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  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. Maria Morrow

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  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. Aaron Alford

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  9. Lisa Delissio

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  10. Kyra N. Krakos

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  11. Scott Gevaert

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  12. Emily Rude

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  13. Frieda Beauregard

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  14. Edicson Parra

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  15. Sara Fuentes

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  16. Annie Weaver-Bryant

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  17. Wes Rogers

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  18. Lauren Pejza

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  19. Lori Nicholas

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  20. Mary Murphy

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