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    How to Create a Pollinator Project on iNaturalist
    Community science, also known as citizen science, allows any person to participate in scientific research. It breaks down the traditional barriers between scientists and the public, allowing anyone...

    Keywords: Plant EcologyPlant-insect interactions#iNaturalistpollinatorsCitizen and Community Sciencepollination ecology

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    GSD QUBES Resource Draft (1)
    This QUBES module is focused towards AP Environmental studies courses. It includes hypothesis testing, transect sampling, Shannon Diversity Index, and scatter plot and bar graph creation in excel.

    Keywords: Community EcologyField researchspidersMicrosoft ExcelShannon diversity index

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    Species Conservation Management Plan Report and Class Exercise
    In this project, students work in pairs to become an expert in their assigned IUCN Red List endangered species. They are charged to create a well-researched, written conservation management plan....

    Keywords: ecologyconservation4DEE Frameworkmanagement planspeed dating exercise

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    2022 BioQUEST OneHealth Plug-and-Play CURE Model Working Group - YouTube
    For the Fall 2022 BIOME Working Group, we have developed a plug-and-play CURE model that will allow educators to pick and choose CURE resources, centered on microbial diversity and ecology, to...

    Keywords: BIOME 2022#OneHealth #Ecology #PreHealth #PreMed #PreVet #VetMed #StudentResources #SciComm #SciEd#SmallWorld #BiolLabCURE #CUREPlugandPlayCURE

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    Home sweet home for warblers: Graphing and Analysis using R
    This resource expands on the Data Nugget "Trees and bushes, Home Sweet Home for Warblers". The analyses and graphing is done in R and there are questions that ask about the management implications.

    Keywords: graphingCommunity Ecologydata interpretationR software

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    Ecology/Environmental Biology Molecular Case Studies for Molecular CaseNet - YouTube
    Biome Institute 2021, Fall Working Group Summary Video

    Keywords: climate changebiofilmcoffeecoral bleachingMolecular structuremolecular visualizationMolecular Case Studycholera

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    Implementing Flexible Learning Projects to support authentic research experiences in Ecology (BIO 3317) at McDaniel College
    This adaptation highlights the utility of the Lichens in YOUR Local Landscape module for teaching field skills, quantitative analysis across scales, and for writing research papers.

    Keywords: NEONNational Ecological Observatory Network

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    Nature’s Flying Machines: The Evolutionary Relationship of Avian Form & Function
    In this series of activities, birds will be used as the model organism. The modules examine the connections between body form and function over time by investigating the relationship between avian...

    Keywords: evolutionary ecologyCommunity Ecology

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    Coding Club: A Positive Peer-Learning Community
    Free and self-paced tutorials and courses for learning to code out of the University of Edinburgh

    Keywords: statisticsRecologydata visualizationcodingenvironmental sciencepythonjavascript

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    Population Ecology in Swirl: Estimating Population Sizes
    The students will learn to estimate population sizes and consider assumptions of mathematical models and their applicability to the ecology of an organism/population

    Keywords: RSwirl

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    Adaptation of Investigating human impacts on stream ecology: locally and nationally
    TIEE Module- How does nutrient pollution impact stream ecosystems locally and nationally?
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    Investigating human impacts on stream ecology: locally and nationally
    How does nutrient pollution impact stream ecosystems locally and nationally?
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    The tale of two fish: A case study on vicariance and allopatric speciation
    This mini-case study guides students through multiple lines of evidence that suggests the most likely sister species to the lake species Sardinella tawilis, the sister species being the marine fish...

    Keywords: ecologyfishevolutionary ecologySpeciationVicariancePhilippines

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    Investigating human impacts on stream ecology: Intro to R
    This resource uses the Human Impact on Stream Ecology data set, background and questions and provides students an very general introduction to using R. Students perform basic summary statistics and...

    Keywords: graphingdata visualizationR programming languagedescriptive statisticsundergraduate environmental science

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    Species-Area Relationships
    This module introduces species-area curves in the context of understanding spatial diversity patterns. It is intended for an introductory biology audience.

    Keywords: ecologyexponential equationsOpenStaxlogarithmic equations

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    Avian Censys Analysis
    This Swirl course uses ecological data of bird counts and habitat variables to estimate inter-observer variability and the relationship of birds with habitat variables.

    Keywords: ecologyregressionaverageserror estimates

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    Data simulation and randomization tests
    A participatory live-coding lesson on simulating data and performing randomization tests on ecological data in R.
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    Adaptation of Terrestrial Trophic Cascades & Population Structure to a Non-Major’s Ecology Course
    In this activity, students will use data from natural parks to examine trophic cascades.

    Keywords: case studyBiodiversityplantsResource Typetrophic cascadesnational parks

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    How Many More Thymes? A Case of Phytochemical Defense
    National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science- this clicker case addresses several concepts related to the evolutionary ecology of herbivore defenses.

    Keywords: food websgenotypephenotypeHerbivoryherbivoredeterrencemonoterpeneproducerchemotypeThymus vulgaristhymeMediterranean ecosystemchemical defenses

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    Figure of the Day - Ecology additions
    Used in an Integrated Biological Principles II Class (Intro to Ecology/Evolution/Physiology) at University of Richmond

    Keywords: graphsmath attitudesResources @ BIOMAAPInterpreting GraphsFigure of the Day

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