Calculus, Zombies, Community, and QUBES

25 Aug 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Carrie Diaz Eaton

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/225At the interface of mathematics and biology emerges not only new research, but also a resurging call for education to meet the demands of this research.  Reports suggest foundational...

E. coli Citrate Use

24 Aug 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/357Bacteria are excellent model organisms for studying evolution.  They are easy to grow, maintain, and handle under very controlled conditions.  Even more importantly for evolution...

3D FractaL-Tree

24 Aug 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): John R Jungck, Jennifer A Spangenberg, Noppadon Khiripet, Rawin Viruchpinta, Jutarat Maneewattanapluk

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/775Artistid Lindemayer (1975, 1989, 1990) invented a mathematics based on graph grammar rewriting systems to describe iteratively branching structures; these were named in...

World Population Density

24 Aug 2015 | Data | Contributor(s): Claudia Neuhauser

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/752World population density 1950-2050

Ferns are Everywhere

24 Aug 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Claudia Neuhauser

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/753Using spatial fern population data in hypothesis testing

Environmental Justice and Fresh Water

24 Aug 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Adriana Perez, Jill Schneiderman, Meg Stewart, Joshua Villalobos

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/276This module enables students to identify the freshwater components of the hydrologic cycle and connect them to the basic need of all human beings for equal access to clean freshwater. 

Interactions Between Water, Earth's Surface, and Human Activity

24 Aug 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Sue Debari, Kyle Gray, Julie Monet

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/288This module focuses on water and its importance to humans using Google Earth images of stream profiles in different climates, and with real river flooding data sets.  

Climate of Change: Interactions and Feedbacks between Water, Air and Ice

24 Aug 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Cindy Shellito, Becca Walker, Cynthia Fadem

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/289In this module students explore short-term climate variability resulting from atmosphere-ocean-ice interactions.

Natural Hazards and Risks

24 Aug 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Lisa Gilbert, Josh Galster, Joan Ramage

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: http://qubeshub.org/publications/290This module explores how hurricanes connect the ocean-atmosphere-terrestrial systems and society by having students evaluate how hurricane hazards and risks have changed with coastal development.

A Growing Concern: Sustaining Soil Resources through Local Decision Making

24 Aug 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Sarah Fortner, Martha Murphy, Hannah Scherer

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/291This module addresses agricultural productivity by providing students with the opportunity to examine the differences between intensively managed agricultural landscapes (e.g. grazelands,...

Monkey Opsins

20 Aug 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/356Humans have trichromatic vision. Our eyes detect colors in the visible range of the spectrum using three different cone cell types, each maximally stimulated by a different wavelength of...

Map Your Hazards

20 Aug 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Brittany Brand, Melissa Schlegel, Pamela McMullin-Messier

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: http://qubeshub.org/publications/292This interdisciplinary module allows students to understand societal impacts that result from natural hazards and gain insight into how our knowledge and perspectives of the world shape how we...

R Shiny Basics

17 Aug 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Claire K. Lunch, Christine M. Laney

A nice introduction to building apps with R Shiny. Written by the folks at NEON (National Ecological Observatory Network).

Rstudio cheatsheets

17 Aug 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/839Cheatsheets are quickstart guides to using some of the most popular packages and features of Rstudio. This link will direct you to the following cheatsheets:Shiny...

Marriage Model (with errors)

10 Aug 2015 | Models | Contributor(s): Steven F Railsback

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/878Model formulated and implemented by S. F. RailsbackThis model is loosely based on the marriage age model of:   Billari, F. C., A. Prskawetz, B. Aparicio...

Data from: Agent-based and Individual-based Modeling: A Practical Introduction, Chapter 5, Exercise 10 [Elevation]

10 Aug 2015 | Data

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/877For exercise 10, a second file of elevation data for the Butterfly Model (tab-separated plain text).

Teaching Exponential and Logistic Growth in a Variety of Classroom and Laboratory Settings

03 Aug 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Barry Aronhime, Bret D. Elderd, Carol Wicks, Margaret McMichael, Elizabeth Eich

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/268Ecology and conservation biology contain numerous examples of populations growing without bounds or shrinking towards extinction. For these populations, the change in the number of...

List of models in which observed patterns are Important

02 Aug 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Steven F Railsback, Volker Grimm

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/876Supplemental material for Chapter 18 of Agent-Based and Individual-Based Modeling: A practical introduction by Railsback and Grimm (2012).   This is a list of...

Marriage age model ODD

02 Aug 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Steven F Railsback, Volker Grimm

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/869This is a supplemental resource from Agent-based and Individual-based Modeling: a practical introduction By Railsback and Grimm (2012). This is an...

ODD Description of the BEFORE Beech Forest Model

02 Aug 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Steven F Railsback, Volker Grimm

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/872This is a supplemental resource from Agent-based and Individual-based Modeling: a practical introduction by Railsback and Grimm (2012). This is an ODD...