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Using Regression Models to Examine the Effect of Carbon Dioxide on Fluid pH
29 Jan 2024 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Gracie King1, Alyssa England2, Daniel Douglas2, Stefanie L Holmes2, Breonna Martin3
1. Nashville State Community College 2. Roane State Community College 3. Harford Community College
In this activity students will use statistics and regression models to explore the effects of carbon dioxide on blood pH by measuring pH changes that occur over time as carbon dioxide reacts with...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/4621/?v=1
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Who’s That Speci-Mon? Using PokémonTM to Understand Biological Terminology Using Greek and Latin Roots
04 Apr 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Jason G. Randall†*1, Peggy L. Brady†*1, Sam Kubica†*1
University of California, Riverside
We set out to create a fun and engaging activity using recognizable fictional characters, so students get a chance to practice using Greek and Latin roots to create binomial names. Students in...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/3709/?v=1
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Three Research-Based Quantitative Reasoning Modules for Introductory Organismal Biology Laboratories
13 Dec 2022 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Erika Crispo*1, Katriina L. Ilves†1
Pace University
We have designed three laboratory modules for an introductory organismal biology course with an emphasis on quantitative reasoning and data analysis skills. Module 1 tests for dimorphism in...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/3590/?v=1
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SEAS CURE: Exploring Coral Biology Across Scales
14 Oct 2022 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Angela Z. Poole1, Geoffrey Mitchell2, Alison M. Roark*3, Jodi Schwarz4
1. Berry College 2. Wofford College 3. Furman University 4. Vassar College
Complex biological concepts (like symbiosis and coral biology) that span multiple scales and cross disciplinary boundaries are often difficult for students to understand. This complexity is...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/3540/?v=1
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Science Behind the Lesson: It's a Bird! It's a Plane! It's Biomechanics!
29 Aug 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Danielle Ingle*1, Ryan Bruellman1, Erick Espana1, Katherine Galloway1, Tanner Anderson1, Tricia L. Meredith1, Marianne E. Porter1
Florida Atlantic University
Active flight is a specialized mode of movement found in insects, birds, and mammals. The anatomy, morphology, physiology, and ecology of flying taxa has changed over evolutionary time. Researchers...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/2733/?v=1
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It's a bird! It's a plane! It's biomechanics!
29 Aug 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Danielle Ingle*1, Ryan Bruellman1, Erick Espana1, Katherine Galloway1, Tanner Anderson1, Tricia L. Meredith1, Marianne E. Porter1
Florida Atlantic University
Biomechanics is a discipline that draws from physics and engineering principles to understand the movement and structure of living organisms. It is highly interdisciplinary in nature and can be...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/2658/?v=1
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The Inside and Outside the Body
29 Aug 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Murray Jensen*
University of Minnesota
The Inside and Outside the Body activity helps students develop a conceptual understanding of anatomical barriers such as skin and mucus membranes that separate internal cells and fluids from the...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/2642/?v=1
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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
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Why does Blood Flow Change? Investigating the Math of Blood Flow Dynamics
15 Jun 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Amy Troyer1, Brandi Morgante Handzlik1, Mary Phillips1
Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences
This collection of activities explores the relationship between blood flow, pressure, and the factors of resistance through graphs and modeling direct and inverse variation.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/1896/?v=1
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Facial Bones
25 Oct 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Katherine Poole
Information about the many different facial bones.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/873/?v=1