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    Learning Spaces in undergraduate science courses ( virtual and face to face)
    Learning Spaces are zones of interaction between undergraduates & undergraduates and undergraduates & professor. The traditional learning spaces were existing pre-pandemic however post-pandemic the...

    Keywords: active learningmentoringstemassessmentfaculty developmentteachingUndergraduateWorkshop materiallearning spacescience learning spaceprofessorsmajor learning spaceminor learning space

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    Learning Journal Assignment and Instructor Guide on Citizen Science
    Citizen science is a term which gain attention in 1990s which involved research conducted with participation between public and scientist. Citizen Science approach has diversified into multi and...

    Keywords: stemcitizen sciencefaculty developmentscienceFaculty

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    An Introduction to Revealing Hidden Figures through Data Sleuthing
    In this introduction to hidden figures in natural history collections (NHCs), students will read an article that gives a unique historical perspective of museums and will then participate in a...

    Keywords: identitysocial justicenatural history collectionsAttributionBCEENETdigitizationRepresentationcourse-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs)hidden figuresdata democratizationrestorative practice

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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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    BEDE Network Data Science Skills Curriculum Map
    The Biological and Environmental Data Education (BEDE) Network has produced this data science skills curriculum map as a flexible tool to help instructors highlight data science skills that they...

    Keywords: quantitative skillsscientific literacyCurriculum developmentdata science skills trainingdata literacy skills

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    SARS-CoV-2: Understanding, Applying and Communicating Science
    The ability to integrate process of science training with necessary skills in applying and communicating core theories in biological science and biology quantification, has been brought into focus...

    Keywords: process of science#COVID19 #SARSCOV2 #SciComm #studentdiscovery

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    Liberating Data for Biodiversity Research
    The objectives of this exercise are to familiarize you with the information content of biodiversity specimens and their labels, the breadth of that information across geographic space and/or time.

    Keywords: Biodiversitynatural history collectionsBLUEresearch specimensbiodiversity dataspecimen labels

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    SARS-CoV-2: Understanding, Applying and Communicating Science
    The ability to integrate process of science training with necessary skills in applying and communicating core theories in biological science and biology quantification, has been brought into focus...

    Keywords: #COVID19 #SARSCOV2 #SciComm #studentdiscovery

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    Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Natural History
    In this module, students will explore Western Science and Traditional Ecological Knowledge and review a case study of how the TEK of the Inuit provided a way of knowing and understanding the...

    Keywords: Traditional ecological knowledgeUnderstanding ScienceBowhead Whale

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    Learn Biological Sciences and Environmental Science through biodiversity and pollution
    Biodiversity or biological diversity is the variety of and variability of biological life on Earth. Biodiversity is existing due to variation among living organisms from different sources air,...

    Keywords: databiologydata scienceBiodiversityclimateenvironmental scienceSpeciespollutionanalyze data

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    The Power and Limits of Science
    This part focuses on the power and limits of science

    Keywords: powersciencelimitsCOVID19

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    The Language of Science
    This part focuses on the language of science

    Keywords: process of sciencelanguageinclusionCOVID19misinformationscicomm

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    The Process of Science
    These slides give an overview of the process of science in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Keywords: process of sciencescientific literacyvaccine literacyvaccine hesitancy

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    Instructor Guide : Integrating Leadership Skills, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Simulation and Google Tools to learn Physics
    Scientific, leadership and recent artificial intelligence skills are integral frameworks of the curriculum. All of them together or individually can enhance knowledge, critical thinking and...

    Keywords: simulationactive learningstembiologyassessmentdata scienceteachingphysicschemistrylearningArtificial Intelligencescienceleadership skillsgoogle toolsinstructor guide

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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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    Critical inquiry for inclusive teaching of statistics
    Professional development workshop slides to help curate conversations in teaching statistics with a critical inquiry lens.

    Keywords: statisticsdata sciencefaculty developmentInclusive teachingbuilds

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    Simple, Accessible River-Based Field Investigation of Riverine Microplastics
    Scientists have discovered that microplastic pollution is ubiquitous in the environment, but the small size of these microscopic pollutants prohibits most people from recognizing their prevalence....

    Keywords: environmental sciencemicroplastic pollutionurban waterswasteenvironmental studiesfield-based learningfreshwater ecologywater qualityRiversSingle-use plasticfreshwater sciencewater ecologyField ExperiencesRiver Ecologyfield workThe Scientific MethodRiver Field Studies Networkfield courses

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    The Tentative Nature of Science
    This part focuses on the tentative nature of science

    Keywords: scienceCOVID19Tentative Nature

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    A Pipeline in Paradise, Part 1: Learning the Relevant Science
    This case requires students to integrate information across the following five “knowledge domains” to develop a baseline understanding of the problem.

    Keywords: case studysocio-environmental data

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    Climate change and Strawberries: A real-life problem-based activity for teaching ANOVA
    This is a real-life lab activity for teaching ANOVA using Problem-Based Learning and formatted for one-day (JMP or R) or two-day (JMP) implementations.

    Keywords: climate changeProblem based learningANOVAplant sciencetwo-way ANOVA

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