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  1. 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. 

  2. 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.  

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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,...

  6. 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...

  7. 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...

  8. 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).

  9. 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...

  10. 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...

  11. 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...

  12. 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...

  13. 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...

  14. Breeding synchrony in colonial birds: from local stress to global harmony

    02 Aug 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Roger Jovani, Volker Grimm

    This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/871This is a supplemental resource for Agent-based and Individual-based Modeling: a practical introduction by Railsback and Grimm (2012). This is a reprint from...

  15. NetLogo refresher course

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

    This is a supplemental resource from Agent-based and Individual-based Modeling: a practical introduction By Railsback and Grimm (2012). This is a review of some key principles of programming in NetLogo, from exercise 8 of Chapter 9 of the book.

  16. An introduction to agent-based modeling.

    02 Aug 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Marco A Janssen

    This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/849This is a textbook at an introductory level suitable for undergraduates, provided by Marco Janssen. From the book's Preface: This textbook...

  17. The ODD protocol: A review and first update

    01 Aug 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Volker Grimm, Uta Berger, Donald L. DeAngelis, J. Gary Polhill, Jarl Giske, Steven F. Railsback

    This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/865The ‘ODD’ (Overview, Design concepts, and Details) protocol was published in 2006 to standardize the published descriptions of individual-based and agent-based...

  18. QUBES: a community focused on supporting teaching and learning in quantitative biology

    30 Jul 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Sam S Donovan, Carrie Diaz Eaton, Tom Gower, Kristin Jenkins, Drew LaMar, DorothyBelle Poli, Bob Sheehy, Jeremy M Wojdak

    This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/226This letter provides an overview of the Quantitative Undergraduate Biology Education and Synthesis (QUBES) Project funded through the National Science Foundation. The project has five...

  19. AMS Mathematical Moments

    28 Jul 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): American Mathematical Society

    This resource has been updated - find the current version here:https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/848 From the website:Discover the World of MathematicsMathematical Moments are 8.5" x 11" pdfs, available on many different topics in science, nature,technology,...

  20. Quantitative Evolutionary Biology on the QUBESHub

    27 Jul 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Kristin Jenkins

    This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/227Welcome to QUBESHub - a virtual meeting space, resource center and collaborative environment for you to enhance quantitative biology in your undergraduate courses.  This space is highly...