Resources (1-10 of 10)

1. SCIENCE/Fiction: Modular Template for Class Design

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

   By Julie H. Simpson†*¹, Maxwell Z. Wilson†*¹

   University of California, Santa Barbara

   We present a modular scaffold for designing an introductory seminar using speculative fiction and science papers to welcome university undergraduates to the biology major. A list of twelve possible...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/4582/?v=1

2. CYTOSKELETON - Microtubule Dynamics in the Cell Cycle

   06 Oct 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Hannah Pie¹, Kathleen Hoffman²

   1. Howard Community College 2. University of Maryland, Baltimore County

   This module contains exercises designed to help upper-level cell biology students understand the dynamics of microtubule polymerization and depolymerization within the cell cycle and how cancer...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/4537/?v=1

3. Enzyme Kinetics: How Quickly Can Acetylcholinesterase Break Up Your Thoughts?

   23 Aug 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Hannah Pie¹, Michelle Starz-Gaiano²

   1. Howard County Community College 2. University of Maryland Baltimore County

   This module contains exercises designed to help upper-level cell biology students understand the common graphical methods used to evaluate enzyme activity and to see the impact of inhibitors on...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/4517/?v=1

4. Making “sense” out of surface area to volume relationships

   28 Mar 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Jenise Marie Snyder

   Ursuline College

   Using a multimodal approach, the non-linear aspect of the surface area to volume relationship is explored. Students use their their senses of taste and sight to determine how smaller cells and...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/3905/?v=1

5. Teaching students to read, interpret, and write about scientific research: A press release assignment in a large, lower-division class

   29 Aug 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Megan K. Barker¹, Eric W. Jandciu², Robin E. Young*³

   1. Simon Fraser University and University of British Columbia 2. University of British Columbia 3. University of British Columbia - Vancouver and Okanagan campuses

   A central skill in any science discipline is the ability to read, understand, and discuss the primary literature of the discipline. However, teaching this skill presents unique challenges within...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2654/?v=1

6. CRISPR Gene Editing: Designing the gRNA and Donor Template

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

   By Laurel Lorenz

   Princeton

   In this adaptation, students learn how CRISPR/Cas9 is used in bacterial immunity and gene editing. Students create both a gRNA target and a donor template to edit a gene. Mutations can be from the...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/1962/?v=1

7. Molecular Biology of the Cell (MBoC)

   23 Oct 2018 | Teaching Materials

   An online journal focusing upon generally-applicable studies of cell biology.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/851/?v=1

8. Cell Biology by the Numbers

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

   By Ron Milo¹, Rob Phillips²

   1. Weizmann Institute of Science 2. California Institute of Technology

   Vignettes that reveal how numbers serve as a sixth sense to understanding our cells

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/819/?v=1

9. E. coli Citrate Use

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

   By Peter White¹, Alexa Warwick¹, Louise Mead², Merle Heidemann, Jim Smith¹

   1. Michigan State University 2. BEACON Center for the Study of Evolution in Action

   EvoEd module on citrate use in E.coli

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/357/?v=1

10. Monkey Opsins

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

    By Peter White¹, Alexa Warwick¹, Louise Mead², Merle Heidemann¹, Jim Smith¹

    1. Michigan State University 2. BEACON Center for the Study of Evolution in Action

    This case will examine the evolution of trichromatic vision in old world monkeys.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/356/?v=1