...Nathan Harness; Madison Lynch; Kenneth Hellmig Bioacoustics is uniquely suited as a tool for teachers and students to build high-quality, open-ended, inquiry-driven studies. The large-data nature of capturing soundscapes is made simple to work with by elegant programs such as the SoundEcology...

... of a single trait (i.e. P1’s = Aa x AA). Nature does not always follow a strict pattern of probability due to environmental changes or genetic imperfections. So, gathering a significantly large amount of data while avoiding anything that may influence that data is important in research. Figure 1...

...Andrew A. David The rise of “big data” within the biological sciences has resulted in an urgent demand for coding skills in the next generation of scientists. To address this issue, several institutions and departments across the country have incorporated coding into their curricula. I describe...

...Catherine L. Quinlan Image analysis of African rock art creates a unique opportunity to engage in authentic explorations of science and culture using rock art images as data. African rock art and its context provide insights into the intersection of science, scientific research, research ethics...

... a coherent approach to science that uses a developmental approach to learning. This is consistent with the use of data, reflective strategies, and a research inquiry approach that encourages students to confront their own thinking and reasoning, and thus encourages the engagement of argumentation...

.... That is, do they have any data, or do they just argue? The ID articles that I analyzed claimed to present real science, but they rarely referred to data and never tested a hypothesis. Argumentation, however, was frequent. By contrast, peer-reviewed articles by evolutionary biologists rarely argued...