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The Effect of Climate Change on Butterfly Phenology
29 May 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Risa Cohen
In this module, students explain the importance of collections in scientific research, manipulate data in a spreadsheet program, create properly plotted and labeled graphs, analyze data to test...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/1876/?v=1
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Global Temperature Change in the 21st Century: An Introduction to Global Climate Models and Graphing in Excel (Adapted for Non-Majors)
28 May 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Tamara Basham
Collin County Commuity College District
Students link human behavior in various climate change scenarios to predicted temperature outcomes at both local (their assigned Latitude) and global (Latitudinal trends) scales. This adaptation is...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/1865/?v=1
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Investigating Evidence for Climate Change (Project EDDIE)
18 Feb 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Melissa Hage
Oxford College of Emory University
This multi-part activity allows students to discover the relationships between CO2 and temperature and how these variables have changed over time using real-world data.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/1756/?v=1
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Responses to Climate Change in California Chipmunks: Move, Adapt, or Die
10 Feb 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Talisin Hammond1, Rachel E. Walsh2, Eileen Lacey3
1. San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research 2. University of California, Berkeley 3. Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley
A series of three modules using data from natural history museum collections to examine responses to climate change in multiple chipmunk species. Elevation and morphological data, beginner skills...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/1752/?v=1
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Climate Change Effects on Lake Temperatures (Project EDDIE)
19 Nov 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Cayelan Carey1, S Aditya, K. Subratie, R. Figueiredo, Kaitlin Farrell1
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ
Students explore new modeling and computing tools while learning fundamental concepts about how climate change will affect lakes
https://qubeshub.org/publications/1475/?v=1
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Aquatic Nutrient Levels and Climate Change
16 Jul 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Elli Bosch1, Kaycee Faunce1, Amanda Thompson
Virginia Commonwealth University
This learning module was designed to introduce students to the aquatic nutrients nitrogen and phosphorus, their roles in ecosystem function and nutrient pollution, and what impacts climate change...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/1356/?v=1
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Exploring how climate will impact plant-insect distributions and interactions using open data and informatics
06 Jun 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Wendy Clement1, Kathleen Prudic2, Jeffrey Oliver3
1. The College of New Jersey 2. University of Arizona 3. University of Arizona Libraries
This teaching module provides an entry point for students to learn about data science, open data repositories (e.g., citizen science data), and species distribution modeling to study the effects of...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/1286/?v=1
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The Effect of Climate Change on Butterfly Phenology - Intro Environmental Science
01 Jun 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Megan Kelly
Arrupe College of Loyola University Chicago
In this module, students practice interpreting the relationship between variables before exploring changes in butterfly phenology through the use of natural history collections data.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/1266/?v=1
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Modification of "The Effect of Climate Change on Butterfly Phenology" module by Linton et al.
30 May 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Kaitlin Stack Whitney
Rochester Institute of Technology
This is a modification of the Linton et al. module in TIEE Volume 13. Students use data from digitized museum records of butterfly specimens in a modification with no homework (lab/workshop format)...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/1163/?v=1
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The Effect of Climate Change on Butterfly Phenology
21 May 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Valerie Greene
Diablo Valley College
In this module, students explore changes in butterfly phenology through the use of natural history collections data. The resource I have modified is a pptx presentation to introduce the background...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/1215/?v=1
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Species Range Over Space and Time
19 Mar 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Debra Linton1, Anna Monfils1, Libby Ellwood2, Molly Phillips3
1. Central Michigan University 2. iDigBio 3. iDigBio, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida
In this module, students use data from natural history collections to look at range shifts related to climate variables over different time periods.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/1106/?v=1
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Climate Change, Phenology, and Community Interactions: Helping students explore the complexity of changing ecosystems
12 Dec 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By John Doudna
Lansing Community College
Students explore findings from long-term studies of migrating and hibernating animals at high elevation. Students then use this understanding to explore the phenology of species and possible...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/953/?v=1
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Developing quantitative skills for ecological data: the effects of climate warming on phenological variation and species interactions
21 Nov 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Jill Hamilton1, Zachary Tarble1
North Dakota State University
Students combine long-term observational data sets and experimental warming in an alpine meadow in Gothic, CO to test, evaluate, and interpret ecological data focusing on phenological variation and...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/935/?v=1
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Regulating Carbon Emissions
12 Sep 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Robyn Smyth1, Sandra Penny2, Curt Gervich3, Gautam Sethi1, Eric Leibensperger3, Pinar Batur4
1. Bard College 2. Sage Colleges 3. SUNY Plattsburgh 4. Vassar College
Learn how to incorporate these teaching materials into your class. Find out what's included with each module. Learn how it can be adapted to work in your classroom.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/770/?v=1
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Climate Change
24 Jul 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Kelly O'Donnell
Science Forward
This video describes the basic science of climate change. How do we know about climate in the past? What are humans interfering with? How can we make predictions about what will happen in the future?
https://qubeshub.org/publications/719/?v=1
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Addressing Complex, Emergent Risks in 21st Century Natural-Human Systems
21 Jun 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Jordan Kern
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Presentation on wicked problems in natural-human systems
https://qubeshub.org/publications/672/?v=1
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Climate Change and Phenology: Evaluating Temperature, Precipitation, and Phenology of Frogs and Toads in Minnesota
12 Jun 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Kristen Genet
Anoka-Ramsey Community College
Students evaluate long term (100+ years) trends in temperature and precipitation, and then isolate a shorter time span (20 years) in which to evaluate the correlation between spring temps and the...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/595/?v=1
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The Effect of Climate Change on Butterfly Phenology
12 Jun 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Debra Linton1, Anna Monfils1, Molly Phillips2, Elizabeth Ellwood3
1. Central Michigan University 2. Florida Museum of Natural History 3. La Brea Tar Pits & Museum
In this module, students explore changes in butterfly phenology through the use of natural history collections data.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/469/?v=1
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The Biology of Climate Change: The effects of a changing climate on migrating and over-wintering species at a high-elevation field station
12 Jun 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Carrie Wu1, Amy Ellwein2
1. University of Richmond 2. Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory
Students evaluate weather and phenology data sets spanning 40+ years from a high-elevation field station in the Colorado Rocky Mountains, to test predictions about the effects of climate change on...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/192/?v=1
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Environmental Drivers of Ecosystem Carbon Fluxes from Minutes to Years
11 Jun 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Christopher Gough1, Cindee Giffen2, Thomas W Woodward1
1. Virginia Commonwealth University 2. University of Michigan
Students build on fundamental concepts of ecosystem production and carbon cycling, combining this knowledge with open long-term data from ecological and meteorological networks to uncover the...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/571/?v=1