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    Diversity and Inclusion in Animal Behavior – ABI Faculty Development Program
    In this course, students will learn about the study of behavior from an evolutionary perspective. We will look at the mechanisms underlying behavior and how behavior develops in an animal’s...

    Keywords: ecologyanimal behaviorpsychologyDiversity and Inclusion

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    Morphological, Anatomical and Molecular Analysis of Plant Phylogeny and Diversity
    In this lab, students perform phylogenetic analyses on morphological, anatomical and molecular data, and compare.

    Keywords: morphologyphylogenylaboratoryplantsmolecular analysisstele architecture

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    Phylogeny of Land Plants
    In this lab, students review the characteristics of the major land plant lineages. Then they perform phylogenetic analyses based on morphological characters.

    Keywords: morphologyphylogenylaboratoryplantsmolecular analysis

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    Selection and the Blond Beach Mouse
    National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science- this "clicker" case study explores ultimate and proximate explanations for cryptic coloration in animals.

    Keywords: Evolutionexperimental designadaptationmutationNatural Selectionultimate explanationproximate explanationevolutionary fitnessmelanincoat colorationcrypsisMc1rAgouticonvergence

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    Citations
    Published Avida-Ed article

    Keywords: EvolutioncurriculumSelectionDigital Organisms

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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.

    Keywords: avida-edSummer Workshop 2018

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    An evolution curriculum designed around understanding the rise and spread of drug-resistant pathogens
    Poster on teaching concepts in evolution and data science skills in an upper level Biology elective at Spelman College presented at the 2018 QUBES/BioQUEST Summer Workshop

    Keywords: EvolutionRdata sciencedrug resistanceSummer Workshop 2018

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    One species, two species, red species, lead species? Phylogenetics and species concepts with Plethodon salamanders
    This lab introduces students to species concepts and basic computer-based tree-building methods using published nuclear and mitochondrial sequence data for Plethodon salamanders.

    Keywords: phylogenetic analysisTree thinkingsalamanderAudience level - Advanced UG

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    Go Extinct! An Award-Winning Evolution Game That Teaches Tree-Thinking as Students Pursue the Winning Strategy
    Evolutionary trees communicate both the diversity and unity of life, a central and important scientific concept, as highlighted by the Vision and Change undergraduate biology education movement....

    Keywords: phylogeneticsnatural historyBiodiversitycladogramCommon ancestorEvolutionary treeLand vertebratesMonophyletic cladeTetrapods

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    Sequence Similarity: An inquiry based and "under the hood" approach for incorporating molecular sequence alignment in introductory undergraduate biology courses
    Introductory bioinformatics exercises often walk students through the use of computational tools, but often provide little understanding of what a computational tool does "under the...

    Keywords: BLASTmultiple sequence alignmentsequence similarityphylogramZika virusAlgorithmScoring Matrix

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    Drawing “Octo-Pines”: Ice-Breaker Active-Learning Activities to Introduce Drawing-to-Learn in Biology
    Drawing has been advocated as a technique to develop visual literacy and observational skills in biology students. To increase student motivation and confidence to draw in our course, we developed...

    Keywords: Zoologydrawingdrawing-to-learnice breaker

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    Using Bioinformatics and Molecular Visualization to Develop Student Hypotheses in a Malate Dehydrogenase Oriented CURE
    Developing student creativity and ability to develop a testable hypothesis represents a significant challenge in most laboratory courses. This lesson demonstrates how students use facets of...

    Keywords: bioinformaticsNoncovalent InteractionsEnzyme CatalysisProtein Structure/function

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    An Introduction to Eukaryotic Genome Analysis in Non-model Species for Undergraduates: A tutorial from the Genome Consortium for Active Teaching
    Advances in Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) technology have led to development of many research methods for analyzing genomic data. Students studying biology at the undergraduate level must hone...

    Keywords: Speciationgenome evolutiongenetic variation

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    Electronic Lab Notebooks: Options for Building Data Management and Quantitative Reasoning Skills
    Presentation on Electronic Notebooks and Lab Archives given at the 2019 BioQUEST & QUBES Summer Workshop

    Keywords: 2019 QUBES/BioQUEST Summer Workshopelectronic notebookselectronic lab notebookslab archives

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    Facilitating the implementation and adaptation of data-centric teaching resources by closing gaps in the Open Education Resource (OER) lifecycle
    Presentation on data-centric open educational resources given at the 2019 UBER-GRC

    Keywords: DIGdata-centric teaching

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    Calling Bull: Data Reasoning in a Digital World
    "So, the aim of this course is to help students navigate the bullshit-rich modern environment by identifying bull seeing through it, and combating it with effective analysis and argument."

    Keywords: data scienceinformation literacydata literacyethicscallin bullcalling bull

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    Understanding the Quantitative and Computational Skills of Incoming Biology Students
    Presentation given as part of a Minisymposium at BEER 2015.

    Keywords: assessmentBioSQuaRE

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    Unveiling Lizard Evolution: Graphical Insights into Behavioral Ecology in the Era of Climate Change
    This lesson targets entry-level undergraduate students to enhance their proficiency in comprehending and interpreting scientific graphs. The lesson incorporates group discussions centered around...

    Keywords: evolutionary ecologygraph interpretationfmnBioGraphIrepresentation in STEM

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    Venom Diversity & Evolution in Reptiles and Amphibians - An education module for university students
    This module contains information for a three part series introducing the venom system in reptiles and discussing it in an evolutionary context. In the first part venom and its ecological roles are...

    Keywords: geneticsEvolutionecologyHerpetologyAmphibans and ReptilesVenom

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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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