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...

OpenIntro

24 Jan 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/889OpenIntro was started with one goal in mind: create a free and open-source introductory textbook. The mission of OpenIntro is to make educational products that...

OpenRefine

18 Jan 2016 | Software (On-site)

OpenRefine (formerly Google Refine) is a powerful tool for working with messy data: cleaning it; transforming it from one format into another; and extending it with web services and external data.

Outstanding Oaks: Quercus phenology at NEON sites

22 Jun 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...

Performing a Population Viability Analysis from Data Students Collect on a Local Plant

19 Sep 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Noah Chamey, Sydne Record

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/264During two lab periods, students collect demographic data on perennial plants and then use these data in a matrix model to perform population viability analyses. During the first lab,...

PLANT Talking Points: Crime Scene Botanicals - Forensic Botany...

10 Oct 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/817Provides information on the interesting job of Forensic Botany using real life examples

PLANT Talking Points: Economic Botany - how we value plants...

10 Oct 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/816Imagine a world where the plants of the planet are harnessed to help its inhabitants find sustainable solutions for some of their most pressing needs...

PLANT Talking Points: Popcorn, endosperm and the foods we eat...

05 Oct 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/818This resource connects botany to everyday life by way of explaining what common foods we eat really are.

Pokemon Go and Ecology

17 Feb 2017 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Elizabeth C Davis-Berg, Joshua Drew, Stephanie Sardelis <stephanie.sardelis@gmail.com>

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/787These are resources associated with using Pokemon Go to teach concepts in Ecology.  They can be used from Introductory non-majors classes up through graduate classes.

Politeness Data

24 Apr 2015 | Data | Contributor(s): Bodo Winter, Sven Grawunder

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/901

Population Genetics: When Darwin Met Mendel - Crash Course Biology

03 Oct 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): CrashCourse

This Youtube video talks about population genetics, which helps to explain the evolution of populations over time by combing the principles of Mendel and Darwin, and by means of the Hardy-Weinberg equation, all in an upbeat, modern and somewhat zany manner.

Population Growth

30 Jan 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Miles Silman

Lab exercise in which students model both discrete and continuous density-independent growth. Students also model discrete and time-lagged density-dependent growth. General questions are provided at the end.

Populus: Simulations of Population Biology

05 Oct 2015 | Software (Off-site) | Contributor(s): D. N. Alstad

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/352The Populus software contains a set of simulations that we use to teach population biology and evolutionary ecology at the University of Minnesota. Simulation models may be chosen from a...

PPLANE

02 Apr 2015 | Software (On-site)

PPLANE is a tool for Phase Plane Analysis of a System of Differential Equations of the form: x' = dx/dt = f(x,y), y' = dy/dt = g(x,y).