Teaching Materials (1-20 of 54)

1. The Great Petunia Carnage of 2017: A Clicker Case Study Using Petunias to Describe the Effect of Genetic Modification on the Biochemistry of Flower Color and Phenotype in Plants

   27 Jun 2024 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Nancy Boury*¹, Maartje Van den Bogaard², EB Wlezien¹, Nick Peters¹, Roger Wise³

   1. Iowa State University 2. University of Texas at El Paso 3. USDA-Agricultural Research Service

   In this single class period case study, students examine the difference between genotype and phenotype by studying the mechanisms by which commercially available petunias have been bred to have...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/4738/?v=1

2. Exploring Indigenous Viewpoints in the Undergraduate Biology Classroom: An Environmental Case Study Incorporating Hawaiian Traditional Ecological Knowledge

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

   By Rebeka F. Greenall*¹, Logan Kalaiwaipono Ellis¹, Grace Krueger¹, Spencer J. Ingley², Elizabeth G. Bailey¹

   1. Brigham Young University 2. Brigham Young University-Hawaii

   Changing science education to foster greater equity and inclusion for Indigenous students will require effort from instructors and institutions. Instructors can help by including Traditional...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/4683/?v=1

3. Case Study: Genetic Variation and Speciation in the Black Tailed Rattlesnake complex (Crotalus molossus)

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

   By Julie Marie Schlichte¹, Eli Greenbaum², Vicky Zhuang

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

   It is important for biology students to understand how genetic variation is related to the formation of species in nature. This module is intended for students to obtain first hand experience with...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/4652/?v=1

4. 2017-Varanis-Mereles-Mathematical Model of a Vehicle Crash A Case Study

   10 Apr 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Marcus Varanis¹, Arthur Mereles¹

   NA

   The model proposed in this paper allows one to obtain the parameters of the system, and then compare them with the ones obtained experimentally to test the suitability of the model with the vehicle...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/4211/?v=1

5. 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

6. Animal Behaviour Case Study Lessons in Communication, Migration, and Parental Care Using the Jigsaw Approach

   31 Aug 2022 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Lindsay A. Phillips^¹, Kevin K. Duclos^¹, Mindi M. Summers^*¹

   University of Calgary

   Animal behaviour courses integrate concepts across biological disciplines and are particularly well suited for collaborative, student-focused teaching...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/3421/?v=1

7. Does Organelle Shape Matter?: Exploring Patterns in Cell Shape and Structure with High-Throughput (HT) Imaging

   27 Jan 2022 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Carlos C. Goller*¹, Graham T. Johnson², Kaitlyn Casimo²

   1. North Carolina State University 2. Allen Institute

   Organelle structure has been studied and visualized for decades; however, publicly available databases that use improved high-throughput microscopy of gene-edited cell lines have recently...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2819/?v=1

8. 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

9. 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

10. Yeti or not: Do they exist?

    31 Dec 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Keith Johnson¹, Adam Kleinschmit², Jill Rulfs³, William (Bill) Morgan⁴

    1. Bradley University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences 2. University of Dubuque 3. Worcester Polytechnic Institute 4. The College of Wooster

    Through this 4-part bioinformatics case study, students will be led through the forensic analysis of putative Yeti artifacts based on published findings.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1832/?v=3

11. Case Study - Storks vs Babies

    11 Nov 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Carrie Diaz Eaton

    Bates College and QUBES

    This is a R project based on the Robert Matthews paper Storks vs Babies. The idea is to replicate the results of the paper, learn a bit about R for linear fits and graphing and explore correlation...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2123/?v=1

12. Calling Bull Case Study — 99.9% Caffeine-free with R

    11 Nov 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Carrie Diaz Eaton¹, Carl Bergstrom², Jevin West²

    1. Bates College and QUBES 2. University of Washington

    This is an adaptation of Calling Bull's Case Study on how caffeine free is hot chocolate versus coffee in order to make it into a student project that uses R.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2122/?v=1

13. 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

14. Yeti or not: Do they exist?

    14 May 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Keith Johnson

    Bradley University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

    Through this 2-part bioinformatics case study, students will be led through the forensic analysis of putative Yeti artifacts based on published findings.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1832/?v=1

15. 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

16. 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

17. Exploring the population dynamics of wintering bald eagles through long-term data

    21 May 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Valerie Greene

    Diablo Valley College

    pptx presentation & partially filled out student proposal worksheet

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1143/?v=1

18. Exploring the population dynamics of wintering bald eagles through long-term data using R

    21 May 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Kristen Kaczynski

    California State University - Chico

    The purpose of this modification was to take the analyses that were done in Excel and have the students perform them using R. Students were not given any R code for this activity, as R code was...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1158/?v=1

19. 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

20. Adaptation of Terrestrial Trophic Cascades & Population Structure to a Non-Major’s Ecology Course

    21 Dec 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By John Howard Starnes

    Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College

    In this activity, students will use data from natural parks to examine trophic cascades.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/975/?v=1