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    When did I lose my legs? A limbless lizard tale
    Using oVERT project models students examine examples of extant traditional lizards, snakes and limbless lizards and create phylogenies based on trait and genetic data.

    Keywords: phylogeneticsevolutionary biologyHerpetologynatural history collections3D models#NGSSdigitized natural history collectionsoVertConvergent Evolution

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    Opioid crisis: exploring the neurophysiology of opioid receptor signaling
    Using this dataset, we explore how opioids affect the electrical activity of neurons when exposed to different opioid receptor agonists and antagonists.

    Keywords: opioid epidemic

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    Elevator Pitch: An Activity to Help Students Communicate Their Research
    In this activity, students and the research mentor co-develop an elevator pitch that students can use to communicate their research.
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    Adler QUBES Resource DIBS Genetics and Race
    Teaching notes and Presentation with Discussion Questions and Summative Assessment Data.
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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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    Statistics Overview
    A Numbers Count statistics diagram

    Keywords: statisticsNumbers Count

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    Intro to BIOMAAP - Highlander teacher notes
    How I implemented these materials

    Keywords: math attitudesResources @ BIOMAAP

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    Competition under the Sea: Exploring the competitive interaction between native and non-native seagrasses in the Caribbean
    A mini-case study that uses real-world data to explore the competitive interaction among seagrasses.

    Keywords: ecologycompetitionconservation ecologywater resource managementseagrassCaribbean

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    Coordinating Photosynthetic Activity: Circadian Rhythms
    This module introduces circadian rhythms in the context of understanding the ability of organisms to measure time. It is intended for an introductory biology audience.

    Keywords: plant physiologyTrigonometrysine waves

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    Avida-ED presentation: Context Dependent Fitness
    Avida-ED presentation

    Keywords: fitnessadaptationcontext-dependenceavida-edenvironmentin-class activity

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    PLANT Talking Points: Popcorn, endosperm and the foods we eat...
    This resource connects botany to everyday life by way of explaining what common foods we eat really are.

    Keywords: botanyplants

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    Use of Peerwise and Twitter in Open Pedagogy
    This presentation will demonstrate the use of two open tools (Peerwise and Twitter) to engage students in creating and discussing course content.

    Keywords: twitterOER

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    Exploring the iNaturalist Database and Understanding Species Information
    This activity introduces a comprehensive guide aimed at enhancing users' proficiency in navigating the iNaturalist database to gain insights into biodiversity and species information. Divided into...

    Keywords: Biodiversityspecies descriptions#iNaturalistBLUEresearch skills

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    Calling Bullshit DCS 105 Bates College Data Visualization Activity Slides
    This is a slide deck containing all in-class data visualization activity slides for the course DCS 105 - Calling Bullshit at Bates College.

    Keywords: datadata visualizationhands-onbatescalling bullDCS 105

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    Assessing the Risk of Invasive Species Using Community Science Data
    This module introduces students who are already familiar with GIS to doing comparative analyses with large-scale community science (often called citizen science) data sets. Students will explore...

    Keywords: Invasive SpeciesProject EDDIECitizen and Community Science

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    When tests disagree, how do I know if I have COVID-19?
    Students will learn about infectious disease and the immune response to infection by investigating different types of tests (PCR, antigen, and antibody tests) to detect the SARS-CoV-2 viral genetic...

    Keywords: geneticsVision and Changeintroductory biologyinfectious diseasemolecular biologycore competenciesRT-PCRviruscore conceptsnon-majors biologySARS-CoV-2antibodyAntigenImmunoReachmolecular DiagnosticsCOVID-19 transmission

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    Table Top Orientation to the Galapagos Islands and Finches
    The Galapagos Finches are one of the most widely recognized examples of evolutionary biology research. This paper and pencil activity provides access to a variety of data resources that can be used...

    Keywords: EvolutionecologyGalapagosdata on darwins finches

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    Implicit Bias in Data Visualization (BIOME 2022 presentation)
    We want to build cooperative spaces where students can improve the quality of their work in iterative ways. However, are we sure that students will rate each other in unbiased ways. We will take...
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    1-091-InvestigatingSlopeFields-ModelingScenario
    Students will gain experience writing differential equations to model various population scenarios, they will create slope fields to view the solution curves using software, and they will discuss...

    Keywords: slope fieldspopulation

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