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    Exploring the evolution of caffeine biosynthesis enzymes
    Caffeine is a very common stimulant consume worldwide as tea, coffee, mate, cocoa, and chocolate. Ever wondered why plants make caffeine? Do all caffeine producing plants have the same enzymes for...

    Keywords: Bioinformatics EducationBioinformatics and Genomics

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    Sickle Cell Disease and Natural Selection in Humans
    A short film explores the evolutionary connection between an infectious disease, malaria, and a genetic condition, sickle cell anemia. The animation explores the genetic causes and biological...

    Keywords: HHMI BioInteractive

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    Selection and the Blond Beach Mouse
    National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science- this "clicker" case study explores ultimate and proximate explanations for cryptic coloration in animals.
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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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    The tale of two fish: A case study on vicariance and allopatric speciation
    This mini-case study guides students through multiple lines of evidence that suggests the most likely sister species to the lake species Sardinella tawilis, the sister species being the marine fish...

    Keywords: ecologyfishevolutionary ecologySpeciationVicariancePhilippines

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    Islands as a Tool for Teaching Ecology and Evolution
    Module for Ecology & Evolution course covering island biogeography principles, The scientific process and hypothesis testing, statistical methods (t-tests, regression), and online database use...

    Keywords: moduleResources @ AIM-UP!species richnessBiodiversityIsland biogeographyAIM-UP

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    Data simulation and randomization tests
    A participatory live-coding lesson on simulating data and performing randomization tests on ecological data in R.
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    Bioinformatics: An Interactive Introduction to NCBI
    Modules showing how the NCBI database classifies and organizes information on DNA sequences, evolutionary relationships, and scientific publications. And a module working to identify a nucleotide...

    Keywords: NCBINIBLSEDNABLASTnucleotide sequencing

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    Evo-Ed: Cases for Effective Evolution Education
    BioQUEST 2018 Education Resources for Evo-ED.
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    Morphological and Molecular Analysis of Plant Phylogeny and Diversity
    In this lab, students perform phylogenetic analyses on morphological and molecular data, and compare.

    Keywords: morphologyphylogenylaboratoryplantsdiversitymolecular analysis

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    Escape Zoom!: Reviewing Introductory Evolution Content Using an Escape Room Format
    Reviewing and integrating key concepts and learning goals at the end of a biology course can be overwhelming to students and instructors alike. Often end-of-term review sessions in preparation for...

    Keywords: Evolutionartificial selectionSpeciationextinctionsexual selectionphylogenetic treesmechanisms of evolution

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    2019-Radulescu-Lundgren-A_pharmacokinetic_model_of_lead_absorption_and_calcium_competitive_dynamics
    We build and analyze a compartmental model of lead pharmacokinetics, focused specifically on addressing neurotoxicity.

    Keywords: QUBES Leadership Teamparametersabsorptionbifurcationpharmacokineticscalciumcognitive decline

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    1-105-AnimalFall-ModelingScenario
    This project uses Newton's Second Law of Motion to model a falling animal with a resistance term proportional to cross sectional area of the animal, presumed to be spherical in shape.

    Keywords: animalNetwon's Second Law of Motionfalling bodyterminal velocityair resistanceNewtonair frictionfall

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    Advancing Global Learning Through a Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) Module on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs)
    An increasingly interconnected world presents opportunities for globally relevant curricula in the classroom. Implementing collaborative online international learning (COIL) modules within...

    Keywords: Collaborative Online International LearningGlobal LearningPlants and SocietyUnited Nations Sustainable Development GoalsMedicinal PlantsPhytochemicalsPlant Natural Products

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    Building Trees: Introducing evolutionary concepts by exploring Crassulaceae phylogeny and biogeography
    Teaching evolutionary theory is foundational for all biological sciences and a key aspect of overall science literacy. The conceptual framework for understanding evolution relies on thinking...

    Keywords: EvolutionphylogeneticsTree thinkingbiogeography

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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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    What’s the DEAL – The Digital Encyclopedia of Ancient Life and Digital Atlas Apps
    The Digital Encyclopedia of Ancient Life and Digital Atlas Apps -- identify fossils and explore diversity and history of life on earth.

    Keywords: phylogeneticsdigital resourcesfossilspaleontologyevolutionary biologytaxonomyeduappsnatural history collections3D modelsgeologyopen textbookdigitized natural history collectionsencyclopediaatlasCretaceous World TCNPaleo Niches TCNvirtual teaching collectionFossil field guide

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    Data on Dead Zones and a Scientist Spotlight Featuring Benjamin Negrete, Jr.
    In this lesson, students plot data and interpret graphs of the metabolic responses of fish to hypoxic conditions. Then, students view and reflect on an interview with fish ecophysiologist Benjamin...

    Keywords: fishgraphinggraph interpretationhuman-environmental interactionsdata literacysocial justicemarineCODAP

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    Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium: a swirl resource
    Students will use swirl to understand Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. The lesson starts with observed numbers of individuals for each genotype, and students will work through a number of steps to...

    Keywords: Hardy-Weinbergpopulation geneticsEvolutionevolutionary ecologyR programming languageSwirl

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    Sickle Cell Disease Case Study
    A short film explores the evolutionary connection between an infectious disease, malaria, and a genetic condition, sickle cell anemia. The animation explores the genetic causes and biological...

    Keywords: HHMI BioInteractive

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