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    NEON Data in the Classroom: Quantifying Spatial Patterns
    Students build on fundamental concepts of spatial patterns and combine this knowledge with the open-data from the National Ecological Observatory Network to quantify spatial autocorrelation and...

    Keywords: RR Markdownlandscape ecologygroup-neon2018spatial statisticsfractalsrasters

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    How Luxury and Legacy Effects Shape Urban Avifauna in Los Angeles, California
    Is L.A.’s bird population shaped by historic redlining and income inequality? This lesson will introduce luxury and legacy effects hypotheses as they relate to urban avifauna in LA neighborhoods....

    Keywords: ANCOVASimple Linear Regressionurban ecologyredliningavian ecology

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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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    Species-Area Relationships
    This module introduces species-area curves in the context of understanding spatial diversity patterns. It is intended for an introductory biology audience.

    Keywords: ecologyexponential equationsOpenStaxlogarithmic equations

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    Biting into "Science Cookies": Are seed fates determined by seed size or chemistry?
    By understanding how animals make seed dispersal decisions, we can predict how plant traits affect seed survival and plant recruitment. Using wild agoutis, we experimentally tested how seed...

    Keywords: predationplant animal interactionsSymbiosisTrophic interactionsTropical ecosystemsArtificial seedsSeed dispersalTerrestrial mammal

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    Using primary literature to teach data literacy
    Presentation by Bridget Conneely made as part of the "Bringing Research Data to the Ecology Classroom: Opportunities, Barriers, and Next Steps” Session at the Ecological Society of American...

    Keywords: Ecological Society of America

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    BIOME 2024 Workshop: “But we don’t teach ecology!”
    OCELOTS modules are open-access case studies in tropical ecology that promote active learning, quantitative skills, and systems thinking. This workshop is the prelude to a Fall FMN for adapting...

    Keywords: International researchtropical biologyBIOME 2024

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    Homologous chromosomes? Exploring human sex chromosomes, sex determination and sex reversal using bioinformatics approaches
    In this four- part guided activity, students will learn about the structure and function of human autosomal and sex chromosomes, view and interpret gene maps, and gain familiarity with basic...

    Keywords: bioinformaticsNIBLSECourseSourceautosomehomologous chromosomeshomologous recombinationsex chromosomesex determinationsex reversal mutations

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    Teaching Cell Structures through Games
    As the basic unit of life, cells are a foundational concept for all of biology. Before students can appreciate how eukaryotic cells function either in isolation or in higher order and multicellular...

    Keywords: Cell Structurecell organellesTransmembrane Transport

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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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    Implementing an online module about acoustic biodiversity monitoring in the tropics for use in an undergraduate course
    This implementation plan for an online module organizes activities for understanding physical concepts and biological considerations regarding acoustic monitoring, and provides a Spanish version of...

    Keywords: Biodiversityconservation biologyTropical ecologyacoustic monitoring

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    Mice, Acorns, and Lyme Disease: a Case Study to Teach the Ecology of Emerging Infectious Diseases.
    Ebola, Zika, the recall of contaminated lettuce - these are just a few recent outbreaks making headlines. Students should be able to connect what they learn in their biology courses to explain...

    Keywords: epidemiologyEcological changeInfectious disease ecologyReservoirsTransmission cycle

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    Student-Led Research; Integrating Citizen Science & Field Methodology in the Ecology Classroom
    Targeting undergraduate students in lower-division ecology courses, this module guides students through authentic research. The purpose of this project is to provide hands-on research experience to...

    Keywords: undergraduate researchcitizen sciencecamera trap

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    Investigating the footprint of climate change on phenology and ecological interactions in north-central North America
    The module was used in lab following lecture material on pairwise interactions in ecology (emphasizing consumption, competition, mutualism), and parallel to community ecology (emphasizing food web...

    Keywords: Resources @ ESA - TIEEclimate changephenologyspecies diversityproblem set

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    2015-Boggess-EtAl-Mathematical Modeling in Ecology - Simulating the Reintroduction of the Extinct Passenger Pigeon
    To determine under which conditions a Passenger Pigeon could survive a reintroduction into a natural habitat, we used two types of models.

    Keywords: simulationagent-based modelingallee_effectPassenger Pigeonsforest envirnomentHolling Type III functional responseBio-energeticstree distributions

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    Making “sense” out of surface area to volume relationships
    Using a multimodal approach, the non-linear aspect of the surface area to volume relationship is explored. Students use their their senses of taste and sight to determine how smaller cells and...

    Keywords: active learningintroductory biologycell biologyquantitative skillskinesthetic learningLDC2023

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    Investigating human impacts on stream ecology: locally and nationally
    TIEE Module- How does nutrient pollution impact stream ecosystems locally and nationally? This is an adaptation of the module that includes statistical testing and links sections to a lab report...
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    Introduction to Genome Browser: What is a Gene?
    In this module, we will use a web-based visualization tool called a Genome Browser to explore the structure of a eukaryotic gene, and obtain a basic understanding of how this information is...
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    The Mystery of the Missing Martens
    National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science- this interrupted case study introduces basic modeling to investigate a decline in an American marten population on an island in Southeast Alaska.

    Keywords: modelingsurvivaldata analysisvital ratessurvivorshippopulation ecologyage structurefecundityWildlife Biologymodellingmartensbirth ratelife table

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    Using Place-Based Economically Relevant Organisms to Improve Student Understanding of the Roles of Carbon Dioxide, Sunlight, and Nutrients in Photosynthetic Organisms
    Biology students require broad preparation for diverse careers including agriculture, natural resource management, and laboratory research. Concurrent with this need, employers are seeking...

    Keywords: energyphotosynthesisbiomass

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