Tags: botany

Teaching Materials (1-18 of 18)

  1. Module 1: Discovering Your Family's “Botanical History.”

    02 Apr 2024 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Kelly Moore1, Shawn Zeringue-Krosnick1, Brittany McGuire1, Rachel May2

    1. Tennessee Technological University 2. Tennessee Tech University

    We all know that understanding family history is important to understanding our place in the world. To help students learn to appreciate plants, this activity will connect family memories to...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/4668/?v=1

  2. Module 2: Opening Your Eyes to the Diversity of Plants

    02 Apr 2024 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Shawn Elizabeth Zeringue-Krosnick1, Kelly Moore1, Brittany McGuire2, Rachel May1

    1. Tennessee Tech University 2. Tennessee Technological University

    This activity picks up from Module 1 where students chose the plant they wanted to represent their botanical history. In that module, they each identified their plant’s family and were given its...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/4669/?v=1

  3. Constructing Phylogenies using Herbarium Specimens

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

    By Michael Moody, Vicky Zhuang

    This lab is intended as an introduction to a plant systematics course. Students work in groups of two to apply what they have learned about plant structures to develop a character matrix based on a...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/4659/?v=1

  4. Introduction to Plant Phenology with Museum Specimens of Desert Prickly Pear (Opuntia phaeacantha)

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

    By Julie Marie Schlichte1, Michael Moody2, Vicky Zhuang

    1. The University of Texas at El Paso 2. University of Texas at El Paso

    Students engage in hands-on exploration of phenology by working with digitized herbarium specimens, particularly focusing on prickly pear specimens from the UTEP herbarium. They learn to identify...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/4611/?v=1

  5. Building an Inclusive Botany - Structuring in Class Discussions

    22 Jul 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Makenzie Mabry1, Nuala Caomhanach2, Richard Abrahams3, Shelly Gaynor1, Kasey Khanh Pham1, Tanisha Williams4, Kate Murphy5, Vassiliki Betty Smocovitis1, Douglas Soltis1, Pamela Soltis1

    1. University of Florida 2. American Museum of Natural History 3. Yale University 4. Bucknell University 5. California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

    Driven by the national conversation on systemic racism, ongoing inequities, appeals to decolonize science, and the many recent calls for diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion, we use...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/4443/?v=2

  6. Building an Inclusive Botany - Structuring in Class Discussions

    21 Jul 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Makenzie Mabry1, Nuala Caomhanach2, Richard Abrahams3, Shelly Gaynor1, Kasey Khanh Pham1, Tanisha Williams4, Kate Murphy5, Vassiliki Betty Smocovitis1, Douglas Soltis1, Pamela Soltis1

    1. University of Florida 2. American Museum of Natural History 3. Yale University 4. Bucknell University 5. California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

    Driven by the national conversation on systemic racism, ongoing inequities, appeals to decolonize science, and the many recent calls for diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion, we use...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/4443/?v=1

  7. Pivoting Intro from Inquiry to Online

    21 Jul 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By J. Phil Gibson

    University of Oklahoma

    This poster will present how inquiry-based learning experiences that were designed for face-to-face labs can be modified in a rapid pivot to online teaching.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1969/?v=1

  8. Transpiration- Adapted for online

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

    By J. Phil Gibson

    University of Oklahoma

    In this adaptation, the lab is completed remotely.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1792/?v=1

  9. Faculty Mentoring Networks for Botany Faculty Professional Development

    23 Jul 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By J. Phil Gibson

    University of Oklahoma

    Poster presented at the 2019 Botanical Society of America conference.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1363/?v=1

  10. PLANT Talking Points: Popcorn, endosperm and the foods we eat...

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

    By Joseph Armstrong

    BSA Economic Botany Section

    This resource connects botany to everyday life by way of explaining what common foods we eat really are.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/818/?v=1

  11. PLANT Talking Points: Crime Scene Botanicals - Forensic Botany...

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

    By Shirley Graham

    Missouri Botanical Garden

    Provides information on the interesting job of Forensic Botany using real life examples

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/817/?v=1

  12. PLANT Talking Points: Economic Botany - how we value plants...

    18 Oct 2018 | Teaching Materials

    This resource gives insight into the interactions between humans and the environment.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/816/?v=1

  13. Transpiration

    06 Jun 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Maryann Adel Borsick Herman1, J. Phil Gibson2

    1. St. John Fisher College 2. University of Oklahoma

    In this lab, students will examine differences between C3 and C4 plants in their transpiration rates.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/622/?v=1

  14. Transpiration

    16 May 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Leah Dudley1, J. Phil Gibson2

    1. East Central University 2. University of Oklahoma

    In this lab, students will examine differences between varieties of tomato plants in their transpiration rates.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/560/?v=1

  15. Population dynamics in simple two-species experimental microcosms

    22 Apr 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Christopher T. Ivey

    California State University, Chico

    A two-week exercise which includes homework calculations and teaching resources. Students establish brine shrimp and Platymonas algal cultures and predict final densities.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/507/?v=1

  16. Transpiration

    26 Mar 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By J. Phil Gibson

    University of Oklahoma

    In this lab, students will examine differences between C3 and C4 plants in their transpiration rates.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/427/?v=1

  17. AIM-UP! Coal balls lesson

    22 Jan 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Monte Garroutte1, Jordan Metzgar1, Hirotsugu Mori1

    University of Alaska Museum of the North

    In this activity, students learn about ancient plant life and climate change by examining coal balls. In addition to the lesson itself, information is provided on where to purchase coal ball peel...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/334/?v=1

  18. A Walk Through the Woods

    09 Jan 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Jerome Chave1, David Coomes2, Steven Jansen3, Simon Lewis4, Nathan Swenson5, Amy Zanne6, Gaby Lopez-Gonzales7, J Ilic, RB Miller8, MC Wiemann9, Samantha Swauger10

    1. The Academy of Europe 2. Cambridge University 3. Ulm University 4. University College London 5. University of Maryland 6. The George Washington University 7. University of Leeds 8. University of California, Berkeley 9. University of Florida 10. DryadLab

    Data driven curriculum module from Dryad Digital Repository

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/274/?v=1