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    Colorful wings send messages: Why are butterfly wings colorful?
    Red postman butterflies live in tropical rainforests and have a mix of red, yellow, and black on their wings. These bright colors may warn predators or attract mates. Explore whether color alone or...
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    That Vertebrate Ate What Exactly?
    During the course of this lesson, students will analyze CT scan data and observe bycatch (or an unknown discovery) captured during the scanning process of vertebrates.
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    Rescuing Data: Preserving Data for the Future
    Meet Diane Srivastava, director of the Canadian Institute for Ecology and Evolution, and learn how they sythesize and save biodiversity data.
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    Seed Dispersal in Tropical Forests
    In this activity, students use data from published studies to understand patterns of seed dispersal and apply these ideas to the design of a conservation area.
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    Mendelian Genetics, Probability, Pedigree, and Chi-Squared Statistics
    A lesson that requires students to work through a series of questions pertaining to the genetics of sickle cell disease and its relationship to malaria.
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    Allele and Phenotype Frequencies in Rock Pocket Mouse Populations
    A lesson that uses real rock pocket mouse data collected by Dr. Michael Nachman and his colleagues to illustrate the Hardy-Weinberg principle.
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    Confronting the challenges of bringing research data into undergraduate classrooms using online faculty mentoring networks
    Poster on using ecological research data in undergraduate courses
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    Links to Avida-ED spreadsheets for Active LENS and BioQUEST 2018
    Avida-ED materials and resources for Active LENS and BioQUEST 2018.
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    Biodiversity, Big Data, and the Fossil Record
    In this lab, we will be making and testing hypotheses about how the biodiversity of groups of organisms may vary through time.
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    Studying disease with Dr. Ameeta Parekh of the FDA
    Ameeta Parekh, Ph.D. is the Senior Advisor for Scientific Collaborations in the Office of Translational Sciences for the FDA. She talked to us about the FDA's mission and purpose, an overview of...
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    HSI - Student Research Journal - Vol.3 Issue 1 - Summer 2021
    The Headwaters Research Experience students have produced some fascinating research throughout our 10-week program. We encourage all to read their reports in our Vol. 3 - Issue 1 - Summer 2021...
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    HSI - Student Research Journal - Vol.1 Issue 3 - Fall 2020
    The Headwaters Research Experience students have produced some fascinating research throughout our 10-week program. We encourage all to read their reports in our Vol. 1 - Issue 3 - Fall 2020...
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    iBEARS Poster
    A description of the new NSF INCLUDES iBEARS network including background, project goals, project outcomes, connections to be made through QUBES, and future directions.
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    Spreadsheet Tutorial 1: Adapted to Anatomy and Physiology
    Adapted the examples to Anatomy and Physiology relevant topics and implemented in BIO165L Anatomy and Physiology I Laboratory for non-majors.
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    Spreadsheet Data Analysis Terms and Shortened Tutorial 4
    Introductory students are asked to learn terms for descriptive statistics and complete a matching exercise. Tutorial 4 was shorted to just the full calculations of t values.
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    Expanded Graphing Tutorial
    The tutorial has two approaches for teaching about graph building and choosing the appropriate graph for different data types, a scaffolding approach and a exploration approach which can be...
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    Using HHMI Tutorials to Prepare Students for Investigating Authentic Datasets in Biology
    HHMI tutorial modules were modified and condensed to bring all students up to the same skill level, and students took a pre-assessment to demonstrate adequate preparation for class.
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    Cell Division and Cancer Risk Data Point
    Cancer is typically attributed to hereditary and environmental factors, but these only explain a fraction of overall cancer risk. This activity explores a third factor.
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    Tutorial Combination and Online Implementation
    The two key features of my implementation is the fact that the tutorial was implemented in an online setting, and I added an assessment (also implemented in an online setting).
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    Microbiomes forAll: The Research Experiences in Microbiomes Network
    Poster on REMNet presented at the 2020 BIOME Institute: Cultivating Scientific Curiosity
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