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    Course materials for Quantifying Environmental Justice
    Course materials for Quantifying Environmental Justice, taught as Environmental Science 4201 at University of Minnesota, Morris in Spring 2023. Description: The concept of justice has received...

    Keywords: data analysiscomputational toolscourseenvironmental justiceSmall group discussion

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    SCIENCE/Fiction: Modular Template for Class Design
    We present a modular scaffold for designing an introductory seminar using speculative fiction and science papers to welcome university undergraduates to the biology major. A list of twelve possible...

    Keywords: geneticscell biologyneurosciencesystems biologyScience Fiction

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    Where Does Elsie's Hair Color Come From? A "De-Simplified" Pedigree Lesson
    Pedigree analysis is part of most Genetics curricula, but the examples traditionally used in genetics courses present phenotypes as if they were entirely and inexorably defined by genotype. This...

    Keywords: pedigreeMultifactorialphenotypic variationpenetranceexpressivityquantitative variation

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    AI Tools in Pedagogy
    Overview of ideas to discuss when it comes to usage of artificial intelligence in pedagogy

    Keywords: Artificial Intelligence

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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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    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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    The Importance of an ORCID
    This lesson introduces students and instructors to the use of ORCIDs (Open Researcher and Contributor ID), and walks students through the process of registering for an ORCID. This module also helps...

    Keywords: ORCIDidentitysocial justicecourse-based research experiences (CUREs)AttributionBCEENETdigitizationRepresentationhidden figuresdata democratizationrestorative practice

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    bioBUDS: How to Read a Paper
    Undergraduates are often expected to read scientific papers for class and submit assignments based on their understanding of the contents of these papers. Most courses, in our experience as...

    Keywords: Reading Scientific PapersInterpreting Figures

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    Cross-Course Public Health Project on Infectious Disease
    The need for collaborative, public health education has never been more important. Students increasingly require necessary skills in effectively communicating critical information to the general...

    Keywords: infectionpublic healthVaccinespathogenesisantibiotics

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    An Inquiry-Based Project Added to Traditional Labs: Hands-On Fish Awareness Research in Freshwater Systems Conducted by First-Year Biology Students
    This project involves students in an inquiry-based project added to the introductory biology laboratory course for majors in fall 2019. Research has shown that student engagement in authentic...

    Keywords: Evolutionbehaviorichthyology

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    Scientific Literacy Re-visioned Workshop at NABT 2023
    This material was part of the “Scientific Literacy Re-visioned” presentation at the National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT) 2023 Conference in Baltimore MD. In this workshop participants...

    Keywords: Liberal Art of Science

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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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    Democratizing Student Access to Help: the nationwide, virtual peer mentoring network of the Genomics Education Partnership
    Our data suggests that online delivery of the novel Virtual TA program allowed the GEP CURE to remain effective through the transition from onsite to online: the GEP CURE is resilient. This...

    Keywords: Genomics Education PartnershipNABT2023

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    Fostering Student to Student Collaboration Across Institutions in a Protein Centric CURE
    Collaboration is an essential component of research because it allows scientists to share expertise and tackle difficult scientific questions. While many undergraduate science courses include...

    Keywords: communicationBiochemistrycollaborationCUREhypothesisStudent to StudentInter institutionalProtein CentricAssignments

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    A CURE in traits and species distributions: Reproductive modes, range sizes, and natural history collections
    This course-based undergraduate research experience (CURE) focuses on developing hypotheses about how traits influence the range sizes of species. Topics with substantive content include symbioses,...

    Keywords: Evolutionbiostatisticsecologynatural history collectionsSymbiosisspecies distributionsherbariumplant functional traitsLichenReproductive biologyAppalachian mountains

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    QB@CC Workshop NABT 2022
    Creating and Implementing Quantitative Biology Lessons with QB@CC, Beneficial for Both Faculty and Students

    Keywords: Exponentscommunity collegesquantitative biologyOERNSF RCN-UBE

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    Experiencing the Inclusive STEM Teaching Project through BioQUEST Learning Communities
    Poster presented at the NABT 2023 Conference in November 2023.

    Keywords: faculty learning communitiesInclusive teachingNABT2023

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    The Molecular CaseNet Pipeline for Authoring, Piloting, and Evaluating Molecular Case Studies
    This poster provides an overview of the pipeline for authoring, piloting, and reviewing molecular case studies for publication in Molecular CaseNet.

    Keywords: resources @ Molecular CaseNet

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    Box of Lessons: A Toolkit for Introducing Students to Biomolecular Structure and Function
    This is a poster describing a collection of open educational resources that were developed by faculty participating in the Molecular CaseNet Faculty Mentoring Network in Spring 2022. The collection...

    Keywords: bioinformaticsbiomolecular structureProtein Data Bankresources @ Molecular CaseNet

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    Investigation of Subunit Interactions of Glyoxysomal Malate Dehydrogenase Using Engineered Cysteine Residues
    A research poster.

    Keywords: JoCURE

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