Resources (1-11 of 11)

1. What’s the DEAL – The Digital Encyclopedia of Ancient Life and Digital Atlas Apps

   10 Nov 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Jonathan Hendricks¹, Bruce Lieberman²

   1. Paleontological Research Institution 2. The University of Kansas

   The Digital Encyclopedia of Ancient Life and Digital Atlas Apps -- identify fossils and explore diversity and history of life on earth.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2787/?v=1

2. Collections Education Coffee Break Series: oVert TCN Resources for Education

   24 Sep 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Jaimi Gray

   Florida Museum of Natural History

   Dr. Jaimi Gray gives a brief introduction into educational resources associated with the oVert project. ...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2760/?v=1

3. Bird Beak Adaptations

   11 Aug 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Miguel Morales

   Lake Worth Community Middle School

   Students will navigate through different stations experiencing simulations of adaptations, manipulations of 3D examples, and making connections to the standards to formulate hypotheses about...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2508/?v=1

4. Will You Find This Humerus? Homology Lab

   11 Aug 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Cassondra McHugh-Lowther

   Buchholz High School

   Students will compare and contrast the morphology of vertebrate forelimbs, and will use this knowledge to draw conclusions about their common ancestor and descent with modification.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2507/?v=1

5. Venom: To Kill or Cure?

   11 Aug 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Valerie Ledford

   Columbia High School

   In this case study, students will explore concepts of evolution, protein structure and function, taxonomy, and methods of scientific inquiry in a real-world way.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2506/?v=1

6. When did I lose my legs? A limbless lizard tale

   11 Sep 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Patrick Kelly

   Leesburg High School

   Using oVERT project models students examine examples of extant traditional lizards, snakes and limbless lizards and create phylogenies based on trait and genetic data.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2102/?v=1

7. Origin and Diversity of Armor in Girdled Lizards

   15 May 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Jennifer Broo

   Mariemont High School

   The girdled lizards (Cordylidae) are a family of distinctively armored lizards endemic to Sub-Saharan Africa. Students examine lizards in this family to classify the lizards based on morphological...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/1846/?v=1

8. That Vertebrate Ate What Exactly?

   15 May 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Jason Horner

   Coral Glades High School

   During the course of this lesson, students will analyze CT scan data and observe bycatch (or an unknown discovery) captured during the scanning process of vertebrates.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/1845/?v=1

9. Evidence of Evolution Homologous Structures

   14 May 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Bridget Armstrong

   Okeeheelee Middle School

   Using CT (Computed Tomography) scans of vertebrate forelimbs, both as 3D models and as shapefiles, to enhance and illustrate the concepts of homologous structures, and the evolution of anatomical...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/1844/?v=1

10. Supersized Life: Comparing Across Scales

    24 Mar 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Natasha Vitek¹, Christopher Baker²

    1. Stony Brook University 2. Exceptional Student Education Department, Alachua County Public Schools

    How wide is the size range of living beings, from "big" to "too small to see"? Students will collect and compare measurements from 3D specimens within the metric system by multiplying or dividing...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1789/?v=1

11. Learning with All Your Senses: Mathematical Manipulatives Enhance Student Comprehension of Biological Models

    21 Aug 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Holly D Gaff¹, John R Jungck², Jeremy M Wojdak³

    1. Old Dominion University 2. Interdisciplinary Science Learning Center at the University of Delaware 3. Radford University

    Handout for a session presentation on kinesthetic learning at the 2019 BioQUEST & QUBES Summer Workshop

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1402/?v=1