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    DNA Barcoding & Biodiversity databases
    This resource pairs DNA barcoding databases with Biodiversity databases. Students collect their insect specimens in the field and use BLAST and BOLD to identify their species. They then use...
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    2017-Craig_Tracy-Lectures on Differential Equations
    These notes are for a one-quarter course in differential equations. The approach is to tie the study of differential equations to specific applications in physics with an emphasis on oscillatory...

    Keywords: physicsoscillation

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    Investigating Biomes with BiomeViewer
    This interactive classroom activity facilitates student learning about biodiversity through an investigation of biomes (what they are, how they're defined, their global distribution) using a free...

    Keywords: BiodiversityEcosystem EcologyBiomeViewerbiomes

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    BLAST Exercises for Analyzing Cloning Results
    Genome Solver began as a way to teach undergraduate faculty some basic skills in bioinformatics; no coding or scripting is required. These activities have modified Lesson 1: Introduction to Genome...

    Keywords: Bioinformatics EducationBioinformatics and Genomics

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    Teaching notes for "Investigating the footprint of climate change on phenology and ecological interactions in north-central North America"
    This is an FMN participant modification of the TIEE module "Investigating the footprint of climate change on phenology and ecological interactions in north-central North America,"...

    Keywords: ecologyLabfmnLectureUndergraduateData DiscoveryInstructional SettingAudience LevelAdvancedActivity LengthMore than 1 hour

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    Teaching Notes for Changes in Lake Ice: Ecosystem Response to Global Change
    This is an FMN participant modification of the TIEE module "Changes in Lake Ice: Ecosystem Responses to Global Change," authored by Robert Bohanan, Marianne Krasny, and Adam Welman in 2005.

    Keywords: ecologyLabfmnLectureUndergraduateData DiscoveryInstructional SettingAudience LevelAdvancedActivity LengthMore than 1 hour

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    Teaching Notes for Investigating the footprint of climate change on phenology and ecological interactions in north-central North America
    This is an FMN participant supplement for the TIEE module "Investigating the footprint of climate change on phenology and ecological interactions in north-central North America," authored...

    Keywords: ecologyLabfmnLectureUndergraduateData DiscoveryInstructional SettingAudience LevelAdvancedActivity LengthMore than 1 hour

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    Teaching Notes for Global Temperature Change in the 21st Century
    This is an FMN participant supplement for the TIEE module "Global Temperature Change in the 21st Century," authored by Daniel R. Taub and Gillian S. Graham in 2011.

    Keywords: ecologyLabfmnLectureUndergraduateData DiscoveryInstructional SettingAudience LevelAdvancedActivity LengthMore than 1 hour

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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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    Winter Is Coming Data Nugget for AP Biology Big Ideas
    This Data Nugget is a differentiated classroom resource focusing on how a plant species fitness is affected by different climates.

    Keywords: Evolutionbiologyonlinequantitative skillsAP BiologyDual Enrollment Science with High Schools

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    Student Activities to Accompany BioTA Podcast Episode 23: Chocolate Is Life
    This instructional resource provides three activities to accompany a podcast on chocolate, including critical reading of primary literature and a focus on social justice and equity issues. The...

    Keywords: ecologyPodcastsocial justicepollinationChocolateCacao

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    Peek into Plant Diversity using Herbarium Specimens (Online!)
    This exercise introduces herbarium specimens and how they are used for research. Students contribute to specimen "digitization" using the citizen science platform Notes from Nature, and they work...
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    Online, 10-minute adaptation of Biobyte 1 – Where are we in the data science landscape?
    Adaptation for 10 minute activity in an online meeting to introduce the NAS Data Science For Undergraduates report's definition of data acumen and engage participants in a self assessment of how...
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    Working with spreadsheet-style data in Python with pandas and seaborn
    This 4-hour participatory live-coding workshop takes learners through the basics of programming in Python via the Jupyter Lab interface and culminates with exploration and visualization of...

    Keywords: datapythonopenSpreadsheetbicylepandasseabornmatplotlib

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    Restoring Tropical Forests: Implementing a module in an undergraduate majors’ course in forest ecology in Costa Rica
    This publication describes implementation of a module on tropical forest restoration in Costa Rica for an upper-level undergraduate course in forest ecology at the Instituto Tecnológico de Costa...

    Keywords: forest ecologyRestorationfield course

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    Globally endangered sea turtles of the Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge: A Focus on Scientific Analysis
    Based on the sea turtle case, students will (1) work on a worksheet by analyzing existing survey data, (2) conduct a literature review of two relevant research, and (3) draft a proposal for a...

    Keywords: sea turtle conservationliterature reviewResearch methodsProposal writingPalmyra Atoll

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    Mystery box puzzle for model based reasoning
    This is a computer based problem solving activity that I use to engage introductory biology students with discussions about model based reasoning.

    Keywords: Model Based ReasoningScientific reasoningpuzzle

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    Backyard Beetles + Pollinators for a non-lab course on biodiversity conservation
    Backyard Beetles + Pollinators is a project to observe and evaluate plant-pollinator networks. This adaptation modifies the (adapted) modules for a non-lab course on conservation, conducted during...

    Keywords: NEONNational Ecological Observatory Network

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    Adaptation of Plants in the Human-Altered Environment (PHAE) for a non-lab course on biodiversity conservation
    PHAE is a project to compare effects of landscape alteration intensities on plant biomass and diversity. This adaptation modifies the (adapted) modules for a non-lab course on conservation,...

    Keywords: erenNEONdiversitybiomass4DEE Frameworkecosystemsocioeconomic effects

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    Modules Ready or Adaptable for Online Learning: Google Sheet
    A dynamic database of modules discoverable on QUBES that are ready or adaptable for online learning. Anyone can use or contribute to this database.

    Keywords: modulesWorksheet

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