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    Laboratory Math
    Explanations and demonstrations on how to use mathematical equations for various laboratory purposes, including those specific to SEA-PHAGES (such as phage titer calculations) and those that are...
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    Comparative Landscape Ecology Project using RStudio Cloud (Project EDDIE)
    This modified version incorporates the use of RStudio Cloud for easier remote instruction, and culminates in an exploratory project comparing the influence of patch metrics on vegetation health for...
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    Designing an Anti-Racist Syllabus
    The Alliance for the Black Community (ABC) developed a workshop to help faculty at California State University East Bay redesign their syllabi to incorporate anti-racist pedagogical practices.

    Keywords: teaching resourceundergraduate educationteaching philosophyUndergraduate STEM educationdiversity equity and inclusioncourse syllabus designAnti-racist practicesanti-racist pedagogy

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    Genome Sequence Data in R using Biostrings (Swirl Lesson)
    By the end of this lesson, students should be able to load FASTA files into R as DNAStringSets and use width() and alphabetFrequency(), combined with other functions like sum() and mean(), to...

    Keywords: R programming languagecourse-based undergraduate research experienceBioinformatics and GenomicsCURECUREscourse-based research experiences (CUREs)STEM CUREsComparative genomicsBioconductor

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    Movement: Nature's Flying Machines (Online)
    Adapted for online learning: In this lab, you will explore the physics of flight, the adaptations that make powered flight possible, and the evolution of powered flight in vertebrates and...

    Keywords: citizen sciencequantitative skillsDigital RepositoryFlight

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    The QUBES Resource System: Integrating open educational practices into diverse education reform communities
    Presentation on the QUBES Resource System given at the 16th Annual Open Education Conference

    Keywords: QUBESOERQUBES Resources SystemOpenEd

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    Making Universal Design for Learning Accessible to Faculty
    Presentation on Universal Design for Learning at the 2019 BioQUEST & QUBES Summer Workshop

    Keywords: Universal Design for Learning2019 QUBES/BioQUEST Summer WorkshopUDLscreen readersudl guidelines

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    Exploring how climate will impact plant-insect distributions and interactions using open data and informatics
    This teaching module provides an entry point for students to learn about data science, open data repositories (e.g., citizen science data), and species distribution modeling to study the effects of...

    Keywords: modelingcitizen sciencehypothesis testingdata scienceclimate changeR programming languageBiodiversityplant animal interactionsinquiry-based learningspecies distributionseco-informatics

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    Sting, Carry and Stock: How Corpse Availability Can Regulate De-Centralized Task Allocation in a Ponerine Ant Colony
    Model showing that organization of work through a common stomach system can allow Ectatomma ruidum to collectively forage for food in a robust, reactive and reliable way

    Keywords: differential equationsmodelinginsect colonysystems theory

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    Parasites -- They're what's for dinner: Investigating the role of parasites in aquatic food webs
    Use a well-resolved food web database from a freshwater wetland ecosystem in central California to explore how parasites influence community properties and learn how food webs are constructed and...

    Keywords: Resources @ ESA - TIEEparasitismDisease ecologyfmnDIGfood web ecologywetland communitiescomplex life cyclesnetwork modelingintroductory ecology

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    Enabling authentic ecological inquiries using research data and imageries in large classrooms
    Presentation made by Ben Wu et al. as part of the "Bringing Research Data to the Ecology Classroom: Opportunities, Barriers, and Next Steps” Session at the Ecological Society of America annual...

    Keywords: Ecological Society of America

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    The (STEM)2 Network - Sustainable, Transformative Engagement across a Multi-Institution and Multidisciplinary STEM Network (RCN-UBE Introduction)
    Enhance undergraduate STEM education by promoting new and strengthening existing collaborations among biology, chemistry, and math faculty at 2- and 4-year institutions; and support faculty in...

    Keywords: RCN-UBE Introduction

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    Population Ecology of the Northern Spotted Owl
    The mathematical modeling of populations utilizing field-collected demographic data is an important component of lab curricula in a variety of undergraduate biology lab courses. During the global...

    Keywords: demographyCommunity Ecologypopulation ecologyconservation biologylife tables

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    Evaluating the Quick Fix: Weight Loss Drugs and Cellular Respiration
    One key to student success in introductory and cell biology courses is a foundational knowledge of cellular respiration. This is a content area in which students often harbor misconceptions that...

    Keywords: data analysisCellular RespirationElectron Transport ChainEnergy transformationsMitochondriaOxidative phosphorylationWeight loss drugs24-dinitrophenol (DNP)

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    Is Earth Currently Undergoing a Sixth Mass Extinction?
    The five Phanerozoic mass extinctions were central in shaping biodiversity on Earth today. Due to increasing biodiversity losses, there is debate about whether we are currently undergoing a sixth...

    Keywords: conservationBiodiversityextinctionMass ExtinctionDeep Time

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    A Student-Led Hearing on the Use of HeLa Cells in Research
    In this role-playing case study, students will learn about the HeLa cell line and its origins while examining multiple perspectives surrounding the cell line and its uses. The goal of this case...

    Keywords: bioethicsscience policycell culturedebateHeLa cellsinformed consentrole playsocial justice issues

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    Authentic Ecological Inquiries Using BearCam Archives
    Learning through authentic scientific inquiries is essential for understanding the nature and process of science and for developing critical thinking and communication skills. It is logistically...

    Keywords: behaviorinterspecific interactionsPeer reviewauthentic inquiryintra-specific interactions

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    Implementing an online module about interpreting sound in a coral reef for an undergraduate marine biology course in Indonesia
    Students engage in interpreting sound, exploring the diversity of sounds in a coral reef in Indonesia, and relating coral reefs to climate change. This implementation incorporated principles of...

    Keywords: fishcoral reefssoundscapestropical ocean

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    Implementing an online module about measuring carbon stocks in an undergraduate Earth Science course
    In this implementation of a case study in which high technology was used to measure carbon stocks in a tropical forest, earth science students in this 4-year college in Oklahoma applied concepts...

    Keywords: climate changephotosynthesisbiomasscarbon cyclegreenhouse gas effect

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    Biting into "Science Cookies": Are seed fates determined by seed size or chemistry?
    By understanding how animals make seed dispersal decisions, we can predict how plant traits affect seed survival and plant recruitment. Using wild agoutis, we experimentally tested how seed...

    Keywords: predationplant animal interactionsSymbiosisTrophic interactionsTropical ecosystemsArtificial seedsSeed dispersalTerrestrial mammal

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