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1. Following the Data

   02 Apr 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Anna Monfils¹, Debra Linton¹, Molly Phillips², Libby Ellwood³

   1. Central Michigan University 2. iDigBio, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida 3. iDigBio

   The video and exercise provides insight into how researchers are using digital data resources to investigate biodiversity in prairie fen wetlands.

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1137/?v=1

2. Searching for disability as biodiversity in digitized natural history collections

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

   By Kaitlin Stack Whitney

   Rochester Institute of Technology

   This module uses digitized natural history and biodiversity collections to explore if, how, and whether disability can be studied in nonhumans as a form of biodiversity.

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1793/?v=1

3. Diseasebots HEXBUG Lab

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

   By Skylar Hopkins

   Radford University

   This module explores the effects of host density on contact rates and transmission of pathogens using a hands-on experiment with HEXBUG robots.

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1790/?v=1

4. Data Visualization

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

   By Anna Monfils

   Central Michigan University

   This is an introduction to the idea of data visualization and the importance of presenting data for understanding.

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1776/?v=1

5. Communicating with Data: Digital Data Resources

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

   By Anna Monfils¹, Debra Linton¹

   Central Michigan University

   Students access, clean, configure, and standardize a dataset and create a relevant and scientifically valid data visualization to communicate science.

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1779/?v=1

6. Communicating with Data: Infographic with Digital Data

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

   By Anna Monfils¹, Debra Linton¹

   Central Michigan University

   Working collaboratively in teams of 2-4 researchers, students engage in targeted projects to address critical information and research needs using digital biodiversity data.

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1778/?v=1

7. 21st Century STEM Workforce Skills

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

   By Anna Monfils¹, Debra Linton¹

   Central Michigan University

   This activity includes a leadership assessment and associated exercise to encourage the development of 21st Century STEM Skills.

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1777/?v=1

8. GBIF Tutorial - BLUE Resource

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

   By Libby Ellwood

   iDigBio

   A user guide and video instructions for GBIF

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1770/?v=1

9. iDigBio Tutorial - BLUE Resource

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

   By Molly Phillips

   iDigBio, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida

   A user guide and video instructions for iDigBio

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1771/?v=1

10. Arctos Tutorial - BLUE Resource

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

    By Erica Krimmel

    A user guide and video instructions for Arctos

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1768/?v=1

11. Data Ethics

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

    By Rebecca Renirie

    Central Michigan University

    Data ethics and the use of digital data

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1765/?v=1

12. Does Organelle Shape Matter? Exploring Cell Shape through the Allen Cell Explorer and High-content Microscopy Datasets

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

    By Carlos Christopher Goller¹, Kaitlyn Casimo

    North Carolina State University

    The morphology and localization of structures inside the cell are often assumed to fit the ideal images found in biology textbooks. This interrupted case study using high-throughput microscopy data...

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/798/?v=2

13. Advanced Sequencing Technologies & Bioinformatics Analysis

    Collections | 18 Feb 2020 | Posted by Wilson Leung

    https://qubeshub.org/community/groups/gea/collections/faculty-training-workshops-in-genomics

14. Responses to Climate Change in California Chipmunks: Move, Adapt, or Die

    10 Feb 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Talisin Hammond¹, Rachel E. Walsh², Eileen Lacey³

    1. San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research 2. University of California, Berkeley 3. Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley

    A series of three modules using data from natural history museum collections to examine responses to climate change in multiple chipmunk species. Elevation and morphological data, beginner skills...

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1752/?v=1

15. Introduction to UNIX command line

    22 Jan 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Serghei Mangul¹, Kristen Butela², Michael Sierk³, Lihua Stefan

    1. University of California - Los Angeles 2. University of Pittsburgh 3. Saint Vincent College

    A laboratory module for an upper-level undergraduate biology course in which students will be able to carry out simple tasks using the Unix command-line environment.

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/731/?v=2

16. Following the Data - PowerPoint Addition to Module

    10 Jan 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Darlene Panvini

    Belmont University

    This PowerPoint presentation guides instructors and students through the key background information for the module.

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1736/?v=1

17. Data is the New Science - Modified and combined with Following the Data Module

    10 Jan 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Darlene Panvini

    Belmont University

    In this module, students will be introduced to some emerging biodiversity data resources. They will be asked to think critically about the strengths and utility of these data resources and apply...

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1735/?v=1

18. BLAST Exercises for Analyzing Cloning Results

    09 Jan 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Erin R. Morris

    Baker University

    Genome Solver began as a way to teach undergraduate faculty some basic skills in bioinformatics; no coding or scripting is required. These activities have modified Lesson 1: Introduction to Genome...

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1734/?v=1

19. Databases: A Study of Influenza

    09 Jan 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Selene Nikaido

    University of Central Missouri

    This lesson introduces the student to the Influenza Research Database. Students will select Influenza genome sequences to see how they are related. Students tests hypotheses about evolutionary...

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1642/?v=1

20. Introduction to Genome Annotation

    09 Jan 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Selene Nikaido

    University of Central Missouri

    This exercise is an adaptation of the Annotation Lesson by Rosenwald et al. It introduces the use of bioinformatics tools to extract information from genome databases. It is a basic lesson on...

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1560/?v=1