A community effort to describe, document, and accelerate the integration of data science principles and practices throughout undergraduate life science education.
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This short activity was an effort to launch a community conversation around the interface of data science principles and practices and undergraduate biology education. A variety of resources, communities, and projects are shared.
Summer 2019 Biobytes
Version: 1.0
This series includes the four Biobytes that were piloted at the 2019 BioQUEST / QUBES Summer Workshop titled, “Evolution of Data in the Classroom: From Data to Data Science”.
Biobyte 3 - Lab reports as reproducible research
Version: 1.0
This short activity introduces a discussion of reproducibility in scientific research and ways that we might address these ideas with undergraduates. There is an opportunity to use a prototype version of Serenity to explore BIRDD data.
Biobyte 2 - Exploratory data analysis
Version: 1.0
This short activity can be used to introduce the concept of exploratory data analysis and get participants to think about how this data science strategy is complementary to having students interpret graphs.
This short activity can be used to introduce the NAS Data Science For Undergraduates report's definition of data acumen and engage participants in a self assessment of how they connect with those 10 data science concepts.
Data Science as a Superpower
Version: 1.0
Presentation on data science education given at the 2019 BioQUEST & QUBES Summer Workshop