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    Pivoting Intro from Inquiry to Online
    This poster will present how inquiry-based learning experiences that were designed for face-to-face labs can be modified in a rapid pivot to online teaching.

    Keywords: plant physiologybotanyonline learninginquiry-based learningtranspirationonline labremote

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    Assessment of Science Inquiry
    Resource from the 2015 BioQUEST Summer Workshop

    Keywords: assessmentconceptsSoTL

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    Venom: To Kill or Cure?
    In this case study, students will explore concepts of evolution, protein structure and function, taxonomy, and methods of scientific inquiry in a real-world way.

    Keywords: EvolutionphylogeneticsidigbioAP Biologytaxonomynatural history collections3D modelsoVertVenomsnakesherps

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    2019-Ekici_Plyley. Inquiry-Based_Modeling_of_Population_Dynamics_With_Logistic_Differential_and_Difference_Equations
    Inquiry-based learning activities on modeling and controlling the growth of locally relevant species, such as lionfish or sea turtles, are developed by the authors.

    Keywords: population dynamicslogisticInquiry-based modelingIBL

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    2015 Quantitative Biology Education Summit
    Abstract for a meeting, 2015 Quantitative Biology Education Summit.

    Keywords: meetingQUBESRCNquantitative biologyData In Inquiryworkshop

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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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    HITS: A Network to Create Inquiry-based Case Studies | BIOME 2022
    We created the NSF-funded High-throughput Discovery Science & Inquiry-based Case Studies for Today’s Students (HITS) Research Coordination Network to address this gap. HITS brings together...

    Keywords: case studiesHigh-throughput Discovery Science & Inquiry-based Case Studies for Today’s StudentsHigh-throughput (HT) approaches

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    Food, Energy and Water Learning Modules (FEWLM) Workbooks
    FEWLM is a low-cost inquiry-based interdisciplinary STEM prototypical curriculum built on Next Generation Science Standards, systems thinking and informed engineering design pedagogy.

    Keywords: K-12inquiry-based learningNext Generation Science StandardsSystem Thinking

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    Inquiry-based hypothesis testing using phylogenetic trees in MEGA
    A key learning objective in biology is applying bioinformatics tools to test a real-life question. These inquiry-based modules have students assemble and align data, and construct simple...

    Keywords: phylogeneticsbioinformaticsFASTANCBIBLASTmultiple sequence alignmentsequence similarityCourseSourceZika virusMEGAalcohol metabolism

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    HITS: A network to promote high-throughput (HT) approaches through inquiry-based case studies
    Poster on the HITS project presented at the 2018 Annual Fall Conference for the National Center for Case Study Teaching In Science.

    Keywords: case studiesbig dataHITSHigh-throughput Discovery Science & Inquiry-based Case Studies for Today’s StudentsAnnual Fall Conference for the National Center for Case Study Teaching In ScienceBuffalo case studyHigh-throughput (HT) approaches

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    Investigating the effects of urbanization on bird biodiversity: Testing three biodiversity hypotheses using citizen science data
    Students generate predictions and test three hypotheses about how biodiversity is affected by urbanization over time using citizen science generated bird count data and land use data from 13...

    Keywords: hypothesis testingBiodiversityurbanizationguided inquiryland useproductivity hypothesisecosystem stress hypothesisintermediate disturbance hypothesis

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    HITS: A network to create inquiry-based case studies that make high-throughput approaches and discovery accessible
    Poster on the work of the NSF-funded High-throughput Discovery Science & Inquiry-based Case Studies for Today’s Students (HITS) Research Coordination Network. Presented at the 2021 BIOME Institute.

    Keywords: case studieshigh-throughputHITSHigh-throughput Discovery Science & Inquiry-based Case Studies for Today’s Students2021 BIOME

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    Sequence Similarity in Developmental Biology - A Bioinformatics Exercise Using Myostatin
    This exercise leads upper level biology majors in an inquiry-based excursion to determine how similar the signaling molecule, myostatin, is between humans and mice, using a basic set of...
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    Sequence Similarity: An inquiry based and "under the hood" approach for incorporating molecular sequence alignment in introductory undergraduate biology courses
    This laboratory module, published on CourseSource, leads introductory biology students in the exploration of a basic set of bioinformatics concepts and tools.

    Keywords: phylogeneticsbioinformaticssequencingFASTANCBINIBLSEalgorithmsincubatorsBLASTmultiple sequence alignmentsequence similarityBLOSUM scoring matrixneighbor-joining distance matrixCourseSourcephylogramZika virus

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    How the Scientific Method Works
    An episode dedicated to learning about how we explore our world using the scientific method.

    Keywords: scientific methodstuff you should knowResources @ QUBES - Teaching & Referencescienceepisodeexplore

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    1-068-WaterBottleCooling-ModelingScenario
    Students create of a differential equation describing how fluid in a water bottle will change its temperature to approach the ambient temperature in a room.

    Keywords: bNewton's Law of Coolingwater bottleautonomousbottle

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    Sustainability Metrics (Project EDDIE)
    In this module, students will use an analytical framework with publicly available data to formulate questions, analyze data, and report metrics of sustainability.

    Keywords: World Geography

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    Critical inquiry for inclusive teaching of statistics
    Professional development workshop slides to help curate conversations in teaching statistics with a critical inquiry lens.

    Keywords: statisticsdata sciencefaculty developmentInclusive teachingbuilds

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    Sustainability Metrics (Project EDDIE)
    In this module, students will use an analytical framework with publicly available data to formulate questions, analyze data, and report metrics of sustainability.
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    Plate Tectonics: GPS Data, Boundary Zones, and Earthquake Hazards (Project EDDIE)
    Students work with high precision GPS data to explore how motion near a plate boundary is distributed over a larger region and hypothesize the area over which boundary-related earthquake hazards...
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