Teaching Data Viz and Communication as an Undergraduate Biology Course: Assignments and Projects

23 Jun 2021 | Contributor(s): Kristine Grayson, Angie Hilliker | doi:10.25334/5C87-YE71

Teaching materials co-developed for a new upper-level undergraduate biology course to teach data exploration and communication without requiring previous coding experience.

Teaching Data Viz and Communication as an Undergraduate Biology Course: Syllabus and Resources

23 Jun 2021 | Contributor(s): Angie Hilliker, Kristine Grayson | doi:10.25334/G5CQ-JK91

Teaching materials co-developed for a new upper-level undergraduate biology course to teach data exploration and communication without requiring previous coding experience.

Test Salamander Resource

18 Apr 2022 | Contributor(s): Kristine Grayson | doi:10.25334/1K45-EH04

Test Abstract

Closing the Gap in the Open Educational Resources (OER) Life Cycle for Using Research Data in the Ecology Classroom

30 Dec 2020 | Contributor(s): Kristine Grayson, Kaitlin Bonner, Arietta Fleming-Davies, Ben Wu, Raisa Hernández-Pacheco | doi:10.25334/YCJ8-W154

Poster presented at the 2018 meeting of the Ecological Society of America on gaps in the curriculum cycle for open educational resources (OER) and our work supporting sharing and adaptation of data-centric teaching resources for ecology classrooms

Perspectives and practices in sharing data-centric adaptations in the biology classroom: How, why, when, and where are instructors sharing these high-impact pedagogies?

14 Dec 2020 | Contributor(s): Kaitlin Bonner, Arietta Fleming-Davies, Kristine Grayson, Ben Wu, Raisa Hernández Pacheco | doi:10.25334/TV22-GQ81

Poster presented at the 2019 meeting of the National Association of Biology Teachers on barriers to fully utilizing the complete Open Education Resources lifecycle

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)

Developing Quantitative Skills Using HHMI BioInteractive Resources

03 Jan 2020 | Contributor(s): Robin Bulleri, Kristine Grayson, Melissa Csikari | doi:10.25334/GW48-XB61

A workshop on using HHMI BioInteractive data activities to teach science content and quantitative skills

Teaching Population Dynamics with Data and HHMI BioInteractive

16 Nov 2019 | Contributor(s): Abby Kula, Kristine Grayson | doi:10.25334/DRTS-CZ24

Presented at NABT 2019, we demonstrate how the Population Dynamics Click & Learn resource can be customized for any organism - using the Lionfish invasion as an example

NEON Data in the Classroom: Using the QUBES Platform and Faculty Mentoring Networks to Build, Adapt, and Publish Data­-Driven Teaching Resources

13 Aug 2019 | Contributor(s): Kusum Naithani, Megan A. Jones, Kristine Grayson | doi:10.25334/W83X-S558

The NEON FMN has been offered for three semesters with 37 faculty participating, resulted in a wide variety of new and adapted modules being publicly available.

NEON Data in the Classroom: Using the QUBES Platform and Faculty Mentoring Networks to Build, Adapt, and Publish Data-Driven Open Educational Resources

30 Jul 2019 | Contributor(s): Kusum Naithani, Megan A. Jones, Kristine Grayson | doi:10.25334/GCAJ-9N70

Poster on the NEON Faculty Mentoring Network presented at the 2019 BioQUEST & QUBES Summer Workshop

Facilitating the implementation and adaptation of data-centric teaching resources by closing gaps in the Open Education Resource (OER) lifecycle

18 Jul 2019 | Contributor(s): Kaitlin Bonner, Arietta Fleming-Davies, Kristine Grayson, Ben Wu, Raisa Hernández-Pacheco | doi:10.25334/MDQ6-HA47

Presentation on data-centric open educational resources given at the 2019 UBER-GRC

DIGging Into Data and getting the credit

18 Jul 2019 | Contributor(s): Kaitlin Bonner, Arietta Fleming-Davies, Kristine Grayson, Ben Wu, Raisa Hernández-Pacheco | doi:10.25334/E04E-K962

Presentation on using and adapting OER data-centric resources

NEON Data in the Classroom: Using the QUBES Platform and Faculty Mentoring Networks to Build, Adapt, and Publish Data-Driven Open Educational Resources

26 Jun 2019 | Contributor(s): Kusum Naithani, Megan A. Jones, Kristine Grayson | doi:10.25334/42A5-S035

Abstract for poster on the NEON Faculty Mentoring Network presented at the 2019 BioQUEST & QUBES Summer Workshop

Developing Quantitative Skills Using HHMI BioInteractive Resources

26 Feb 2019 | Contributor(s): Robin Bulleri, Kristine Grayson, Melissa Csikari | doi:10.25334/Q42F26

A workshop on using HHMI BioInteractive data activities to teach science content and quantitative skills

Developing Quantitative Skills Using HHMI BioInteractive Resources

24 Feb 2019 | Contributor(s): Robin Bulleri, Kristine Grayson, Melissa Csikari | doi:10.25334/Q4673R

A workshop on using HHMI BioInteractive data activities to teach science content and quantitative skills

Island biogeography, spatial ecology, and macroinvertebrate species diversity in Richmond’s rock pools

22 Feb 2019 | Contributor(s): Nadia Bukach, Todd Lookingbill, Andrew Davidson, James R Vonesh, Kristine Grayson | doi:10.25334/Q43F14

Students investigate questions of community ecology and biogeography using data from an urban rock pool ecosystem. Using ArcGIS 10, students learn to create effective maps, calculate landscape attributes, and perform introductory spatial analysis.

Modeling Trophic Interactions in Rice Agriculture: A Jigsaw Approach

18 Jan 2019 | Contributor(s): Fernando Nieto, Kiersten Nicole Newtoff, Kristine Grayson, Emily Nodine, Brian Robert Shmaefsky | doi:10.25334/Q42724

Students explore four different issues related to trophic interactions that affect modern rice agriculture practices and consider relationships between these issues using Lotka and Volterra predator/prey model.

Understanding Trophic Interactions in Rice Agriculture: A Jigsaw Approach

05 Jan 2019 | Contributor(s): Kiersten Nicole Newtoff, Fernando Nieto, Emily Nodine, Brian Robert Shmaefsky, Kristine Grayson | doi:10.25334/Q4SX5P

Students explore four different issues related to trophic interactions that affect modern rice agriculture practices and consider relationships between these issues.

Regulation Across Scales: Data Points Icebreaker Jigsaw

02 Jan 2019 | Contributor(s): Kristine Grayson | doi:10.25334/Q4PB00

Students examine regulation at cellular, physiological, and ecological scales in a data-based jigsaw to explore how double-negative logic operates across biological systems. This was used as a first day of class activity in Introductory Ecology/Evolution.

Regulation Across Scales: Data Points on How Life Works

02 Jan 2019 | Contributor(s): Kristine Grayson, Kaitlin Bonner, Alexandra Fairfield, J. Phil Gibson | doi:10.25334/Q4T151

We examined the scientific literature for simple, data-based illustrations of double-negative logic in the regulation of biological systems as described by Sean B. Carroll in his text, The Serengeti Rules.

Math and Stats in the Biology Classroom with HHMI BioInteractive

08 Nov 2018 | Contributor(s): Kristine Grayson, Karen Lucci, Bob Kuhn | doi:10.25334/Q4172T

Conquer basic math and statistics used in biology while exploring classroom-ready resources. Concepts include central tendency and variation, spreadsheet skills, graphing, and data analysis with Chi-Square and T-Tests

Figure of the Day - Ecology additions

16 Oct 2018 | Contributor(s): Kristine Grayson | doi:10.25334/Q4043V

Used in an Integrated Biological Principles II Class (Intro to Ecology/Evolution/Physiology) at University of Richmond

Salamander Mark-Recapture using SPARCnet plots with the Schnabel Method

13 Sep 2018 | Contributor(s): Kristine Grayson, Raisa Hernández Pacheco | doi:10.25334/Q4XM8Z

A salamander mark-recapture module where students field collect a third survey occasion to estimate population size

Closing the Gap in the Open Educational Resources (OER) Life Cycle with HHMI BioInteractive Resources

13 Aug 2018 | Contributor(s): Kristine Grayson | doi:10.25334/Q46Q73

This poster was presented at the HHMI BioInteractive Educator Professional Development Conference in 2018. It details the HHMI BioInteractive site on QUBES and the resources published by educators that adapt and expand BioInteractive resources.

Bioimage Informatics Activity

26 Jul 2018 | Contributor(s): David Julian | doi:10.25334/Q49M6M

Students use basic bioimage informatics techniques to acquire quantitative data from images of cultured cells and test a hypothesis about the effect of a genetic mutation on cellular phenotypes