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    Fluoxetine and Crab Behavior: Multiple Linear Regression
    This publication explores the behavioral influence of pharmaceutical pollution on a species of estuarine crab. Fluoxetine is a commonly prescribed, fairly effective anti-depressant and anti-anxiety...

    Keywords: ecologyaquatic ecosystemswater qualitypharmaceutical sciences

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    Uninhibited Growth of Cells
    In this activity, students will explore the concept of binary fission, generation time, and bacterial growth curves, with an emphasis on the log phase. Students will use semi-log graphs and linear...

    Keywords: graphingexponential growthMicrobiology Educationmicrobiologybacteriagrowth rateUndergraduate STEM educationCommunity College Educationqbccmanipulate equationsCellular and Molecular BiologyCreate graphsInterpret graphsbinary fissionsemi-log graphlinear graphgrowth curvecreating graphsExponential and Logarithmic Functions

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    Ecology/Environmental Biology Molecular Case Studies for Molecular CaseNet - YouTube
    Biome Institute 2021, Fall Working Group Summary Video

    Keywords: climate changebiofilmcoffeecoral bleachingMolecular structuremolecular visualizationMolecular Case Studycholera

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    BIOME 2021 Scientist Spotlight/Data Nugget Working Group Video Recap
    This two-minute overview video describes the work of the 2021 fall working group for Scientist Spotlight/Data Nugget course resources. Group members began developing new projects for a variety of...

    Keywords: Resources @ Data Nuggetsscientist spotlights

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    Sharing Stories: Developing OER around Podcasts
    Our team met in the fall of 2021 to discuss and develop resources around podcasts. We created lists of podcast episodes for several courses, learned about listening guides, shared assignment...

    Keywords: podcastslistening guides

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    SKILLS DEVELOPMENT - Toxicology MSDT
    On this website you can find 6 learning modules on various topics in toxicology. These are self-paced student-centered online learning modules. You will receive a certificate of completion at the...

    Keywords: pathophysiologyregulatory toxicologyprinciples of toxicologybiochemistry and molecular geneticsprinciples of genetic toxicologyapplied systems toxicology

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    A Curious Display
    Case study on genetically modified organisms provided in English and American Sign Language.

    Keywords: geneticscase studyagricultureBiotechnologyenvironmental scienceDNAUniversal Design for LearningGMOAmerican Sign Language

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    Phage Comparative Genomics Lab Manual
    A lab manual containing detailed instructions for several bioinformatics tools (dot plots, Phamerator maps, phylogenetic trees, and gene content similarity), all of which enable students to perform...

    Keywords: phageCUREcourse-based research experiences (CUREs)Comparative genomicsSEA-PHAGES

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    Exploring Plant Phenology using Herbarium Specimens: Lab or Workshop
    In this workshop or lab exercise, participants will examine the effects of climate on the phenological events of a selected species using herbarium specimen data.
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    Graphing and mapping patterns of air quality in Los Angeles, California through an environmental justice lens.
    Air quality is an environmental issue that impacts everyone in Los Angeles. This activity presents current popular press articles about air pollution and environmental justice and maps and graphs...
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    BETTSI - Basic Evolutionary Tree-Thinking Skills Instrument
    A short, multiple choice diagnostic designed to provide instructors with a quick check on students’ understanding of and ability to read and interpret phylogenies.

    Keywords: EvolutionphylogeneticsTree thinking

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    Hemoglobin bioinformatics
    This is an introduction to bioinformatics using hemoglobin as an example. The worksheets introduce students to resources to explore the DNA, RNA and polypeptide linear structure with a brief...

    Keywords: bioinformaticsHemoglobinBLASTsickle cell diseaseMolecular Case StudyClustal OmegaMolCaseNet

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    NEON_PDSI
    Users access and manipulate drought data and visualize these data to learn about historical drought patterns.

    Keywords: Palmer Drought Severity Index

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    Case Study: Pollination of the Early Spider Orchid (Ophrys sphegodes) by the Solitary Bee (Andrena nigroaenea)
    The research uses natural history collection data to explore a potential phenological shift between an orchid that employs sexual deception and a solitary bee.

    Keywords: pollination biologyClimate change and phenologydigitized natural history collectionsPseudocopulation

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    BS Inventory assignment
    This is a written assignment with a recommended process and grading rubric to go with the BS Inventory assignment on callingbull.org.

    Keywords: data visualizationprojectdata collectiondata vizcreativitymisinformationreal worldbull

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    Why, when, and how to cite sources of biodiversity specimen data
    This short video and assessment explain why we as scientists should cite our data sources and how we can do this for sources of biodiversity specimen data.
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    Basic Statistics
    The students will practice identifying the appropriate basic statistical tests when given a scenario and learn how to run and interpret those statistical tests in R.
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    Using Linear Regression to Explore Environmental Factors Affecting Vector-borne Diseases
    In this activity students will use linear regression to analyze real data on vector-borne diseases and explore how environmental factors such as climate change or population density influence the...

    Keywords: ecologygraphingmicrobiologyqbccUnderstanding ratesCreate graphsInterpret graphsinterpret tablesConcepts in Statistics

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    Nature’s Flying Machines: The Evolutionary Relationship of Avian Form & Function
    In this series of activities, birds will be used as the model organism. The modules examine the connections between body form and function over time by investigating the relationship between avian...

    Keywords: evolutionary ecologyCommunity Ecology

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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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