You are here: Home / Resources / Browse Resources

Open. Adaptable. Free.

Resources created by our members and partners.

The QUBES platform hosts hundreds of teaching materials, reference materials, and cloud-based software free to use and adapt using open Creative Commons licenses.

Text Search:
Applied Filters
    Student-Generated Analogies for Learning about Information Flow
    Using analogies is a standard practice for both teaching and communicating ideas in science. Here we upend the traditional lesson, where the instructor provides a fully constructed analogy and...

    Keywords: critical thinkingcentral dogmaanalogical reasoning

    476

    views

    62

    downloads

    0

    comments

    0

    adaptations

    A Momentum-First Approach to Newton’s Second Law
    Students frequently struggle with seeing the connection between forces and motion in introductory physics. This lesson is part of a combined momentum and kinematics unit that first teaches...

    Keywords: group workMomentumNewton's Laws

    571

    views

    64

    downloads

    0

    comments

    0

    adaptations

    The Importance of an ORCID
    This lesson introduces students and instructors to the use of ORCIDs (Open Researcher and Contributor ID), and walks students through the process of registering for an ORCID. This module also helps...

    Keywords: ORCIDidentitysocial justicecourse-based research experiences (CUREs)AttributionBCEENETdigitizationRepresentationhidden figuresdata democratizationrestorative practice

    526

    views

    123

    downloads

    0

    comments

    0

    adaptations

    Biology from Molecules to Embryos, Interactive Animated Lessons
    Visualizing kinetic processes can be an impediment to student mastery of basic science coursework. To remedy this obstacle, I created an educational program called Biology from Molecules to...

    Keywords: geneticsBIOMEEmbryologycomputer assisted instructioneducational programeducational videosonline lessonsanimated lessonseducational website

    744

    views

    72

    downloads

    0

    comments

    0

    adaptations

    Population Ecology of the Northern Spotted Owl
    The mathematical modeling of populations utilizing field-collected demographic data is an important component of lab curricula in a variety of undergraduate biology lab courses. During the global...

    Keywords: demographyCommunity Ecologypopulation ecologyconservation biologylife tables

    790

    views

    178

    downloads

    0

    comments

    0

    adaptations

    2020-TeachingModule-ModelingFallingColumnOfWater
    We discuss how to model a falling column of water empirically and analytically from first principles in physics laws.

    Keywords: modulecolumn of waterTorricelli's LawTorricelliTeaching Module

    152

    views

    410

    downloads

    1

    comments

    0

    adaptations

    Central Dogma, Dictionaries, and Functions: Using Programming Concepts to Simulate Biological Processes
    Technologies like next-generation sequencing, proteomics, and high-throughput phenotyping have transformed the way we do biology. There is a continued need for scientists with computational skills...

    Keywords: computationpythonJupyter notebookFunctionscentral dogmaDictionaries

    1006

    views

    124

    downloads

    0

    comments

    0

    adaptations

    1-015-Torricelli-ModelingScenario
    We help students develop a model (Torricelli's Law) for the height of a falling column of water with a small hole in the container at the bottom of the column of water through which water exits the...

    Keywords: dataSpanishtankcolumn of waterapertureTorricelli's LawConservation of EnergytSolverwater flowExcel Solver

    344

    views

    810

    downloads

    0

    comments

    0

    adaptations

    2017-Lia_Vas-Modeling With Differential Equations
    This is a set of class notes for Lia Vas in which examples from population, falling objects, tank mixing, growth and threshold, are offered.

    Keywords: thresholdsfalling objectgrowthtank mixing

    126

    views

    44

    downloads

    0

    comments

    0

    adaptations

    2017-CW_Groetsch-Hammer and Feather - Some Calculus of Mass and Fall Time
    Does a heavy object fall faster than a lighter one? In 1971 NASA astronaut Dave Scott, Commander of the Apollo 15 lunar mission, used a hammer and a falcon feather on the surface of the moon to...

    Keywords: gravityfree falllinear resistancequadratic resistancehammerfeatherMoon resistanceGalileo

    124

    views

    48

    downloads

    0

    comments

    0

    adaptations

    2017-Zhang-Wang-Study on public opinion propagation in self media age based on time delay differential model
    We establish the Logistic equation, introduce the operator time delay differential equation, and finally establish the improved delay differential equation, which can describe the propagation trend...

    Keywords: propagationpubic opinionNetwork public opinionpropagation lawself-mediaXiongan New Area

    108

    views

    61

    downloads

    0

    comments

    0

    adaptations

    2008-Chernyshov-EtAl-The Problem of Modelling of Economic Dynamics in Differential Form
    The authors have tried to analyze procedures of the construction of differential equations that are employed for modeling of macroeconomic processes. The results prove to be rather unexpected.

    Keywords: Fredholm integral equation ofLeontief’s modelmacroeconomic processes

    95

    views

    30

    downloads

    0

    comments

    0

    adaptations

    2003-Bohren-Dimensional analysis-falling bodies--fine art of not solving differential equations
    Dimensional analysis is a simple, physically transparent and intuitive method for obtaining approximate solutions to physics problems, especially in mechanics.

    Keywords: falling bodydimensional analysisdrag

    99

    views

    40

    downloads

    0

    comments

    0

    adaptations

    1994-T_Gruszka-A Balloon Experiment in the Classroom
    The following experiment involves a balloon, a stopwatch, and a measurement device such as a meter stick,

    Keywords: resistancefalling bodydragballoon

    76

    views

    38

    downloads

    0

    comments

    0

    adaptations

    1999-F_Brauer-What Goes Up Must Come Down
    This paper is a wonderfully general analysis of the following, “It is natural to ask whether a particle propelled upwards takes longer to fall to earth from its maximum height than it takes to rise...

    Keywords: projectilefrictionfalling timerising timemaximum height

    74

    views

    37

    downloads

    0

    comments

    0

    adaptations

    Learning R for Biologists: A Mini Course Grab-Bag for Instructors
    As biology becomes more data driven, teaching students data literacy skills has become central to biology curriculum. Despite a wealth of online resources that teach researchers how to use R, there...

    Keywords: Rdata analysisRStudio

    1899

    views

    238

    downloads

    0

    comments

    0

    adaptations

    1980-Peastrel-Lynch-Armenti-Terminal velocity of a shuttlecock in vertical fall
    We have performed a straightforward vertical fall experiment for a case where the effects of air resistance are important and directly measurable.

    Keywords: fallingterminal velocityshuttlecockvertical fall

    160

    views

    40

    downloads

    0

    comments

    0

    adaptations

    2011-Brian_Winkel-Cross_coursing_in_mathematics-physical_modeling_in_differential_equations_crossing_to_discrete_dynamical_systems
    We give an example of cross coursing in which a subject or approach in one course in undergraduate mathematics is used in a completely different course.

    Keywords: differential equationsmathematical modeldifference equationcross courseconvert

    175

    views

    39

    downloads

    0

    comments

    0

    adaptations

    2007-Joseph_Myers-Brian_Winkel-Modeling_a_Mystery_Circuit_in_Mathematics_Class_Using_Differential_Equations_Laplace_Transforms_and_Transfer_Functions
    We discuss the introduction, student discovery, and teaching of a system of differential equations which model a circuit.

    Keywords: circuitLaplace transformtransfer functionmystery circuitvoltage frequencytwo loop circuit

    131

    views

    35

    downloads

    0

    comments

    0

    adaptations

    1999-F_Brauer-What_Goes_Up_Must_Come_Down
    It is natural to ask whether a particle propelled upwards takes longer to fall to earth from its maximum height than it takes to rise to this maximum height for frictional forces that are nonlinear...

    Keywords: resistancefallingprojectilevertical projectile

    96

    views

    36

    downloads

    0

    comments

    0

    adaptations

    Close

    Home

    Search