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Joel E. Greengiant Learns About Peas: From Nucleotides to Selection
23 Oct 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Merle Heidemann1, Peter J.T. White1, Jim Smith1
Michigan State University
This case study follows purveyors of peas, Joel E. and Jolene Greengiant, as they learn about the origin, biochemistry, genetics and eventual artificial selection of sweet (wrinkled) peas, all in...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/845/?v=1
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Managing Prairie Dogs for Ferret Reintroduction
12 Sep 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Aramati Casper1, Dorothy P. Hill2, Melanie K. Rathburn2
1. Colorado State University 2. Mount Royal University
This case study explores the ecological relationship between black-tailed prairie dogs and black-footed ferrets.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/790/?v=1
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Marriage age model ODD
25 Oct 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Steven F Railsback1, Volker Grimm
Lang Railsback & Associates
Supplemental resource from ABM
https://qubeshub.org/publications/869/?v=1
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ModelSim Population Biology Unit
30 Oct 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Uri Wilensky1, Paulo Blikstein2, Corey Brady3, David Figlio1, Pratim Sengupta4, Jason Bertsche1, Yu (Bryan) Guo1, Nathan Holbert1, Michael Novak1, Firat Soylu1, Aditi Wagh1, Gokul Krishnan4, Brogan Miller2, Shima Salehi2
1. Northwestern University 2. Stanford University 3. Inquire Learning 4. Vanderbilt University
This resource provides rich student modeling activities and materials, teacher resources, and much more, in the realm of agent based models applied to population biology.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/902/?v=1
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Modification of "Exploring the population dynamics of wintering bald eagles through long-term data" module
30 May 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Kaitlin Stack Whitney
Rochester Institute of Technology
This module is a modification of the Beckstead et al. module in TIEE Volume 7. It includes a meta-cognition based model and self reflection, no statistics, and is organized to be done in 1-2...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/1164/?v=1
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Murder by HIV? Undergraduate edition
14 Mar 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Naowarat (Ann) Cheeptham1, Laura B. Regassa2, Michèle I. Shuster3
1. Thompson Rivers University 2. Georgia Southern University 3. New Mexico State University
Bioinformatics case study focusing on phylogenetic tree interpretation, published in the National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science
https://qubeshub.org/publications/1004/?v=2
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Murder by HIV? Undergraduate edition
04 Jan 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Naowarat (Ann) Cheeptham1, Laura B. Regassa2, Michèle I. Shuster3
1. Thompson Rivers University 2. Georgia Southern University 3. New Mexico State University
Bioinformatics case study focusing on phylogenetic tree interpretation, published in the National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science
https://qubeshub.org/publications/1004/?v=1
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My Twin Sister Case Study
23 Jun 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Margaret Waterman1, Ethel D Stanley2
1. Southeast Missouri State University 2. BioQUEST
A young boy wonders why his twin sister can roll his tongue, but he cannot. Case centers on meiosis.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/1940/?v=1
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ODD Description of the BEFORE Beech Forest Model
25 Oct 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Steven F Railsback1, Volker Grimm
Lang Railsback & Associates
This is a supplemental resource from ABM
https://qubeshub.org/publications/872/?v=1
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Project MOSAIC
20 Oct 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Daniel Kaplan1, Karl-Dieter Crisman2, Nicholas Horton3, Eric Marland4, Randall Pruim5
1. Macalester College 2. Gordon College 3. Amherst College 4. Appalachian State University 5. Calvin College
Our goal: Provide a broader approach to quantitative studies that provides better support for work in science and technology.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/825/?v=1
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Ripped from the Headlines! Creating Case Studies from Primary Literature.
19 Jun 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Gary Laverty
University of Delaware
Poster on using case studies developed from primary literature presented at the 2018 QUBES/BioQUEST Summer Workshop
https://qubeshub.org/publications/661/?v=1
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Sexy Smells - A case study using preen oil composition of the Dark Eyed Junco
19 Jun 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Sarah Prescott1, Melissa Haswell2
1. University of New Hampshire 2. Davenport University
Poster on a case study invites students to explore the biochemistry and physiology of pheromones using authentic data presented at the 2018 QUBES/BioQUEST Summer Workshop
https://qubeshub.org/publications/607/?v=2
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Sexy Smells - A case study using preen oil composition of the Dark Eyed Junco
30 May 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Sarah Prescott1, Melissa Haswell2
1. University of New Hampshire 2. Davenport University
Poster on a case study invites students to explore the biochemistry and physiology of pheromones using authentic data presented at the 2018 QUBES/BioQUEST Summer Workshop
https://qubeshub.org/publications/607/?v=1
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Statistical Exploration of Climate Data
30 Oct 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Tamra Carpenter1, Jon Kettenring2, Robert Vanderbei3
1. DIMACS, Rutgers University 2. Research Institute for Scientists Emeriti, Drew University 3. Princeton University
In this module the students will learn some basic concepts in statistical thinking about data, with emphasis on exploratory data analysis.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/900/?v=1
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statsTeachR
11 Sep 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Nicholas G. Reich1, Andrea S. Foulkes1, Harrel Blatt1, Eric A. Cohen1, Gregory Matthews1
University of Massachusetts
statsTeachR is an open-access, online repository of modular lesson plans, a.k.a. "modules", for teaching statistics using R at the undergraduate and graduate level.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/781/?v=1
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Teaching epidemiology and principles of infectious disease using popular media and the case of Typhoid Mary
26 Aug 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Amy Siegesmund
Pacific Lutheran University
Allied health students often struggle to understand how particular content, such as epidemiology, connects to their future careers. This activity uses the case of Typhoid Mary as a foundation for...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/2557/?v=1
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Tell Them We Don't Want to Leave: The Marshallese and Sea-Level Rise (2014-10) | SESYNC
12 Sep 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Zola K. Moon1, Donna S. Davis1
University of Arkansas
This case study will expose students to the ways in which social-environmental systems operate and connect across different scales.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/788/?v=1
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Terrestrial Trophic Cascades & Population Structure
20 Dec 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Megan L Van Etten
Pennsylvania State University
In this activity, students will use data from natural parks to examine trophic cascades.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/967/?v=1
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Terrestrial Trophic Cascades & Population Structure
22 Jun 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Gregory Zimmerman, J. Phil Gibson1
University of Oklahoma
In this activity, students will use data from natural parks to examine trophic cascades.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/674/?v=1
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Terrestrial Trophic Cascades & Population Structure
06 Jun 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Brian Robert Shmaefsky1, J. Phil Gibson2
1. Lone Star College - Kingwood 2. University of Oklahoma
In this activity, students will use data from natural parks to examine trophic cascades.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/628/?v=1