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    Testing hypotheses about the role of wildfire in structuring avian communities
    This module assesses the role of wildfire in the eastern US and its impact on bird communities using NEON bird survey data from pre- and post- a major wildfire in the Great Smoky Mountains National...

    Keywords: data manipulationspecies richnessANOVAspecies diversitybirdswildfireBACI design

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    Value of Mistakes. Making Mistakes Using R
    This module allows students to frame mistakes and frustrations during their first introduction to R in terms of improved learning and growth mindset.

    Keywords: growth mindsetmath attitudesResources @ BIOMAAPmistakesvalue of mistakes

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    Mars Colony
    In this exercise students work in groups to design an agroecosystem to feed a Mars Colony while accounting for space and energy transfer limitations.

    Keywords: SimBioResources @ SimBio

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    Tag You're It: A Lesson Investigating Study Design and Survival Analysis on an American Shad Tagging Study
    In this lesson, students will learn about the various mark-recapture and tagging methods that are used in various scientific disciplines and the information they can gather. Key elements of...

    Keywords: survival analysisAmerican ShadCox Proportional Hazards ModelStudy Design

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    Pedigree Unspoken Assumptions
    A video that highlights the unspoken assumptions that we use in pedigree analysis.

    Keywords: geneticsintroductory biologybiologybiology teachingVideoGenetics educationGeneral biology educationpedigreePedigree analysisassumptionsunspoken assumptionsskit

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    Data Cards Sample Created From Lost Crops of Africa (NRC, 1996, 2006, 2008)
    This resource provides a sample of the data cards that have been used in conference presentations, trainings, and science methods courses over the years. This resource provides supplemental data...

    Keywords: environmental scienceCurriculum developmentScience curriculumAfricacultural resourcescultural heritageancient fruitsancient vegetablesdiversity equity and inclusionBlackNext Generation Science StandardsBlack representation in STEMgrain sizescience capitalcrops

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    Vaccine Development and Testing
    Scientists have the tools and knowledge to develop safe, effective vaccines, from trials to vials. This resource addresses the process by which vaccines are designed, tested and regulated. Key...

    Keywords: immunology educationvaccine literacyvaccine hesitancy

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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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    The Tactile Clade Race
    This adaptation of the Vertebrate Clade Race provides a tactile approach to introduce basic tree reading skills for evolutionary phylogenies. Using a Universal Design for Learning informed...

    Keywords: phylogeneticsevolutionary biologytree readingvertebratesaccessibility for students with disabilities or impairmentsvisual impairment

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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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    Introduction to Climate Change: Why we should care
    In this lesson, students cover the basics of climate change, interpret and predict several graphs that explain climate change scenarios under different treatment options, and reflect on an...

    Keywords: graph interpretationclimate changePlant Ecologyfmndata literacyBioGraphIrepresentation in STEMNon Majors Intro Biosand dunes

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    The Impact of Climate Change on Sea Hare Respiration
    In this lesson, students interpret graphs of sea hare respiration. Then, students view and reflect on an interview with environmental scientist Dr. Richelle Tanner, who collected the data in the...

    Keywords: graph interpretationclimate changefmnBioGraphIrepresentation in STEMsea hare

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    Pennies to The Moon Data Byte Series
    This series of Rbyte activities explores the concept of debunking using Fermi Estimation, R, and ChatGPT.

    Keywords: RprogrammingOpen SourceOpen Sciencedata literacycalling bullProgramming practiceFermi EstimationChatGPTGoogle CoLab

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    When food gets scarce: how plant-pollinator interactions will shift under global change
    In this lesson, students review plant-pollinator interactions and global change concepts. Next, students interpret graphs of pollinator visitation data to Scarlet Gilia. Then, students view and...

    Keywords: mutualismsgraph interpretationCommunity Ecologyplantsfmnglobal changepollinatorsBioGraphIrepresentation in STEM

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    Defenses against predation: Interpreting graphs of predator behavior
    In this lesson, students discuss anti-predator defense mechanisms and the types of cues defenses provide to predators. Students then interpret graphs of behavior of arthropod predators when...

    Keywords: graph interpretationfmndata literacyinterspecific interactionsconsumptionBioGraphIrepresentation in STEMarthropodsaposematismphenotypic variationtortoise beetlecarton-nest antspraying mantisorb-weaving spider

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    Count me in: Increasing early detection of invasive species with community science
    In this lesson, students interpret a map of species occurrences. Then, students view and reflect on an interview with biologist Dr. Jennifer Dean, whose research includes the map that they...

    Keywords: graph interpretationInvasive SpeciesAquatic invasive speciesspatial datawomen in steminvasive plantsCitizen and Community ScienceBioGraphIrepresentation in STEMmap interpretationiMapInvasives

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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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    Make Your Move: Interpreting graphs of pollinator behavior
    In this lesson, students interpret graphs of pollinator movement behavior. Then, students view and reflect on an interview with community ecologist Dr. Suann Yang., who collected the data that they...

    Keywords: graph interpretationCommunity EcologyBiodiversitycompetitiondata literacypollinationinvasive plantsinterspecific interactionsBioGraphIrepresentation in STEM#AAPIinSTEM#BIPOCinSTEM

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    A Changing Climate in the Hawaiian Wet Forest: In-Person and Virtual Curriculum for Field Courses at Puʻu Makaʻala NAR
    Curriculum for Puʻu Makaʻala Huakaʻi with the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON), developed by Teaching Change. This module was created to guide Teaching Change Field Courses at Puʻu...

    Keywords: climate changecommunityenvironmental sciencephenologyhuman-environmental interactionsNEONhawai'icareer connected

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    CRISPR Gene Editing: Designing the gRNA and Donor Template
    In this adaptation, students learn how CRISPR/Cas9 is used in bacterial immunity and gene editing. Students create both a gRNA target and a donor template to edit a gene. Mutations can be from the...

    Keywords: geneticseducationcell biologymolecular biologymutationStem cellsstructure-functionmolecular visualization and analysis3D protein structure /function analysisCRISPR/Cas9crisprDNA mutationPiwiPDBMolecular Case StudyPiwi Matters

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