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    STEM Inclusive Teaching Practices Webinar Series: Socially Relevant Teaching in the Time of COVID-19
    Presents various mathematical modeling and data science activities created around analyzing and interpreting COVID-19 data. Much of the instructional guidance provided for the activities and...

    Keywords: quantitativemathidigbiodata literacywebinarEDSINBLUEscorecovidSTEMitp

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    Uninhibited Growth of Cells
    In this activity, students will explore the concept of binary fission, generation time, and bacterial growth curves, with an emphasis on the log phase. Students will use semi-log graphs and linear...

    Keywords: graphingexponential growthMicrobiology Educationmicrobiologybacteriagrowth rateUndergraduate STEM educationCommunity College Educationqbccmanipulate equationsCellular and Molecular BiologyCreate graphsInterpret graphsbinary fissionsemi-log graphlinear graphgrowth curvecreating graphsExponential and Logarithmic Functions

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    21st Century STEM Workforce Skills
    This activity includes a leadership assessment and associated exercise to encourage the development of 21st Century STEM Skills.

    Keywords: collaborationteam scienceleadership skills

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    Graphing bacterial growth rates: semi-log graphs v linear graphs
    In this activity, students will explore the concept of binary fission, generation time, and bacterial growth curves, with an emphasis on the log phase. Students will use semi-log graphs and linear...

    Keywords: graphingexponential growthMicrobiology Educationmicrobiologybacteriagrowth rateUndergraduate STEM educationCommunity College Educationqbccmanipulate equationsCellular and Molecular BiologyCreate graphsInterpret graphsbinary fissionsemi-log graphlinear graphgrowth curvecreating graphsExponential and Logarithmic Functions

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    Graphing Techniques for Introductory Microbiology
    This module will introduce the introductory microbiology students to graphing skills to visualize and interpret the data to investigate the effect of environmental factor (temperature) on bacterial...

    Keywords: data analysisgraphinggraph interpretationdata interpretationmicrobiologySTEM educationtemperaturegroup workBEDENet FMNbacterial growth

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    Enzyme Kinetics: How Quickly Can Acetylcholinesterase Break Up Your Thoughts?
    This module contains exercises designed to help upper-level cell biology students understand the common graphical methods used to evaluate enzyme activity and to see the impact of inhibitors on...

    Keywords: cell biologyQuantitative reasoninginterdisciplinarylinear modelsInterpreting GraphsNIQBC2. Data and GraphsC4. mathematical modelsnonlinear models

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    Atlas of Black Scholarship for Inclusive and Racially Diverse STEM Curricula – Volume I
    The contributions of Black scientists to the advancement of STEM are poorly represented in course materials. Here, we provide an Atlas of Black Scholarship to help Life Sciences and Chemistry...

    Keywords: BLACK SCIENTISTS IN STEMRACIALLY-RESPONSIVE PEDAGOGYBIOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY EDUCATIONDIVERSITY IN STEM CURRICULUM

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    Designing an Anti-Racist Syllabus
    The Alliance for the Black Community (ABC) developed a workshop to help faculty at California State University East Bay redesign their syllabi to incorporate anti-racist pedagogical practices.

    Keywords: teaching resourceundergraduate educationteaching philosophyUndergraduate STEM educationdiversity equity and inclusioncourse syllabus designAnti-racist practicesanti-racist pedagogy

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    Data Cards Sample Created From Lost Crops of Africa (NRC, 1996, 2006, 2008)
    This resource provides a sample of the data cards that have been used in conference presentations, trainings, and science methods courses over the years. This resource provides supplemental data...

    Keywords: environmental scienceCurriculum developmentScience curriculumAfricacultural resourcescultural heritageancient fruitsancient vegetablesdiversity equity and inclusionBlackNext Generation Science StandardsBlack representation in STEMgrain sizescience capitalcrops

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    Cancer Genetics and an Interview with a Deaf Biomedical Researcher
    In this lesson, learners will learn about cancer genetics and understand and interpret graphs showing quantitative trait locus (QTL) data, survivor curve data, and other genetics data. Then,...

    Keywords: graph interpretationfmnDeaf EducationBioGraphIrepresentation in STEMBioGraphI graph InterpretationDeaf representation in STEM

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    Morphological identification of mosquitoes through microscopic observation
    Scientific research is integrated into various stages of student learning, but hands-on involvement in the research process typically begins at the university level. This module aims to engage high...

    Keywords: modulebiologyproject based learningmosquitoScientific researchMicroscope usedigital accessibility

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    CYTOSKELETON - Microtubule Dynamics in the Cell Cycle
    This module contains exercises designed to help upper-level cell biology students understand the dynamics of microtubule polymerization and depolymerization within the cell cycle and how cancer...

    Keywords: cell biologyQuantitative reasoningInterdisciplinary STEMInterpreting GraphsCytoskeletonScientific reasoningdimensional analysisNIQBC2. Data and GraphsC6. Quantitative LanguageC1. Numeracy

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    A Modified Template for Biographies of Diverse STEM and STEM Education Professionals
    This resource shares a modified template that was created to provide meaningful inclusion in science. The template attends to the importance of the cognitive and the emotional and important...

    Keywords: stemdiversityinclusionNASABLACK SCIENTISTS IN STEMbiographiesblack STEM professionalsdiverse scientists

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    Cell Cycle and Mitosis
    This module introduces activities that allow students to walk through the cell cycle and mitotic cell division processes. As part of the activities, students learn about and apply knowledge of...

    Keywords: introductory biologyQuantitative reasoningInterdisciplinary STEMquantitative biologyinterdisciplinaryquantitative skillscell functioncell cyclemitosisCell DivisionMitotic Indexcalculating meanstumorNIQBC2. Data and GraphsC4. mathematical modelsC3. Statistical Analysisstandard errormitotic phaseinterphase

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    Biodiversity Counts! Making sense of diversity metrics and graphs
    In this lesson students 1) become familiar with various graphs that are used to study diversity patterns within and across sites, 2) learn about some of the questions that can be addressed by...

    Keywords: graph interpretationfmnmetabarcodingbiodiversity literacyBioGraphIrepresentation in STEMalpha diversitybeta diversity

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    CRISPR Gene Editing: Designing the gRNA and Donor Template
    In this adaptation, students learn how CRISPR/Cas9 is used in bacterial immunity and gene editing. Students create both a gRNA target and a donor template to edit a gene. Mutations can be from the...

    Keywords: geneticseducationcell biologymolecular biologymutationStem cellsstructure-functionmolecular visualization and analysis3D protein structure /function analysisCRISPR/Cas9crisprDNA mutationPiwiPDBMolecular Case StudyPiwi Matters

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    Food, Energy and Water Learning Modules (FEWLM) Workbooks
    FEWLM is a low-cost inquiry-based interdisciplinary STEM prototypical curriculum built on Next Generation Science Standards, systems thinking and informed engineering design pedagogy.

    Keywords: K-12inquiry-based learningNext Generation Science StandardsSystem Thinking

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    Science For and With the Community
    The Circle of Excellence addresses the multifaceted concerns of educational inequality in STEM experiences and outcomes. Since 2017, the program has met to provide challenging math and science...
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    Reflective Writing Tools: Building Skills and Habits of Thinking in Becoming a Scientist
    Reflective writing tools are intended to help students better connect current learning experiences to prior learning, engage the role of emotion in current and future learning, and assess learning...

    Keywords: STEM educationreflective writingMentorshipambiguityindependenceperseverance

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    From Nano to Life: Interpreting graphs from Nanopore sequencing of bacterial genomes
    In this lesson, learners meet several scientists working on sustainable ways of recycling discarded electronics. Through an interactive H5P activity, participants watch videos and complete a series...

    Keywords: graph interpretationfmnNanoporeRepresentationBioGraphIrepresentation in STEMNanopore sequencing

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