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Using Data Science Skills and Digitized Natural History Collections Data to Investigate Ecological and Evolutionary Principles in Introductory Biology Courses

22 Aug 2019 | Contributor(s): Debra Linton, Molly Phillips, Libby Ellwood, Lisa White, Anna Monfils | doi:10.25334/44MG-DP37

Session presentation Biodiversity Literacy in Undergraduate Education project at the 2019 BioQUEST & QUBES Summer Workshop

The Power of Data Standards

22 May 2020 | Contributor(s): Michaeleen Gerken Golay, Darlene Panvini, Molly Phillips, Heather Susanne Zimbler-DeLorenzo | doi:10.25334/WXTJ-B280

Investigate data standards within the context of the Alpine Chipmunk and the Grinnell Study.

The Potential of Natural History Collections in Educating the 21st Century Scientist and Citizen

20 Mar 2019 | Contributor(s): Anna Monfils, Molly Phillips, Debra Linton | doi:10.25334/Q44433

Presentation at the 5th Life Discovery Conference on natural history collections

The Evolution (and Coevolution) of Flowering Plants

05 Oct 2018 | Contributor(s): Anna Monfils, Debra Linton, Libby Ellwood, Molly Phillips | doi:10.25334/Q4M969

Module on coevolution developed by AIM-UP. In the module students utilize natural history collections.

The Effect of Climate Change on Butterfly Phenology

12 Jun 2018 | Contributor(s): Debra Linton, Anna Monfils, Molly Phillips, Elizabeth Ellwood | doi:10.25334/Q46Q5B

In this module, students explore changes in butterfly phenology through the use of natural history collections data.

STEM Inclusive Teaching Practices Webinar Series: Episode One

14 Aug 2020 | Contributor(s): Bryan Dewsbury, Carrie Diaz Eaton, Molly Phillips, Anna Monfils | doi:10.25334/P7NQ-HT70

Episode One is a conversation with Bryan Dewsbury (University of Rhode Island) one of the authors of the CBE-LSE Inclusive Pedagogy guide.

Species Range Over Space and Time

19 Mar 2019 | Contributor(s): Debra Linton, Anna Monfils, Libby Ellwood, Molly Phillips | doi:10.25334/Q47T7F

In this module, students use data from natural history collections to look at range shifts related to climate variables over different time periods.

Natural history collections data and Biodiversity Literacy in Undergraduate Education (BLUE)

15 Aug 2017 | Contributor(s): Elizabeth Ellwood, Anna K. Monfils, Debra Linton, Molly Phillips | doi:10.25334/Q46Q26

Presentation made by Elizabeth Ellwood et al. as part of the "Bringing Research Data to the Ecology Classroom: Opportunities, Barriers, and Next Steps” Session at the Ecological Society of America annual meeting, August 8th, 2017, Portland...

Measuring Success for Collections: Educational Products and Outcomes

07 Jun 2019 | Contributor(s): Anna Monfils, Molly Phillips, Libby Ellwood, Debra Linton, Lisa White, Natalie Douglas, Shari Ellis, Sam S Donovan | doi:10.25334/Q4HT89

Presentation at the 34th Annual meeting of the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections

Integrating Natural History Collections into Undergraduate Education: Creating the Resources and Growing the Community

19 Jan 2018 | Contributor(s): Anna Monfils, Libby Ellwood, Debra Linton, Molly Phillips, Joseph Cook, Joseph Kerski, Karen Powers, Tracy Barbaro, Sam S Donovan, Robert Guralnick, L. Alan Prather | doi:10.25334/Q42Q3B

Presentation given at SPNHC

iDigBio Tutorial - BLUE Resource

19 Mar 2020 | Contributor(s): Molly Phillips | doi:10.25334/YKDA-YC79

A user guide and video instructions for iDigBio

Following the Data

04 May 2020 | Contributor(s): Anna Monfils, Debra Linton, Molly Phillips, Libby Ellwood | doi:10.25334/Q4WF18

The video and exercise provides insight into how researchers are using digital data resources to investigate biodiversity in prairie fen wetlands.

Fantastic Birds and Where to Find Them

20 Mar 2019 | Contributor(s): Molly Phillips, Kathryn Green | doi:10.25334/Q40B2J

5E lesson plan for middle/high school aligned to NGSS standards.

Exploring multiple approaches to engage underrepresented students in research with natural history collections.

24 Jul 2020 | Contributor(s): Molly Phillips, Adania Flemming, Jeanette Pirlo, David Blackburn | doi:10.25334/1FPC-KQ95

The iDigBio team has leveraged natural history collections in a 3-pronged approach designed to engage undergraduates from underrepresented groups in collections-based research.

Diving into Deep Sea Data

23 Apr 2020 | Contributor(s): Adania Flemming, Randy Singer, Molly Phillips | doi:10.25334/VRHA-DA79

A module that combines NOAA's Okeanos Explorer and the iDigBio Portal to explore the deep sea!

Data is the New Science

12 Apr 2019 | Contributor(s): Anna Monfils, Debra Linton, Libby Ellwood, Molly Phillips | doi:10.25334/Q4RR0R

In this module, students will be introduced to some emerging biodiversity data resources. They will be asked to think critically about the strengths and utility of these data resources and apply what they have learned to research question.

Cleaning Biodiversity Data: Excel

09 Jun 2020 | Contributor(s): Debra Linton, Molly Phillips | doi:10.25334/BASF-A951

Access and clean an open source polar bear dataset using Excel.

Cleaning Biodiversity Data: A Botanical Example Using Excel or RStudio

16 Jul 2020 | Contributor(s): Michelle Gaynor | doi:10.25334/DRGD-F069

Access and clean an open source herbarium dataset using Excel or RStudio.

Biodiversity Literacy in Undergraduate Education (BLUE): Building standards and resources for using collections data in the classroom

26 Jun 2019 | Contributor(s): Molly Phillips, Debra Linton, Libby Ellwood, Natalie Douglas, Lisa White, Anna Monfils | doi:10.25334/WYMZ-1441

Abstract for poster on using collections data presented at the 2019 BioQUEST & QUBES Summer Workshop

Backward Design with Digital Data

19 Mar 2020 | Contributor(s): Debra Linton, Libby Ellwood, Molly Phillips, Erica Krimmel, Natalie Douglas, Anna Monfils | doi:10.25334/9SDG-5Z52

Best practices for designing educational modules using biodiversity data

Assessment of CUREs BIOME Institute 2020 Report Out

19 Nov 2020 | Contributor(s): Mentewab Ayalew, Holly Basta, John Howard Starnes, Mark Osterlund, Emily Ward, Marcie Warner, Molly Phillips | doi:10.25334/FYMM-QK73

This is a video summary of the progress to date and individual plans for the Assessment of CUREs Working Group as part of 2020 BIOME Institute. ...

An Investigation of Island Biogeography using Data from Online Natural History Collections

14 Jan 2019 | Contributor(s): Debra Linton, Anna Monfils, Molly Phillips, Libby Ellwood, Joseph Cook | doi:10.25334/Q4BT2G

Module on coevolution in which students utilize natural history collections. Initial module by AIM-UP was modified by BLUE

An Investigation of Island Biogeography using Data from Online Natural History Collections

14 Mar 2019 | Contributor(s): Debra Linton, Anna Monfils, Molly Phillips, Libby Ellwood, Joseph Cook | doi:10.25334/Q4ST7D

Module on coevolution in which students utilize natural history collections. Initial module by AIM-UP was modified by BLUE

Amphibian Diversity: Species Richness and Precipitation

19 Mar 2019 | Contributor(s): Debra Linton, Anna Monfils, Molly Phillips, Libby Ellwood | doi:10.25334/Q4P15S

This activity will explore how natural history specimen data can be used to investigate the relationship between precipitation levels in a region and species diversity of amphibians.