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    Using a long-term data set from Ohio to analyze climate change and it’s impacts on phenology and ecological interactions
    This is an FMN participant modification of the TIEE module "Investigating the footprint of climate change on phenology and ecological interactions in north-central North America,"...

    Keywords: ecologyIntroductoryfmnLectureUndergraduateData DiscoveryInstructional SettingAudience LevelActivity Length1 Hour

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    Demography from “virtual” cemeteries
    This is an FMN participant modification of the TIEE module "Demography from physical cemeteries, “virtual cemeteries,” and census data" authored by Janet Lanza in 2012.

    Keywords: ecologyIntroductoryfmnLectureData DiscoveryInstructional SettingAudience LevelActivity LengthMore than 1 hour

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    Pennies to The Moon Data Byte Series
    This series of Rbyte activities explores the concept of debunking using Fermi Estimation, R, and ChatGPT.

    Keywords: RprogrammingOpen SourceOpen Sciencedata literacycalling bullProgramming practiceFermi EstimationChatGPTGoogle CoLab

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    2018-Vajravelu-Teaching Large DE Classes
    Practical problem solving in science and engineering programs require proficiency in mathematics. Improving student performance and retention in mathematics classes requires inventive approaches.

    Keywords: differential equationsLarge classlarge classroom

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    Understanding Global Climate Change: Present, Past, and Future
    Understanding global climate change through the lenses of the present, past, and future, combining modern technology and indigenous knowledge and ways of knowing.

    Keywords: climate changeglobal changeabiotic environmentindigenous knowledge

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    A New Hub for QUBES based on the HUBzero Platform
    Presentation on QUBES and Hubzero given at the Seventh International Symposium on Biomathematics and Ecology: Education and Research 2014, Claremont, CA

    Keywords: QUBESHubZeroCMS

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    SCIENCE/Fiction: Modular Template for Class Design
    We present a modular scaffold for designing an introductory seminar using speculative fiction and science papers to welcome university undergraduates to the biology major. A list of twelve possible...

    Keywords: geneticscell biologyneurosciencesystems biologyScience Fiction

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    Workshop Report: Summer 2020 Virtual CRISPR in the Classroom
    As innovations and developments in genome editing technologies using CRISPR-Cas systems progress, the need to disseminate relevant knowledge and build skills among the next generation of young...

    Keywords: geneticscrisprGenome Analysisgene editingbacterial immunity

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    Honoring the Complexity of Genetics: Exploring the Role of Genes and the Environment Using Real World Examples
    Historically, undergraduate genetics courses have disproportionately focused on the impact of genes on phenotypes, rather than multifactorial concepts which consider how a combination of genes, the...

    Keywords: genesenvironmentMendelQuantitative traitsMultifactorialGene by environment interactions

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    1972-Suresh_Sethi-Optimal Control of the Vidale-Wolfe Advertising Model
    This paper considers an optimal-control problem for the dynamics of the Vidale-Wolfe advertising model, the optimal control being the rate of advertising expenditure to achieve a terminal market...

    Keywords: Optimal Control Theoryadvertisingsales

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    Modeling Crop Rotation with Discrete Mathematics
    The module develops discrete mathematics models that allow for creation of crop rotation schedules meeting a variety of needs.

    Keywords: modulesustainabilitydiscrete mathematicsagricultureResources @ DIMACSResources @ QUBES - Teaching & Referencescienceexperiment

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    Urban Ecology
    This video describes the field of urban ecology and features scientists who use the city as their field site.

    Keywords: videosecologyurban ecologyScience Forward

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    Infectious Chocolate Joy with a Side of Poissonian Statistics: An activity connecting life science students with subtle physics concepts
    Introductory physics courses are required for many programs in the life sciences, yet traditional curricula fail to help students meaningfully connect physical concepts with biological...

    Keywords: quantitative biologyHIVmultiplicity of infectionPoisson DistributionPhysics for biologists

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    Morphological identification of mosquitoes through microscopic observation
    Scientific research is integrated into various stages of student learning, but hands-on involvement in the research process typically begins at the university level. This module aims to engage high...

    Keywords: modulebiologyproject based learningmosquitoScientific researchMicroscope usedigital accessibility

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    Community Conversation: OER for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in STEM Classrooms
    Follow the link to the webinar video, "OER for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in STEM Classrooms". In this conversation, bringing in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to the classroom was discussed...
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    Brian Dewsbury's Resources on Inclusion
    A list of material in various platforms that help to inform developing thoughts on the ways in which social structure affects the nature of teaching and learning.
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    A Pipeline in Paradise, Part 1: Learning the Relevant Science
    This case requires students to integrate information across the following five “knowledge domains” to develop a baseline understanding of the problem.

    Keywords: case studysocio-environmental data

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    Augmented Reality Metabolic Pathways (ARMET)
    The ARMET app is developed using Unity, 3D molecules obtained from Protein Data Bank and ChemSpider-chemical structure database, the usage data are stored into a database (MySQL) and are analyzed...

    Keywords: BiochemistryAugmented RealityMetabolic Pathways

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    Quantitative biology: how educators that "buy-in" demonstrate greater productivity in teaching scholarship
    Poster presented at the University of Pittsburgh undergraduate research symposium on the impact of buy-in on productivity in faculty mentoring networks.

    Keywords: faculty mentoring networks

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    Learning About Protein Localization: A Lesson for Analyzing Figures in a Scientific Publication
    In order to function correctly, proteins must be localized to a specific subcellular location. We have designed this lesson to use data from the primary literature to teach students about the...

    Keywords: colocalizationimmunofluorescenceProtein localizationsignal sequencessubcellular fractionationwestern blotting

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