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    Data is the New Science
    In this module, students will be introduced to some emerging biodiversity data resources. They will be asked to think critically about the strengths and utility of these data resources and apply...

    Keywords: data in the classroombiodiversity informaticsnatural history collection

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    Quantifying The Drivers and Impacts of Natural Disturbance Events – The 2013 Colorado Floods
    This lesson focuses on ways that scientists identify and use data to understand ecological disturbance events using data from five public datasets. The main lesson focused on interpretation of...

    Keywords: data in the classroomdata interpretationprecipitationstream dischargePalmer Drought Severity IndexlidarEcological Disturbancedisturbance ecologyHigh School

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    Mapping New Discoveries: iNaturalist and Biodiversity Data
    Meet Lauren Esposito, the Curator of Arachnology at the California Academy of Sciences. Learn how they use community science to inform new species discovery.

    Keywords: endangered species#iNaturalistBiodiversity data usage

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    Working with Datasets in R swirl
    The goal of this lesson is to learn how to import datasets into R, understand variable types, make adjustments to variables, perform basic calculations, and begin data visualization. The exercise...

    Keywords: graphingRStudioclimate change datatidyverseWorking with datasets

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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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    Comparing Primary and Secondary Forest in a Preserve in Plano Texas: A Forest Ecology Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) for Non-Majors and Lower-Level Majors
    An activity that can be conducted as an online or field exercise in which students develop and test their hypotheses about how forest stand characteristics differ between two forest types.

    Keywords: forest ecologyecologycourse-based undergraduate research experienceUsing Excel

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    Expanded Graphing Tutorial
    The tutorial has two approaches for teaching about graph building and choosing the appropriate graph for different data types, a scaffolding approach and a exploration approach which can be...

    Keywords: Scientific ProcessStatistics and MathScientific MethodologyHigh School

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    9-125-BeamModeling-ModelingScenario
    This modeling scenario examines the deflection of a cantilever beam under two different distributed loads. Students will have the opportunity to conduct experiments with their own cantilever beam...

    Keywords: Fluid MechanicsbeamcantileverimpulseLaplace transformboundary conditionfourth order

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    Following the Data
    The video and exercise provides insight into how researchers are using digital data resources to investigate biodiversity in prairie fen wetlands.

    Keywords: data in the classroomprocess of sciencebiodiversity informatics

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    Module 3: What on Earth is a Herbarium?
    The goal of this activity is to introduce students to herbarium specimens and why they are an important source of information. The emphasis of this activity is on examining the types of data that...

    Keywords: natural history collectionsherbariumHerbarium digitizationYnez Mexia

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    Maintenance of Phenotypic Polymorphism and a Scientist Spotlight Featuring Dr. Swanne Gordon
    In this lesson students interpret graphical evidence of frequency-dependent selection in the wood tiger moth, then make long-term evolutionary predictions. They then read and reflect on an...
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    Graphing an Epidemic: West Africa Ebola Epidemic
    In this activity, students will explore how the Ebola virus outbreak occurred in West Africa through graphing prevalence, incidence and mortality data from the three major countries that were...

    Keywords: epidemiologyepidemicsEbola

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    BEDE Network Data Science Skills Curriculum Map
    The Biological and Environmental Data Education (BEDE) Network has produced this data science skills curriculum map as a flexible tool to help instructors highlight data science skills that they...

    Keywords: quantitative skillsscientific literacyCurriculum developmentdata science skills trainingdata literacy skills

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    Figure of the Day: Identifying Ambiguity and Biases in Data Figures
    The adaptation focuses on presenting figures with all the information in their axes. However, such figures present a medium level of quality to encourage students to discuss conceptually in groups...

    Keywords: graphsmath attitudesResources @ BIOMAAPInterpreting Graphs

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    Grappling with Graphs: New tools for improving graphing practices among biology students
    Poster on gathering information about undergraduate biology students' graphing practices and using this information to guide teaching of graph construction. Presented at the 2021 BIOME Institute.

    Keywords: educationbiologygraphinggraphsundergraduate biology education2021 BIOMEgraph

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    A Fun Introductory Command Line Lesson: Next Generation Sequencing Quality Analysis with Emoji!
    Radical innovations in DNA sequencing technology over the past decade have created an increased need for computational bioinformatics analyses in the 21st century STEM workforce. Recent...

    Keywords: bioinformaticsgenomicscodingJupyter notebookcommand lineCyVersescriptingnext generation sequencing analysis

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    Exploring the Ecology of Gorongosa
    Students learn about bottleneck events, population demographics and growth, ecological niches and competition, food chains/webs and ecological disturbances through past and current data on...

    Keywords: Community Ecologypopulation ecology

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    Using the QUBES platform and NEON faculty mentoring networks to build, adapt, and publish data-driven open educational resources
    This video provides an overview of the NEON Data Education Faculty Mentoring Networks and an example of published QUBES resource implementation in the classroom.

    Keywords: NEON FMN

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    1999-Kowalczyk-Hausknecht-Using DEs To Model Real World Data
    With the increasing availability of easy to use interactive differential equation software, we convinced ourselves to completely redesign the way we teach differential equations.

    Keywords: circuitTorricelli's LawHooke's LawRC circuitharmonic oscillatorglucoseglucose tolerance test

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    Lichen Niches and Distributions Lab Activity
    This is a 2-part lab activity based on the EREN-NEON Flexible Learning Project: Lichens in Diverse Landscapes. Students conduct field surveys of lichen abundance near their homes and explore...

    Keywords: linear regressionGISNEONair qualityNational Ecological Observatory NetworkLichenfield based methodsEREN lichenairpollution

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