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available lectures

the following presentations are open access & available for your own educational use you can also email me about visiting your class!

 

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description: presentation on the importance of intraspecific variation, for ecosystems and society, including nature's contributions to people
original audience: biology undergraduate & graduate students
length of presentation: 35-40 minutes
number of slides: 66
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description: brief history of art in science, plus guidance for visualizing your own data and concepts as figures
original audience: undergraduate and graduate students
length of presentation: 30-40 minutes
number of slides: 44
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description: brief summary of basic methods & ideas for simplifying graphics in R with code in base R & ggplot.

original audience: biology undergraduate & graduate students

length of presentation: 15-20 minutes

number of slides: 13

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description: brief history of art in science & overview of my own of art in research; plus overview of science of pigments & my own adventures in making colour from nature

original audience: middle school students

length of presentation: 20-30 minutes

number of slides: 27

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shore crab colouring sheet

description: overview of biological variation at 3 levels using Pacific shore crabs as an example: among species, within species, & within individuals; some origins of this diversity, importance in nature & to humans

original audience: volunteer community (citizen) scientists 

length of presentation: 15-20 minutes

number of slides: 36

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description: intro to evolutionary adaptation using White Sands lizard species as an example
original audience: elementary school students
length of presentation: 20-30 minutes
number of slides: 31
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description: presentation summarizing the Nature Eco Evo paper with the same title

original audience: academics in ecology & evolution

length of presentation: 5-10 minutes

number of slides: 35

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description: introductory lecture to microevolution, including natural selection, gene flow, & genetic drift

original audience: undergraduate students (science & non-science majors)

length of presentation: 60-70 minutes

number of slides: 100

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descriptionoverview of shoreline restoration and monitoring in Puget Sound with Seahurst Park as an example

original audience: general public

length of presentation: 20-30 minutes

number of slides: 44

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