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    Water We Doing: A Deep Dive Into Sustainable Ocean Management & Blue Economies
    This lesson explores the concept of blue economies and includes a detailing lesson in R that involves basic statistics and building complex graphics.

    Keywords: linear regressionRStudioblue economy

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    Life in Urban Environments: The Impact of Urbanization on Life-History Traits in Amphibian Species
    This lesson focuses on urbanization and its negative effects on species, specifically amphibians. The lesson will also provide hands-on statistical analyses and critical thinking questions to...

    Keywords: life historyRStudiofrogstwo-way ANOVAurbanizationamphibianstoads

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    Globally endangered sea turtles of the Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge: A Focus on Scientific Analysis
    in this exercise students will make suggestions for designing a comprehensive research program, use survey data, critically analyze results, and devise methods for study.

    Keywords: case study

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    Discovering Cellular Respiration with Computational Modeling and Simulations
    Cellular respiration, a common topic among introductory and cellular biology curricula, is a complex biological process that exemplifies core biological concepts, including systems, pathways and...

    Keywords: Cellular MechanismsCellular RespirationFermentation

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    Interdisciplinary biology education: a holistic approach to an intractable problem
    Presentation on interdisciplinary biology education at the 2019 Great Lakes Bioinformatics Conference

    Keywords: quantitative biologyinterdisciplinarybioinformaticsbiology educationinterdisciplinary education

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    2015 Quantitative Biology Education Summit
    Abstract for a meeting, 2015 Quantitative Biology Education Summit.

    Keywords: meetingQUBESRCNquantitative biologyData In Inquiryworkshop

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    Interactive, online modules to enhance quantitative skills in biology students
    Session presentation on the need for enhancing quantitative proficiency through a series of interactive, web‐based modules at the 2018 QUBES/BioQUEST Summer Workshop

    Keywords: modulesquantitative skillsMathBenchSummer Workshop 2018

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    Bio+: Integration of Biology Principles and Application in Cross-Disciplinary Curricula
    Poster on two cross-disciplinary courses at Olin College presented at the 2018 QUBES/BioQUEST Summer Workshop

    Keywords: cross-disciplinary instructionSummer Workshop 2018

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    QUBES: A vision of community collaboration in teaching and learning in quantitative biology
    Presentation about new projects QUBES is pursuing and how to get involved. Presented at the Seventh International Symposium on Biomathematics and Ecology: Education and Research 2014, Claremont, CA.

    Keywords: QUBESquantitative biologyteaching

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    QUBES News, Highlights, and the Grand Opening of QUBESHub.org
    Abstract for a panel discussion about QUBES. Part of a minisymposium at BEER 2015.
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    IBP - Preparing to Prepare the 21st Century Biology Student: Using Scientific Societies as Change Agents for the Introductory Biology Experience (RCN-UBE Introduction)
    This was the first or second RCN-UBE award made. The Introductory Biology Project (IBP) collaborated with the National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT) to link introductory biology...

    Keywords: RCN-UBE Introduction

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    Intro to BIOMAAP - Student Math Anxiety Overview - Teaching Notes - Boersma
    Teaching notes from my application of the BIOMAAP math anxiety materials in my BIOL305 Ecology course for biology majors.

    Keywords: ecologymath attitudesResources @ BIOMAAP

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    Avida-ED
    Avida-ED is an award-winning educational application developed at Michigan State University for undergraduate biology courses to help students learn about evolution and scientific method.

    Keywords: simulationEvolutionbiologyscientific methodResources @ QUBES - Softwaredigitalhypotheses

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    Biodiversity Show and Tell: An Accessible Activity to Encourage Students to Explore the Tree of Life
    An appreciation of organismal diversity is a requirement for understanding evolution and ecology, and can serve as a source of amazement and wonder that inspires students to enjoy biology. However,...

    Keywords: EvolutionecologyBiodiversity

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    How Do Kidneys Make Urine From Blood? Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches to Filtration, Secretion, Reabsorption, and Excretion
    The function of the kidneys is to help maintain a constant internal environment (homeostasis) by regulating the volume and chemical composition of the blood. This regulation occurs via three...

    Keywords: collecting ductexcretionglomerular filtration rate (GFR)nephron tubulereabsorptionrenal corpusclesection

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    Ethics in Synthetic Biology
    This collection of five activities provide students with an introduction to thinking about ethical concerns in human genome synthesis, gene editing, metabolic engineering, and synthetic genomes.

    Keywords: biostatisticsstatistical analysisavian malariaSummer Workshop 2018

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    Plasmodium Problem Space
    This problem space brings together diverse resources with the goal of helping biology teachers and learners engage in research investigations.

    Keywords: bioinformaticsproblem spacesNIBLSERNAseqmalariaplasmodium

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    Quantitative Modules to Accompany General Biology Courses
    A collection of modules that were developed to accompany general biology courses and allow instructors to add quantitative examples in many of the topics in a standard GB sequence.

    Keywords: moduleintroductory biologymathmodulesprojectResources @ QUBES - Teaching & Reference

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    QUBES: Building a community to promote undergraduate quantitative biology education
    Poster on the QUBES project presented at the 2018 QUBES/BioQUEST Summer Workshop

    Keywords: QUBESfaculty mentoring networkscommunitySummer Workshop 2018

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    Winter Is Coming Data Nugget for AP Biology Big Ideas
    This Data Nugget is a differentiated classroom resource focusing on how a plant species fitness is affected by different climates.

    Keywords: Evolutionbiologyonlinequantitative skillsAP BiologyDual Enrollment Science with High Schools

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