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    Project MOSAIC
    Our goal: Provide a broader approach to quantitative studies that provides better support for work in science and technology.

    Keywords: statisticsmodelingmodulecase studycomputationalternative curriculumResources @ Project Mosaicin-class activityproblem setResources @ QUBES - Teaching & Reference

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    Advancing population ecology with integral projection models: a practical guide
    Integral projection models (IPMs) use information on how an individual's state influences its vital rates – survival, growth and reproduction – to make population projections using regression...

    Keywords: IPMintegral projection modelspopulation growthreviewsdemographyelasticitylife historymatrix projection modelpopulation growth ratesensitivitystage structurevital ratesregressionResources @ QUBES - Teaching & Referencecovariatesanalytics

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    BioNumbers-the database of key numbers in molecular and cell biology
    BioNumbers is a database of key numbers in molecular and cell biology—the quantitative properties of biological systems of interest to computational, systems and molecular cell biologists

    Keywords: dataResources @ BioNumbersNumbersestimationdatabaseResources @ QUBES - Teaching & Reference

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    Modifying HHMI Anole Resources: Using Image J to Quantify Ecomorphs and Tree-thinking to Explore Evolutionary Hypotheses
    I recombined the HHMI resources to have the students perform the image analysis from Virtual Lab 1 in Image J and explore the evolutionary principles in the Lizard Phenology modules

    Keywords: Evolutionorganismal biologytool:imagejSpeciationTree thinkingDNAphylogeny and classification

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    A Growing Concern: Sustaining Soil Resources through Local Decision Making
    This module addresses this need by providing students the opportunity to examine the differences between intensively managed agricultural landscapes (e.g. grazelands, conventional tillage) and...

    Keywords: sustainabilityenvironmental sciencegeologysoil scienceResources @ InTeGrate

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    Workshop Report: Summer 2020 Virtual CRISPR in the Classroom
    As innovations and developments in genome editing technologies using CRISPR-Cas systems progress, the need to disseminate relevant knowledge and build skills among the next generation of young...

    Keywords: geneticscrisprGenome Analysisgene editingbacterial immunity

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    OCELOTS - A Network for Facilitating Online Content for Experiential Learning of Tropical Systems (RCN-UBE Introduction)
    The OCELOTS Network connects tropical biology researchers with specialists in pedagogy, 4DEE, software, and media to create and implement research-based online modules in tropical biology,...

    Keywords: RCN-UBE Introduction

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    An Introduction to agent-based modeling.
    Introductory level textbook based on a collection of lecture notes from an undergraduate course on agent-based modeling at Arizona State University.

    Keywords: textbookcurriculumNetLogoagent-based modelingIndividual & Agent Based Modelingcourseundergraduate educationResources @ QUBES - Teaching & Reference

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    QUBES-ESA partnership uses online Faculty Mentoring Networks to prepare faculty for teaching quantitative biology to undergraduates
    Poster on Faculty Mentoring Networks presented at ESA 2018

    Keywords: faculty mentoring networksResources @ ESA - TIEE

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    The nose knows: How tri-trophic interactions and natural history shape bird foraging behavior
    Students investigate the role of olfaction and infochemicals on bird foraging behavior through three different quantitative modules. In this module students create graphs, generate statistics, draw...

    Keywords: Resources @ ESA - TIEEforagingfmnbehavioral ecologyDIGtrophic cascadesAntarctic foodd webs

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    Linking Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis to Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Conservation
    Traditional Ecological Knowledge is based on deep understanding of systems from observations made over hundreds to thousands of years. This resource connects Traditional Ecological Knowledge to...

    Keywords: climate changeenvironmental justiceintermediate disturbance hypothesisTraditional ecological knowledge

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    Creating a Deeper Understanding of Big Geospatial Data, Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI), and Community Science using Project Eddie Modules
    This module uses the Project Eddie Module Assessing the Risk of Invasive Species Using Community Science Data developed by Heard, M. J. (2023) to create a deeper understanding of big geospatial...

    Keywords: GISInvasive SpeciesGeospatial ScienceProject EDDIEgeographyCitizen and Community Sciencegeographic information sciencevolunteering

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    ImmunoReach: Incorporating Immunology into the Curriculum to Promote Interdisciplinary Science Education (RCN-UBE Introduction)
    This is an interdisciplinary faculty community of practice, that connects immunology educators with faculty in other biology disciplines, with an intention to increase access to concept-focused...

    Keywords: RCN-UBE Introduction

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    6-005-InsectColonySurvivalOpt-ModelingScenario
    We present a system of nonlinear differential equations to model the control of energy flow into producing workers or reproducers in an insect colony, using a set of given parameters and a number...

    Keywords: optimizationOptimal Control Theoryinsect colonyoptimal controlnatural resourcesPointryagin's Maximum Principlecontrol variable

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    2013-Deboeck-Bergeman-The reservoir model-DE model of psychological regulation
    The following article describes a differential equation model based on the concept of a reservoir for psychological regulation.

    Keywords: adaptive copingReservoirsNotre Dame Longitudinal Study on Agingoutputinput distributionstressorscoping resources

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    Uncovering Hidden Figures of Natural History Collections Using Digital Data Sleuthing & Storytelling
    In this presentation we will introduce a series of modules meant to train the next generation of scientists to be data sleuths and storytellers, engaging learners in authentic research experiences...

    Keywords: natural history museumssocial justicedigitized natural history collectionsLDC2023hidden figures

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    SARS-CoV-2: Understanding, Applying and Communicating Science
    The ability to integrate process of science training with necessary skills in applying and communicating core theories in biological science and biology quantification, has been brought into focus...

    Keywords: process of science#COVID19 #SARSCOV2 #SciComm #studentdiscovery

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    SARS-CoV-2: Understanding, Applying and Communicating Science
    The ability to integrate process of science training with necessary skills in applying and communicating core theories in biological science and biology quantification, has been brought into focus...

    Keywords: #COVID19 #SARSCOV2 #SciComm #studentdiscovery

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    The impact of diversifying and humanizing science role models on student attitudes and interest in science careers
    We introduced diverse and humanized scientist role models into data literacy instruction and quantified changes in student attitudes towards science. We found that the impact of science role models...
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    Undergraduate Research and Microbiology Science Community (µRAMS) lighning talk BIOME Institute 2021
    The uRAMS (undergraduate Research and Microbiology Science community) was created by faculty and researchers at Colorado State University as part of our engagement with the 2021 BIOME Institute....

    Keywords: undergraduate researchcritical readingMicrobiology Educationundergraduate educationquantitative skillsScience Communicationdei

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