Foundations: Sociological Imagination, Culture, Methods & Ethics

• Khan Academy — Society & Culture overview
  https://www.khanacademy.org/test-prep/mcat/society-and-culture
  
  

• CrashCourse Sociology (full playlist)
  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8dPuuaLjXtMJ-AfB_7J1538YKWkZAnGA
  
  

• Khan — Social theories overview (functionalism, conflict, interactionism)
  https://www.khanacademy.org/test-prep/mcat/society-and-culture/social-structures/v/social-theories-overview
  
  

• ASA Code of Ethics (PDF)
  https://www.asanet.org/wp-content/uploads/asa_code_of_ethics-june2018.pdf
  
  

• Belmont Report — principles for human subjects research
  https://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/regulations-and-policy/belmont-report/index.html
  
  

• Writing@CSU — Conducting Ethnographic/Observational Research (PDF)
  https://writing.colostate.edu/guides/pdfs/guide63.pdf
  
  

• Writing@CSU — Introduction to Content Analysis (PDF)
  https://writing.colostate.edu/guides/pdfs/guide61.pdf
  
  

• Cornell University — Cornell Note-Taking System
  https://lsc.cornell.edu/how-to-study/taking-notes/cornell-note-taking-system/
  
  

• UNC Writing Center — Using Evidence
  https://writingcenter.unc.edu/tips-and-tools/evidence/

Pollination Networks & Native Planting

• USDA — Bee Basics: An Introduction to Our Native Bees (PDF)
  https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5306468.pdf
  
  

• Pollinator.org — Ecoregional Planting Guides
  https://www.pollinator.org/guides
  
  

• Xerces — Bring Back the Pollinators
  https://www.xerces.org/bringbackthepollinators
  
  

Beneficials vs. Pests

• UC IPM — Natural Enemies Gallery
  https://ipm.ucanr.edu/natural-enemies/
  Surveys, Interviews, Basic Stats & Data Visualization

• Google Forms — how to use Forms (Help)
  https://support.google.com/docs/answer/6281888?hl=en
  
  

• Create your first form (step-by-step)
  https://support.google.com/a/users/answer/9303071?hl=en
  
  

• Google Forms — sign in
  https://docs.google.com/forms/
  
  

• Khan — Two-way tables (unit)
  https://www.khanacademy.org/math/probability/xa88397b6%3Atwo-way-tables
  
  

• Khan — Two-way tables review (article)
  https://www.khanacademy.org/math/statistics-probability/analyzing-categorical-data/two-way-tables-for-categorical-data/a/two-way-tables-review
  
  

• Khan — Practice: interpret two-way tables
  https://www.khanacademy.org/math/cc-eighth-grade-math/cc-8th-data/two-way-tables/e/frequencies-of-bivariate-data
  
  

• Datawrapper — How to create your first chart
  https://academy.datawrapper.de/article/245-how-to-create-your-first-datawrapper-chart
  
  

• Datawrapper — homepage (free charts, maps, tables)
  https://www.datawrapper.de/
  
  

• GSS Data Explorer (NORC)
  https://gssdataexplorer.norc.org/
  
  

• Pew Research Center — Tools & Datasets
  https://www.pewresearch.org/tools-and-datasets/
  
  

• Pew — How to access & download datasets
  https://www.pewresearch.org/instructions-for-downloading-datasets/
  
  

• U.S. Census — How-to materials for data.census.gov
  https://www.census.gov/data/what-is-data-census-gov/guidance-for-data-users/how-to-materials-for-using-data-census-gov.html
  
  

• Writing@CSU — Conducting Survey Research (PDF)
  https://writing.colostate.edu/guides/pdfs/guide68.pdf

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• Smithsonian — Pollinators & people
  https://naturalhistory.si.edu/education/teaching-resources/life-science/pollinators
  
  

• OpenStax Biology 2e — Community ecology (interactions)
  https://openstax.org/books/biology-2e/pages/45-1-ecologists-study-relationships
  
  

Vectors & Public Health

• CDC — Vector-borne diseases (overview)
  https://www.cdc.gov/vector-borne-diseases/
  
  

• CDC — Mosquito life cycle
  https://www.cdc.gov/mosquitoes/life-cycles/index.html
  
  

• CDC — Preventing tick bites
  https://www.cdc.gov/lyme/prev/on_people.html
  
  

Figures & Captions

• UW–Madison Writing Center — Figure legends
  https://writing.wisc.edu/handbook/style/visuals/
  
  

• Purdue OWL — APA/MLA basics
  https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_style_introduction/apa_style_introduction.html

Inequality, Institutions & Social Change

• Opportunity Atlas (mobility by neighborhood)
  https://www.opportunityatlas.org/
  
  

• Census — Opportunity Atlas info hub
  https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/ces/data/analysis-visualization-tools/opportunity-atlas.html
  
  

• BLS — Civilian Unemployment Rate (chart/table)
  https://www.bls.gov/charts/employment-situation/civilian-unemployment-rate.htm
  
  

• U.S. Census — Gini Index of Income Inequality (ACS table B19083)
  https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2022.B19083?q=B19083
  
  

• Eviction Lab — Map & Data
  https://evictionlab.org/map/
  
  

• Eviction Lab — Eviction Tracking System (get the data)
  https://evictionlab.org/eviction-tracking/get-the-data/
  
  

• SNCC Digital Gateway — civil rights organizing (primary media)
  https://snccdigital.org/
  
  

• Writing@CSU — Introduction to Content Analysis (PDF)
  https://writing.colostate.edu/guides/pdfs/guide61.pdf

Communicating Findings: Briefs, Visuals, Presentations (Finals)

• Purdue OWL — ASA Style (manuscript & references)
  https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/asa_style/index.html
  
  

• Purdue OWL — ASA references page formatting
  https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/asa_style/references_page_formatting.html
  
  

• Datawrapper Academy — chart how-tos
  https://academy.datawrapper.de/
  
  

• WebAIM — Writing alternative text (alt text)
  https://webaim.org/techniques/alttext/
  
  

• Section 508 — Authoring meaningful alt text
  https://www.section508.gov/create/alternative-text/
  
  

• Canva for Education — Poster/slide templates (free for K-12)
  https://www.canva.com/education/
  
  

• HHS OHRP — Research with Children (FAQ)
  https://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/regulations-and-policy/guidance/faq/children-research/index.html