Research and Teaching Opportunities with a Large-scale Salamander Collaboration Network (SPARCnet): TWS Poster

14 Dec 2020 | Contributor(s): Kristine Grayson, M. Caitlin Fisher-Reid, Louise Mead, Hannah Coovert, Raisa Hernández Pacheco, Jennifer Sevin, Alexa Warwick, Tanya Matlaga, Sean Sterrett, Chris Sutherland, Jill Fleming, David Muñoz, David Miller, Evan Grant | doi:10.25334/7CV0-TY57

Poster presented at the 2020 virtual meeting of The Wildlife Society (TWS) on research and teaching opportunities with the Salamander Population and Adaptation Research Collaboration Network (SPARCnet)

BIOME Avida ED Report video - YouTube

03 Dec 2020 | Contributor(s): Louise Mead, Lee Edwards, Kevin Geedey, J. Phil Gibson, Jeremiah Wagner, Ana María González | doi:10.25334/SK38-NE12

Avida-ED is a digital evolution software program that allows students to ask questions and test hypotheses related to evolutionary concepts. Our working group explored how to incorporate Avida-ED into undergraduate biology courses.

BETTSI - Basic Evolutionary Tree-Thinking Skills Instrument

08 Jun 2021 | Contributor(s): Kristin Jenkins, Louise Mead, David Baum, Kristy L Daniel, Carrie Jo Bucklin, Austin Leone, J. Phil Gibson, Erin Naegle | doi:10.25334/ZQY1-W289

A short, multiple choice diagnostic designed to provide instructors with a quick check on students’ understanding of and ability to read and interpret phylogenies.

Avida-ED Experimental Evolution Project

18 May 2020 | Contributor(s): Amy Lark, Cory Kohn, Jim Smith, Louise Mead, Robert T Pennock, Wendy Johnson | doi:10.25334/8GJZ-Z689

Outline to a research project based on Avida-ED's digital organisms

Exploring Population Change without Selection: Avida-Ed Lab Book Exercise 4

21 May 2020 | Contributor(s): Amy Lark, Cory Kohn, Jim Smith, Louise Mead, Robert T Pennock, Wendy Johnson | doi:10.25334/JWTX-EB75

An introductory activity exploring how a population changes without natural selection using the Avida-ED simulation.

Exploring Fitness and Population Change under Selection: Avida-Ed Lab Book Exercise 3

17 May 2020 | Contributor(s): Amy Lark, Cory Kohn, Jim Smith, Louise Mead, Robert T Pennock, Wendy Johnson | doi:10.25334/N8QM-MS64

An introductory activity exploring the process of natural selection in action using the Avida-ED simulation.

Exploring Random Mutation and Selection: Avida-Ed Lab Book Exercise 2

17 May 2020 | Contributor(s): Amy Lark, Cory Kohn, Jim Smith, Louise Mead, Robert T Pennock, Wendy Johnson | doi:10.25334/M8XE-KM10

An introductory activity exploring the role of random mutation in natural selection using the Avida-ED simulation.

Exploring the Introduction of Genetic Variation by Random Mutation: Avida-Ed Lab Book Exercise 1

17 May 2020 | Contributor(s): Cory Kohn, Amy Lark, Jim Smith, Louise Mead, Robert T Pennock, Wendy Johnson | doi:10.25334/6JBZ-2B07

An introductory activity introducing the role of random mutation in generating genetic variation using the Avida-ED simulation.

Avida-ED Lab Book

24 May 2019 | Contributor(s): Robert T Pennock, Louise Mead, Wendy Johnson, Amy Lark, Jim Smith, Cory Kohn | doi:10.25334/Q4CJ1N

Avida-ED activities, modified for the Argentina 2019 Avida-ED Workshop, presented at the 2019 BioQUEST & QUBES Summer Workshop

Citations

26 Oct 2018 | Contributor(s): Louise Mead, Jim Smith, Wendy Johnson, Michael James Wiser, Robert T Pennock, Amy Lark | doi:10.25334/Q49X4Z

Published Avida-Ed article

Claymander Field Experiment

01 Mar 2018 | Contributor(s): Alexa Warwick, Louise Mead, M. Caitlin Fisher-Reid, Evan Grant, Chris Sutherland, Arianna Wills, Emma Perry | doi:10.25334/Q46Q4Z

This activity addresses how predation may affect the frequency of two color morphs in a population. Students collect and analyze data from clay salamander models ('claymanders') to determine whether there is a difference in predation rates.

E. coli Citrate Use

09 Feb 2018 | Contributor(s): Peter White, Alexa Warwick, Louise Mead, Merle Heidemann, Jim Smith | doi:10.25334/Q47X0T

EvoEd module on citrate use in E.coli

Monkey Opsins

09 Feb 2018 | Contributor(s): Peter White, Alexa Warwick, Louise Mead, Merle Heidemann, Jim Smith | doi:10.25334/Q4HD51

This case will examine the evolution of trichromatic vision in old world monkeys.

How Many Salamanders are in the forest? Testing capture-recapture

01 Dec 2017 | Contributor(s): Louise Mead, Kristine Grayson, Alexa Warwick, David Miller, Chris Sutherland, Evan Grant | doi:10.25334/Q4637W

Collecting data on how populations respond to environmental change requires accurate estimates of population sizes. This activity explores one method for estimating population sizes across three different localities.

Global Temperature Change in the 21st Century

19 Jun 2017 | Contributor(s): Louise Mead | doi:10.25334/Q48C78

This is an FMN participant modification of the TIEE module "Global Temperature Change in the 21st Century," authored by Daniel R. Taub and Gillian S. Graham in 2011.