Tags: agriculture

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  1. Between a rock and a hard place. What can turning rocks tell us about land-use change impacts on animals living in a rock outcrop?

    29 Feb 2024 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Vijayan Jithin1, Aparna Watve2

    1. Nature Conservation Foundation, India 2. Bombay Environmental Action Group, India

    Unique rock outcrops in the Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot in India provide a setting that challenges students to develop a study to assess the impact of land-use change on threatened animals...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/4644/?v=1

  2. Comparing the Effect of Manure Compost vs. Fertilizer on the Growth of Raphanus sativus

    09 May 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Eunhee A. Koh1, Daniel Dudek2

    1. Korea Kent Foreign School 2. Headwaters Science Institute

    Manure compost is an organic fertilizer made up of manure or natural nitrogen contents, and typically only supplies crops with nitrogen. Synthetic fertilizer is a man-made compound mixture made...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/4329/?v=1

  3. The Effect of Different Fertilizer Treatments on the Sprouting Time and Growth of Cosmos seeds, seeds of the genus Myosotis Forget-Me-Not seeds, and Cruciferae Brassica nigra Mustard seeds

    10 Feb 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Charlotte Ferguson1, Daniel Dudek2

    1. Branson School 2. Headwaters Science Institute

    During the past decade, climate change hasbecome an important topic. A few ramificationsinclude an excess amount of carbon dioxideand rising temperatures. It is predicted thatecosystems may change...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/3688/?v=1

  4. "What's on your plate?" with Adam Cornish, PhD

    23 Jun 2022 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Adam Cornish1, Megan Seifert2

    1. Office of Agriculture Policy at the State Department 2. Headwaters Science Institute

    This talk delves into “Modern Agriculture: What’s on Your Plate?” with Dr. Adam Cornish. Adam is a program analyst in the Office of Agricultural Policy at the State Department, and received his...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/3413/?v=1

  5. Biodiversity Conservation in Agriculture

    11 May 2022 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Emily Hastings

    Virginia Commonwealth University

    Biodiversity is decreasing rapidly each year and agriculture is a large contributor. In order to minimize biodiversity loss, we must study how local and landscape management in agriculture impact...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/3058/?v=1

  6. A Curious Display

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

    By Margaret Waterman1, Brandon Call, Sandi Connelly2, Kristin Jenkins3, Sam Catherine Johnston4, Vedham Karpakakunjaram5, Viet Le6, Hayley Orndorf7, Melissa Skyer8, Barbara Spiecker9

    1. Southeast Missouri State University 2. Rochester Institute Of Technology 3. BioQUEST 4. CAST Inc. 5. Montgomery College 6. Rochester Institute of Technology 7. University of Pittsburgh 8. National Technical Institute for the Deaf at Rochester Institute of Technology 9. Oregon State University

    Case study on genetically modified organisms provided in English and American Sign Language.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1452/?v=2

  7. A Curious Display

    28 Oct 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Margaret Waterman1, Brandon Call, Sandi Connelly2, Kristin Jenkins3, Sam Catherine Johnston4, Vedham Karpakakunjaram5, Viet Le6, Hayley Orndorf7, Melissa Skyer8, Barbara Spiecker9

    1. Southeast Missouri State University 2. Rochester Institute Of Technology 3. BioQUEST 4. CAST Inc. 5. Montgomery College 6. Rochester Institute of Technology 7. University of Pittsburgh 8. National Technical Institute for the Deaf at Rochester Institute of Technology 9. Oregon State University

    Case study on genetically modified organisms

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1452/?v=1

  8. Intro videos and terminology for GMOs, Transcription, Translation

    28 Oct 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Sandi Connelly

    Rochester Institute Of Technology

    Compiled resources around GMOs and protein production including vocabulary, animations, videos, and games

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1446/?v=1

  9. Modeling Crop Rotation with Discrete Mathematics

    25 Oct 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Jennifer Lorraine Cartier1, Kellen Myers, Victoria Ferguson, Yekaterina Voskoboynik

    Unity College

    The module develops discrete mathematics models that allow for creation of crop rotation schedules meeting a variety of needs.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/864/?v=1

  10. Dairy Farm Mathematics

    11 Sep 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Richard Francisco1, Katie Gilbert1

    University of Georgia

    We based our instructional unit on the premise that many people have, that one does not need mathematics if the they do not plan on atttending college or pursuiting careers known for involving...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/783/?v=1