Educational Activities

Unknown Bones

Unknown Bones is an inquiry-based educational activity for high school students in which they apply data analysis and statistics to understand sexual selection and illustrate sexual dimorphism in Cayo Santiago rhesus macaques. 

Unknown Bones - Teachers Guide (pdf)

Appendix 1 - Recommended samples (pdf)

Appendix 2 - Skeletal data (pdf)

Appendix 3 - Morphological Data Sheet (pdf)

Appendix 4 - Sexing (excel)

Appendix 5 - Ageing (excel)

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Introduction to Primate Data Exploration and Linear Modeling with R: Introduction to Primate Data Exploration and Linear Modeling with R was created with the goal of providing training to undergraduate biology research students on data management and statistical analysis using authentic data of Cayo Santiago rhesus macaques.

Help us learn more about monkey health by identifying white blood cell types 
https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/mbarrierz/monkey-health-explorer

Introduction to Primate Data Exploration and Linear Modeling with R: In this module, you will expand your skills on linear models (Modules M.4) to LMMs while testing associations between Cayo Santiago rhesus macaque social cognition and age. 
https://raisahernandez.github.io/PrimatePopEcolTraining/M.5_pre.html 

Introduction to Primate Data Exploration and Linear Modeling with R: In this module, you will expand your skills on linear models (Modules M.4) to GLMMs while testing associations between Cayo Santiago rhesus macaque male social dispersal and population density.  
https://raisahernandez.github.io/PrimatePopEcolTraining/M.7_pre.html