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    Save the Bees, Ditch the Plow: A lesson exploring how squash bee abundance is affected by varying levels of soil disturbance.
    The purpose of this lesson is to explore the effects that three varying degrees of soil disturbance has on the squash bee abundance that is observed. We will learn about the importance of...

    Keywords: beesmutualismpollinatorscommunity-based conservationno till farmingreduced tillage

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    Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Conservation
    Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) is based on deep understanding of systems from observations made over hundreds to thousands of years. This resource connects TEK to modern conservation...

    Keywords: climate changeenvironmental justiceTraditional ecological knowledge

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    The Importance of Street Trees and Urban Avifauna: A lesson exploring the relationship between urban forest and foraging birds
    This module examines the relationship between street trees, urban avifauna, and socioeconomic gradients in the highly urbanized county of Los Angeles, California. Using edited data from a published...

    Keywords: conservationBiodiversityurbanizationGeneralized linear modelsavifaunaurban forestsocioeconomicsstreet treesnegative binomial regression

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    Linking Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis to Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Conservation
    Traditional Ecological Knowledge is based on deep understanding of systems from observations made over hundreds to thousands of years. This resource connects Traditional Ecological Knowledge to...

    Keywords: climate changeenvironmental justiceintermediate disturbance hypothesisTraditional ecological knowledge

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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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    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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    Evaluating Local Adaptation and Conservation with Life Tables
    This module contains a sequence of activities designed for an undergraduate ecology lesson on stage-structured population models or life tables that use published data. Two versions are provided:...

    Keywords: ecologypopulation modelmatrix modelsclimate changelife cyclessensitivity analysispopulation ecologylife tablestage-structured modelsnet reproductive rateconservation planning

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    Cellular Respiration and pH: blocking the electron transport chain and its effects on the proton gradient, pH, and ATP production
    This module contains exercises designed to help students describe the stages of cellular respiration and quantify the energy molecules produced. Students will predict the region of higher proton...

    Keywords: introductory biologyQuantitative reasoningquantitative biologyinterdisciplarycell functionInterpreting GraphsATPpHCellular RespirationEnergy transformationsElectron flowNIQBC2. Data and GraphsC4. mathematical modelsC1. Numeracyproton gradientelectron transportelectron transport blockersFADH2chemiosmosisATP synthaseNADHproton concentration

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    Impact of Introduction of American Bullfrogs on Species Diversity
    This module explores the introduction of the American bullfrog on their ecosystem. Using species diversity calculations and data collection techniques, students explore how the bullfrog affected...

    Keywords: ecologyconservationspecies richnessBiodiversityspecies diversitydiversity indicessamplingspecies evenness

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    Data management and introduction to QGIS and RStudio for spatial analysis
    Students learn about the importance of good data management and begin to explore QGIS and RStudio for spatial analysis purposes. Students will explore National Land Cover Database raster data and...

    Keywords: tool:rstudioGISdata managementlandscape ecologyGeospatial ScienceNational Ecological Observatory Networkquantitative inquiryQGIS

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    Biogeography of plant-associated fungi: who lives where and why?
    This dataset of fungal communities associated with the leaves an endemic Hawaiian tree provides students opportunities to explore relationships between environmental variables and microbial...

    Keywords: small group activityinquiry-based learningbiogeographymicrobial ecology

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    Using the Hardy-Weinberg Equations: Quantifying Natural Selection and Allele Frequencies
    This module contains exercises designed to walk students through a real-world example of the coevolution of fruit color and primate frugivore color vision. Students will apply the Hardy-Weinberg...

    Keywords: Hardy-WeinbergEvolutionintroductory biologyQuantitative reasoninginterdisciplinaryNIQBC2. Data and GraphsC4. mathematical modelsC3. Statistical AnalysisC6. Quantitative LanguageC1. Numeracy

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    Sizes, Scales and Specialization: Using Relative Proportions and Scientific Notation to Highlight the Diversity of Cell Types
    This module explores how cell size and shape varies across cell types in the human body by having students calculate relative proportions of numbers in scientific notation.

    Keywords: ExponentsRatiosCellsqbccmanipulate equationsCellular and Molecular BiologyVisual Accommodationsconverting unitschanging scales

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    Case Study - Storks vs Babies
    This is a R project based on the Robert Matthews paper Storks vs Babies. The idea is to replicate the results of the paper, learn a bit about R for linear fits and graphing and explore correlation...

    Keywords: Recologycase studyRStudiopopulation ecologybirdsreplicationcorrelationfunnycalling bullpvaluecausationbiostatsalternative explanationconfounding variables

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    Case Study — World records as measures of senescence or randomness
    This is a project meant to accompany the Case Study that Carl Bergstrom, which uses R to explore whether declining track and field world record performance could be an artifact of sample size (less...

    Keywords: RRStudioprogrammingsampling distributionProbability & Statisticsrandomnesscontinuous probability distribution

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    Why are Cells Small? Surface Area to Volume Ratio
    This module explores surface area to volume ratios in a cube and sphere in relation to cell size.

    Keywords: introductory biologygraphingRatiosOpenStaxqbccmanipulate equationsCellular and Molecular BiologyUse elementary functionsCreate graphsInterpret graphsRates and ProportionsSolving Equations and Inequalitiesinterpret tables

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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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    DCS 105 Calling Bull F24 Schedule
    Schedule overview for Bates College Course DCS 105 Calling Bull

    Keywords: datacalling bullmisinformationBates CollegeSchedule

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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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    Modified Grassy Narrows and Muskrat Falls Dam: Hypothesis Testing and t-Tests
    Methylmercury contamination within fish populations is an important toxin that affect human, animal, and environmental health, serving as a carcinogen (cancer-causing agent) and endocrine-disruptor...

    Keywords: statisticsmathematicsbiostatisticsecologybiologygraphingp-valuest-testshypothesis testingin-class activityZoologymercury biogeochemistrybiostatistics - generalfish populationqbccEndocrine DisruptorsBiogeochemical cyclesInterpret graphsSolving Equations and InequalitiesConcepts in StatisticsElementary Hypothesis TestingMethylmercurydamsBioaccumulationtraditional dietsmercurymercury poisoningnative peopleindigenous populationCanadahydroelectricexplaining statisticsusing statisticsMake probability calculationsbiomagnification

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