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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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    Immunity and Vaccine Action
    From the cellular level on up, being aware of your interactions can help you stay safe. This resource addresses fundamental immunology and infectious disease concepts through a historical...

    Keywords: immunology educationvaccine literacyvaccine hesitancy

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    2006-Chaachoua-Saglam-Modelling by differential equations
    This paper aims to show the close relation between physics and mathematics taking into account especially the theory of differential equations.

    Keywords: historyseventeenth century

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    2018-Yu-Craciun-Mathematical_Analysis_of_Chemical_Reaction_Systems
    These models of chemical reactions are systems of coupled nonlinear differential equations on the positive orthant.

    Keywords: biochemicalkineticsreactionreaction networkmass action

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    Topics in Restoration Ecology: Restoring the Red Wolf in North Carolina
    The planet’s most endangered wolf is the red wolf, with only one wild population, a nonessential experimental group established in eastern North Carolina, of 15-17 individuals in existence as of...

    Keywords: ecologyRestoration Ecology

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    Will You Find This Humerus? Homology Lab
    Students will compare and contrast the morphology of vertebrate forelimbs, and will use this knowledge to draw conclusions about their common ancestor and descent with modification.

    Keywords: Evolutionbiologyidigbionatural history collections3D modelsVertebrate MorphologyoVerthomologous structuresWWISE

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    A Little Off The Top: The Effects Of Mountiantop Removal Mining On Salamanders
    This lesson will provide an explanation of mountaintop removal mining, and potential harms associated with it. Then the lesson will move into a statistical analysis of salamanders living in streams...

    Keywords: ANOVAsalamandersalamandersmountaintopmining

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    Integrating digitized biodiversity data exploration into the undergraduate biology curriculum
    Poster on the Biodiversity Literacy in Undergraduate Education (BLUE) project presented at the 2020 BIOME Institute: Cultivating Scientific Curiosity

    Keywords: Biodiversitybiodiversity collectionsBLUEbiodiversity literacy

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    The Effect of Climate Change on Butterfly Phenology
    In this module, students explain the importance of collections in scientific research, manipulate data in a spreadsheet program, create properly plotted and labeled graphs, analyze data to test...

    Keywords: ExcelResources @ ESA - TIEEclimate changefmnphenologynatural history collectionsDIGbutterflyinterspecific interactions

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    The Power of Data Standards
    Investigate data standards within the context of the Alpine Chipmunk and the Grinnell Study.

    Keywords: data in the classroomdata standardsdigitized natural history collectionsBLUE Fall 2019 FMNGrinnell

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    Origin and Diversity of Armor in Girdled Lizards
    The girdled lizards (Cordylidae) are a family of distinctively armored lizards endemic to Sub-Saharan Africa. Students examine lizards in this family to classify the lizards based on morphological...

    Keywords: Evolutionphylogenetic analysisHerpetologynatural history collections3D modelsVertebrate MorphologyCT scanoVertConvergent Evolution

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    Louse Genetics, Genomics, and Gene Function...Oh My!
    In this module, students will be investigating a louse gene with an unknown function to determine if it might be important in the evolution of the louse ecomorphs.

    Keywords: parasitesgenomicsgene sequence analysisFunctional Genomics

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    Data Visualization
    This is an introduction to the idea of data visualization and the importance of presenting data for understanding.

    Keywords: data in the classroomdata visualization

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    An Introduction to Biodiversity Databases and Specimen Images
    In this module, students will be introduced to some biodiversity data resources and how to search for and download herbarium specimen images. They will be asked to think critically about the...

    Keywords: data in the classroombiodiversity informaticsnatural history collection

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    Island Frogs
    This is an exercise in island biogeography that allows students to reconstruct splits in the evolutionary history of several hypothetical frog species.

    Keywords: Resources @ SimBio

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    Connecting Students to Citizen Science and Curated Collections
    This educational module utilizes the traditional plant collection experience to engage students with biodiversity data protocols and resources available in our information-rich digital age.

    Keywords: Biodiversityplantsnatural history collectionherbarium

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    Bio+: Integration of Biology Principles and Application in Cross-Disciplinary Curricula
    Poster on two cross-disciplinary courses at Olin College presented at the 2018 QUBES/BioQUEST Summer Workshop

    Keywords: cross-disciplinary instructionSummer Workshop 2018

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    Environmental Justice and Freshwater Resources
    This module enables students to identify the freshwater components of the hydrologic cycle and connect them to the basic need of all human beings for equal access to clean freshwater.

    Keywords: sustainabilityenvironmental scienceglobal changeexamwater resourcesenvironmental sociologyResources @ InTeGrate

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    A new approach to course-based research using a hermit crab-hydrozoan symbiosis
    There are few feasible models for marine-focused inquiry laboratory activities, a notable shortcoming for instructors seeking to engage their students in meaningful, course-based research...

    Keywords: behaviorparasitismSymbiosismutualismcommensalism

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    A Pandemic Pivot: Podcast as an Active Engagement Tool in the Classroom and Beyond
    Higher education in STEM undoubtedly integrates the use of technology as a primary mode for content delivery to undergraduate students. This became especially salient throughout the shift to online...

    Keywords: VaccinesReplication of virusesCOVID-19 transmission

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