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When tests disagree, how do I know if I have COVID-19?

Students will learn about infectious disease and the immune response to infection by investigating different types of tests (PCR, antigen, and antibody tests) to detect the SARS-CoV-2 viral genetic...

Keywords: geneticsVision and Changeintroductory biologyinfectious diseasemolecular biologycore competenciesRT-PCRviruscore conceptsnon-majors biologySARS-CoV-2antibodyAntigenImmunoReachmolecular DiagnosticsCOVID-19 transmission

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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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Data Nugget- City Parks and Texas A&M University-Kingsville Camera Trap Assignment

The Data Nugget- City Parks module was used in a sophomore-junior level undergraduate wildlife management techniques course (with lab) in Fall 2017. Modifications were made to the original Data...

Keywords: species richnessspecies diversityResource Typecamera trap

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Teaching Thermal Physiology of Reptiles and Amphibians to Undergraduate Students

This module contains materials and activities for teaching undergraduate students about the thermal physiology of reptiles and amphibians. The module begins with an interactive lecture introducing...

Keywords: animalecologyconservationclimate changeHerpetologyUndergraduatephysiologyTemperature ChangeAmphibans and ReptilestemperatureMetabolismsnakesdigestive systemreptileslizardcrticial thermal maximumthermoregulation

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Climate Drivers of Phenology (Project EDDIE)

This activity explores the question: which species will be most affected by temperature changes, and how will changes in the phenology of one species affect its interaction with others as the...

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Climate Drivers of Phenology (Project EDDIE)

This activity explores the question: which species will be most affected by temperature changes, and how will changes in the phenology of one species affect its interaction with others as the...

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Value of Mistakes. Making Mistakes Using R

This module allows students to frame mistakes and frustrations during their first introduction to R in terms of improved learning and growth mindset.

Keywords: growth mindsetmath attitudesResources @ BIOMAAPmistakesvalue of mistakes

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Teaching Population Dynamics with Data and HHMI BioInteractive

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

Keywords: population growthHHMI BioInteractive

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DataONE Module 01: Why Data Management?

Trends in data collection, storage and loss, the importance and benefits of data management, and an introduction to the data life cycle.

Keywords: moduledatain-class activityHandoutproblem setdata managementDataONE

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DataONE Module 03: Data Management Planning

Benefits of a data management plan (DMP), DMP components, tools for creating a DMP, NSF DMP information, and a sample DMP.

Keywords: moduledatain-class activityHandoutproblem setdata managementDataONEPresentation

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DataONE Module 02: Data Sharing

Data sharing in the context of the data life cycle, the value of sharing data, concerns about sharing data, and methods and best practices for sharing data.

Keywords: Data Discovery RCNmoduledatain-class activityHandoutproblem setdata managementDataONEPresentation

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Phenology Trends and Climate Change in Minnesota (Project EDDIE): A focus on American elm

In this module, students will practice answering a specific question about how climate change has affected flowering date in American elm trees.

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Using Grassy Narrows in a Live Classroom with Clicker Questions and Interactive Histogram: Sampling Distributions, Probability, and Hypothesis Testing

Students are introduced to concepts of sampling distributions, p-values, and hypothesis testing. Using both simulated and real data for methylmercury level in fish populations, students will...

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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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Climate Drivers of Phenology Across Scales (adapted during Project EDDIE FMN)

This activity explores the question: how is bumblebee phenology affected by climate, and are patterns in the phenology of an organism better explained at smaller scales?

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Phenology Trends and Climate Change in Minnesota (Project EDDIE)

In this module, students will practice answering a specific question about how climate change has affected flowering date in American elm trees. Students can then practice on a species of their own...

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Wind and Ocean Ecosystems (Project EDDIE)- adapted to provide greater autonomy for students in an upper level class

This module adaption focuses on the interplay between winds, ocean upwelling, and marine productivity. Students are able to select and download their own data and compare results among different...

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Wind and Ocean Ecosystems (Project EDDIE)

This module introduces students to the concepts of Ekman transport, eastern boundary currents, and upwelling, while learning how to find a location on a map using latitude and longitude, how to...

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Fitting Exponential and Logistic Growth Models to Bacterial Cell Count Data

In this activity, students will model a noisy set of bacterial cell count data using both exponential and logistic growth models. For each model the students will plot the data (or a linear...

Keywords: modelingdata analysislinear regressiongraphingExponentsoptimizationcalculusInterpreting GraphsFunctionsqbccCellular and Molecular BiologyChoosing modelsUnderstanding ratesConcepts in Statisticsmeasurementsmanipulating equationscreating graphsExponential and Logarithmic Functionsinterpreting tables

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When tests disagree, how do I know if I have COVID-19?

Conservation and ethics of using synthetic genetics

Data Nugget- City Parks and Texas A&M University-Kingsville Camera Trap Assignment

Teaching Thermal Physiology of Reptiles and Amphibians to Undergraduate Students

Climate Drivers of Phenology (Project EDDIE)

Climate Drivers of Phenology (Project EDDIE)

Value of Mistakes. Making Mistakes Using R

Teaching Population Dynamics with Data and HHMI BioInteractive

DataONE Module 01: Why Data Management?

DataONE Module 03: Data Management Planning

DataONE Module 02: Data Sharing

Phenology Trends and Climate Change in Minnesota (Project EDDIE): A focus on American elm

Using Grassy Narrows in a Live Classroom with Clicker Questions and Interactive Histogram: Sampling Distributions, Probability, and Hypothesis Testing

Demography from "virtual cemeteries"

Climate Drivers of Phenology Across Scales (adapted during Project EDDIE FMN)

Phenology Trends and Climate Change in Minnesota (Project EDDIE)

Wind and Ocean Ecosystems (Project EDDIE)- adapted to provide greater autonomy for students in an upper level class

Wind and Ocean Ecosystems (Project EDDIE)

Fitting Exponential and Logistic Growth Models to Bacterial Cell Count Data

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