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    Beanbag Toss (Grades 6-8)
    The classroom lesson presents students with the task of developing a fair--yet challenging--beanbag toss game.

    Keywords: parametersdata collectionMeanMedian & Mode

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    Emergency Water Supply (Grades 6-8)
    This classroom lesson presents students with the task of determining how much water their school would to store in case of an emergency disaster.
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    Design a Zoo (Grades 6-8)
    This classroom lesson presents students with the job of designing a zoo, which could include modeling tasks ranging from choosing and locating the exhibits to setting the right admission prices.
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    Design a Zoo (Grades 3-5)
    This classroom lesson presents students with the job of designing a zoo, which could include modeling tasks ranging from choosing and locating the exhibits to setting the right admission prices.

    Keywords: unit costbudgetsdistance

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    Cell Division and Cancer Risk Data Point
    Cancer is typically attributed to hereditary and environmental factors, but these only explain a fraction of overall cancer risk. This activity explores a third factor.

    Keywords: Resources @ HHMI - BioInteractivecancerScientific ProcessStatistics and MathScientific Methodologybiology of cellscell growth and divisionHigh School

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    Getting Started with Universal Design for Learning
    Three resources for faculty interested in an introduction to Universal Design for Learning (UDL).
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    2001-Smith-Moore-The SIR Model for Spread of Disease
    A multiple part tour of SIR Models freely available with Maple, Mathematics, and MatLab support files at MAA site.

    Keywords: epidemicSIR modelEuler's methodherd immunityHong Kong flu

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    Beyond Average: Designing for Variability with Universal Design for Learning
    Presentation on Universal Design for Learning at the 2022 SIMIODE EXPO

    Keywords: SIMIODE

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    Resource list for inclusive teaching in STEM (HHMI)
    A resource collection created for HHMI BioInteractive to guide the development of teaching resources aligned with principles of equity and inclusion.

    Keywords: education researchbibliographyreferencesdecolonizing

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    BSURP Guided goal-setting workshop for undergraduate researchers
    Lesson plan, slides, and worksheet for a guided research goal-setting workshop. Designed for undergraduates in the Stanford Biology Summer Undergraduate Research Program (BSURP).

    Keywords: undergraduate researchworkshopsgoalsbioBUDS

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    2000-Idels-Wang-Harvesting Fisheries Management Strategies With Modified Effort Function
    This study concludes that a control parameter beta (the magnitude of the effect of the fish population size on the fishing effort function E), changes not only the rate at which the population goes...

    Keywords: sustainabilityfishFishingmanagementharvestfisherstrategyoverfishing

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    Parabolas Everywhere?
    In this lesson students will use mathematical models to describe real-world objects and to gain better understanding of quadratic functions.
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    Quantitative Reasoning Heatmap Assessment - Google Docs
    This tool for formative assessment provides a mostly anonymous way for students to consider their confidence with a variety of skills related to quantitative reasoning in biology. The product of...

    Keywords: Quantitative reasoningassessmentsmetacognitive

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    Applying UDL to Existing Materials
    This activity supports instructors in revising materials to incorporate Universal Design for Learning checkpoints.
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    Mammal Bones & Homologies
    Short activity for a laboratory covering mammal skulls, teeth, bones, dichotomous keys, and homologies (using Blackburn lab Sketchfab). Included in the package is a document for teaching...
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    iDigBio Tutorial - BLUE Resource
    A user guide and video instructions for iDigBio

    Keywords: databasesQuerying databasesdata in the classroombiodiversity informaticsbiodiversity collections

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    Reimagining professional development: Faculty mentoring networks as a model for connecting projects and teachers
    iDigBio webinar providing background on the QUBES project, examples of how faculty mentoring networks have made it possible for diverse educational programs to reach new audiences, and a framework...

    Keywords: webinar

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    Applying Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Principles to Case Studies
    This is a presentation for the 2022 BIOME meeting.
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    Yeast Cell Growth
    Numbers Count resource using Excel for data analysis

    Keywords: data analysisExcelNumbers Count

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    BIO103R: Bio 103 and 104 Labs in R at URI
    GitHub repository for Bio 103 and 104 Labs in R at University of Rhode Island

    Keywords: R

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