Teaching Materials (41-60 of 63)

1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. Trinity-Marshall Island case

    22 May 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Mahshid Khavari

    Trinity Washington University

    Trinity Washington University-Discovering Planet Earth (ENVS 101- An introductory science course designed for non-science majors, study "Marshall Island" case. Students are split into four groups...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/488/?v=2

15. Investigating the footprint of climate change on phenology and ecological interactions in north-central North America

    15 May 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Todd Levine¹, Kellen Calinger²

    1. Carroll University 2. Ohio State University

    Practice module included in Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology (TIEE) Volume 10

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/546/?v=1

16. Global Temperature Change in the 21st Century (Abstract) | TIEE

    11 May 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Emily Prince¹, Daniel Taub², Gillian Graham²

    1. Lander University 2. Southwestern University

    Module for practice included in Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology (TIEE) Volume 7

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/533/?v=1

17. Trinity-Marshall Island-Introduction- History and Cultrue

    14 Apr 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Mahshid Khavari

    Trinity Washington University

    This group complete their assignment by researching and presenting history, people and culture of Marshall Island.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/488/?v=1

18. Investigating the footprint of climate change on phenology and ecological interactions in north-central North America

    05 Apr 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By James Eric Biardi

    Fairfield University

    The module was used in lab following lecture material on pairwise interactions in ecology (emphasizing consumption, competition, mutualism), and parallel to community ecology (emphasizing food web...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/456/?v=1

19. Global Temperature Change in the 21st Century

    05 Apr 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By James Biardi

    Fairfield University

    This module was used as an introduction to the science of climate change, with the goal of detecting trends in temperature change providing motivation for later course material on climate...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/455/?v=1

20. AIM-UP! Coal balls lesson

    22 Jan 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Monte Garroutte¹, Jordan Metzgar¹, Hirotsugu Mori¹

    University of Alaska Museum of the North

    In this activity, students learn about ancient plant life and climate change by examining coal balls. In addition to the lesson itself, information is provided on where to purchase coal ball peel...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/334/?v=1