ABLE Proceedings – Volume 27

Adaptations of aquatic insects to habitat and food resources in streams
Amy Braccia and J. Reese Voshell, Jr.
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Resource allocation in plants
A. Daniel Johnson
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Measuring Community Structure
John G. Kell
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Discovering Devonian Microfossils
Charlie Drewes
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Phylogenetic analysis
Robert J. Kosinski
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Examining Genetic Diversity in Disjunct Populations using Random DNA Markers
Robert Sheehy and Judy Guinan
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Laboratory Exercises in Physiology

Effects of drugs on pulsation rate of blackworms (Lumbriculus variegatus)
Kelly E. Bohrer
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Personal Behavior and Partner’s Sexual History: a Simulation of the Spread of HIV
Ralph Preszler and Amy Marion
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Water transport in plants
Robert C. Hodson and John Acuff
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Laboratory Exercises in Microbiology and Cell Biology

Chicken wing microbiology
Mariëlle H. Hoefnagels and Mark Walvoord
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Bacterial Quorum Sensing and Bioluminescence
David L. Popham and Ann M. Stevens
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Measurements of cells and organelles
Denise Ratterman, James Watrous, and Deborah Lurie
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Propagation of Miniature Roses by Plant Tissue Culture
Michael Stone
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Laboratory Exercise in Genetics

Molecular Genetic Linkage Mapping in Tribolium Beetles
Ann Yezerski
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Workshops on Teaching Tools and Techniques

Digital Documentation: Merging the Traditional
Laboratory Experience with Digital Imaging Technology
Bruce W. Robart, Kimberly A. Ziance, and Melonie J. Dropik
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Development of an Inexpensive Remote Operating Vehicle (ROV)
Jon C. Cawley, Adam Vittum, Michael Barrett, Noah Muller, and Ross Irwin
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Quantitative Investigations of Hatching in Brine Shrimp Cysts
Charlie Drewes
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Using National Public Radio to Jump Start Research Projects in Environmental Biology
Ruth E. Beattie
[Abstract] [Full-text]

Developing Research Opportunities for Undergraduates
Maggie Haag
[Abstract] [Full-text]

Using customized tools and databases for teaching Bioinformatics in introductory biology courses
Melody Neumann and Nicholas Provart
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Using Calibrated Peer Review (CPR) to Improve Student Communication Skills
Todd Nickle
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Beachcomber Biology: The Shannon-Weiner Species Diversity Index
Kathleen A. Nolan and Jill E. Callahan
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Using the Slime Mold Physarum polycephalum in Independent Student Research
Janice Bonner
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What Do Students Really Know When They Enter College?
Arthur L. Buikema, Jr., Mary. A. Schaeffer and C. M. Webb
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Using Lab Reports to Achieve Specific Learning Goals in a Wide Range of Laboratory Settings
Miriam Ferzli and Michael Carter
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Accessible Laboratory Environments for Teaching Biology
Christy A. Horn, William V. Glider, Beth Whitaker, Katherine Kalisek, and Adam Langan
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The Beautiful Moldy World All Around Us
Karen Romanyk
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Implementing Inquiry Based Learning in a General Microbiology Laboratory
Candace L. Walker, Arthur L. Buikema Jr. and Ann M. Stevens
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Inexpensive Apparatus for Measuring Respiration and Photosynthesis Based on CO2
Paul Willing
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The bioMovies Project: Interactive Panoramic Movies to Provide Virtual Field Trips and Studies of Microscopic Life
B. L. Black, M. Niedzlek-Feaver, and H. Heatwole
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Mimosa pudica as an experimental organism for Botany Lab
Cheryld L. Emmons
[Full-text]

Laboratory or Service-Learning? The Community Experience Is Part of the Answer
Blanche C. Haning and Lynnae C. Flynn
[Full-text]

Unseen Life: Engaging Non-Science Students Through Microbiology
Paula B. Lessem and Debra L. Wohl
[Full-text]

Interactive pedigrees: A web simulation
Marianne Niedzlek-Feaver
[Full-text]

Low Tech Oxygen Consumption of Terrestrial Animals
Ruthanne B. Pitkin
[Full-text]

Mutagenesis: A laboratory course module for site-directed mutagenesis and gene knockout technology
S. Catherine Silver Key, Ginny Hutchins, and Lisa K. Lyford
[Full-text]

Termites: Creating Your Own Colony for Fun and Profit
John A. Acuff
[Full-text]

A Virtual Tool for Introducing Students to the Compound Microscope
Robert Ketcham
[Full-text]

Using an Audience Response System to Engage Introductory Science Students in Lecture
Karin E.Readel
[Full-text]

Pros and Cons of using Grasshopper Mark-recapture for Investigating Populations
Richard L. Stewart, Jr.
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