors course
- Does it pose a threat? Investigating the impact of Bt corn on monarch butterflies
Predicting outcomes
Predicting outcomes
- Fatty Acid Induction of Lipid Droplets in Cancer Cells
- Manuscript 101: A Data-Driven Writing Exercise for Beginning Scientists
- Bringing Pasteur Back to Life: Studying the Biochemistry of Yeast Fermentation Through Discussion Groups and an At-Home Lab
- Three Research-Based Quantitative Reasoning Modules for Introductory Organismal Biology Laboratories
- Moths and Frogs and E. coli, Oh My!: Agent-based Modeling of Evolutionary Systems
- Follow the Sulfur: Using Yeast Mutants to Study a Metabolic Pathway
- How Many Squirrels Are in the Shrubs? A Lesson Plan for Comparing Methods for Population Estimation
- Sorry to Eat and Run: A Lesson Plan for Testing Trade-off in Squirrel Behavior Using Giving Up Densities (GUDs)
- Squirreling Around for Science: Observing Sciurid Rodents to Investigate Animal Behavior
- Nanoparticles and Shrimp: An Interdisciplinary Lab Series in Chemistry and Biology for Undergraduate Engineering Students
- Mapping a Mutation to its Gene: The "Fly Lab" as a Modern Research Experience
- A Remote Introductory Biology Lab Using Backyard Birdwatching to Teach Data Analysis and Communication
- Interactive Video Vignettes (IVVs) to Help Students Learn Genetics Concepts
- BioVEDA Curriculum: An Approach to Link Conceptual and Quantitative Understanding of Variation During Experimental Design and Data Analysis
- Teaching Biodiversity with Museum Specimens in an Inquiry-Based Lab
- A Close-Up Look at PCR
- A new approach to course-based research using a hermit crab-hydrozoan symbiosis
- Antibiotic Resistance Genes Detection in Environmental Samples
- Knowing your own: A classroom case study using the scientific method to investigate how birds learn to recognize their offspring
- Predicting and classifying effects of insertion and deletion mutations on protein coding regions
- Taking the Hassle out of Hasselbalch
- Teaching epidemiology and principles of infectious disease using popular media and the case of Typhoid Mary
- Out of Your Seat and on Your Feet! An adaptable course-based research project in plant ecology for advanced students
- Using Synthetic Biology and pClone Red for Authentic Research on Promoter Function: Genetics (analyzing mutant promoters)
- Teaching Genetic Linkage and Recombination through Mapping with Molecular Markers
- Your Tax Dollars at Work: A mock grant writing experience centered on scientific process skills
- Using Synthetic Biology and pClone Red for Authentic Research on Promoter Function: Introductory Biology (identifying new promoters)
- A Strategy for Teaching Undergraduates to Write Effective Scientific Results Sections
- Exploration of the Human Genome by Investigation of Personalized SNPs
- Infectious Chocolate Joy with a Side of Poissonian Statistics: An activity connecting life science students with subtle physics concepts
- Using Undergraduate Molecular Biology Labs to Discover Targets of miRNAs in Humans
- Why do Some People Inherit a Predisposition to Cancer? A small group activity on cancer genetics
- You and Your Oral Microflora: Introducing non-biology majors to their “forgotten organ”
- The Case of the Missing Strawberries: RFLP analysis
- Sex-specific differences in Meiosis: Real-world applications
- Modeling the Research Process: Authentic human physiology research in a large non-majors course
Interpreting results/data
Interpreting results/data
- Outside the Norm: Using Public Ecology Database Information to Teach Biostatistics
- Fatty Acid Induction of Lipid Droplets in Cancer Cells
- Manuscript 101: A Data-Driven Writing Exercise for Beginning Scientists
- Bringing Pasteur Back to Life: Studying the Biochemistry of Yeast Fermentation Through Discussion Groups and an At-Home Lab
- Three Research-Based Quantitative Reasoning Modules for Introductory Organismal Biology Laboratories
- Online Information Literacy: Applying the CRAAP Test to Vaccine (Mis)information
- A Case Study for Teaching Toxicology: Using Whales as an Indicator for Environmental Health
- A Classroom Intervention to Reduce Confirmation Bias
- A 360˚ View of COVID-19
- Moths and Frogs and E. coli, Oh My!: Agent-based Modeling of Evolutionary Systems
- Follow the Sulfur: Using Yeast Mutants to Study a Metabolic Pathway
- Learning About Protein Localization: A Lesson for Analyzing Figures in a Scientific Publication
- How Many Squirrels Are in the Shrubs? A Lesson Plan for Comparing Methods for Population Estimation
- Sorry to Eat and Run: A Lesson Plan for Testing Trade-off in Squirrel Behavior Using Giving Up Densities (GUDs)
- Squirreling Around for Science: Observing Sciurid Rodents to Investigate Animal Behavior
- Cutthroat trout in Colorado: A case study connecting evolution and conservation
- Nanoparticles and Shrimp: An Interdisciplinary Lab Series in Chemistry and Biology for Undergraduate Engineering Students
- Mapping a Mutation to its Gene: The "Fly Lab" as a Modern Research Experience
- A Remote Introductory Biology Lab Using Backyard Birdwatching to Teach Data Analysis and Communication
- Using the Cell Engineer/Detective Approach to Explore Cell Structure and Function
- Online Adaptation of the Cell Engineer/Detective Lesson
- Using Images of Foraging Leaf-Cutter Ants to Teach Linear Regression
- Interactive Video Vignettes (IVVs) to Help Students Learn Genetics Concepts
- Using Zebrafish in a Developmental Biology Lab Course to Explore Interactions Between Development and the Environment
- BioVEDA Curriculum: An Approach to Link Conceptual and Quantitative Understanding of Variation During Experimental Design and Data Analysis
- Vitamin C for Colds? Writing LETTERS to Synthesize and Communicate Results from Multiple Studies
- Teaching Biodiversity with Museum Specimens in an Inquiry-Based Lab
- Teaching students to read, interpret, and write about scientific research: A press release assignment in a large, lower-division class
- Gotcha! Which fly trap is the best? An introduction to experimental data collection and analysis
- A Short Laboratory Module to Help Infuse Metacognition during an Introductory Course-based Research Experience
- A virtual laboratory on cell division using a publicly-available image database
- A Close-Up Look at PCR
- Learning to Pipet Correctly by Pipetting Incorrectly?
- Bad Science: Exploring the unethical research behind a putative memory supplement
- Understanding Protein Domains: A Modular Approach
- Promoting Climate Change Literacy for Non-majors: Implementation of an atmospheric carbon dioxide modeling activity as an inquiry-based classroom activity
- Using QIIME to Interpret Environmental Microbial Communities in an Upper Level Metagenomics Course
- A new approach to course-based research using a hermit crab-hydrozoan symbiosis
- Using Yeast to Make Scientists: A Six-Week Student-Driven Research Project for the Cell Biology Laboratory
- Antibiotic Resistance Genes Detection in Environmental Samples
- Knowing your own: A classroom case study using the scientific method to investigate how birds learn to recognize their offspring
- "Reading groups" in an undergraduate biology course: A peer-based model to help students develop skills to evaluate primary literature
- Inexpensive Cell Migration Inquiry Lab using Zebrafish
- Predicting and classifying effects of insertion and deletion mutations on protein coding regions
- A first lesson in mathematical modeling for biologists: Rocs
- Out of Your Seat and on Your Feet! An adaptable course-based research project in plant ecology for advanced students
- Using Synthetic Biology and pClone Red for Authentic Research on Promoter Function: Genetics (analyzing mutant promoters)
- Teaching Genetic Linkage and Recombination through Mapping with Molecular Markers
- Using Synthetic Biology and pClone Red for Authentic Research on Promoter Function: Introductory Biology (identifying new promoters)
- Authentic Ecological Inquiries Using BearCam Archives
- Air Quality Data Mining: Mining the US EPA AirData website for student-led evaluation of air quality issues
- A Strategy for Teaching Undergraduates to Write Effective Scientific Results Sections
- A Kinesthetic Modeling Activity to Teach PCR Fundamentals
- Building a Model of Tumorigenesis: A small group activity for a cancer biology/cell biology course
- Exploration of the Human Genome by Investigation of Personalized SNPs
- Infectious Chocolate Joy with a Side of Poissonian Statistics: An activity connecting life science students with subtle physics concepts
- Using Undergraduate Molecular Biology Labs to Discover Targets of miRNAs in Humans
- Why do Some People Inherit a Predisposition to Cancer? A small group activity on cancer genetics
- You and Your Oral Microflora: Introducing non-biology majors to their “forgotten organ”
- The Case of the Missing Strawberries: RFLP analysis
- Sex-specific differences in Meiosis: Real-world applications
- Modeling the Research Process: Authentic human physiology research in a large non-majors course
- Homologous chromosomes? Exploring human sex chromosomes, sex determination and sex reversal using bioinformatics approaches
- Does it pose a threat? Investigating the impact of Bt corn on monarch butterflies
- Coevolution or not? Crossbills, squirrels and pinecones
- Why Meiosis Matters: The case of the fatherless snake
Communicating results
Communicating results
- Outside the Norm: Using Public Ecology Database Information to Teach Biostatistics
- Fatty Acid Induction of Lipid Droplets in Cancer Cells
- Manuscript 101: A Data-Driven Writing Exercise for Beginning Scientists
- Bringing Pasteur Back to Life: Studying the Biochemistry of Yeast Fermentation Through Discussion Groups and an At-Home Lab
- Three Research-Based Quantitative Reasoning Modules for Introductory Organismal Biology Laboratories
- Online Information Literacy: Applying the CRAAP Test to Vaccine (Mis)information
- Diversifying and Humanizing Scientist Role Models Through Interviews and Constructing Slide Decks on Researchers’ Research and Life Experiences
- A 360˚ View of COVID-19
- Moths and Frogs and E. coli, Oh My!: Agent-based Modeling of Evolutionary Systems
- Follow the Sulfur: Using Yeast Mutants to Study a Metabolic Pathway
- How Many Squirrels Are in the Shrubs? A Lesson Plan for Comparing Methods for Population Estimation
- Sorry to Eat and Run: A Lesson Plan for Testing Trade-off in Squirrel Behavior Using Giving Up Densities (GUDs)
- Squirreling Around for Science: Observing Sciurid Rodents to Investigate Animal Behavior
- Cutthroat trout in Colorado: A case study connecting evolution and conservation
- Nanoparticles and Shrimp: An Interdisciplinary Lab Series in Chemistry and Biology for Undergraduate Engineering Students
- Harnessing the Power of the Immune System: Influenza Vaccines
- Mapping a Mutation to its Gene: The "Fly Lab" as a Modern Research Experience
- A Remote Introductory Biology Lab Using Backyard Birdwatching to Teach Data Analysis and Communication
- Using the Cell Engineer/Detective Approach to Explore Cell Structure and Function
- Online Adaptation of the Cell Engineer/Detective Lesson
- Using Images of Foraging Leaf-Cutter Ants to Teach Linear Regression
- Using Zebrafish in a Developmental Biology Lab Course to Explore Interactions Between Development and the Environment
- BioVEDA Curriculum: An Approach to Link Conceptual and Quantitative Understanding of Variation During Experimental Design and Data Analysis
- Assessing Urban Biodiversity With the eBird Citizen Science Project: A Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) Module
- Vitamin C for Colds? Writing LETTERS to Synthesize and Communicate Results from Multiple Studies
- Teaching Biodiversity with Museum Specimens in an Inquiry-Based Lab
- Using Gamification to Teach Undergraduate Students about Scientific Writing
- Teaching students to read, interpret, and write about scientific research: A press release assignment in a large, lower-division class
- Learning to Pipet Correctly by Pipetting Incorrectly?
- Discovery Poster Project
- Bad Science: Exploring the unethical research behind a putative memory supplement
- Promoting Climate Change Literacy for Non-majors: Implementation of an atmospheric carbon dioxide modeling activity as an inquiry-based classroom activity
- Using QIIME to Interpret Environmental Microbial Communities in an Upper Level Metagenomics Course
- A new approach to course-based research using a hermit crab-hydrozoan symbiosis
- Using Yeast to Make Scientists: A Six-Week Student-Driven Research Project for the Cell Biology Laboratory
- "Reading groups" in an undergraduate biology course: A peer-based model to help students develop skills to evaluate primary literature
- Inexpensive Cell Migration Inquiry Lab using Zebrafish
- Predicting and classifying effects of insertion and deletion mutations on protein coding regions
- A first lesson in mathematical modeling for biologists: Rocs
- Using computational molecular modeling software to demonstrate how DNA mutations cause phenotypes
- Teaching epidemiology and principles of infectious disease using popular media and the case of Typhoid Mary
- Out of Your Seat and on Your Feet! An adaptable course-based research project in plant ecology for advanced students
- Using Synthetic Biology and pClone Red for Authentic Research on Promoter Function: Genetics (analyzing mutant promoters)
- Using Synthetic Biology and pClone Red for Authentic Research on Promoter Function: Introductory Biology (identifying new promoters)
- Authentic Ecological Inquiries Using BearCam Archives
- Air Quality Data Mining: Mining the US EPA AirData website for student-led evaluation of air quality issues
- A Strategy for Teaching Undergraduates to Write Effective Scientific Results Sections
- Building a Model of Tumorigenesis: A small group activity for a cancer biology/cell biology course
- Exploration of the Human Genome by Investigation of Personalized SNPs
- Infectious Chocolate Joy with a Side of Poissonian Statistics: An activity connecting life science students with subtle physics concepts
- Using Undergraduate Molecular Biology Labs to Discover Targets of miRNAs in Humans
- Why do Some People Inherit a Predisposition to Cancer? A small group activity on cancer genetics
- You and Your Oral Microflora: Introducing non-biology majors to their “forgotten organ”
- Sex-specific differences in Meiosis: Real-world applications
- Modeling the Research Process: Authentic human physiology research in a large non-majors course
- Does it pose a threat? Investigating the impact of Bt corn on monarch butterflies
- Coevolution or not? Crossbills, squirrels and pinecones
- Bad Cell Reception? Using a cell part activity to help students appreciate cell biology, with an improved data plan and no loss in coverage
Asking a question
Asking a question
- Fatty Acid Induction of Lipid Droplets in Cancer Cells
- Bringing Pasteur Back to Life: Studying the Biochemistry of Yeast Fermentation Through Discussion Groups and an At-Home Lab
- Three Research-Based Quantitative Reasoning Modules for Introductory Organismal Biology Laboratories
- Developing Decolonial Consciousness in Biology Students Through Critical Reflection Assignments
- Moths and Frogs and E. coli, Oh My!: Agent-based Modeling of Evolutionary Systems
- Squirreling Around for Science: Observing Sciurid Rodents to Investigate Animal Behavior
- Cutthroat trout in Colorado: A case study connecting evolution and conservation
- Harnessing the Power of the Immune System: Influenza Vaccines
- Mapping a Mutation to its Gene: The "Fly Lab" as a Modern Research Experience
- A Remote Introductory Biology Lab Using Backyard Birdwatching to Teach Data Analysis and Communication
- Using Images of Foraging Leaf-Cutter Ants to Teach Linear Regression
- Using Zebrafish in a Developmental Biology Lab Course to Explore Interactions Between Development and the Environment
- Teaching Biodiversity with Museum Specimens in an Inquiry-Based Lab
- A Short Laboratory Module to Help Infuse Metacognition during an Introductory Course-based Research Experience
- Bad Science: Exploring the unethical research behind a putative memory supplement
- Promoting Climate Change Literacy for Non-majors: Implementation of an atmospheric carbon dioxide modeling activity as an inquiry-based classroom activity
- A new approach to course-based research using a hermit crab-hydrozoan symbiosis
- Using Yeast to Make Scientists: A Six-Week Student-Driven Research Project for the Cell Biology Laboratory
- "Reading groups" in an undergraduate biology course: A peer-based model to help students develop skills to evaluate primary literature
- Inexpensive Cell Migration Inquiry Lab using Zebrafish
- Predicting and classifying effects of insertion and deletion mutations on protein coding regions
- Out of Your Seat and on Your Feet! An adaptable course-based research project in plant ecology for advanced students
- Using Synthetic Biology and pClone Red for Authentic Research on Promoter Function: Genetics (analyzing mutant promoters)
- Your Tax Dollars at Work: A mock grant writing experience centered on scientific process skills
- Authentic Ecological Inquiries Using BearCam Archives
- Air Quality Data Mining: Mining the US EPA AirData website for student-led evaluation of air quality issues
- A Strategy for Teaching Undergraduates to Write Effective Scientific Results Sections
- A Hands-on Introduction to Hidden Markov Models
- Infectious Chocolate Joy with a Side of Poissonian Statistics: An activity connecting life science students with subtle physics concepts
- Using Undergraduate Molecular Biology Labs to Discover Targets of miRNAs in Humans
- You and Your Oral Microflora: Introducing non-biology majors to their “forgotten organ”
- Using Pathway Maps to Link Concepts, Peer Review, Primary Literature Searches and Data Assessment in Large Enrollment Classes: An example from teaching ecosystem ecology
- The Case of the Missing Strawberries: RFLP analysis
- Modeling the Research Process: Authentic human physiology research in a large non-majors course
- Homologous chromosomes? Exploring human sex chromosomes, sex determination and sex reversal using bioinformatics approaches
- Bad Cell Reception? Using a cell part activity to help students appreciate cell biology, with an improved data plan and no loss in coverage
Analyzing data
Analyzing data
- Outside the Norm: Using Public Ecology Database Information to Teach Biostatistics
- Fatty Acid Induction of Lipid Droplets in Cancer Cells
- Three Research-Based Quantitative Reasoning Modules for Introductory Organismal Biology Laboratories
- A 360˚ View of COVID-19
- Moths and Frogs and E. coli, Oh My!: Agent-based Modeling of Evolutionary Systems
- Follow the Sulfur: Using Yeast Mutants to Study a Metabolic Pathway
- Learning About Protein Localization: A Lesson for Analyzing Figures in a Scientific Publication
- Squirreling Around for Science: Observing Sciurid Rodents to Investigate Animal Behavior
- Harnessing the Power of the Immune System: Influenza Vaccines
- Mapping a Mutation to its Gene: The "Fly Lab" as a Modern Research Experience
- Using Images of Foraging Leaf-Cutter Ants to Teach Linear Regression
- Interactive Video Vignettes (IVVs) to Help Students Learn Genetics Concepts
- Using Zebrafish in a Developmental Biology Lab Course to Explore Interactions Between Development and the Environment
- BioVEDA Curriculum: An Approach to Link Conceptual and Quantitative Understanding of Variation During Experimental Design and Data Analysis
- Assessing Urban Biodiversity With the eBird Citizen Science Project: A Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) Module
- Vitamin C for Colds? Writing LETTERS to Synthesize and Communicate Results from Multiple Studies
- Teaching Biodiversity with Museum Specimens in an Inquiry-Based Lab
- Gotcha! Which fly trap is the best? An introduction to experimental data collection and analysis
- A virtual laboratory on cell division using a publicly-available image database
- A Close-Up Look at PCR
- Learning to Pipet Correctly by Pipetting Incorrectly?
- Bad Science: Exploring the unethical research behind a putative memory supplement
- Understanding Protein Domains: A Modular Approach
- Promoting Climate Change Literacy for Non-majors: Implementation of an atmospheric carbon dioxide modeling activity as an inquiry-based classroom activity
- Using QIIME to Interpret Environmental Microbial Communities in an Upper Level Metagenomics Course
- A new approach to course-based research using a hermit crab-hydrozoan symbiosis
- Using Yeast to Make Scientists: A Six-Week Student-Driven Research Project for the Cell Biology Laboratory
- Antibiotic Resistance Genes Detection in Environmental Samples
- "Reading groups" in an undergraduate biology course: A peer-based model to help students develop skills to evaluate primary literature
- An Introduction to Eukaryotic Genome Analysis in Non-model Species for Undergraduates: A tutorial from the Genome Consortium for Active Teaching
- Inexpensive Cell Migration Inquiry Lab using Zebrafish
- Predicting and classifying effects of insertion and deletion mutations on protein coding regions
- A first lesson in mathematical modeling for biologists: Rocs
- Using computational molecular modeling software to demonstrate how DNA mutations cause phenotypes
- Out of Your Seat and on Your Feet! An adaptable course-based research project in plant ecology for advanced students
- Using Synthetic Biology and pClone Red for Authentic Research on Promoter Function: Genetics (analyzing mutant promoters)
- Teaching Genetic Linkage and Recombination through Mapping with Molecular Markers
- Your Tax Dollars at Work: A mock grant writing experience centered on scientific process skills
- Using Synthetic Biology and pClone Red for Authentic Research on Promoter Function: Introductory Biology (identifying new promoters)
- Authentic Ecological Inquiries Using BearCam Archives
- Air Quality Data Mining: Mining the US EPA AirData website for student-led evaluation of air quality issues
- A Strategy for Teaching Undergraduates to Write Effective Scientific Results Sections
- Infectious Chocolate Joy with a Side of Poissonian Statistics: An activity connecting life science students with subtle physics concepts
- Using Undergraduate Molecular Biology Labs to Discover Targets of miRNAs in Humans
- You and Your Oral Microflora: Introducing non-biology majors to their “forgotten organ”
- The Case of the Missing Strawberries: RFLP analysis
- Modeling the Research Process: Authentic human physiology research in a large non-majors course
- Coevolution or not? Crossbills, squirrels and pinecones
- Bad Cell Reception? Using a cell part activity to help students appreciate cell biology, with an improved data plan and no loss in coverage
Designing/conducting experiments
Designing/conducting experiments
- Fatty Acid Induction of Lipid Droplets in Cancer Cells
- Bringing Pasteur Back to Life: Studying the Biochemistry of Yeast Fermentation Through Discussion Groups and an At-Home Lab
- An Original-Design Board Game to Increase Student Comprehension of Cellular Respiration Pathways
- Three Research-Based Quantitative Reasoning Modules for Introductory Organismal Biology Laboratories
- A 360˚ View of COVID-19
- Moths and Frogs and E. coli, Oh My!: Agent-based Modeling of Evolutionary Systems
- Follow the Sulfur: Using Yeast Mutants to Study a Metabolic Pathway
- Cutthroat trout in Colorado: A case study connecting evolution and conservation
- Harnessing the Power of the Immune System: Influenza Vaccines
- Using Zebrafish in a Developmental Biology Lab Course to Explore Interactions Between Development and the Environment
- BioVEDA Curriculum: An Approach to Link Conceptual and Quantitative Understanding of Variation During Experimental Design and Data Analysis
- Assessing Urban Biodiversity With the eBird Citizen Science Project: A Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) Module
- Teaching Biodiversity with Museum Specimens in an Inquiry-Based Lab
- Gotcha! Which fly trap is the best? An introduction to experimental data collection and analysis
- A Short Laboratory Module to Help Infuse Metacognition during an Introductory Course-based Research Experience
- Understanding Protein Domains: A Modular Approach
- A new approach to course-based research using a hermit crab-hydrozoan symbiosis
- Using Yeast to Make Scientists: A Six-Week Student-Driven Research Project for the Cell Biology Laboratory
- Antibiotic Resistance Genes Detection in Environmental Samples
- Inexpensive Cell Migration Inquiry Lab using Zebrafish
- Out of Your Seat and on Your Feet! An adaptable course-based research project in plant ecology for advanced students
- Using Synthetic Biology and pClone Red for Authentic Research on Promoter Function: Genetics (analyzing mutant promoters)
- Your Tax Dollars at Work: A mock grant writing experience centered on scientific process skills
- Using Synthetic Biology and pClone Red for Authentic Research on Promoter Function: Introductory Biology (identifying new promoters)
- Authentic Ecological Inquiries Using BearCam Archives
- A Strategy for Teaching Undergraduates to Write Effective Scientific Results Sections
- Infectious Chocolate Joy with a Side of Poissonian Statistics: An activity connecting life science students with subtle physics concepts
- Using Undergraduate Molecular Biology Labs to Discover Targets of miRNAs in Humans
- You and Your Oral Microflora: Introducing non-biology majors to their “forgotten organ”
- The Case of the Missing Strawberries: RFLP analysis
- Modeling the Research Process: Authentic human physiology research in a large non-majors course
- Bad Cell Reception? Using a cell part activity to help students appreciate cell biology, with an improved data plan and no loss in coverage
Displaying/modeling results/data
Displaying/modeling results/data
- Fatty Acid Induction of Lipid Droplets in Cancer Cells
- An Original-Design Board Game to Increase Student Comprehension of Cellular Respiration Pathways
- Three Research-Based Quantitative Reasoning Modules for Introductory Organismal Biology Laboratories
- A Case Study for Teaching Toxicology: Using Whales as an Indicator for Environmental Health
- A 360˚ View of COVID-19
- Moths and Frogs and E. coli, Oh My!: Agent-based Modeling of Evolutionary Systems
- Follow the Sulfur: Using Yeast Mutants to Study a Metabolic Pathway
- Squirreling Around for Science: Observing Sciurid Rodents to Investigate Animal Behavior
- Harnessing the Power of the Immune System: Influenza Vaccines
- Mapping a Mutation to its Gene: The "Fly Lab" as a Modern Research Experience
- Using the Cell Engineer/Detective Approach to Explore Cell Structure and Function
- Online Adaptation of the Cell Engineer/Detective Lesson
- Using Images of Foraging Leaf-Cutter Ants to Teach Linear Regression
- Using Zebrafish in a Developmental Biology Lab Course to Explore Interactions Between Development and the Environment
- BioVEDA Curriculum: An Approach to Link Conceptual and Quantitative Understanding of Variation During Experimental Design and Data Analysis
- A virtual laboratory on cell division using a publicly-available image database
- A Close-Up Look at PCR
- Learning to Pipet Correctly by Pipetting Incorrectly?
- Promoting Climate Change Literacy for Non-majors: Implementation of an atmospheric carbon dioxide modeling activity as an inquiry-based classroom activity
- Using QIIME to Interpret Environmental Microbial Communities in an Upper Level Metagenomics Course
- A new approach to course-based research using a hermit crab-hydrozoan symbiosis
- Using Yeast to Make Scientists: A Six-Week Student-Driven Research Project for the Cell Biology Laboratory
- Inexpensive Cell Migration Inquiry Lab using Zebrafish
- Predicting and classifying effects of insertion and deletion mutations on protein coding regions
- A first lesson in mathematical modeling for biologists: Rocs
- Using computational molecular modeling software to demonstrate how DNA mutations cause phenotypes
- Out of Your Seat and on Your Feet! An adaptable course-based research project in plant ecology for advanced students
- Using Synthetic Biology and pClone Red for Authentic Research on Promoter Function: Genetics (analyzing mutant promoters)
- Using Synthetic Biology and pClone Red for Authentic Research on Promoter Function: Introductory Biology (identifying new promoters)
- Authentic Ecological Inquiries Using BearCam Archives
- Air Quality Data Mining: Mining the US EPA AirData website for student-led evaluation of air quality issues
- A Hands-on Introduction to Hidden Markov Models
- A Kinesthetic Modeling Activity to Teach PCR Fundamentals
- Building a Model of Tumorigenesis: A small group activity for a cancer biology/cell biology course
- Exploration of the Human Genome by Investigation of Personalized SNPs
- Infectious Chocolate Joy with a Side of Poissonian Statistics: An activity connecting life science students with subtle physics concepts
- Why do Some People Inherit a Predisposition to Cancer? A small group activity on cancer genetics
- Using Pathway Maps to Link Concepts, Peer Review, Primary Literature Searches and Data Assessment in Large Enrollment Classes: An example from teaching ecosystem ecology
- Modeling the Research Process: Authentic human physiology research in a large non-majors course
- Plotting Cranial and Spinal Nerve Pathways in a Human Anatomy Lab
Gathering data/making observations
Gathering data/making observations
- Outside the Norm: Using Public Ecology Database Information to Teach Biostatistics
- Fatty Acid Induction of Lipid Droplets in Cancer Cells
- Bringing Pasteur Back to Life: Studying the Biochemistry of Yeast Fermentation Through Discussion Groups and an At-Home Lab
- Three Research-Based Quantitative Reasoning Modules for Introductory Organismal Biology Laboratories
- Developing Decolonial Consciousness in Biology Students Through Critical Reflection Assignments
- Moths and Frogs and E. coli, Oh My!: Agent-based Modeling of Evolutionary Systems
- Follow the Sulfur: Using Yeast Mutants to Study a Metabolic Pathway
- How Many Squirrels Are in the Shrubs? A Lesson Plan for Comparing Methods for Population Estimation
- Sorry to Eat and Run: A Lesson Plan for Testing Trade-off in Squirrel Behavior Using Giving Up Densities (GUDs)
- Squirreling Around for Science: Observing Sciurid Rodents to Investigate Animal Behavior
- Mapping a Mutation to its Gene: The "Fly Lab" as a Modern Research Experience
- A Remote Introductory Biology Lab Using Backyard Birdwatching to Teach Data Analysis and Communication
- Using the Cell Engineer/Detective Approach to Explore Cell Structure and Function
- Online Adaptation of the Cell Engineer/Detective Lesson
- Using Images of Foraging Leaf-Cutter Ants to Teach Linear Regression
- Using Zebrafish in a Developmental Biology Lab Course to Explore Interactions Between Development and the Environment
- BioVEDA Curriculum: An Approach to Link Conceptual and Quantitative Understanding of Variation During Experimental Design and Data Analysis
- Assessing Urban Biodiversity With the eBird Citizen Science Project: A Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) Module
- Teaching Biodiversity with Museum Specimens in an Inquiry-Based Lab
- A virtual laboratory on cell division using a publicly-available image database
- A Close-Up Look at PCR
- Learning to Pipet Correctly by Pipetting Incorrectly?
- Understanding Protein Domains: A Modular Approach
- A new approach to course-based research using a hermit crab-hydrozoan symbiosis
- Using Yeast to Make Scientists: A Six-Week Student-Driven Research Project for the Cell Biology Laboratory
- Antibiotic Resistance Genes Detection in Environmental Samples
- Knowing your own: A classroom case study using the scientific method to investigate how birds learn to recognize their offspring
- Inexpensive Cell Migration Inquiry Lab using Zebrafish
- Predicting and classifying effects of insertion and deletion mutations on protein coding regions
- Using computational molecular modeling software to demonstrate how DNA mutations cause phenotypes
- Out of Your Seat and on Your Feet! An adaptable course-based research project in plant ecology for advanced students
- Using Synthetic Biology and pClone Red for Authentic Research on Promoter Function: Genetics (analyzing mutant promoters)
- Your Tax Dollars at Work: A mock grant writing experience centered on scientific process skills
- Using Synthetic Biology and pClone Red for Authentic Research on Promoter Function: Introductory Biology (identifying new promoters)
- Authentic Ecological Inquiries Using BearCam Archives
- Air Quality Data Mining: Mining the US EPA AirData website for student-led evaluation of air quality issues
- A Strategy for Teaching Undergraduates to Write Effective Scientific Results Sections
- Exploration of the Human Genome by Investigation of Personalized SNPs
- Infectious Chocolate Joy with a Side of Poissonian Statistics: An activity connecting life science students with subtle physics concepts
- Using Undergraduate Molecular Biology Labs to Discover Targets of miRNAs in Humans
- You and Your Oral Microflora: Introducing non-biology majors to their “forgotten organ”
- The Case of the Missing Strawberries: RFLP analysis
- Modeling the Research Process: Authentic human physiology research in a large non-majors course
- Homologous chromosomes? Exploring human sex chromosomes, sex determination and sex reversal using bioinformatics approaches
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- Outside the Norm: Using Public Ecology Database Information to Teach Biostatistics
- Fatty Acid Induction of Lipid Droplets in Cancer Cells
- Manuscript 101: A Data-Driven Writing Exercise for Beginning Scientists
- Bringing Pasteur Back to Life: Studying the Biochemistry of Yeast Fermentation Through Discussion Groups and an At-Home Lab
- An Original-Design Board Game to Increase Student Comprehension of Cellular Respiration Pathways
- Three Research-Based Quantitative Reasoning Modules for Introductory Organismal Biology Laboratories
- Moths and Frogs and E. coli, Oh My!: Agent-based Modeling of Evolutionary Systems
- Follow the Sulfur: Using Yeast Mutants to Study a Metabolic Pathway
- How Many Squirrels Are in the Shrubs? A Lesson Plan for Comparing Methods for Population Estimation
- Sorry to Eat and Run: A Lesson Plan for Testing Trade-off in Squirrel Behavior Using Giving Up Densities (GUDs)
- Squirreling Around for Science: Observing Sciurid Rodents to Investigate Animal Behavior
- Cutthroat trout in Colorado: A case study connecting evolution and conservation
- Harnessing the Power of the Immune System: Influenza Vaccines
- Mapping a Mutation to its Gene: The "Fly Lab" as a Modern Research Experience
- A Remote Introductory Biology Lab Using Backyard Birdwatching to Teach Data Analysis and Communication
- Using Images of Foraging Leaf-Cutter Ants to Teach Linear Regression
- Using Zebrafish in a Developmental Biology Lab Course to Explore Interactions Between Development and the Environment
- Assessing Urban Biodiversity With the eBird Citizen Science Project: A Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) Module
- Teaching Biodiversity with Museum Specimens in an Inquiry-Based Lab
- A Short Laboratory Module to Help Infuse Metacognition during an Introductory Course-based Research Experience
- A virtual laboratory on cell division using a publicly-available image database
- A new approach to course-based research using a hermit crab-hydrozoan symbiosis
- Using Yeast to Make Scientists: A Six-Week Student-Driven Research Project for the Cell Biology Laboratory
- Antibiotic Resistance Genes Detection in Environmental Samples
- Knowing your own: A classroom case study using the scientific method to investigate how birds learn to recognize their offspring
- Inexpensive Cell Migration Inquiry Lab using Zebrafish
- Predicting and classifying effects of insertion and deletion mutations on protein coding regions
- Out of Your Seat and on Your Feet! An adaptable course-based research project in plant ecology for advanced students
- Using Synthetic Biology and pClone Red for Authentic Research on Promoter Function: Genetics (analyzing mutant promoters)
- Your Tax Dollars at Work: A mock grant writing experience centered on scientific process skills
- Using Synthetic Biology and pClone Red for Authentic Research on Promoter Function: Introductory Biology (identifying new promoters)
- Authentic Ecological Inquiries Using BearCam Archives
- Air Quality Data Mining: Mining the US EPA AirData website for student-led evaluation of air quality issues
- A Strategy for Teaching Undergraduates to Write Effective Scientific Results Sections
- A Hands-on Introduction to Hidden Markov Models
- Infectious Chocolate Joy with a Side of Poissonian Statistics: An activity connecting life science students with subtle physics concepts
- Using Undergraduate Molecular Biology Labs to Discover Targets of miRNAs in Humans
- You and Your Oral Microflora: Introducing non-biology majors to their “forgotten organ”
- Using Pathway Maps to Link Concepts, Peer Review, Primary Literature Searches and Data Assessment in Large Enrollment Classes: An example from teaching ecosystem ecology
- Sex-specific differences in Meiosis: Real-world applications
- Modeling the Research Process: Authentic human physiology research in a large non-majors course
- Bad Cell Reception? Using a cell part activity to help students appreciate cell biology, with an improved data plan and no loss in coverage
- Why Meiosis Matters: The case of the fatherless snake