Drivers of Avian Local Species Richness: Continental-Scale Gradients, Regional Landscape, or Local Land Cover?

27 Mar 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Tom Langen

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/269An ecology laboratory focusing upon the concept of species richness and its study.From the module:  Students learn how to test hypotheses related to the local, regional, and continental...

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...

Free Introduction to Python for Data Science Course at 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/915Python is a general-purpose programming language that is becoming more and more popular for doing data science. Companies worldwide are using Python to harvest insights from...

Free Introduction to R Course at 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/914In this introduction to R, you will master the basics of this beautiful open source language, including factors, lists and data frames. With the knowledge gained in this...

Global Temperature Change in the 21st Century

23 Sep 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Daniel R. Taub, Gillian S. Graham

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/263The Ecological QuestionHow might global temperature change during the 21st century?  How might these changes vary geographically, seasonally, and depending upon future human...

IMMERSION Video

27 Jul 2017 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Alondra Torres-Navarro

Integrating Natural History Collections into Undergraduate Education: Creating the Resources and Growing the Community

14 Nov 2016 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Anna Monfils, Libby Ellwood, Debra Linton, Molly Phillips, Joseph A. Cook, Joseph Kerski, Tracy Barbaro, Sam S Donovan, Karen Powers, L. Alan Prather, Rob Guralnick

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/328Natural history collection specimens and associated data provide unique physical and virtual opportunities to engage students in the practice of science in authentic, place-based lessons. We...

Integrating student research projects into mathematical biology courses

21 Oct 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Elissa Schwartz

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/256Interdisciplinary mathematical biology courses have particular challenges. Specific teaching methods are necessary in order to engage students with varying levels of competency in mathematics...

Investigating the Footprint of Climate Change on Phenology and Ecological Interactions in North-Central North America

23 Sep 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Kellen M. Calinger

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/267The Ecological QuestionHave long-term temperatures changed throughout Ohio? How will these temperature changes impact plant and animal phenology, ecological interactions, and, as a result,...

IPMpack: an R package for Integral Projection Models

19 Jan 2015 | Software (Off-site) | Contributor(s): C. Jessica E. Metcalf, Sean M. McMahon, Roberto Salguero-Gómez, Eelke Jongejans, Cory Merow

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/779IPMpack is an R package (R Development Core Team 2013) that allows users to build and analyse Integral Projection Models. An IPM is a demographic tool to explore the...

IQS 2.0: A Modularized Integrated Math and Science Course

21 Oct 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Lester Caudill

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/252For the past several years, the University of Richmond has offered an Integrated Quantitative Science (IQS) course, integrating introductory courses in five math and science disciplines, to...

MathBench Biology Modules

13 Mar 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Katerina V. Thompson, Kären C. Nelson, Gili Marbach-Ad, Michael Keller, William F. Fagan, Patricia A. Shields

Modules designed to help students understand the math behind the material learned in introductory ecology courses. 

Measuring the Health of the Earth Using the Theory of Island Biography

11 Mar 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Jana Eggleston, Stephanie Renee Campau, Farshid Ahrestani, Holly D Gaff

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/868Biodiversity has been shown to be a good measure of the health of the planet system (McGrady-Steed et al. 1997). The more species and genetic diversity, the more stable the...

Mentoring Undergraduate Research Projects in Mathematical Biology

21 Oct 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Timothy Comar

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/255For several years, we have been mentoring undergraduate research projects in the areas of the dynamics of impulsive differential equation models for pest management and epidemiology and the...

Modernizing Statistics Education via Biology Applications

21 Oct 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Olcay Akman

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/254In most traditional statistics courses, instructors use data from different fields in an effort to give the courses an interdisciplinary flavor. They generally fail because these attempts...

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...

Open science, open data, open source projects for undergraduate research experiences

17 Jun 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Kam Dahlquist

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/314Description:In this workshop, I will demonstrate a suite of open source tools that students use in my courses to conduct original research in my courses.  In a team-taught, cross-listed...

Outstanding Oaks: Quercus phenology at NEON sites

09 Oct 2018 | Software (On-site) | Contributor(s): Jackie Matthes

This app visualizes data from the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) observations of oak phenology at three different sites.

Panel Discussion for using QUBES in your classroom

27 Oct 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): DorothyBelle Poli, Bob Sheehy

This resource has been updated - find the current version here https://qubeshub.org/publications/215QUBES will provide a panel of personnel who will be able to answer your questions and elaborate in a more complete way about the QUBES Hub functions, uses, and tools.  This session will...

Panel: Implementing and distributing learning resources in quantitative biology education

26 Jul 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): DorothyBelle Poli, Bob Sheehy

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/229/QUBES Hub will offer a rich store of resources for incorporating quantitative skills into the undergraduate curriculum and tools for facilitating collaboration in the development and sharing...