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    Wellesley College Study Packet for the Quantitative Reasoning Assessment
    This packet contains a set of 24 practice questions and 2 full-length practice assessments for the Quantitative Reasoning Assessment for Wellesley College.

    Keywords: mathematicsquantitativemathQuantitative reasoningquantproblem set

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    Student Activities to Accompany BioTA Podcast Episode 23: Chocolate Is Life
    This instructional resource provides three activities to accompany a podcast on chocolate, including critical reading of primary literature and a focus on social justice and equity issues. The...

    Keywords: ecologyPodcastsocial justicepollinationChocolateCacao

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    NetLogo refresher course
    This is a supplemental resource from ABM

    Keywords: moduletextbookNetLogoagent-based modelingIndividual & Agent Based Modelingin-class activityproblem set

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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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    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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    Identifiers in Digital Natural History Collections
    This is a collection of resources focusing on GUIDs (Globally Unique Identifiers) on what they are, what role they play in digital natural history collections, and how to incorporate them in...

    Keywords: idigbioStudy guidedata managementnatural history collectionsBLUEdigitized natural history collectionsidentifiers

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    What’s the DEAL – The Digital Encyclopedia of Ancient Life and Digital Atlas Apps
    The Digital Encyclopedia of Ancient Life and Digital Atlas Apps -- identify fossils and explore diversity and history of life on earth.

    Keywords: phylogeneticsdigital resourcesfossilspaleontologyevolutionary biologytaxonomyeduappsnatural history collections3D modelsgeologyopen textbookdigitized natural history collectionsencyclopediaatlasCretaceous World TCNPaleo Niches TCNvirtual teaching collectionFossil field guide

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    Sickle Cell Disease Case Study
    A short film explores the evolutionary connection between an infectious disease, malaria, and a genetic condition, sickle cell anemia. The animation explores the genetic causes and biological...

    Keywords: HHMI BioInteractive

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    Learning Journal Assignment on Learning Spaces
    Learning Spaces are the zones where interaction between students & students and students & professor occurs. The learning spaces are of two types major learning space and minor...

    Keywords: mathematicsactive learningstembiologyeducatorsfaculty developmentenvironmental sciencephysicschemistrysciencecritical thinkingFacultyTeachers traininglearning spaceteacher professional development

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    Instructor Guide: Integrating Project Leadership, Artificial Intelligence, Simulation and Google Tools to Understand Regulation of Gene Expression with the Lac Operon and Lactase Gene
    Scientific leadership and current artificial intelligence (AI) skills are important skills to be included in the course curriculum. Together or individually, these skills can enhance knowledge,...

    Keywords: Resources @ HHMI - BioInteractivebiologymolecular biologygenomicsArtificial Intelligencegene expressionleadershipgroup worklactosegoogle toolsSeniorPhET SimulationLactase

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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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    Invasion, Restoration, and Response: Assessing changes in arthropod community assemblage using both parametric and non-parametric approaches
    This lesson, which is based around a recently published paper in the Journal of Ecological Applications, introduces students to both parametric and non-parametric approaches to statistical analysis...

    Keywords: ecologyANOVAInvasive Speciesspecies diversityquantitative analysisupper level wetland ecologysalt marshesarthropodsShannon diversity indexleast significant differences

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    Instructor Guide : Integrating Leadership Skills, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Simulation and Google Tools to learn Chemistry
    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 learningstemBiochemistryInterdisciplinary STEMfaculty developmentchemistryArtificial IntelligencereflectionUndergraduate: Seniorleadership skillssinstructor traininggoogle tools

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    Ecological Forecasting Repository of Online Educational Resources
    This pdf provides a list of over 100 educational resources related to tools and skills related to ecological forecasting.

    Keywords: statisticsvideosecologymodel buildingmodulespythonecological forecastingonline course materialcode repositoriesonline textbooksbasics of Rdata sourcesdata skillsforecast cycleapplying forecastsdecision science

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    Piwi Matters
    This case focuses on understanding structure and function relationships in Piwi, a protein that is critical for germline stem cell function and development of eggs in the fruit fly ovary.

    Keywords: Stem cellsmolecular visualization and analysis3D protein structure /function analysisPiwiPDBMolecular Case Study

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    Insects of Alberta - Visual Guide to Terrestrial Orders Adults
    A visual guide to insect orders found in Alberta created for undergraduate students and those new to insect identification. Visual images and descriptions are provided for key features and...

    Keywords: BiodiversityguideentomologyinsectsBLUEpollinatorsinsectidentificationAlberta

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    Hemiptera of Alberta: Visual Guide to Common Terrestrial Families (Adults)
    A visual guide to common Hemiptera families found in Alberta created for undergraduate students and those new to insect identification. Visual images and descriptions are provided for key features...

    Keywords: BiodiversityguideentomologyBLUEpollinatorsinsectAlbertaHeteropteraHemipteraHomoptera

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    Insects of Alberta - Interactive Identification Guide To Common Orders
    An interactive guide to insect orders found in Alberta based on and modified from the Entomological Society of Alberta’s “The Insect Collector’s Guide.” This guide was created for undergraduate...

    Keywords: BiodiversityentomologyinsectsBLUEpollinatorsinsectidentificationAlberta

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    Calling Bullshit DCS 105 Bates College RByte Worksheets
    These are handout worksheets for your in-class RByte activities.

    Keywords: RActivityGoogle CoLabCalling BullshitRByteData PracticeCoding SkillsSkill development

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    Choosing healthy data for healthy relationships: how to use 5-point summaries, box and whisker plots, and correlation to understand global health trends.
    This module utilizes a user-friendly database exploring data selection, box-and-whisker plot, and correlation analysis. It also guides students on how to make a poster of their data and conclusions.

    Keywords: Querying databasesgraphingRatiosdata typesstatistical learningcorrelationBox Plotsqbcchealth sciences education researchnutrition & food scienceUnderstanding ratesCreate graphsInterpret graphsinterpret tablesHealth ScienceConcepts in Statisticsexplaining statisticsusing statistics

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