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    Learning Spaces in undergraduate science courses ( virtual and face to face)
    Learning Spaces are zones of interaction between undergraduates & undergraduates and undergraduates & professor. The traditional learning spaces were existing pre-pandemic however post-pandemic the...

    Keywords: active learningmentoringstemassessmentfaculty developmentteachingUndergraduateWorkshop materiallearning spacescience learning spaceprofessorsmajor learning spaceminor learning space

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    Science Learning Spaces in undergraduate courses ( virtual and face to face) : Impact of Technology, Resources and Active Learning Activities
    Science Learning Spaces are evolving in both face to face and virtual learning environments. Effective utilization and identification of appropriate learning spaces helps in formation of engaging...

    Keywords: resourcesstemfaculty developmentUndergraduatesciencetechnologyWorkshop materialAnalysislearning spacescience learning spacemajor learning spaceminor learning spacelearning activitiesthinking

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    Learning Journal Assignment on Learning Spaces
    Learning Spaces are the zones where interaction between students & students and students & professor occurs. The learning spaces are of two types major learning space and minor...

    Keywords: mathematicsactive learningstembiologyeducatorsfaculty developmentenvironmental sciencephysicschemistrysciencecritical thinkingFacultyTeachers traininglearning spaceteacher professional development

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    UDL Guidelines Workbook
    A tool for analyzing a resource's alignment to CAST's Universal Design for Learning Guidelines
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    Evaluation of DEIJ practices in learning spaces
    Our Accelerating Systemic Change Network (ASCN) Working Group 5 is a group which focuses on DEIJ - Diversity, Equity, Inclusive and Justice. Taking into account the evolution of learning...

    Keywords: stemassessmentUndergraduatescienceFacultyriosDEIJASCNlearning space

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    Mars Colony
    In this exercise students work in groups to design an agroecosystem to feed a Mars Colony while accounting for space and energy transfer limitations.

    Keywords: SimBioResources @ SimBio

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    Supersized Life: Comparing Across Scales
    How wide is the size range of living beings, from "big" to "too small to see"? Students will collect and compare measurements from 3D specimens within the metric system by multiplying or dividing...

    Keywords: paleontologyBiodiversitytechnology in biologynatural history collectionsmiddle grades (4-9)3D models3D printingWhole Numbers & Place ValueMIDDLE SCHOOL MATH#NGSSscientific measurementscale and proportions

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    Squirrels in Space: Using Radio Telemetry to Explore the Space Use and Movement of Sciurid Rodents
    Biotelemetry is used by researchers to track the interactions of animals with each other and the environment. While advancing technology has led to the development of numerous biotelemetry tools,...

    Keywords: DispersalHabitat selectionHome rangeSquirrel-Net

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    Interdisciplinarity through a modular sustainability curriculum
    Poster on successful sustainability education in college curricula presented at the 2018 QUBES/BioQUEST Summer Workshop .

    Keywords: sustainabilityinterdisciplinary educationSummer Workshop 2018

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    QUBES News, Highlights, and the Grand Opening of QUBESHub.org
    Abstract for a panel discussion about QUBES. Part of a minisymposium at BEER 2015.
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    Squirreling from Afar: Adapting Squirrel-Net Modules for Remote Teaching and Learning
    The shift from face-to-face instruction to remote teaching and learning has proven to be a challenging endeavor for many reasons, including lack of time, resources, and inspiration. Lab courses,...

    Keywords: online learningbehavioral ecologyCUREsRemote teachingfield ecologySquirrelSquirrel-Net

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    Active Learning: Developing Self-Directed Learners Through Strong Intellectual Engagement
    When they were students, many current science instructors learned through traditional lectures. This mode of passive knowledge transmission has been shown to be less effective for student learning...

    Keywords: active learningmetacognitionconstructivism

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    STEM as Culture: Exploring exclusion and inclusion in mathematics and biology
    This is a paper given as a plenary lecture at the second CalcConf in Bergen, Norway, June 2023. The paper explores how marginalization in society & living between worlds becomes a superpower in...

    Keywords: calculusbiocalculusrule of fivemarine biologyco2Microagressionsmauna keamauna loafeministtestimonioindigenous epistomologyanzalduagutierrezdisciplinary microaggressions

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    Student-led evaluation of air quality issues using the US EPA AirData website
    Presentation made by Katherine Berry et al. as part of the "Bringing Research Data to the Ecology Classroom: Opportunities, Barriers, and Next Steps” Session at the Ecological Society of...

    Keywords: Ecological Society of America

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    Malaise Trap Project: Involving Undergraduate Students in Network Science
    A multi-week project for upper division undergraduate students to participate in network-level science, while simultaneously learning classic entomology skills of specimen collection and...

    Keywords: entomologynetwork science4DEE Framework

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    Exploring the March to Mars Using 3D Print Models
    With the increased availability of 3D printers and open databases containing 3D print files, academic institutions are giving more thought into how such technology can be used in the classroom to...

    Keywords: waterMarsmicroorganismsproperties of life

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    Walkabout: An Easy to Use, Experiential Learning Activity for Applying Abstract Concepts to the Real-World
    Students can have difficulty recognizing examples of course concepts in the real-world. They particularly struggle with phenomena that are ambiguously defined, have mimics, or are hard to...

    Keywords: data gatheringgreen technologyobservations

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    An Introduction to Revealing Hidden Figures through Data Sleuthing
    In this introduction to hidden figures in natural history collections (NHCs), students will read an article that gives a unique historical perspective of museums and will then participate in a...

    Keywords: identitysocial justicenatural history collectionsAttributionBCEENETdigitizationRepresentationcourse-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs)hidden figuresdata democratizationrestorative practice

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    NIBLSE Learning Resource Collection
    NIBLSE Learning Resource Collection

    Keywords: database

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    Animal Behaviour Case Study Lessons in Communication, Migration, and Parental Care Using the Jigsaw Approach
    Animal behaviour courses integrate concepts across biological disciplines and are particularly well suited for collaborative, student-focused teaching...

    Keywords: case studycommunicationprimary literatureanimal behaviorjigsawParental CaremigrationAnimal BehaviourProximate mechanisms

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