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    Inclusive Pedagogy for Life Science Education Tagging Ontology
    Inclusive Pedagogy for Life Science Education Tagging Ontology

    Keywords: ontology

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    R for biologists
    An introductory guide to data analysis in R for life sciences researchers.

    Keywords: R

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    The Network for Integrating Bioinformatics into Life Sciences Education (NIBLSE): Barriers to Integration
    The Network for Integrating Bioinformatics into Life Sciences Education (NIBLSE) seeks to promote the use of bioinformatics and data science as a way to teach biology.

    Keywords: data sciencebioinformaticsNIBLSELife Science

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    Serenity now! Keep calm and do science with real data in the classroom
    Presentation on a free web application currently under development on QUBES called Serenity at the 5th Life Discovery Conference

    Keywords: data sciencetool:serenity5th Life Discovery- Doing Science Education conference (LDC)5th Life Discovery Conference

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    Network for Integrating Bioinformatics into Life Sciences Education (NIBLSE): Recent Activities
    Presentation on NIBLSE at the 2019 Great Lakes Bioinformatics Conference

    Keywords: bioinformaticsNIBLSEincubators

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    Andy Giordano discusses how he generated a fulfilling life through science
    Andy Giordano talks to us about how he has been able to generate a fulfilling life through his pursuit of science. This is a talk relevant for all ages and professional statuses. Whether you are an...
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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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    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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    Infectious Chocolate Joy with a Side of Poissonian Statistics: An activity connecting life science students with subtle physics concepts
    Lesson on what it means for biological processes to be Poissonian, published in CourseSource

    Keywords: quantitative biologybioinformaticsmicrobiologyphysicsNIBLSEHIVCourseSourcemultiplicity of infectionPoisson Distribution

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    Aquatic ecology with Diana Hitchen
    Our LWS interview with aquatic ecologist for the Great Basin Institute and Bureau of Land Management, Diana Hitchen.
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    Effects of Airport Runoff Pollution on Water Quality in Bay Area Sites Surrounding San Francisco and Oakland Airports
    Airports contribute to pollution through point source and non point source pollution, which can have a negative effect on water quality and aquatic life. The purpose of the study was...

    Keywords: water quality

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    Presence of Vegetation in Relation to Slope in Yosemite Valley, California
    Here we examine the relationship between the slope of a terrain and vegetation, measured by NDVI levels. I used satellite data from Yosemite Valley to analyze and test for statistical...

    Keywords: vegetation

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    Incubators: Building community networks and developing open educational resources to integrate bioinformatics into life sciences education
    To efficiently and effectively integrate bioinformatics instruction into undergraduate life science curricula, educators would benefit from open access, high-quality learning resources (LRs) for...

    Keywords: bioinformaticsNIBLSEincubatorsLife Science

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    Integration of Bioinformatics into Life Science Curricula: Community Development, Dissemination, and Assessment of a NIBLSE Learning Resource
    Big data and computational tools have transformed the way we address biological questions. To prepare undergraduates for tomorrow’s challenges, life science curricula should integrate the...

    Keywords: bioinformaticsNIBLSELife Science

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    Serenity now! Keep calm and do science with real data in the classroom
    Session on using real data in the classroom with Serenity, a platform-independent browser-based interface to data science tools for the classroom.

    Keywords: data scienceBIRDDtool:serenitySummer Workshop 2018Galapagos

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    2015-The European Bioinformatics Institute-BioModels Database
    BioModels Database is a repository of computational models of biological processes. Models described from literature are manually curated and enriched with cross-references.

    Keywords: computational biologyBioModels Databasebio databaselife science experiments

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    Life in Urban Environments: The Impact of Urbanization on Life-History Traits in Amphibian Species
    This lesson focuses on urbanization and its negative effects on species, specifically amphibians. The lesson will also provide hands-on statistical analyses and critical thinking questions to...

    Keywords: life historyRStudiofrogstwo-way ANOVAurbanizationamphibianstoads

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    Digital Atlas of Ancient Life | Exploring the Diversity and History of Fossil Life
    The Digital Atlas project include field guides to fossils (including a mobile app), an online paleontology textbook, and a collection of over 500 virtual 3D models of fossil specimens.

    Keywords: Evolutionbiologyidigbiopaleontologytaxonomynatural history collectionsgeologySPNHC2020

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    The Mystery of the Missing Martens
    National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science- this interrupted case study introduces basic modeling to investigate a decline in an American marten population on an island in Southeast Alaska.

    Keywords: modelingsurvivaldata analysisvital ratessurvivorshippopulation ecologyage structurefecundityWildlife Biologymodellingmartensbirth ratelife table

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    Assessing the water quality at Pescadero Creek, CA: does water turbidity and the creek’s composition affect the water quality?
    Right now in the world, there are many factors affecting the world’s environment. Environments, ecosystems, and weather throughout the world are changing due to the anthropocene. Humans are...

    Keywords: water quality

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