Investigating Trade-offs among Mammal Traits

07 Jun 2018 | Software (On-site) | Contributor(s): Jackie Matthes

This app draws on a large species-level dataset with metabolic, life history, and ecological traits of most living and recently extinct mammal species. Users can select and plot traits, fit linear models to the data, and query displayed datapoints.

Joel E. Greengiant Learns About Peas: From Nucleotides to Selection

17 Jun 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Merle Heidemann, Peter J.T. White, Jim Smith

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/845This case study follows purveyors of peas, Joel E. and Jolene Greengiant, as they learn about the origin, biochemistry, genetics and eventual artificial selection of sweet...

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...

Mendelian Genetics, Probability, Pedigree, and Chi-Squared Statistics

03 Oct 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Anne Brokaw, Michelle Garber-Talamo

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/341In this classroom activity, students are introduced to the genetics of sickle cell disease by a short film The Making of the Fittest: Natural Selection in Humans . A classroom handout...

Modeling Infectious Disease through Contact Networks

25 Mar 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Todd Graham, Claire Seibold, Rebecca Driessen, Hannah Lea Callender

This poster was presented at the University of Portland's Summer Research Symposium on November 9, 2014, in Portland, Oregon. The poster is aimed at readers with little or no background in modeling infectious diseases. The contents provide a brief overview of modeling infectious diseases on...

Modeling the Mechanisms of Evolution

25 May 2018 | Software (On-site) | Contributor(s): Jackie Matthes

Simulate population-level mechanisms of evolution: genetic drift, gene flow, and natural selection.

Modeling the Mechanisms of Evolution

25 May 2018 | Software (On-site) | Contributor(s): Jackie Matthes

Simulate population-level mechanisms of evolution: genetic drift, gene flow, and natural selection.

Modeling: A Primer - The crafty art of making, exploring, extending, transforming, tweaking, bending, disassembling, questioning, and breaking models

26 Feb 2016 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): William Wimsatt, Jeff Schank

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/346Explore how to use, analyze, and criticize some important and historically influential models in biology in this text only module.

ModelSim Population Biology Unit

18 May 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/902This resource provides rich student modeling activities and materials, teacher resources, and much more, in the realm of agent based models applied to population biology....

ModelSim Population Biology Unit

18 May 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/902This resource provides rich student modeling activities and materials, teacher resources, and much more, in the realm of agent based models applied to population biology....

ModelSim Population Biology Unit

18 May 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/902This resource provides rich student modeling activities and materials, teacher resources, and much more, in the realm of agent based models applied to population biology....

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...

Numbers Count!: Calculus 2 course

28 Mar 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Claudia Neuhauser

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/751Based upon the University of Minnesota Bachelor's of Science in Health Science calculus curriculum (part 2), this course  introduces linear transformations,...

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...

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: 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...

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 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.

Pre-Health Students' Attitudes towards the Relative Importance of Biology and Statistics for their Preparation for Professional School

07 May 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Atteh Akoto, Michelle Garber-Talamo, Sam S Donovan, Alison N Hale

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/235During a recent review of the MCAT exam, the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) surveyed medical school faculty to determine the relative importance of basic science and...

Project MOSAIC

23 Jan 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Daniel Kaplan, Karl-Dieter Crisman, Nicholas Horton, Eric Marland, Randall Pruim

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/825From the project website: Project MOSAIC is a community of educators working to develop a new way to introduce mathematics, statistics, computation and modeling...