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    Antibiotic Resistance Genes Detection in Environmental Samples
    Our aim is to provide an authentic research experience for undergraduate students in a variety of biology courses through collaboration between a four-year university and a community college. This...

    Keywords: geneticsenvironmentmicrobiologyUndergraduateantibiotic-resistancePCRgel electrophoresisauthentic inquiry

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    The River Field Studies Network: Connecting rivers, people, & science through immersive field-based education (RCN-UBE Introduction)
    Connecting rivers, people, & science through immersive field-based education

    Keywords: RCN-UBE Introduction

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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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    BioMolViz - Development of an Inclusive Community for the Instruction of Visualizing Biomolecules (RCN-Introduction)
    BioMolViz is a community dedicated to advancing biomolecular visualization education. We provide training, teaching tools and validated visual literacy assessments. The BioMolViz Library—our online...

    Keywords: RCN-UBE Introduction

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    Scientists Offering Solutions through Sprints
    Our BIOME Fall Working Group, Scientists Offering Solutions through Sprints, explains the process of putting together a Science sprint in your community. A science sprint is a one-day event in...

    Keywords: collaborationengagementScience Sprints

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    Growing from Tiny Earth: A model for interdisciplinary CUREs at Johnson County Community College
    This resource includes a video that highlights how Tiny Earth is implemented and a poster that shows independent research done by students after participating in the CURE courses.

    Keywords: researchCURECUREs

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    REC Network - Deepening and Expanding the Mission and Outcomes of the Re-Envisioning Culture Network (RCN-UBE Introduction)
    The Re-Envisioning Culture Network (REC Network) is a group of diverse individuals across institutions of higher education, STEM careers, K-12 education, Black cultural spaces, the arts, and the...

    Keywords: RCN-UBE Introduction

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    The Revolution Will be Backward Designed - YouTube
    This informal talk was presented by Dr. Bryan Dewsbury to the "Networking STEM Initiatives to Enhance Adoption of Evidence-based Practices (NSITE)" community in March of 2022.
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    iDigBio Tutorial - BLUE Resource
    A user guide and video instructions for iDigBio

    Keywords: databasesQuerying databasesdata in the classroombiodiversity informaticsbiodiversity collections

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    List of resources and support communities dedicated to biology undergraduate education
    Ecologists new to teaching and evidence-based teaching practices often feel alone and without support. There are resources and communities that can help them become better instructors and...

    Keywords: teaching resource

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    Introduction to the Fculty Resource Guide: Integrating Social Justice, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Issues in STEMM courses
    We live in challenging times. Higher education faces many challenges including changes in enrollment pattern, fiscal constraints and lack of public acceptance of the value of the degree relative to...

    Keywords: social justiceDEI statementsTeaching Controversial Issues

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    The Genomics Education Partnership: Introducing Undergraduates to Research by Engaging Them in Genome Annotation
    Since 2006, the Genomics Education Partnership (GEP; http://gep.wustl.edu) has helped faculty bring genomics research experiences into the undergraduate curriculum.

    Keywords: undergraduate researchGenome annotationGEPgenomics education

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    ENCOUR - Ethics Network for Course-based Opportunities in Undergraduate Research: Phase II (RCN-UBE Introduction)
    The Ethics Network for Course-based Opportunities in Undergraduate Research (ENCOUR) seeks to explore effective ways to integrate responsible & ethical conduct of research (RECR) education into...

    Keywords: RCN-UBE Introduction

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    Natural history collections data and Biodiversity Literacy in Undergraduate Education (BLUE)
    Presentation made by Elizabeth Ellwood et al. as part of the "Bringing Research Data to the Ecology Classroom: Opportunities, Barriers, and Next Steps” Session at the Ecological Society of...

    Keywords: Ecological Society of America

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    STEM Inclusive Teaching Practices Webinar Series: Universal Design for Learning
    Slides and materials for the STEM Inclusive Teaching Practices Webinar Series: Universal Design for Learning

    Keywords: webinarBIOMAAPResources @ BIOMAAPUDL

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    DataONE Module 01: Why Data Management?
    Trends in data collection, storage and loss, the importance and benefits of data management, and an introduction to the data life cycle.

    Keywords: moduledatain-class activityHandoutproblem setdata managementDataONE

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    Implementing an online module about the implications of gold mining in the Amazonian rainforest for a community college ecology course
    This online module describes the implications of gold mining in the Amazon Rainforest, introduces students to ecological concepts, and explores human-environment connections. The implementation...
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    CUNEL - Connectomes for Undergraduate Neuroscience Education and Learning (RCN-UBE Introduction)
    The Connectomes for Undergraduate Neuroscience Education and Learning (CUNEL) project seeks to bring cutting-edge neuroscience methods into undergraduate classrooms and laboratories in order to...

    Keywords: RCN-UBE Introduction

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    Designing Strategies to Promote Diversity and Equity with a Campus Climate Survey
    Institutions of higher education are increasingly looking for strategies to assess diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). An alumni survey is a valuable tool for identifying actionable strategies...

    Keywords: EquitydiversityracismSexismcampus climate

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    Quantifying Uncertainty and Distinguishing Data Sets in Introductory Physics
    Physics labs are moving increasingly to open-ended experiments where students develop experimental physics skills, rather than verify textbook physics concepts. This sequence of activities sets the...

    Keywords: statisticsMeasurementlaboratoryuncertaintypendulumexperimental skills

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