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    REMNet: Introduction To Instructors 5.3.19
    Video on incorporating microbiome sequencing into biology education from the Research Experiences in Microbiomes Network

    Keywords: VideomicrobiomesREMNetmicrobiome sequencing

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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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    REMNet: Online Resources 5.3.19
    Video on online resources for studying microbiomes from the Research Experiences in Microbiomes Network

    Keywords: VideoMicrobiology EducationmicrobiomesMicrobiome researchresearch in the classroomREMNet

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    Teaching introductory bioinformatics with Jupyter notebook-based active learning
    Presentation on teaching introductory bioinformatics with Jupyter notebook-based active learning at the 2019 Great Lakes Bioinformatics Conference

    Keywords: biostatisticsstatistical analysisavian malariaSummer Workshop 2018

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    Figure of the Week: Environmental Data Analysis/Statistics Version
    Adaptation of Figure of the Day activity used on a weekly basis in an environmental data analysis/statistics course.

    Keywords: graphsmath attitudesResources @ BIOMAAPInterpreting Graphs

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    Working with Datasets in R swirl
    The goal of this lesson is to learn how to import datasets into R, understand variable types, make adjustments to variables, perform basic calculations, and begin data visualization. The exercise...

    Keywords: graphingRStudioclimate change datatidyverseWorking with datasets

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    Exaggerated Traits and Breeding Success in Widowbirds
    Teaching Notes on the Exaggerated Traits and Breeding Success in Widowbirds

    Keywords: Evolutionexperimental designsexual dimorphismsexual selectionNatural SelectionWidowbirdsbirdintrasexual selectionintersexual selectionhandicap hypothesis

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    NetLogo refresher course
    This is a supplemental resource from ABM

    Keywords: moduletextbookNetLogoagent-based modelingIndividual & Agent Based Modelingin-class activityproblem set

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    Screen Casts for Foundations of Bioinformatics at UCSD
    Collection of videos developed by Barry Grant at UCSD for his course, BGGN-213

    Keywords: videosbioinformaticsgenomicsyoutubescreen cast

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    What do trees know about Rain? Adapted for an online, non-majors botany course
    Minor modifications were made to this Data Nugget in order to use it in a fully online version of the introductory, non-majors botany course, Plants and People.
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    Effects of Laptop Use on Student Learning
    Resource from the 2015 BioQUEST Summer Workshop

    Keywords: classroomcurriculumlecture slidescourselaptopstudent learningsyllabusin-class activity

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    Changes in Lake Ice: Ecosystem Response to Global Change
    This is an FMN participant modification of the TIEE module "Changes in Lake Ice: Ecosystem Responses to Global Change," authored by Robert Bohanan, Marianne Krasny, and Adam Welman in 2005.

    Keywords: ecologyfmnData Discovery

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    Thinking deeply about quantitative analysis: Building a Biologist's Toolkit
    Vision and Change in Undergraduate Biology Education encouraged faculty to focus on core concepts and competencies in undergraduate curriculum. We created a sophomore-level course, Biologists'...

    Keywords: Vision and ChangeRRStudioquantitative literacystatistical analysisScientific communication

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    Structuring Courses for Equity
    As instructors, we continually look for new ways to create equitable learning environments and support learning for all students in our courses. Recently, we have explored ways that we can increase...

    Keywords: Equitymetacognitioninclusivitycourse structure

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    Learning R for Biologists: A Mini Course Grab-Bag for Instructors
    As biology becomes more data driven, teaching students data literacy skills has become central to biology curriculum. Despite a wealth of online resources that teach researchers how to use R, there...

    Keywords: Rdata analysisRStudio

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    Biochemistry Take Home Exam - Alternative Assessment
    This take-home exam part has several creative activities that students can choose from to demonstrate their mastery of concepts in my one-semester General Biochemistry survey course. In addition...

    Keywords: BiochemistryInclusive teachingAlternative Assessmenttake home exam

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    2016-Pennell-Avitabile-White-Engineering Applications Differential Equations
    General discussion of an engineering based differential equations course with examples from RC Circuit, mass spring dashpot.

    Keywords: circuitvoltagecapacitornondimensionalization

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    1999-Marchand-McDevitt-Learning Differential Equations by Exploring Earthquake Induced Structural Vibrations
    The project takes full advantage of analytical, numerical, and qualitative techniques to explore the mechanical vibrations of buildings during an earthquake.

    Keywords: earthquakenondimensionalizationCoulomb dampingmechanical vibration

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    1991-Carmine_Chicone-Ordinary Differential Equations with Applications
    This is a complete text for a graduate level course. Hence there is much theory, but there is a chapter on applications with some sophisticated approaches and high level modeling of motion.

    Keywords: orbitstwo mass systematommagnetic fieldcoupled penduluminverted pendulumcharged particleKepler motion

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    Teaching Protein Structure Modeling
    New strains of microbes have been regularly discovered and brought into a laboratory for study in many different directions. When a new microbial genome is sequenced and assembled, the homologues...

    Keywords: Microbiology Educationbioinformaticsprotein structure modeling

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