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