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    HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT AQUATIC LAB (HEAL) CURE
    Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs) provide students with genuine research experiences and associated skills in the classroom. This resource, the HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT AQUATIC LAB...

    Keywords: undergraduate researchField researchcollaborationcourse-based research experiences (CUREs)

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    BCEENET: Connecting digitized natural history collections with course-based undergraduate research experiences
    Biological Collections in Ecology and Evolution Network (BCEENET) brings together undergraduate educators, natural history collections professionals, researchers, and data experts to support the...

    Keywords: digitized natural history collectionsBCEENETcourse-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs)

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    Communicating with Data: Infographic with Digital Data
    Working collaboratively in teams of 2-4 researchers, students engage in targeted projects to address critical information and research needs using digital biodiversity data.

    Keywords: databasesdata in the classroomundergraduate researchdigital collectionscourse-based research experiences (CUREs)biodiversity collections

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    Phage Comparative Genomics Lab Manual
    A lab manual containing detailed instructions for several bioinformatics tools (dot plots, Phamerator maps, phylogenetic trees, and gene content similarity), all of which enable students to perform...

    Keywords: phageCUREcourse-based research experiences (CUREs)Comparative genomicsSEA-PHAGES

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    REMNet Tutorial, R Part 5: Normalizing Microbiome Data in R 5.2.19
    Video on normalizing microbiome data from the Research Experiences in Microbiomes Network

    Keywords: geneticsstatisticsdata analysisgraphingRStudioVideoexperimental designR programming languagemicrobiomesstudent researchinterdisciplinary educationlimnologyeco-informaticsresearch in the classroomtidyverseWorking with datasetsREMNet

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    Molecular Basis of Sickle Cell Disease
    This multi part case on hemoglobin structure as it relates to oxygen binding and sickle cell disease focuses on utilizing bioinformatics and molecular visualization tools to learn about the sickle...

    Keywords: Hemoglobinmolecular visualization and analysisintroductory bioinformaticssickle cell diseasePDBMolecular Case Studyoxygen bindingmyoglobinmolecular literacy3D protein structuresstructural representations

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    Turning ecological research into engaging online modules for undergraduates through Gala/OCELOTS
    Learn how to create and implement online modules in tropical ecology for undergraduates. In an NSF-funded network, researchers and specialists in 4DEE, pedagogy, interactive data tools, and media...

    Keywords: tropical biologyOCELOTSLDC2023

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    A Phenology-focused CURE using Herbarium Specimen Data
    10-week course-based undergraduate research experience in which students conduct novel research on the effects of climate on phenological events (e.g., flowering) of a plant species using publicly...

    Keywords: phenologyScientific ProcessCURE

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    NSF Final Outcomes Report: Using the Lived Experiences and Narratives of Black Heritage and African American Gullah/Geechee to Learn Science Concepts
    This resource is a public report that provides final outcomes from the NSF funded project award # 1928832. The resources included in this report are outcomes from the catalyst project titled:...

    Keywords: biologyEquityenvironmental scienceScience curriculumdiversityinclusion#NGSSBlack representationbelongingusing lived experiences and narrativesBlack heritageGullah/Geechee

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    Data is the New Science - Modified and combined with Following the Data Module
    In this module, students will be introduced to some emerging biodiversity data resources. They will be asked to think critically about the strengths and utility of these data resources and apply...

    Keywords: data in the classroombiodiversity informaticsnatural history collection

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    Biodiversity research using digitized, internet-based natural history collections
    Collections based research is a critical tool for organismal biology and biodiversity research. Yet natural history collections have a complicated past. This multi-class module examines the...

    Keywords: natural historycollectionsdigital resourcesOERBiodiversitynatural history museumsdigital collectionsbirdsBiodiversity Collections Network (BCoN)BLUE

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    Implementing Flexible Learning Projects to support authentic research experiences in Ecology (BIO 3317) at McDaniel College
    This adaptation highlights the utility of the Lichens in YOUR Local Landscape module for teaching field skills, quantitative analysis across scales, and for writing research papers.

    Keywords: NEONNational Ecological Observatory Network

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    Using Digitized Collections-Based Data in Research: A Hands-On Crash Course in Ecological Niche Modeling
    Step-by-step, hands-on instruction on ways to access and download these specimen data, how to process climate layer data, and how to apply Maxent software to construct ecological niche models.

    Keywords: ecology labbiodiversity informaticsnatural history collectionsMicrosoft Excelbiodiversity collectionsRstatsecological niche modelingQGISENMToolsMaxent

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    Project Leadership Resources - Bringing Leadership Experiences into the Classroom
    The Project Leadership Program is a pedgagogical approach that is designed to improve teamwork through the integration of shared leadership experiences. The program involves three components: a...

    Keywords: communicationcollaborationfeedbackleadership skillsteam workleadership developmentsense of belongingproject leadership

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    Developing a community resource to find and share summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) opportunities
    Instructors can use this module to introduce students to searching for and identifying summer Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) online, with a focus on National Science Foundation (NSF)...

    Keywords: Resources @ NSF - NCCSTSecology labField researchREUresearch experience for undergraduatesfield ecology

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    Following the Data
    The video and exercise provides insight into how researchers are using digital data resources to investigate biodiversity in prairie fen wetlands.

    Keywords: data in the classroomprocess of sciencebiodiversity informatics

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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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    Mentoring Pacific Island Students for Conservation
    This undergraduate internship program focuses on mentoring Pacific Island Students into conservation careers through development of skills, networks and sense of self, while being grounded in...

    Keywords: internshipconservation ecologyplace based learningSelf-Efficacycultural contextExperiential Education

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    Joel E. Greengiant Learns About Peas: From Nucleotides to Selection
    This case study follows purveyors of peas, Joel E. and Jolene Greengiant, as they learn about the origin, biochemistry, genetics and eventual artificial selection of sweet (wrinkled) peas, all in...

    Keywords: geneticspopulation geneticsEvolutionintroductory biologycase studybiologyResources @ NSF - NCCSTSmeiosisMendel’s peaspea plantPisum sativumMendel’s Lawsmolecular geneticsmutationnucleotide insertionartificial selectionstarch synthesisstarch branching enzymeplant domesticationlegumesResources @ QUBES - Teaching & Reference

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    The Evolution of Color Vision in Monkeys: From Nucleotides to Ecology
    This case study examines the evolution color vision in Old World and New World monkeys from multiple biological perspectives.

    Keywords: phylogeneticsgenescase studybiologyResources @ NSF - NCCSTSColor visiondichromatictrichromaticnucleotidesproteinsopsinscell functioncone cellsphotoreceptorsspectral shiftgene duplicationmeiosissex-linkedfood gatheringmonkeysprimatesResources @ QUBES - Teaching & Referenceundergraduate biology education

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