...Catherine E. LePrevost; W. Gregory Cope; Yan Shen; Donnie Wrights Pesticides and their associated modes of action serve as real-world examples of chemical toxicity, stimulating student interest and supporting their understanding of nervous system function and cell signaling. An open-source web...

...Carlos A. Morales-Ramirez; Pearlyn Y. Pang Open-source data are information provided free online. It is gaining popularity in science research, especially for modeling species distribution. MaxEnt is an open-source software that models using presence-only data and environmental variables...

... and a commercial mini-centrifuge to pellet 1-mL samples of Tetrahymena thermophila , and we found that the two performed comparably. Finally, because our plans and the materials needed to build this device are all open source, we call our design the OPN Minifuge, and we hope that it will help to expand the scope...

... systems.VGLruns well on low-endPCs(266MHzPentiumII with 198MbRAMrunningWindows98 orRedHatLinux9) and Macs(333MHzPowerPCwith384MbRAMrunningOSX). Open Source VGLwas writtenby a group of studentsin the Masters Programin ComputerScienceat UMassBoston.The source code is availableonlineat theVGLsiteaccordingto...

... mix of chemosensory cues. To pilot this study, I designed two experiments to determine how female spiders construct their webs in response to chemosensory cues of potential prey or dangerous fire ants. The data from both projects were compiled and statistically analyzed using open-source software...

... students to Python, a commonly used computer programming language. We accomplished this by developing exercises within the interactive Jupyter Notebook platform, an open-source application that allows Python code to be written and executed as discrete blocks in real time. Students used the developed...

..., mitigate storm-water runoff, and provide food and habitat for other organisms. Using the cross-platform and open-source software Bioimages Collection Manager (BCM), we created an online interactive arboretum guide for a university campus arboretum. Faculty, students, and visitors can scan tree tags...

... using low-cost and easily obtainable materials. Afterward, students examine the orientation of pill bugs both before and after being subjected to a magnetic pulse. Finally, students analyze their results with circular statistics using the open-source R coding platform, providing them experience...

... and trustworthy sources from impostors. Here, I present a series of student-centered activities that help students inquire into the nature of credibility and the problems of expertise, mediated knowledge, and science communication. I open with a playful guessing game about “fantastic beasts” reported in the 16th...

... ( Bakshi et al., 2016 ). Arduino-based measurement studies have been widely used in recent years. Much research has been done in the fields of physics and chemistry ( Bouza et al., 2019 ). Arduino, “an open-source electronics platform based on easy-to-use hardware and software,” is designed so...

... variables Presence/absence of other focal species Species richness of plants Plant count Species richness of animals Soil type (e.g., humus, fine dirt, sand) Soil pH, N, K, P % exposed rock % human disturbance Professional ecologists rely on the free, open-source statistical computing language R...

...=RealMagnet&utm_medium=email&utm_content=ASM%5FNews%5F20210118&utm_campaign=Other%20Topics%20ASM%20News%20General . Andrew , C. , Büntgen , U. , Egli , S. , Senn-Irlet , B. , Grytnes , J.-A. , Heilmann-Clausen , J. , et al . ( 2019 ). Open-source data reveal how...

... of science............................2.74-RL, 2.92-F, 2.92-OL, 3.203-I, 7.477-F NatureAtlas............................7.501-RL Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)............................3.214-I, 3.221-I, 7.540-TT, 8.594-I Open source............................6.451-TT Open-source data...

... human impacts (B). As a final note, these water cycle resources have been designed for use by teachers. They were developed to align with concepts and skills taught in schools and are open-source, freely available at watercycle.byu.edu. This website includes full posters for those who want...

... data sets. Indeed, incorporating such practical skills in the classroom can fully prepare an undergraduate for the research lab environment ( David, 2018 ). Currently, R is the most popular programming language used by biologists for data analyses ( Gentleman, 2008 ). Because of its open-source nature...

..., and sample lab manuals are available free of charge at http://vgl.umb.edu . Reference White, B., Bolker, E., Koolar, N., Ma, W., Maw, N. & Yu, C. (2007). The virtual genetics lab: a freely-available open-source genetics simulation. American Biology Teacher , 69 , 694–697. ...

..., pairs, or groups. Students can use any artistic medium (e.g., drawing, painting, collage, computer graphics) and/or Microsoft PowerPoint or Adobe Illustrator/Photoshop to create info-posters or infographics. Open-source alternative software includes OpenOffice ( http://www.openoffice.org/ ), Inkscape...

...Figure 5. Quantification of eye diameter and tip-to-tail length for retinoic acid perturbation study using open-source software (ImageJ) provided by the National Institutes of Health. ...

... genetic variations may result from … viable errors occurring during replication. … Although DNA replication is tightly regulated and remarkably accurate, errors do occur and result in mutations, which are also a source of genetic variation” (3-LS3, Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits). This easy...