Events: 2018/01
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- 01 Jun 2017
- 8:00 am EDT
- to 31 Jan 2018
- 5:00 pm EST
HHMI BioInteractive Faculty Mentoring Network
Category: Faculty Mentoring Network
HHMI BioInteractive and QUBES are pleased to offer a unique networking and professional development opportunity from June 2017-January 2018 for faculty interested in improving student quantitative skills in biology. Faculty participants focus on providing students with a more comprehensive...
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- 15 Sep 2017
- 8:00 am EDT
- to 27 Apr 2018
- 5:00 pm EDT
Beanbag Biology: Teaching Quantitative Biology through Hands-on Activities
Category: Faculty Mentoring Network
This group will share and implement hands-on (i.e. manipulative) activities that teach quantitative biology (e.g., disease modeling) using active-learning exercises. The activities can be adapted to any level from high school through graduate courses. Our approach lends guidance and support as...
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- 01 Nov 2017
- 8:00 am EDT
- to 31 May 2018
- 5:00 pm EDT
Category: Faculty Mentoring Network
Many scenarios in the life sciences can be modeled with discrete difference equation models which simulate how quantities change over evenly spaced intervals. The construction and analysis of models of discrete difference equations do not require knowledge of calculus, and thus make excellent...
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- 01 Jan 2018
- 8:00 am EST
- to 01 May 2018
- 5:00 pm EDT
Investigating socio-environmental issues with data
Category: Faculty Mentoring Network
Are you interested in adopting interdisciplinary modules that address quantitative reasoning skills and socio-environmental issues? Participants in this FMN will focus on how to use data-driven modules in undergraduate life science courses. Accepted applicants will customize and implement...
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- 15 Jan 2018
- 8:00 am EST
- to 01 May 2018
- 5:00 pm EDT
Plants by the Numbers: Growing Quantitative Literacy Using Botany
Category: Faculty Mentoring Network
Are you interested in adopting plant-focused modules that address quantitative reasoning skills? Participants in this FMN will focus on how to use data-driven modules in undergraduate life science courses. Accepted applicants will customize and implement newly designed educational modules from...
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- 15 Jan 2018
- 8:00 am EST
- to 25 May 2018
- 5:00 pm EDT
2018 NEON Faculty Mentoring Network
Category: Faculty Mentoring Network
The National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) and the Quantitative Undergraduate Biology Education and Synthesis project (QUBES) are pleased to offer a unique networking and professional development opportunity from January - May 2018 for faculty interested in implementing or adapting...
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- 15 Jan 2018
- 8:00 am EST
- to 15 May 2018
- 5:00 pm EDT
InTeGrate Faculty Mentoring Network
Category: Faculty Mentoring Network
Are you interested in adopting interdisciplinary modules that address sustainability and climate change into your classroom? The Spring 2018 InTeGrate/QUBES Faculty Mentoring Network (FMN) will focus on how to use data-driven modules designed by the InTeGrate Project in undergraduate biology...
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- 30 Jan 2018
- 8:00 am EST
- to 15 May 2018
- 5:00 pm EDT
Data Discovery – Bringing research data into undergraduate classrooms
Category: Faculty Mentoring Network
Join us for a unique networking and professional development opportunity from January – May 2018 for faculty interested in bringing research data into undergraduate classrooms. Faculty will implement selected Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology (TIEE) modules in their introductory...