Teaching Materials (1-20 of 23)

1. A Hands-on Introduction to Hidden Markov Models

   04 Jan 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Tony Weisstein¹, Elena Gracheva², Zane Goodwin², Zongtai Qi², Wilson Leung², Christopher D. Shaffer², Sarah C.R. Elgin²

   1. Truman State University 2. Washington University in St. Louis

   A lesson in which students will understand the basic structure of an HMM, the types of data used in ab initio gene prediction, and its consequent limitations.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/999/?v=1

2. Bioinformatics - Investigating Sequence Similarity

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

   By Adam Kleinschmit¹, Benita Brink¹, Steven Roof², Carlos Christopher Goller³, Sabrina Robertson³

   1. Adams State University 2. Fairmont State University 3. North Carolina State University

   This laboratory module, leads introductory biology students in the exploration of a basic set of bioinformatics concepts and tools.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/56/?v=4

3. Bioinformatics - Investigating Sequence Similarity

   05 Jul 2017 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Adam Kleinschmit¹, Benita Brink¹, Steven Roof², Komal Vig³, Carlos Christopher Goller⁴, Sabrina Robertson⁵

   1. Adams State University 2. Hampshire College 3. Alabama State University 4. North Carolina State University 5. NC State

   This laboratory module, leads introductory biology students in the exploration of a basic set of bioinformatics concepts and tools.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/56/?v=3

4. Bioinformatics - Investigating Sequence Similarity

   05 Jun 2017 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Adam Kleinschmit¹, Benita Brink¹, Steven Roof², Komal Vig³

   1. Adams State University 2. Hampshire College 3. Alabama State University

   This laboratory module, leads introductory biology students in the exploration of a basic set of bioinformatics concepts and tools.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/56/?v=2

5. Bioinformatics - Investigating Sequence Similarity

   31 Jan 2017 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Adam Kleinschmit¹, Benita Brink¹, Steven Roof², Komal Vig³

   1. Adams State University 2. Hampshire College 3. Alabama State University

   This laboratory module, leads introductory biology students in the exploration of a basic set of bioinformatics concepts and tools.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/56/?v=1

6. Bioinformatics: Investigating Sequence Similarity - A Plant Biology Approach

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

   By Ami Erickson

   This laboratory module is a modification of the original published on CourseSource with a focus on plant biology. In the final activity, students conduct a BLAST to compare histone protein...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/1247/?v=1

7. CourseSource 2.0: Finding high quality field-tested OERs, publishing evidence-based teaching activities, and promoting community collaborations.

   26 Jul 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Erin Vinson

   University of Maine

   Workshop materials related to the CourseSource platform. Presented at the the 2021 BIOME Institute.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2485/?v=1

8. Developing a phylogram from computational resources.

   01 Jun 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Melanie Lenahan¹, Shea Cinquemani¹

   Raritan Valley Community College

   This laboratory module, published on CourseSource, leads introductory biology students in the exploration of a basic set of bioinformatics concepts and tools.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2404/?v=1

9. Exploration of the Human Genome by Investigation of Personalized SNPs

   03 Jan 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Lani C. Keller

   Quinnipiac University

   To increase students' interest in their own genomes, this computer-based laboratory lesson is designed to be coupled with the opportunity for the students to be genotyped by the consumer sequencing...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/993/?v=1

10. Homologous chromosomes? Exploring human sex chromosomes, sex determination and sex reversal using bioinformatics approaches

    04 Jan 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Kelsey Metzger

    University of Minnesota, Rochester

    In this four- part guided activity, students will learn about the structure and function of human autosomal and sex chromosomes, view and interpret gene maps, and gain familiarity with basic...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1000/?v=1

11. Infectious Chocolate Joy with a Side of Poissonian Statistics: An activity connecting life science students with subtle physics concepts

    04 Jan 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Eric T. Holland¹, Greg Manley¹, Tamara Chiba¹, Rona Ramos¹, Simon Mochrie¹, Jennifer Frederick¹

    Yale University

    Lesson on what it means for biological processes to be Poissonian, published in CourseSource

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1001/?v=1

12. Inquiry-based hypothesis testing using phylogenetic trees in MEGA

    17 Jun 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Kristin Hultgren

    Seattle University

    A key learning objective in biology is applying bioinformatics tools to test a real-life question. These inquiry-based modules have students assemble and align data, and construct simple...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2379/?v=1

13. Introductory Video and worksheets on Module 1 and 2 on "Sequence Similarity: An inquiry based and under the hood..."

    31 May 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Alice Tarun

    St. Lawrence University

    The video walks the students to complete Module 1 and 2 on Sequence Similarly and Alignment adapted from Tapprich (2019) and Hudson Alpha that teaches these modules within the context of the...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2394/?v=1

14. Making toast: Using analogies to explore concepts in bioinformatics

    04 Jan 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Kate L. Hertweck

    University of Texas at Tyler

    Module using analogies to introduce students to genomics

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1003/?v=1

15. Quantifying and Visualizing Campus Tree Phenology

    18 Apr 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Nate Emery¹, Caleb Trujillo¹, Andrew Jarosz¹, Tammy M Long¹

    Michigan State University

    This lesson, published on CourseSource, enables collaborative teams to collect, quantify, and analyze observable seasonal changes in nature.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1142/?v=1

16. Sequence Similarity Resource Adaptation: Exploring Ebola Virus

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

    By William Tapprich

    University of Nebraska-Omaha

    This adaptation of the sequence similarity resource provides biology students with a basic set of bioinformatics concepts and tools. These concepts and tools are used to explore relationships...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1219/?v=1

17. Sequence Similarity: An inquiry based and "under the hood" approach for incorporating molecular sequence alignment in introductory undergraduate biology courses

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

    By Adam Kleinschmit¹, Benita Brink¹, Steven Roof², Carlos Christopher Goller³, Sabrina Robertson³

    1. Adams State University 2. Fairmont State University 3. North Carolina State University

    This laboratory module, published on CourseSource, leads introductory biology students in the exploration of a basic set of bioinformatics concepts and tools.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/56/?v=5

18. Sequence Similarity: Introducing Biological Databases to Community College Biology Students

    01 Jun 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Jennifer Katcher

    This laboratory module, published on CourseSource, leads introductory biology students in the exploration of a basic set of bioinformatics concepts and tools.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2407/?v=1

19. Teaching RNAseq at Undergraduate Institutions: A tutorial and R package from the Genome Consortium for Active Teaching

    04 Jan 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Mark Phillip Peterson¹, Jacob T Malloy², Vincent P Buonaccorsi², James H Marden³

    1. Viterbo University 2. Juniata College 3. Pennsylvania State University

    This lesson plan was created to teach RNAseq analysis as a part of GCAT-SEEK network. It is provided here, both in finished form and with the modifiable source code, to allow flexible adaptation to...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1005/?v=1

20. Using computational molecular modeling software to demonstrate how DNA mutations cause phenotypes

    04 Jan 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Tara Phelps-Durr

    Radford University

    This lesson is a five-week series of laboratory activities designed to help students transition from applying lower order thinking skills to the central dogma to applying higher-order thinking skills.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1006/?v=1