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Training future faculty in 30 minutes a week: A modular framework to provide just-in-time professional development to graduate teaching assistants

Despite increasing recognition of the need to train the teaching assistants (TAs) teaching the majority of STEM lab sections, very few programs report offering sustained teaching professional development opportunities. Here we present a year-long,...

Courses: Anatomy-Physiology Bioinformatics Cell Biology Developmental Biology Ecology Ecology Genetics Introductory Biology Microbiology Neurobiology Plant Biology Professional Development and Career Planning

professional developmentTA TrainingTeaching Assistants

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Leveraging Panel Discussions to Promote Positive Representation, Develop Science Identity, and Shift Stereotypes

The overrepresentation of cis straight white male scientists in examples used in Biology curriculum makes it difficult for students with other axes of diversity (race/ethnicity, gender, sexuality, first-generation college-going, socioeconomic...

Courses: Professional Development and Career Planning

professional developmentEquitydiversityscience identitysense of belongingCentering Student VoicesCareer Paneland InclusionPositive Representation of Diverse ScientistsFostering Community Between Students

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Film as a Powerful Tool for Increasing Awareness of the Importance of Belonging in STEM

People of color in STEM fields can face a variety of challenges with belonging due to structural, cultural, psychological, and institutional barriers. The professional development sessions described in this lesson involved using film as well as...

Courses: Professional Development and Career Planning

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BioMap Degree Plan: A project to guide students in exploring, defining, and building a plan to achieve career goals

Traditional college students begin their academic journey with a variety of ideas about the careers they might ultimately pursue. Some students have always known what they want to do, some have ideas about possible careers, while others have never...

Courses: Introductory Biology Professional Development and Career Planning

Career ExplorationCo-curricularsDegree Planning

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Drawing “Octo-Pines”: Ice-Breaker Active-Learning Activities to Introduce Drawing-to-Learn in Biology

Drawing has been advocated as a technique to develop visual literacy and observational skills in biology students. To increase student motivation and confidence to draw in our course, we developed an introductory active-learning lesson with a...

Courses: Ecology Ecology Evolution

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An Active Learning Workshop to Teach Active Learning Strategies

College instructors who learn how to teach actively at the beginning of their careers do not have to modify deeply set habits that rely on lectures. Instead, they develop their teaching while they learn evidence-based practices. We developed a...

Courses: Professional Development and Career Planning

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The Inside and Outside the Body

The Inside and Outside the Body activity helps students develop a conceptual understanding of anatomical barriers such as skin and mucus membranes that separate internal cells and fluids from the external environment. This short exercise prepares...

Courses: Anatomy-Physiology

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Advancing Global Learning Through a Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) Module on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs)

An increasingly interconnected world presents opportunities for globally relevant curricula in the classroom. Implementing collaborative online international learning (COIL) modules within medium-sized courses can take advantage of this...

Courses: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Plant Biology

Collaborative Online International LearningGlobal LearningPlants and SocietyUnited Nations Sustainable Development GoalsMedicinal PlantsPhytochemicalsPlant Natural Products

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Your Tax Dollars at Work: A mock grant writing experience centered on scientific process skills

A successful scientist combines skill, creativity, and the art of persuasion to excel in his or her field of study. Critically important for the professional scientist is the ability to not only conduct research, but also to conceive a project and...

Courses: Science Process Skills

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Teaching students to read, interpret, and write about scientific research: A press release assignment in a large, lower-division class

A central skill in any science discipline is the ability to read, understand, and discuss the primary literature of the discipline. However, teaching this skill presents unique challenges within large, lower-division courses. To assess our...

Courses: Cell Biology Science Process Skills

cell biologyScience Communicationscientific literacyGraduate Teaching Assistant Professional DevelopmentBiological LiteracyPrimary ResearchWriting Skills

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

There is a growing need for integration of “Big Data” into undergraduate biology curricula. Transcriptomics is one venue to examine biology from an informatics perspective. RNA sequencing has largely replaced the use of microarrays for whole...

Courses: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Bioinformatics Cell Biology Genetics Introductory Biology

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Diversifying and Humanizing Scientist Role Models Through Interviews and Constructing Slide Decks on Researchers’ Research and Life Experiences

To maintain recruitment and retention, biology teachers face the challenge of finding relatable role models for their students. Our ever-increasing scientific knowledge has been facilitated by people from many different backgrounds, identities,...

Courses: Professional Development and Career Planning Science Process Skills

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Using Collaborative Projects to Promote Active Learning of Microbial Skin Diseases and Their Impact on Everyday Lives

One of the most daunting aspects of introductory clinical microbiology is learning details about a vast number of different microbial diseases that can infect humans. Each of these diseases has different causative agents, diagnostic procedures,...

Courses: Microbiology

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How Many Squirrels Are in the Shrubs? A Lesson Plan for Comparing Methods for Population Estimation

Estimating the population sizes of animals is a key skill for any student interested in ecology, conservation, or management. However, counting animals in natural habitats is difficult, and the many techniques that exist each rely on assumptions...

Courses: Ecology Ecology Introductory Biology Professional Development and Career Planning Science Process Skills

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Distances in the Universe: An Inquiry Lab Sequence Taught in West Africa and North America

Astronomy evokes deep curiosity for many people, making it a beautiful topic for supporting students to learn scientific practices and develop as scientists. We present an inquiry-based lab sequence about distances in the Universe, which we have...

Courses: Astronomy

InquiryAstronomy labParallaxInverse-square law for lightCosmic distance ladderAsking investigable questions

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Starting Conversations About Discrimination Against Women in STEM

Many scientists know about — and experience — discrimination against women. In this professional development lesson, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, faculty, and other career scientists brainstorm ways to intervene and support...

Courses: Professional Development and Career Planning

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Central Dogma, Dictionaries, and Functions: Using Programming Concepts to Simulate Biological Processes

Technologies like next-generation sequencing, proteomics, and high-throughput phenotyping have transformed the way we do biology. There is a continued need for scientists with computational skills to analyze biological data while understanding the...

Courses: Bioinformatics

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In-Class Workshops to Teach Introductory Biology Students about Undergraduate Research

Decades of evidence support the premise that undergraduate research experiences are valuable endeavors for science students; however, a lack of knowledge about research and how to get involved can preclude equitable participation. We developed two...

Courses: Professional Development and Career Planning

undergraduate research experiencesActive Learning WorkshopsResearch PreparationEquity in Research

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Why Do I Need a Lab Notebook? Teaching Responsible Conduct of Research with CURE Lab Notebooks

There are few instructional tools about data acquisition and management available for undergraduate students. I created this lesson as a Fellow of the Ethics Network for Course-Based Opportunities in Undergraduate Research (ENCOUR) to fill this...

Courses: Microbiology Professional Development and Career Planning Science Process Skills

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Discovery Poster Project

Engaging in undergraduate research can be exciting yet intimidating to first-year students at large research universities. For first-generation college students, whose pre-college exposure to research may be limited compared to their continuing...

Courses: Introductory Biology Science Process Skills

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Training future faculty in 30 minutes a week: A modular framework to provide just-in-time professional development to graduate teaching assistants

Leveraging Panel Discussions to Promote Positive Representation, Develop Science Identity, and Shift Stereotypes

Film as a Powerful Tool for Increasing Awareness of the Importance of Belonging in STEM

BioMap Degree Plan: A project to guide students in exploring, defining, and building a plan to achieve career goals

Drawing “Octo-Pines”: Ice-Breaker Active-Learning Activities to Introduce Drawing-to-Learn in Biology

An Active Learning Workshop to Teach Active Learning Strategies

The Inside and Outside the Body

Advancing Global Learning Through a Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) Module on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs)

Your Tax Dollars at Work: A mock grant writing experience centered on scientific process skills

Teaching students to read, interpret, and write about scientific research: A press release assignment in a large, lower-division class

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

Diversifying and Humanizing Scientist Role Models Through Interviews and Constructing Slide Decks on Researchers’ Research and Life Experiences

Using Collaborative Projects to Promote Active Learning of Microbial Skin Diseases and Their Impact on Everyday Lives

How Many Squirrels Are in the Shrubs? A Lesson Plan for Comparing Methods for Population Estimation

Distances in the Universe: An Inquiry Lab Sequence Taught in West Africa and North America

Starting Conversations About Discrimination Against Women in STEM

Central Dogma, Dictionaries, and Functions: Using Programming Concepts to Simulate Biological Processes

In-Class Workshops to Teach Introductory Biology Students about Undergraduate Research

Why Do I Need a Lab Notebook? Teaching Responsible Conduct of Research with CURE Lab Notebooks

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