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    Science “Fails”: A Bank of Historical Examples for Learning From Failure in Science
    Learning from failure is critically important to the processes of scientific inquiry, discovery, and invention. However, students are not routinely taught how to reflect on, learn from, and...

    Keywords: metacognitionScience process skillsLearning from failurepower and privilegestudent wellbeing

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    Cellular Respiration and pH: blocking the electron transport chain and its effects on the proton gradient, pH, and ATP production
    This module contains exercises designed to help students describe the stages of cellular respiration and quantify the energy molecules produced. Students will predict the region of higher proton...

    Keywords: introductory biologyQuantitative reasoningquantitative biologyinterdisciplarycell functionInterpreting GraphsATPpHCellular RespirationEnergy transformationsElectron flowNIQBC2. Data and GraphsC4. mathematical modelsC1. Numeracyproton gradientelectron transportelectron transport blockersFADH2chemiosmosisATP synthaseNADHproton concentration

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    CYTOSKELETON - Microtubule Dynamics in the Cell Cycle
    This module contains exercises designed to help upper-level cell biology students understand the dynamics of microtubule polymerization and depolymerization within the cell cycle and how cancer...

    Keywords: cell biologyQuantitative reasoningInterdisciplinary STEMInterpreting GraphsCytoskeletonScientific reasoningdimensional analysisNIQBC2. Data and GraphsC6. Quantitative LanguageC1. Numeracy

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    Osmosis: Determination of the rate of osmosis and the isotonic concentration
    This module contains exercises designed to help students understand how solute concentrations affect the direction and rate of osmosis. Students are given different scenarios to predict the...

    Keywords: introductory biologyQuantitative reasoninginterdisciplinarycell functionOsmosisNIQBC2. Data and GraphsC4. mathematical modelsC6. Quantitative LanguageC1. NumeracyC5. Logic and Algorithms

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    Evaluating Representation in Science Through a Peer-Reviewed Research Study
    The demographic representation of scientists featured in biology curricular materials do not match that of the undergraduate biology student population or of the U.S. population. In this lesson, we...

    Keywords: societyRepresentationSTEM equity

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    Drawing “Octo-Pines”: Ice-Breaker Active-Learning Activities to Introduce Drawing-to-Learn in Biology
    Drawing has been advocated as a technique to develop visual literacy and observational skills in biology students. To increase student motivation and confidence to draw in our course, we developed...

    Keywords: Zoologydrawingdrawing-to-learnice breaker

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    A Multi-Institutional Alternative Assessment Faculty Learning Community: Supporting Teaching in Higher Education
    Faculty learning communities (FLCs) provide opportunities for professional development for faculty, teaching staff, and educational developers in a collaborative and open environment. In this...

    Keywords: professional developmentAlternative AssessmentFaculty Learning Community

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    Helping Students to Metacognitively Read Scientific Literature With Talking to the Text
    Reading primary scientific literature enhances students’ understanding of material, increases their self-efficacy, and critical thinking skills. However, scientific articles often present...

    Keywords: scientific literaturereading comprehensionmetacognitionScience process skillsTalking to the TextDense Scientific Texts

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    Why Do I Need a Lab Notebook? Teaching Responsible Conduct of Research with CURE Lab Notebooks
    There are few instructional tools about data acquisition and management available for undergraduate students. I created this lesson as a Fellow of the Ethics Network for Course-Based Opportunities...

    Keywords: lab notebookresponsible conduct of researchdata acquisition/ management

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    Enzyme Kinetics: How Quickly Can Acetylcholinesterase Break Up Your Thoughts?
    This module contains exercises designed to help upper-level cell biology students understand the common graphical methods used to evaluate enzyme activity and to see the impact of inhibitors on...

    Keywords: cell biologyQuantitative reasoninginterdisciplinarylinear modelsInterpreting GraphsNIQBC2. Data and GraphsC4. mathematical modelsnonlinear models

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    Conducting Biodiversity Science in the 21st Century (Poster)
    A poster summarizing how museum resources can be used for conducting biodiversity science in the 21st century including in research, education and in increasing inclusivity and diversity in STEM.

    Keywords: researchmuseumPosterBiodiversitynatural history museumsOpen Datadata literacydiversityinclusionBLUEdigitized natural history collectionsbiodiversity data

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    Experiencing the Inclusive STEM Teaching Project through BioQUEST Learning Communities
    Poster presented at the Gordon UBER Conference in June 2023

    Keywords: faculty learning communitiesInclusive teaching

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    Mapping Specimen Occurrence Data in QGIS
    Use digitized natural history collection occurrence data from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) to map the distribution of the beaver in the state of Oregon from 1800-2020 using QGIS

    Keywords: natural history collectionsspecies distributionscourse-based research experiences (CUREs)digitized natural history collectionsQGIS

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    Unveiling Lizard Evolution: Graphical Insights into Behavioral Ecology in the Era of Climate Change
    This lesson targets entry-level undergraduate students to enhance their proficiency in comprehending and interpreting scientific graphs. The lesson incorporates group discussions centered around...

    Keywords: evolutionary ecologygraph interpretationfmnBioGraphIrepresentation in STEM

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    STEM as Culture: Exploring exclusion and inclusion in mathematics and biology
    This is a paper given as a plenary lecture at the second CalcConf in Bergen, Norway, June 2023. The paper explores how marginalization in society & living between worlds becomes a superpower in...

    Keywords: calculusbiocalculusrule of fivemarine biologyco2Microagressionsmauna keamauna loafeministtestimonioindigenous epistomologyanzalduagutierrezdisciplinary microaggressions

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    Defenses against predation: Interpreting graphs of predator behavior
    In this lesson, students discuss anti-predator defense mechanisms and the types of cues defenses provide to predators. Students then interpret graphs of behavior of arthropod predators when...

    Keywords: graph interpretationfmndata literacyinterspecific interactionsconsumptionBioGraphIrepresentation in STEMarthropodsaposematismphenotypic variationtortoise beetlecarton-nest antspraying mantisorb-weaving spider

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    Data Cards Sample Created From Lost Crops of Africa (NRC, 1996, 2006, 2008)
    This resource provides a sample of the data cards that have been used in conference presentations, trainings, and science methods courses over the years. This resource provides supplemental data...

    Keywords: environmental scienceCurriculum developmentScience curriculumAfricacultural resourcescultural heritageancient fruitsancient vegetablesdiversity equity and inclusionBlackNext Generation Science StandardsBlack representation in STEMgrain sizescience capitalcrops

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    Count me in: Increasing early detection of invasive species with community science
    In this lesson, students interpret a map of species occurrences. Then, students view and reflect on an interview with biologist Dr. Jennifer Dean, whose research includes the map that they...

    Keywords: graph interpretationInvasive SpeciesAquatic invasive speciesspatial datawomen in steminvasive plantsCitizen and Community ScienceBioGraphIrepresentation in STEMmap interpretationiMapInvasives

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    Walkabout: An Easy to Use, Experiential Learning Activity for Applying Abstract Concepts to the Real-World
    Students can have difficulty recognizing examples of course concepts in the real-world. They particularly struggle with phenomena that are ambiguously defined, have mimics, or are hard to...

    Keywords: data gatheringgreen technologyobservations

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    Central Dogma, Dictionaries, and Functions: Using Programming Concepts to Simulate Biological Processes
    Technologies like next-generation sequencing, proteomics, and high-throughput phenotyping have transformed the way we do biology. There is a continued need for scientists with computational skills...

    Keywords: computationpythonJupyter notebookFunctionscentral dogmaDictionaries

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