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The Importance of Street Trees and Urban Avifauna: A lesson exploring the relationship between urban forest and foraging birds
13 May 2022 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Sarah B Fones
This module examines the relationship between street trees, urban avifauna, and socioeconomic gradients in the highly urbanized county of Los Angeles, California. Using edited data from a published...
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Biodiversity Conservation in Agriculture
11 May 2022 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Emily Hastings
Virginia Commonwealth University
Biodiversity is decreasing rapidly each year and agriculture is a large contributor. In order to minimize biodiversity loss, we must study how local and landscape management in agriculture impact...
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The Influence of Exotic Plant Invasion on Pollinator Abundance
11 May 2022 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Maxcy Nicole Hill
Virginia Commonwealth University
This lesson introduces two global change factors, natural habitat loss and exotic plant invasion, and analyzes how these stressors impact the biodiversity and abundance of pollinator species....
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Carrie Schwarz
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Michael Wolfgang Lassalle
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Coloring and Keying Great Lakes Trees
14 Feb 2022 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Celeste Dufour
Michigan State University
In this set of activities, you will use the Michigan Trees Coloring book to learn and practice plant identification. You will also simulate some of the steps of specimen preparation by keying an d...
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"Got Algae?" A Sorting Game for Introducing the Weird and Wonderful Diversity of Algae
30 Aug 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Bridgette E. Clarkston
University of British Columbia
Algae are a fascinating and diverse organismal group, with global ecological importance, a storied evolutionary history and deep connections to both contemporary and historical human societies. Yet...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/2729/?v=1
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Developing Data Literacy Skills and Connecting the Student Experience in the Classroom to the Community Through Biodiversity Projects
30 Aug 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Jessica Lee Joyner*1, Kelly L. O'Donnell2
1. Georgia State University 2. Macaulay Honors College, City University of New York
Undergraduate education and long-term science literacy are enhanced by integrating data projects with public datasets and creating analysis summaries. Underutilized public datasets are often...
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Biodiversity Show and Tell: An Accessible Activity to Encourage Students to Explore the Tree of Life
29 Aug 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Sarah R. Stockwell*1, Jessica A. Davids1
University of California San Diego
An appreciation of organismal diversity is a requirement for understanding evolution and ecology, and can serve as a source of amazement and wonder that inspires students to enjoy biology. However,...
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Assessing Urban Biodiversity With the eBird Citizen Science Project: A Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) Module
29 Aug 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Karin R. Gastreich
Avila University
The eBird citizen science module takes advantage of technology tools and online resources developed by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology (http://ebird.org) to achieve several learning...
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Teaching Biodiversity with Museum Specimens in an Inquiry-Based Lab
29 Aug 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Lisa L. Walsh*†1, Cynthia J. Giffen†1, Cody W. Thompson1
University of Michigan
In response to the growth of biology datasets and broad efforts to digitize data, an increasingly important skill for science students is the management and analysis of large datasets. We designed...
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CURE-all: Large Scale Implementation of Authentic DNA Barcoding Research into First-Year Biology Curriculum
28 Aug 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Oliver Hyman*1, Elizabeth Doyle1, Joseph Harsh1, Joanna Mott2, Andrea Pesce1, Bejan Rasoul1, Kyle Seifert1, Ray Enke1
1. James Madison University 2. California State University
Growing calls in science education reform have emphasized wide-scale engagement of first-year undergraduate students in authentic research experiences; however, large course enrollments, inadequate...
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Quantifying and Visualizing Campus Tree Phenology
28 Aug 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Nathan Emery*1, Caleb Trujillo1, Andrew Jarosz1, Tammy Long1
Michigan State University
Large enrollment courses present a challenge for instructors who want to engage students in authentic science practices that fit the recommendations of Vision & Change. Our lesson provides a...
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