Cultivating Your Growth Mindset

22 Jun 2018 | Software (On-site) | Contributor(s): Kika Tuff, Jeremy M Wojdak, Arietta Fleming-Davies

Learn what a growth mindset is and how it improves learning

Dairy Farm Mathematics

09 Jul 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Richard Francisco, Katie Gilbert

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/783From the website:We based our instructional unit on the premise that many people have, that one does not need mathematics if the they do not plan on attending...

Data Analysis for the Life Sciences

25 Sep 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Rafael A Irizarry, Michael I Love

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/841An online stats book written completely in R!From the authors:"Data analysis is now part of practically every research project in the life sciences. In this...

Data from: Advancing population ecology with integral projection models: a practical guide

23 Jan 2015 | Data | Contributor(s): Cory Merow, Johan Dahlgren, Jessica Metcalf, Dylan Childs, Margaret Evans, Eelke Jongejans, Sydne Record, Mark Rees, Roberto Salguero-Gómez, Sean McMahon

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/853Integral Projection Models (IPMs) use information on how an individual's state influences its vital rates - survival, growth and reproduction - to make population...

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).

Data from: Agent-based and Individual-based Modeling: A Practical Introduction, Chapter 5, Section 5.5 [Elevation]

02 Aug 2015 | Data

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/867Elevation data input file for Section 5.5 (tab-separated plain text).

Data Nuggets - Bringing Real Data into the Classroom to Unearth Students' Quantitative & Inquiry Skills

22 Jan 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): MK Kjelvik, EH Schultheis

Data Nuggets are narratives about real research, featuring the principal scientist, that include data students can analyze.   Right now they are aimed at K-12 students, but many topics covered are taught in college courses, and there is no limit to what mathematical or statistical concepts...

DataCamp

06 Nov 2016 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Drew LaMar

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/913The Easiest Way to Learn Data Science OnlineMaster data analysis from the comfort of your browser, at your own pace, tailored to your needs and expertise. Whether...

DataONE Module 01: Why Data Management?

03 Jan 2016 | Teaching & Reference Material

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/911Trends in data collection, storage and loss, the importance and benefits of data management, and an introduction to the data life cycle.Slides (PPTX)One page...

DataONE Module 02: Data Sharing

02 Jan 2016 | Teaching & Reference Material

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/909Data sharing in the context of the data life cycle, the value of sharing data, concerns about sharing data, and methods and best practices for sharing data.Slides...

DataONE Module 03: Data Management Planning

03 Jan 2016 | Teaching & Reference Material

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/910Benefits of a data management plan (DMP), DMP components, tools for creating a DMP, NSF DMP information, and a sample DMP.Slides (PPTX)One page handout...

Datasets for Whitlock & Schluter's "The Analysis of Biological Data"

13 Jan 2015 | Data | Contributor(s): Michael C. Whitlock, Dolph Schluter

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/351Link to data sets used in The Analysis of Biological Data .  All data are in CSV format.

Design, Implementation, and Evaluation of Faculty Mentoring Networks: A Model for Promoting Faculty Teaching Scholarship

06 Apr 2017 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Sam S Donovan, Kristin Jenkins, Alison N Hale, Gabriela Hamerlinck

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/199NGSS, AP Biology, and Vision & Change all highlight the importance of quantitative skills to understanding biology. The Quantitative Undergraduate Biology Education and Synthesis (QUBES,...

DFIELD

19 Oct 2015 | Software (On-site)

DFIELD is an interactive tool that graphs a direction field for a given differential equation.

Differential equation models of disease transmission

10 May 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Winfried Just, Hannah Lea Callender

In this module we explore ODE models of disease transmission and compare some of their predictions with those of agent-based models. Parts of this material will be referenced in later modules.Level: Advanced undergraduate and graduate students of mathematics or biology.DownloadStudent copy (no...

Discrete Math Modeling with Biological Applications (Course Materials)

29 Jun 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Erin N. Bodine

This resource has updated versions:Version 1.0 (2018) https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/749/1Version 2.0 (2019) https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/749/2 -- This version no longer has the Agent-Based Modeling materialsThese are the...

Disease Spread

22 Nov 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Brian Winkel

An activity in which students model the spread of disease using one differential equation. 

Disease Spread Simulation with M&M's and Information on the wider SIMIODE community

03 Jul 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Brian Winkel

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/358This is a Student Version of a Modeling Scenario from the community, SIMIODE - Systemic Initiative for Modeling Investigations and Opportunities with Differential Equations at...

Do Cell Phones Cause Brain Tumors?

06 Feb 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/890https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wU5XkhUGzBs

Draft Version: Energy Balance Models

11 Mar 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Daniel Flath, Hans G. Kaper, Frank Wattenberg, Esther Widiasih

This resource has been updated - find the current version here:  https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/863This module introduces the student to the process of mathematical modeling. It shows how the process starts in the 4real world! with a...