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    Sustainability and Justice: Challenges and Opportunities for an Open STEM Education
    Combining understanding of OER sustainability and equity and justice to carve out ideas for the future of STEM open education.

    Keywords: sustainabilityOERsocial justicenonprofitdigital library

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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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    Getting Started with Universal Design for Learning
    Three resources for faculty interested in an introduction to Universal Design for Learning (UDL).
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    Applying UDL to Existing Materials
    This activity supports instructors in revising materials to incorporate Universal Design for Learning checkpoints.
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    Ecological Forecasting Repository of Online Educational Resources
    This pdf provides a list of over 100 educational resources related to tools and skills related to ecological forecasting.

    Keywords: statisticsvideosecologymodel buildingmodulespythonecological forecastingonline course materialcode repositoriesonline textbooksbasics of Rdata sourcesdata skillsforecast cycleapplying forecastsdecision science

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    Scientists Offering Solutions through Sprints
    Our BIOME Fall Working Group, Scientists Offering Solutions through Sprints, explains the process of putting together a Science sprint in your community. A science sprint is a one-day event in...

    Keywords: collaborationengagementScience Sprints

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    OER For CURE Development BIOME 2021 Lightning Talk - YouTube
    Members of the Ciliate Genomics Consortium (CGG) formed a fall working group to brainstorm how to convert existing Course-based Undergraduate Research (CURE) curriculum modules, which have been...

    Keywords: CUREscourse-based research experiences (CUREs)STEM CUREs

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    Ecology/Environmental Biology Molecular Case Studies for Molecular CaseNet - YouTube
    Biome Institute 2021, Fall Working Group Summary Video

    Keywords: climate changebiofilmcoffeecoral bleachingMolecular structuremolecular visualizationMolecular Case Studycholera

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    BIOME 2021 QSSI Lightning talk
    Our team, Quantitative Skills and Science Identity (QSSI), met in the fall of 2021 to discuss and develop a methodology to assess the effectiveness of Data Nugget/Scientist Spotlight activities. We...

    Keywords: assessmentquantitative skillsData Nuggetscientist spotlightsBIOME 2021

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    Undergraduate Research and Microbiology Science Community (µRAMS) lighning talk BIOME Institute 2021
    The uRAMS (undergraduate Research and Microbiology Science community) was created by faculty and researchers at Colorado State University as part of our engagement with the 2021 BIOME Institute....

    Keywords: undergraduate researchcritical readingMicrobiology Educationundergraduate educationquantitative skillsScience Communicationdei

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    Sharing Stories: Developing OER around Podcasts
    Our team met in the fall of 2021 to discuss and develop resources around podcasts. We created lists of podcast episodes for several courses, learned about listening guides, shared assignment...

    Keywords: podcastslistening guides

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    Failing to Succeed Lightning Talk - YouTube
    Project summary for our Working Group, which sought to develop a toolbox of interventions for students struggling in introductory Biology courses

    Keywords: BIOME 2021

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    A 360˚ View of COVID-19
    In March 2020, institutions underwent a massive transition to distance learning as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. With so little time to devise new materials to maximize learning in the new...

    Keywords: geneticsImmunologyBiochemistrybioinformaticsmolecular evolutionpublic healthvirusCOVID19

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    SKILLS DEVELOPMENT - Toxicology MSDT
    On this website you can find 6 learning modules on various topics in toxicology. These are self-paced student-centered online learning modules. You will receive a certificate of completion at the...

    Keywords: pathophysiologyregulatory toxicologyprinciples of toxicologybiochemistry and molecular geneticsprinciples of genetic toxicologyapplied systems toxicology

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    An Active Learning Workshop to Teach Active Learning Strategies
    College instructors who learn how to teach actively at the beginning of their careers do not have to modify deeply set habits that rely on lectures. Instead, they develop their teaching while they...

    Keywords: professional developmentActive-learning strategiesjigsawthink-pair-sharePedagogical approachesGallery WalkSmall group discussionInclusive practices

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    Developing Decolonial Consciousness in Biology Students Through Critical Reflection Assignments
    There is a growing call to decolonize curricula in academia, including in scientific disciplines. In the biology classroom, this includes highlighting a diverse array of scientists and illuminating...

    Keywords: primatessocietyZoologyantiracismdecolonizingstudent activismmuseum science

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    What’s the DEAL – The Digital Encyclopedia of Ancient Life and Digital Atlas Apps
    The Digital Encyclopedia of Ancient Life and Digital Atlas Apps -- identify fossils and explore diversity and history of life on earth.

    Keywords: phylogeneticsdigital resourcesfossilspaleontologyevolutionary biologytaxonomyeduappsnatural history collections3D modelsgeologyopen textbookdigitized natural history collectionsencyclopediaatlasCretaceous World TCNPaleo Niches TCNvirtual teaching collectionFossil field guide

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    Teaching Cancer Biology Through a Lens of Social Justice
    The biology classroom is not separate from the greater context of society; social issues can and should be presented in connection with the content. Here we present an example of antiracist...

    Keywords: assessmentcancersocial justicePOGILAlignmentPublic ExamPublic

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    Moths and Frogs and E. coli, Oh My!: Agent-based Modeling of Evolutionary Systems
    In evolution classrooms, introducing and reinforcing the idea of genetic drift and random selection can be challenging, as can be reinforcing appropriate mental models of evolution. Agent-based...

    Keywords: modelingEvolutionecologyagent-based modelingGenetic Driftenvironmental scienceNatural Selectioncompetitive coevolutionsimulation modelingevolutionary reasoning

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    Designing an Asynchronous, Self-Led Aquatic Ecology Field Trip
    Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and increasing need to teach students online, aquatic scientists are looking for ways to give students field experiences virtually. Asynchronous, self-led field trips...

    Keywords: observationecosystem structureexploration

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