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    How Many Salamanders are in the forest? Testing capture-recapture
    Collecting data on how populations respond to environmental change requires accurate estimates of population sizes. This activity explores one method for estimating population sizes across three...

    Keywords: salamanderCapture mark-recaptureAudience level - Introductory UG - majorsAudience level - Introductory UG - non-majors

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    Eiffel Tower Photo and Website
    These are photos from my trip to Paris and a link to the official Eiffel Tower website. This is a test publication.

    Keywords: Audience level - Introductory UG - majors

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    Geoscience Methods and Resources for K-5 Pre-Education Majors
    : Exploring Geoscience Methods was an excellent capstone experience for Elementary Education Majors. The class I used this module with was 24 students of various backgrounds and academic...

    Keywords: geneticsvideosQUBESecologyResources @ HHMI - BioInteractiveMathematical Biologycalculusjavaorganismal biologyquantitative biologybioinformaticsneurosciencegenomicscancerSecondaryyoutubemicrobiomeFaculty Mentoring NetworksalamanderCapture mark-recaptureAudience level - Introductory UG - majorsAudience level - Introductory UG - non-majorsecosystemsgenetic basis of diseasebiology of cellshuman reproductionfood chainIntroduction to Modelingrandom number generatorPost-secondaryLower DivisionPossible TasksModeling ProjectBuildCompareEvaluateexponential decayrecursionabsorptionelimination

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    Claymander Field Experiment
    This activity addresses how predation may affect the frequency of two color morphs in a population. Students collect and analyze data from clay salamander models ('claymanders') to determine...

    Keywords: Field researchpredation ecologysalamanderAudience level - Introductory UG - majorsAudience level - Advanced UG

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    Trinity Washington University- A Pipeline in Paradise
    Trinity Washington University-Discovering Planet Earth (ENVS 101- An introductory science course designed for non-science majors, study "A Pipeline in Paradise" case. Students were divided to four...

    Keywords: case studypipeline

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    Pokemon Go and Ecology
    These are resources associated with using Pokemon Go to teach concepts in Ecology.

    Keywords: Pokemon Go

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    Trinity-Marshall Island case
    Trinity Washington University-Discovering Planet Earth (ENVS 101- An introductory science course designed for non-science majors, study "Marshall Island" case. Students are split into four groups...

    Keywords: case studyclimate changemarshall island

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    Molecular CaseNet - Developing Intro Tutorials - YouTube
    Biome Institute 2020, Summary Video

    Keywords: introductory biologyMolecular structuremolecular visualizationMolecular Case Study

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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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    Island Frogs
    This is an exercise in island biogeography that allows students to reconstruct splits in the evolutionary history of several hypothetical frog species.

    Keywords: Resources @ SimBio

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    Using Alternative Assessments: IGELS Tools, Tips, & Strategies to Enhance Undergraduate Biology for Non-majors
    Alternative assessments focus on learning outcomes and engage students with metacognitive reasoning.​ This workshop session provides an introduction to designing and using rubrics as alternative...

    Keywords: NABT 2022IGELS

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    Online exercise: Managing Prairie Dogs for Ferret Reintroduction: A Case Study
    This data-driven ‘ferret reintroduction’ exercise, adapted from https://www.sesync.org/printpdf/2264, was developed for undergraduate students in an online non-majors biology course as a final...
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    Parasite Travel Game
    Board game where travellers go around the world trying to avoid developing parasitic infections.

    Keywords: parasitesParasitologytravelBoard gameParasitic Disease

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    Investigating human impacts on stream ecology: locally and nationally
    TIEE Module- How does nutrient pollution impact stream ecosystems locally and nationally?
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    Antibody Binding
    This module introduces the Scatchard equation in the context of understanding antigen binding and the properties of antigens. It is intended for an introductory biology audience.

    Keywords: linear equationshyperbolic equationsCellular Processes

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    Chemoreception
    This module introduces the probability of cell and molecule collisions in the context of understanding chemoreception. It is intended for an introductory biology audience.

    Keywords: linear equationshyperbolic equationsCellular ProcessesChemoreception

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    Diversity Indices: Shannon's H and E
    This module introduces Shannon's diversity index in the context of understanding how to mathematically measure the species diversity in a community. It is intended for an introductory biology...

    Keywords: ecologydiversityFunctionsOpenStaxdiversity index

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    Enzymes and the Rate of Chemical Reactions
    This module introduces rates of reactions in the context of understanding how enzymes affect chemical reactions. It is intended for an introductory biology audience.

    Keywords: calculushyperbolic equationsCellular Processesrates of change

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    Half Life of mRNA
    This module introduces exponential growth and decay in the context of understanding the stability of mRNA. It is intended for an introductory biology audience.

    Keywords: exponential equationsGenetic Informationlogarithmic equationshalf-lifemRNA

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    Hemoglobin Evolution
    This module introduces equations describing blood viscosity and oxygen transport in the context of understanding the evolution of red blood cells. It is intended for an introductory biology audience.

    Keywords: calculushyperbolic equationsAnimal Physiologyparabolic equationsmaxima

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