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Using Images of Foraging Leaf-Cutter Ants to Teach Linear Regression

This lesson offers students a realistic, open-inquiry research experience, even when lab or field research is not possible. We first introduce students to leaf-cutter ants and how they forage. Then...

Keywords: linear regressionexperimental designPlant-insect interactionsSymbiosisForaging behavior

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The Case of the Missing Strawberries: RFLP analysis

While solving the fictional mystery of the missing strawberries, students are engaged in a guided-inquiry lesson featuring small-group and class discussions, hands-on activities, and laboratory...

Keywords: process of scienceDNAforensicsgel electrophoresisMolecular genotypingRestriction endonucleaseRestriction enzymeRestriction fragment length polymorphismRFLP

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What is Speciation, How Does It Occur, and Why Is It Important for Conservation?

Speciation provides a framework for classifying biodiversity on Earth and is a central concept in evolutionary biology. To help undergraduate students learn about speciation, we designed a...

Keywords: EvolutionconservationGenetic DriftSpeciationNatural SelectionBiological species conceptgene flowMorphological species conceptPhylogenetic species concept

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Exploring Indigenous Viewpoints in the Undergraduate Biology Classroom: An Environmental Case Study Incorporating Hawaiian Traditional Ecological Knowledge

Changing science education to foster greater equity and inclusion for Indigenous students will require effort from instructors and institutions. Instructors can help by including Traditional...

Keywords: ecologycase studyenvironmentsystems thinkingTraditional ecological knowledgeindigenous knowledgehawai'idecolonizing scienceNative knowledgeFish ponds

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Keep It Shrimple: An Adaptable Student-Driven Research Project for the Introductory Biology Laboratory

A challenge in introductory biology laboratory courses is to provide students with authentic, engaging research opportunities that allow them to take ownership of their experiments. We present a...

Keywords: hypothesis testingexperimental designanimal behaviorbrine shrimp

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Where Does Elsie's Hair Color Come From? A "De-Simplified" Pedigree Lesson

Pedigree analysis is part of most Genetics curricula, but the examples traditionally used in genetics courses present phenotypes as if they were entirely and inexorably defined by genotype. This...

Keywords: pedigreeMultifactorialphenotypic variationpenetranceexpressivityquantitative variation

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Mock Drug Activity Enhances Student Learning About the Challenges of HIV/AIDS Therapy

While traditional didactic coursework is important for learning about the scientific aspects of HIV/AIDS, it is difficult to convey social aspects of the epidemic. Due to effective drug therapies,...

Keywords: drug resistanceRetrovirusViral replication

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Using Student Perceptions and Cooperative Learning to Unpack Primary Literature on Global Change

This case describes a three-part assignment in which students discuss key processes that regulate the stability and resilience of the Earth system and our increased risk of generating large-scale...

Keywords: global changeAnthropoceneEarth-systemplanetary boundary conceptthresholds

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Student-Driven Design-and-Improve Modules to Explore the Effect of Plant Bioactive Compounds in Three Model Organisms

Engaging and supporting introductory level students in authentic research experiences during required coursework is challenging. Plant bioactive compounds attract students' natural curiosity as...

Keywords: statisticsLabCUREInquiryresearch skillscaterpillardaphniadrugsscience process

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Using Images of Foraging Leaf-Cutter Ants to Teach Linear Regression

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Exploring Indigenous Viewpoints in the Undergraduate Biology Classroom: An Environmental Case Study Incorporating Hawaiian Traditional Ecological Knowledge

Keep It Shrimple: An Adaptable Student-Driven Research Project for the Introductory Biology Laboratory

Where Does Elsie's Hair Color Come From? A "De-Simplified" Pedigree Lesson

Mock Drug Activity Enhances Student Learning About the Challenges of HIV/AIDS Therapy

Using Student Perceptions and Cooperative Learning to Unpack Primary Literature on Global Change

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