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    Paleoclimate and Ocean Biogeochemistry (Project EDDIE)
    This module guides students in an examination of how surface ocean productivity relates to global climate on glacial-interglacial timescales and how the availability of ocean nutrients can be...

    Keywords: productivitycarbon cyclebiological pump

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    A Comparison of the Water Quality Between Chinatown and Bayside: Two Demographically Different Regions in NYC
    Being Published in Journal of Emerging Investigators: In this research paper, we will be comparing the water quality in Chinatown –an area with a majority poor Asian population– and Bayside –a...

    Keywords: water quality and resource allocationNew York

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    Paleoclimate and Ocean Biogeochemistry (Project EDDIE)
    This module guides students in an examination of how surface ocean productivity relates to global climate on glacial-interglacial timescales and how the availability of ocean nutrients can be...

    Keywords: Oceanographydata literacyocean productivity

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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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    Choosing healthy data for healthy relationships: how to use 5-point summaries, box and whisker plots, and correlation to understand global health trends.
    This module utilizes a user-friendly database exploring data selection, box-and-whisker plot, and correlation analysis. It also guides students on how to make a poster of their data and conclusions.

    Keywords: Querying databasesgraphingRatiosdata typesstatistical learningcorrelationBox Plotsqbcchealth sciences education researchnutrition & food scienceUnderstanding ratesCreate graphsInterpret graphsinterpret tablesHealth ScienceConcepts in Statisticsexplaining statisticsusing statistics

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    Paleoclimate and Ocean Biogeochemistry (Project EDDIE)
    This module guides students in an examination of how surface ocean productivity relates to global climate on glacial-interglacial timescales and how the availability of ocean nutrients can be...
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    Climate-Induced Shifts in California Butterflies
    A module in which students generate and test hypotheses about butterfly species’ response to climate change in the Central Valley and Sierra Nevada Mountains of northern California using publicly...

    Keywords: linear regressionScatter Plotsclimate changephenologyhypothesis formulationmountainsCaliforniapublic dataCODAP

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    Natural Selection and Galápagos Finches
    A worksheet and accompanying data set that guides students through making and interpreting frequency distributions, selection differentials, and fitness functions.

    Keywords: EvolutionResources @ HHMI - BioInteractive

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    Enabling authentic ecological inquiries using research data and imageries in large classrooms
    Presentation made by Ben Wu et al. as part of the "Bringing Research Data to the Ecology Classroom: Opportunities, Barriers, and Next Steps” Session at the Ecological Society of America annual...

    Keywords: Ecological Society of America

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    Sequences and Properties of Gluten Proteins From Different Grains: A Virtual-Friendly Protein Laboratory
    The COVID-19 pandemic has forced much university instruction into virtual modes. As a result, many laboratory courses have either dropped content altogether or replaced hands-on activities with...

    Keywords: protein structure and functionProtein sequenceintermolecular forcesBiomacromolecules

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    Data-Driven Decision-Making: Antarctic Fisheries
    This is an entire module for a general education data science and ecology course. The module was originally designed as the fourth and final section of the course; the full course is openly...

    Keywords: population growthRStudiodata visualizationexponential growthlogistic growthR Markdownspatial dataocean sustainability4DEE FrameworkTraditional ecological knowledgecarrying capacityEcosystem Servicesmaximum sustainable yield

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    STEMCEL - The STEM Career Exploration Laboratory Network (RCN-UBE Introduction)
    In the STEMCEL network, we propose to synergize students’ learning and training while addressing community issues, where student-driven, course-based, research projects will deliver/develop rapid...

    Keywords: RCN-UBE Introduction

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    1999-Peter_Deuflhard-Differential Equations in Technology and Medicine
    It deals with a variety of challenging real life problems selected from clinical cancer therapy, communication technology, polymer production, and pharmaceutical drug design.

    Keywords: cancerdesigntumordrugpolymertherapy

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    2016-Simon_Malham-Differential_Equations_and_Linear_Algebra
    This is a nice set of notes on which a course can be based. There is ample material on first and second order, linear systems, and Laplace Transform methods for setting up and solving differential...

    Keywords: textbooklinear algebraLaplace transform

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    Pesticide-Driven Bee Mortality: An Introduction to Survival Analysis in R
    In this lesson, students will receive an introduction to survival analysis in R utilizing data on bee mortality caused by pesticide exposure. In their code, students will assess survivability,...

    Keywords: chi-squaredsurvivalbeespesticidesRoundupsurvival analysissurvival plotsherbicides

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    Sustainability Metrics (Project EDDIE)
    In this module, students will use an analytical framework with publicly available data to formulate questions, analyze data, and report metrics of sustainability.

    Keywords: World Geography

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    Sustainability Metrics (Project EDDIE)
    In this module, students will use an analytical framework with publicly available data to formulate questions, analyze data, and report metrics of sustainability.
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    Plate Tectonics: GPS Data, Boundary Zones, and Earthquake Hazards (Project EDDIE)
    Students work with high precision GPS data to explore how motion near a plate boundary is distributed over a larger region and hypothesize the area over which boundary-related earthquake hazards...
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    Sustainability Metrics (Project EDDIE)
    In this module, students will use an analytical framework with publicly available data to formulate questions, analyze data, and report metrics of sustainability.
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    Social Justice & Community Change QUBES Faculty Mentoring Network 2021
    In this Faculty Mentoring Network we will examine the historical practice of redlining, and how social and economic factors over the last century have created disparities in environmental...

    Keywords: social justiceair qualityBIOME 2020redlining

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