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    Let's Talk About COVID-19
    This exercise asks you to write a short paper reflecting on your personal experiences (or those you have read about) with COVID-19
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    Serial Dilutions
    In this Excel workbook, users will enter the original cell concentration and the desired dilution factor (10, 100, and 1000). The program will then calculate the new cell concentration.

    Keywords: concentrationScientific Notationorders of magnitudeserial dilutions

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    javaFOODWEB
    More than 100 food web matrices (multiple predators/prey Excel worksheets) are included with the javaFOODWEB tool.

    Keywords: niche spacesCommunity Ecologyfood webspredator-prey interactionsMatricestrophic chain

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    Buffer Preparation
    This Excel workbook calculates the necessary components to create a buffer solution using the Henderson-Hasselbalch equation.

    Keywords: buffer solutionacidbase

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    Balancing Chemical Equations Using Matrix Algebra
    This Excel workbook introduces using matrix algebra to balance chemical reactions. The workbook allows the user to set up their own matrices for chemical reactions involving 2-7 elements.

    Keywords: chemical reactionsInverse matrix methodmatrix algebra

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    Michaelis-Menten Enzyme Kinetics
    In this simulation, equations used in enzyme kinetics (Michaelis-Menten, Eadie-Hofstee, Dixon, and Lineweaver-Burk) are modeled under various conditions.

    Keywords: Michaelis-Mentenenzymesenzyme kinetics

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    Orthoptera of Alberta: Visual Guide to Common Terrestrial Families (Adults)
    A visual guide to common Orthoptera families found in Alberta created for undergraduate students and those new to insect identification. Visual images and descriptions are provided for key features...

    Keywords: BiodiversityguideentomologyorthopteracricketBLUEinsectAlbertagrasshopperkatydid

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    Odonata of Alberta: Visual Guide to Common Terrestrial Families (Adults)
    A visual guide to common Odonata families found in Alberta created for undergraduate students and those new to insect identification. Visual images and descriptions are provided for key features...

    Keywords: BiodiversityguideentomologyBLUEpollinatorsinsectOdonatadragonflydamselfly

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    Coleoptera of Alberta: Visual Guide to Common Terrestrial Families (Adults)
    A visual guide to common Coleoptera families found in Alberta created for undergraduate students and those new to insect identification. Visual images and descriptions are provided for key features...

    Keywords: BiodiversityguideentomologybeetleBLUEinsectAlbertacoleoptera

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    Blueprint for Accelerating Change in Social Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in STEM Curricula
    Collaborative community working on projects associated with social justice, equity, diversity and inclusion in STEM undergraduate programs.

    Keywords: Equitysocial justicediversityinclusionSTEM Education reform

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    Learning Journal Assignment on Biofilms
    This is a learning journal assignment with constructive response questions on Biofilms which undergraduate students can complete with aid of reading a research article and listening to a podcast.

    Keywords: educationPodcastmicrobiologygenomicsUndergraduateAnalysisBioflimsLearning Journal Assignmet

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    Revealing Hidden Figures in Natural History Collections Working Group 2023 Update!
    Our 2023 BIOME Lightning Presentation sharing updates from the Hidden Figures Working Group including the first two published modules!

    Keywords: social justicenatural history collectionshidden figuresbiome23biome2023

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    Box-of-Lessons Review, Fall 2022 - YouTube
    This video described the working group activities for BIOME Institute 2022 - Fall working group

    Keywords: carbohydratesproteinsNucleic Acid Structurebiomolecular structurebiomolecular visualizationProtein Data Bankresources @ Molecular CaseNetBIOME 2022pilotinglipidsbiomolecules

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    Strategic Planning for REU and Research Readiness
    Students complete a personal strategic plan, examining their strengths, vision and mission for completing an REU or research experience.

    Keywords: undergraduate researchREUstrategic planningSWOTresumepersonal statement

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    BCEENET: Connecting digitized natural history collections with course-based undergraduate research experiences
    Biological Collections in Ecology and Evolution Network (BCEENET) brings together undergraduate educators, natural history collections professionals, researchers, and data experts to support the...

    Keywords: digitized natural history collectionsBCEENETcourse-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs)

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    7-005-OverViewLaplaceTransforms-TechniqueNarrative
    This is a specialized overview of Laplace Transform application to solving differential equations in Mathematica.

    Keywords: integrationLaplace transformInverse Laplace transofrmintegration by parts

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    Are you teaching biostatistics with R? Suggestions to help you as work with your students.
    Teaching students how to code and analyze data in R is important for the fields of biology and ecology. Olivia Tabares and the Ecological Forecasting Education Working Group created this resource...

    Keywords: biostatisticsecologybiologyR code

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    Introduction to the Universal Design for Learning Guidelines
    Two activities for introducing Universal Design for Learning to a faculty audience
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    Collections Education Coffee Break Series: Anne Basham from LepNet and SCAN on Vimeo
    Anne Basham (Founder ExplorMor Labs LLC/Co-Founder Bon-Earth, LeptNet and SCAN) Presenting on Natural history collections that connect marginalized elders with memory and the natural world. ...

    Keywords: idigbionatural history museumsnatural history collectionlife-long learnersinformal learningvulnerable learnersobject-based learninggeragogyU3A

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    All About Cod For Grades 3-5
    This activity uses background from The Cod's Tale by Mark Kurlansky and then uses a simple story to engage students in solving problems using several operations and algebraic thinking math standards.

    Keywords: fishNIMBiosword problemsfractionsfish harvestinggrades 3-5simple data plots

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