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    Climate Drivers of Phenology (Project EDDIE)
    This activity explores the question: which species will be most affected by temperature changes, and how will changes in the phenology of one species affect its interaction with others as the...
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    Phenology Trends and Climate Change in Minnesota (Project EDDIE): A focus on American elm
    In this module, students will practice answering a specific question about how climate change has affected flowering date in American elm trees.
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    Quartile Tutorial
    Numbers Count Excel resource

    Keywords: ExcelNumbers Count

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    Wind and Ocean Ecosystems (Project EDDIE)- adapted to provide greater autonomy for students in an upper level class
    This module adaption focuses on the interplay between winds, ocean upwelling, and marine productivity. Students are able to select and download their own data and compare results among different...
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    How to create "funny symbols" (aka math / statistical notation) in Microsoft Word / Office
    YouTube video on using statistical notation in Microsoft Word.

    Keywords: videosonline learninggenomicsyoutubestatistics symbols

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    Climate Drivers of Phenology Across Scales (adapted during Project EDDIE FMN)
    This activity explores the question: how is bumblebee phenology affected by climate, and are patterns in the phenology of an organism better explained at smaller scales?
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    Effect of the Intestinal Protein Snakeskin on the Lifespan of Fruit Flies: A Kaplan-Meier Survival Analysissource Draft (1)
    In this activity, students perform the Kaplan-Meier survival analysis on raw data obtained from an experiment that explores the effect of overexpressing the Snakeskin (Ssk) protein on the lifespan...

    Keywords: graphingBiochemistryhypothesis testingcalculus and biologyapproximating areas under curvesqbccCellular and Molecular BiologyCreate graphsInterpret graphsSolving Equations and Inequalitiesinterpret tablesConcepts in Statisticsusing statisticschi-square analysissurvival analysis

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    Confidence Intervals Tutorial
    Numbers Count Excel resource

    Keywords: ExcelNumbers Countconfidence interval

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    Yeast Cell Growth
    Numbers Count resource using Excel for data analysis

    Keywords: data analysisExcelNumbers Count

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    Phenology Trends and Climate Change in Minnesota (Project EDDIE)
    In this module, students will practice answering a specific question about how climate change has affected flowering date in American elm trees. Students can then practice on a species of their own...
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    MS Excel Refresher - Lizards, iguanas, and snakes! Oh my! | Data Nuggets
    This resource, a MS Excel refresher, extends the level for this Data Nugget. Students are given an Excel workbook with the data and asked to graph and calculate diversity using Excel functions...

    Keywords: Resources @ Data NuggetsspreadsheetsRestoration EcologyUsing Excelgraphing in Excelformulas in ExcelApplied ecology

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    Variance Tutorial
    Numbers Count Excel resource
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    Testing for Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium
    Numbers Count Excel resource
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    Critical Zone Science Part II
    As part of our effort to model the redwood forest water budget, we used the InTeGrate Unit 5.2 to put numbers to pathways.
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    REMNet Tutorial, Excel Part 6: Making Microbiome Column Charts 5.3.19
    Video on creating column charts in Excel from the Research Experiences in Microbiomes Network

    Keywords: ExcelVideoMicrobiology Educationmicrobiomesresearch in the classroomREMNeturban microbiomes

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    REMNet Tutorial, Excel Part 5: Making Heat Maps 4.26.19
    Video on making heat maps in Excel from the Research Experiences in Microbiomes Network

    Keywords: ExcelVideoMicrobiology EducationMicrobiome researchresearch in the classroomREMNeturban microbiome

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    REMNet Tutorial, Excel Part 3: Organizing Your Microbiome Data 5.3.19
    Video on organizing microbiome using Excel from the Research Experiences in Microbiomes Network

    Keywords: ExcelVideoMicrobiology Educationmicrobiomesresearch in the classroomREMNeturban microbiomes

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    Fitting Exponential and Logistic Growth Models to Bacterial Cell Count Data
    In this activity, students will model a noisy set of bacterial cell count data using both exponential and logistic growth models. For each model the students will plot the data (or a linear...

    Keywords: modelingdata analysislinear regressiongraphingExponentsoptimizationcalculusInterpreting GraphsFunctionsqbccCellular and Molecular BiologyChoosing modelsUnderstanding ratesConcepts in Statisticsmeasurementsmanipulating equationscreating graphsExponential and Logarithmic Functionsinterpreting tables

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    Data Management using National Ecological Observatory Network's (NEON) Small Mammal Data with Accompanying Lesson on Mark Recapture Analysis
    Students use small mammal data from the National Ecological Observatory Network to understand necessary steps of data management from data collection to data analysis by estimating small mammal...

    Keywords: data managementspreadsheetssmall mammals community dynamicsNEONCapture mark-recaptureResource TypeNational Ecological Observatory Network

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    A first lesson in mathematical modeling for biologists: Rocs
    Using a fictitious population of Rocs, a mythical species of giant raptor, students accomplish two broad objectives: 1) they undertake the process of building a first mathematical model of a...

    Keywords: population ecologypopulation modelingdiscrete generationpopulation management

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