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    STEM Inclusive Teaching Practices Webinar Series: Universal Design for Learning
    Slides and materials for the STEM Inclusive Teaching Practices Webinar Series: Universal Design for Learning

    Keywords: webinarBIOMAAPResources @ BIOMAAPUDL

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    An Introduction to Biodiversity Databases and Specimen Images
    In this module, students will be introduced to some biodiversity data resources and how to search for and download herbarium specimen images. They will be asked to think critically about the...

    Keywords: data in the classroombiodiversity informaticsnatural history collection

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    Biobyte 4 - The role of data science principles and practices in undergraduate biology
    This short activity was an effort to launch a community conversation around the interface of data science principles and practices and undergraduate biology education. A variety of resources,...

    Keywords: biostatisticsstatistical analysisavian malariaSummer Workshop 2018

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    Outstanding Oaks: Quercus Phenology at NEON Sites
    This resource uses an app hosted on QUBES to visualize similarities and differences in Quercus phenology at three NEON sites in California, Florida, and Massachusetts.

    Keywords: ecologyphenology

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    STEM Inclusive Teaching Practices Webinar Series: Episode One
    Episode One is a conversation with Bryan Dewsbury (University of Rhode Island) one of the authors of the CBE-LSE Inclusive Pedagogy guide.

    Keywords: idigbioundergraduate educationwebinarInclusive teachingEDSINBLUE

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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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    Identifiers in Digital Natural History Collections
    This is a collection of resources focusing on GUIDs (Globally Unique Identifiers) on what they are, what role they play in digital natural history collections, and how to incorporate them in...

    Keywords: idigbioStudy guidedata managementnatural history collectionsBLUEdigitized natural history collectionsidentifiers

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    Following the Data
    The video and exercise provides insight into how researchers are using digital data resources to investigate biodiversity in prairie fen wetlands.

    Keywords: data in the classroomprocess of sciencebiodiversity informatics

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    Searching for disability as biodiversity in digitized natural history collections
    This module uses digitized natural history and biodiversity collections to explore if, how, and whether disability can be studied in nonhumans as a form of biodiversity.
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    Communicating with Data: Infographic with Digital Data
    Working collaboratively in teams of 2-4 researchers, students engage in targeted projects to address critical information and research needs using digital biodiversity data.

    Keywords: databasesdata in the classroomundergraduate researchdigital collectionscourse-based research experiences (CUREs)biodiversity collections

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    Liberating Data for Biodiversity Research
    The objectives of this exercise are to familiarize you with the information content of biodiversity specimens and their labels, the breadth of that information across geographic space and/or time.

    Keywords: Biodiversitynatural history collectionsBLUEresearch specimensbiodiversity dataspecimen labels

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    Dairy Farm Mathematics
    We based our instructional unit on the premise that many people have, that one does not need mathematics if the they do not plan on atttending college or pursuiting careers known for involving...

    Keywords: modelingmoduleoptimizationagricultureAlgebradairyeconomicsin-class activity

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    A rainforest with a gold chain? The impacts of gold mining on the trophic web of an Amazonian rainforest of SE Peru
    The use of mercury in artisanal gold mining affects aquatic and terrestrial food webs in the Peruvian Amazon. Learn about bioaccumulation, explore data on mercury deposition in vegetation and how...

    Keywords: conservation biologydeforestationhuman healthpollutionbiodiversity losstropical land use

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    STEM Inclusive Teaching Practices Webinar Series: Universal Design for Learning Recording
    Video recordings (with captions), transcript, and chat for the STEM Inclusive Teaching Practices Webinar Series: Universal Design for Learning.
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    STEM Inclusive Teaching Practices Episode 3
    Episode 3 builds from Kelisa Wing's recent blog post calling for educators to hold themselves accountable for dismantling racial oppression.
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    STEM Inclusive Teaching Practices Episode 4
    Beyond Techniques: A Phenomenological Approach to Inclusive Teaching with Dr. Mays Imad.

    Keywords: teaching strategiesinclusionInclusive teachingphenoPhenomenological

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    Data is the New Science - Modified and combined with Following the Data Module
    In this module, students will be introduced to some emerging biodiversity data resources. They will be asked to think critically about the strengths and utility of these data resources and apply...

    Keywords: data in the classroombiodiversity informaticsnatural history collection

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    The Potential of Natural History Collections in Educating the 21st Century Scientist and Citizen
    Presentation at the 5th Life Discovery Conference on natural history collections

    Keywords: natural historynatural history collections5th Life Discovery Conference

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    The nose knows: How tri-trophic interactions and natural history shape bird foraging behavior. An introduction to statistical analysis in animal behavior research
    Students investigate the role of olfaction and infochemicals on bird foraging behavior through two different quantitative activities where they generate hypotheses, create figures, conduct data...

    Keywords: Resources @ ESA - TIEEforagingfmnanimal behaviorbehavioral ecologyDIGtrophic cascades

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    Nanoparticles and Shrimp: An Interdisciplinary Lab Series in Chemistry and Biology for Undergraduate Engineering Students
    The parallels between engineering and science are vast, as both disciplines apply theory and inquiry to solve complex problems. In order to prepare students for interdisciplinary careers in STEM,...

    Keywords: microscopychemistry applications in biologytoxicity

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