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    BioGrapher
    BioGrapher is an Excel front-end for the AT&T GraphViz graphical visualization and layout package (http://www.graphviz.org/).

    Keywords: network theorygraph theoryphylogenetic trees

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    Rivers as Social-Ecological-Technological Systems: Integrative Issue Formulation and Problem Solving
    Flowing surface waters continue to capture the human imagination and are increasingly harnessed by many interdependent human activities. Existing theories for studying rivers as cohesive ecological...

    Keywords: Interdisciplinary STEMProblem based learningcomplex systemsexperiential learningRiver Field Studies Network

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    Biodiversity
    Biodiversity allows the diversity of a biological population to be estimated with both the Shannon and Simpson biodiversity indices based on information theory.

    Keywords: Shannon diversity indexSimpson diversity indexBiodiversity indicesInformation theory

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    Intro to BIOMAAP - Student Math Anxiety Overview
    This presentation is intended as a stand alone 45 minutes-1 hour presentation to give students general information on math anxiety and a few strategies to try on their own.

    Keywords: math attitudesResources @ BIOMAAP

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    How many critters can an island hold? Using digitized natural history collections to test real hypotheses about island biogeography
    Use digitized natural history specimen data from the Alexander Archipelago in Alaska to explore hypotheses about island biogeography. Reprinted from Proceedings of the Association for Biology...

    Keywords: Island biogeographyArctosdigitized natural history collectionsdigital data

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    Island biogeography, spatial ecology, and macroinvertebrate species diversity in Richmond’s rock pools
    Students investigate questions of community ecology and biogeography using data from an urban rock pool ecosystem. Using ArcGIS 10, students learn to create effective maps, calculate landscape...

    Keywords: aquatic macroinvertebratesCommunity Ecologyspecies diversityGeographic Information System (GIS)spatial analysisJames River

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    ESS: Evolutionary Stable Strategies Game Theory Module
    This Excel workbook illustrates a number of ESS examples. Each example allows the user to manipulate the initial population for each strategy and the fitness payoffs and costs for each strategy.

    Keywords: population geneticsfitnessgame theorySequence alignmentevolutionary stable strategies

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    Island Biogeography
    This Excel workbook demonstrates the principles of the MacArthur-Wilson theory of Island Biogeography. It allows the user to define the mainland species pool, area of the island, and distance of...

    Keywords: Logarithmsspecies richnessIsland biogeographyExponential FunctionsMacArthur-Wilson Theorypower functions

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    DNA and Knot Theory
    This module introduces knot theory in the context of understanding the packing of DNA. It is intended for an introductory biology audience.

    Keywords: DNAGenetic InformationTopologyKnot Theory

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    REMNet: Introduction To Instructors 5.3.19
    Video on incorporating microbiome sequencing into biology education from the Research Experiences in Microbiomes Network

    Keywords: VideomicrobiomesREMNetmicrobiome sequencing

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    REMNet Tutorial, Excel Part 1: Accessing Your Microbiome Data 5.3.19
    Video on accessing microbiome data from the Research Experiences in Microbiomes Network

    Keywords: data analysisREMNet

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    In silico chromosome mapping: Idiograms
    This workbook allows the user to construct idiograms (haploid or diploid), map sequences onto them, depict chromosome structural mutations, and perform side-by-side comparative analyses of...

    Keywords: InheritancemutationschromosomesidiogramDrosophila melanogaster

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    The Hidden Kingdom: Island Biogeography with Fungi
    In this activity, students will explore a dataset of fungi dispersal capabilities and colonizing success to test the predictions of island biogeography theory.

    Keywords: Island biogeographyfungi

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    Optimal Foraging Theory
    This module introduces the optimal foraging strategy in the context of understanding competition and coexistence among species. It is intended for an introductory biology audience.

    Keywords: ecologyforagingoptimal foragingInequalities

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    Evolution in Darwin's Finches: Using Darwin's Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection postulates to evaluate evidence of evolution
    Students evaluate evidence for evolution of Darwin's finches using authentic research data sets collected by Peter and Rosemary Grant.
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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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    REMNet Tutorial, R Part 2: Importing Your Microbiome Data into R 5.3.19
    Video on importing data into R from the Research Experiences in Microbiomes Network

    Keywords: growth mindsetVideoMicrobiology EducationR programming languagemicrobiomesmath attitudesResources @ BIOMAAPmistakesvalue of mistakesresearch in the classroomREMNeturban microbiomes

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    REMNet Tutorial, R Part 1: Getting Started in R with Microbiome Data 5.3.19
    Video on the basics of R software from the Research Experiences in Microbiomes Network

    Keywords: VideoMicrobiology EducationR programming languagemicrobiomesresearch in the classroomREMNeturban microbiomes

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    REMNet Tutorial, Excel Part 6: Making Microbiome Column Charts 5.3.19
    Video on creating column charts in Excel from the Research Experiences in Microbiomes Network

    Keywords: ExcelVideoMicrobiology Educationmicrobiomesresearch in the classroomREMNeturban microbiomes

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    REMNet Tutorial, Excel Part 5: Making Heat Maps 4.26.19
    Video on making heat maps in Excel from the Research Experiences in Microbiomes Network

    Keywords: ExcelVideoMicrobiology EducationMicrobiome researchresearch in the classroomREMNeturban microbiome

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