Teaching Materials (1-10 of 10)

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