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    Why does Blood Flow Change? Investigating the Math of Blood Flow Dynamics
    This collection of activities explores the relationship between blood flow, pressure, and the factors of resistance through graphs and modeling direct and inverse variation.

    Keywords: quant biographingRatiosmathassessmentcollege algebraundergraduate educationphysiologyAnatomyhuman biologyvariationCardiovascular physiologyAnatomy & Physiologylab activityOpenStaxqbccmanipulate equationsUnderstanding fractionsChoosing modelsUnderstanding ratesEstimating answersUse elementary functionsCreate graphsInterpret graphsRates and ProportionsSolving Equations and Inequalities

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    Student Activities to Accompany BioTA Podcast Episode 23: Chocolate Is Life
    This instructional resource provides three activities to accompany a podcast on chocolate, including critical reading of primary literature and a focus on social justice and equity issues. The...

    Keywords: ecologyPodcastsocial justicepollinationChocolateCacao

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    Mitosis and Meiosis Resources
    New stop-motion ‘candymation’ videos of mitosis and meiosis, plus Instructor Guides and problem sets.

    Keywords: meiosislearningmitosisanimationscell division mechanismschromosomes

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    Introduction to R with Biodiversity Data
    Students will learn R basics while downloading biodiversity data from multiple data repositories. This module will walk students through installing R, navigating R,writing reproducible scripts in...
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    How does increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide disrupt ecological systems? Results from FACE experiments across the globe.
    This module synthesizes key findings from forested CO2 enrichment experiments over the last 3 decades. Students should have a basic working knowledge of climate change, ecosystem nutrient cycles...
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    Mutation and Equilibrium Worksheet
    This is a worksheet created for students to complete when doing the Mutation and Equilibrium MathBench activity.
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    Data Management using National Ecological Observatory Network's (NEON) Small Mammal Data with Accompanying Lesson on Mark Recapture Analysis
    Students use small mammal data from the National Ecological Observatory Network to understand necessary steps of data management from data collection to data analysis by estimating small mammal...

    Keywords: data managementspreadsheetssmall mammals community dynamicsNEONCapture mark-recaptureResource TypeNational Ecological Observatory Network

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    Conservation and ethics of using synthetic genetics
    This contains teaching material - powerpoints and handouts that can be adapted for lectures and/or discussion groups.
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    Demography from "virtual cemeteries"
    This module is a modification of the Lanza module in TIEE Volume 8. Rather than requiring students to visit cemeteries outside of class, this modification has students collect data from online...

    Keywords: ecologyResources @ ESA - TIEEdemographysurvivorshiplife tables

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    Global Temperature Change in the 21st Century (Abstract) | TIEE
    Module for practice included in Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology (TIEE) Volume 7

    Keywords: Resources @ ESA - TIEEassessmentclimate changeglobal changeabiotic environment

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    MathBench: Biodiversity Assessment of Stream Biota
    The MathBench module, "The Case of the Missing Mountaintop" introduces students to the concept of biodiversity and measures used to quantify biodiversity and stream health. Students investigate the...

    Keywords: ecology labCommunity Ecologyenvironmental scienceconservation ecologyStream ecology

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    Gene Expression in Stem Cells
    The module served as in introduction to the Gene Expression unit. It was implemented in two phases, a pre-class activity and an in-class activity to introduce chapter concepts and reinforce...

    Keywords: small group activitypre-class activityGeneral Biology

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