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    OpenLab - free project-sharing platform
    We're happy to share with you this new, free project-sharing platform created by a group of Wesleyan University teachers, students, and alums: https://openlab.studio/

    Keywords: Presentationdisseminationproject-sharing

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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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    SCORE-UBE Final Evaluation Report
    Final evaluation report for the NSF funded RCN-SCORE Network which aimed to support members tackle shared issues in sustaining OER and OEP. The growth of the network continued to grow through...

    Keywords: STEM Evaluation

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    Interactions between Water, Earth’s Surface, and Human Activity
    This two-week (~10-hour) module focuses on water and its importance to humans, both as a limited resource and in shaping Earth's surface.

    Keywords: earth scienceenvironmental sciencegeosciencewater resourcesResources @ InTeGrate

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    How to Create a Pollinator Project on iNaturalist
    Community science, also known as citizen science, allows any person to participate in scientific research. It breaks down the traditional barriers between scientists and the public, allowing anyone...

    Keywords: Plant EcologyPlant-insect interactions#iNaturalistpollinatorsCitizen and Community Sciencepollination ecology

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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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    Advanced Student Molecular Case Study Authorship Scaffolded Project and Rubric
    Instructions, assignment prompts, and a rubric for assessing advanced undergraduate authorship of molecular case studies
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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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    Analyzing current and past climate data (Project EDDIE)
    Students analyze current and past temperature and CO2 data to relate current climate change to climate of the past 450,000 years. Objectives: Are global temperatures and CO2 levels rising? How...
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    Seismology Lab (Project EDDIE)
    OBJECTIVES: • Differentiate P-waves from S-waves • Learn to identify body and surface waves on a seismic record • Learn how seismic waves change as you move away from the epicenter • Use...

    Keywords: Project EDDIE

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    Lake Mixing Module (Project EDDIE)
    Students explore spatial and temporal patterns of lake mixing using high-frequency temperature data from lakes around the world.

    Keywords: stratificationProject EDDIE

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    Soil Respiration Module (Project EDDIE)
    Soils hold more carbon (C) than any other component of the terrestrial biosphere!

    Keywords: Project EDDIE

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    Stream Discharge Module (Project EDDIE)
    Stream discharge is a fundamental measure of water supply in stream systems. Low discharge may cause problems with water supply and fish passage, while high discharge may mean flooding. In this...

    Keywords: floodsProject EDDIEurbanizationstreams

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    EREN PFPP Species Composition Curriculum Module with Data
    In this lab, students will learn foundational concepts of forest community dynamics and apply quantitative skills to data analysis and interpretation activities. Students will use tree plot data...

    Keywords: forest ecologyecologydata analysisdata in the classroomCommunity Ecologyscience educationcourse-based undergraduate research experiencecurriculum materialsPlant EcologyPlant community assemblyCollaborative researcheren

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    REMNet: A Student’s Guide to Experimental Design 5.3.19
    Video on experimental design for students from the Research Experiences in Microbiomes Network

    Keywords: Videoexperimental designMicrobiology Educationresearch in the classroomREMNeturban microbiomemicrobiology research

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    NIBLSE Incubators: A community-based model for the development of bioinformatics learning resources
    Presentation on NIBLSE incubators at the 2019 Great Lakes Bioinformatics Conference

    Keywords: bioinformaticsNIBLSEBioinformatics Educationincubators

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    NIBLSE Incubators: A community-based model for the development of bioinformatics learning resources
    Presentation given at GLBIO 2019 on NIBLSE Incubators

    Keywords: bioinformaticsNIBLSEincubators

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    Water Quality Investigation (Project EDDIE)
    This multi-part module aims to help you learn about water quality implications by understanding the variability of concentrations of nitrate in stream water through the evaluation of real-time data...

    Keywords: dataExcelwaternitrogenUSGSProject EDDIEnitrogen cycle

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    QB@CC: An interdisciplinary network model for developing and disseminating OER to support pedagogical change
    Presentation given at the Northeast OER Summer 2022 We describe the interdisciplinary network that has been developing and sharing quantitative skills-based OER in biological sciences. The...

    Keywords: Resources @ BioQUESTqbccNortheast OER Summit

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    USE C*Sci - The Undergraduate Student Experiences with Citizen Science Network to Transform Learning and Broaden Participation in Science (RCN-UBE Introduction)
    The Undergraduate Student Experiences with Citizen and Community Science Network includes educators, researchers, and project leaders excited about the use of participatory science approaches to...

    Keywords: RCN-UBE Introduction

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