Tags: data visualization

Teaching Materials (1-20 of 39)

  1. Angiosperm Diversity in Pollination Systems

    28 Aug 2024 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Jana Vamosi1, Mindi Summers1, Justine Doll1, Cristopher Albor1, Maria Baboi1, Sarah Adams1, Samuel Young2

    1. University of Calgary 2. University of Edinburgh, University of Calgary

    This activity is designed for upper-level undergraduates and graduate students engaged in ecology and biodiversity sustainability studies. This activity will explore how plant-pollinator...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/4970/?v=1

  2. Kinetics of a Highly Conserved Enzyme - Carbonic Anhydrase

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

    By Edward Orlando1, Stephen Miller2, Kathryn Monzo3, Lisa Feinman4

    1. Howard Community College 2. University of Maryland Baltimore County 3. Montgomery College 4. Community College Baltimore County

    This module contains exercises designed to introduce students to graphical representation of biological data. Students will explore the fundamental principles of enzyme kinetics including...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/4966/?v=1

  3. Data-Driven Decision-Making: Antarctic Fisheries

    05 Jul 2024 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Jessie Golding1, Desiree Andersen1, Ellen Bledsoe1

    University of Arizona

    This is an entire module for a general education data science and ecology course. The module was originally designed as the fourth and final section of the course; the full course is openly...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/4885/?v=1

  4. Angiosperm Diversity in Pollination Systems

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

    By Jana Vamosi1, Cristopher Albor1, Justine Doll1, Maria Baboi1, Mindi Summers1, Sarah Adams1

    University of Calgary

    This activity is designed for upper-level undergraduates and graduate students engaged in ecology and biodiversity sustainability studies. This activity will explore how plant-pollinator...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/4520/?v=1

  5. Downloading and Visualizing Project Data from the iNaturalist Database

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

    By Justine Doll1, Maria Baboi1, Mindi Summers1, Jana Vamosi1, Cristopher Albor1

    University of Calgary

    In this activity you will learn how to create a query, export, and download data from iNaturalist; load data into R; explore pollinator-plant interactions with R, and create heat map, bipartite,...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/4764/?v=1

  6. Calling Bullshit DCS 105 Bates College Data Visualization Activity Slides

    29 May 2024 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Carrie Diaz Eaton1, Sadie Kriegler

    Unity College

    This is a slide deck containing all in-class data visualization activity slides for the course DCS 105 - Calling Bullshit at Bates College.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/4810/?v=1

  7. Breaking It Down: What Factors Control Microbial Decomposition Rates?

    15 May 2024 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Brian M. Connolly*1, Nigel D'Souza2, Naupaka Zimmerman3, John Zobitz4

    1. Gonzaga University 2. Gonzaga Univeristy 3. University of San Francisco 4. Augsburg University

    Demonstrating and modeling changes in ecosystem processes in the laboratory classroom can be logistically difficult and expensive. This complexity often leaves little time for students to generate...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/4752/?v=1

  8. Speed Data Science

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

    By Matthew Aiello-Lammens

    Pace University

    Data visualization is a foundational data science skill. One way to help students begin to learn about data visualization is to tap in to their innate creative instincts. This activity can be used...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/4741/?v=1

  9. RAT ATTACK! Population growth

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

    By Kiersten Newtoff1, Gina Wesley1, Will Gretes2, Allison Bell2, Kelly Livernoche1, Sean McNamara3, Jeff Leips4

    1. Montgomery College 2. Howard Community College 3. Community College of Baltimore County 4. University of Maryland Baltimore County

    This module contains exercises focused on the use and interpretation of density independent and density dependent population growth models. Students build logistic and exponential growth models in...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/4005/?v=1

  10. The struggle is valid: Increasing student science identity and quantitative skills

    13 Jul 2022 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Denise Piechnik1, Rachel Hartnett2, Elizabeth Hamman3, Rebecca McHugh4, Sara Sawyer5

    1. University of Pittsburgh at Bradford 2. Mount St. Mary's University 3. St Mary's College of Maryland 4. University of Pittsburgh 5. Glenville State University

    This poster outlines the approach to our research on science identity and quantitative skills. Our approach includes an established educational researcher to assure that our design, approach,...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/3440/?v=1

  11. Teaching Data Viz and Communication as an Undergraduate Biology Course: Syllabus and Resources

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

    By Angie Hilliker1, Kristine Grayson1

    University of Richmond

    Teaching materials co-developed for a new upper-level undergraduate biology course to teach data exploration and communication without requiring previous coding experience.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2450/?v=1

  12. Teaching Data Viz and Communication as an Undergraduate Biology Course: Assignments and Projects

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

    By Kristine Grayson1, Angie Hilliker1

    University of Richmond

    Teaching materials co-developed for a new upper-level undergraduate biology course to teach data exploration and communication without requiring previous coding experience.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2452/?v=1

  13. Making Predictions with Linear Models: A Murder Mystery Case Study

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

    By Miranda Chen Musgrove1, Lisa A. Corwin1, Andrew Martin1

    University of Colorado, Boulder

    This Swirl lesson will introduce two main concepts to students: 1) the idea of uncertainty around linear slopes versus individual values and 2) predicting values using linear models.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2396/?v=1

  14. BS Inventory assignment

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

    By Carrie Diaz Eaton

    Bates College and QUBES

    This is a written assignment with a recommended process and grading rubric to go with the BS Inventory assignment on callingbull.org.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2121/?v=1

  15. Module 6: Alternative Splicing

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

    By Leocadia Paliulis1, Anne Rosenwald2

    1. Bucknell University 2. Georgetown University

    This module explores how multiple different mRNAs and polypeptides can be encoded by the same gene. After completing this module students will be able to explain how alternative splicing of a gene...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1994/?v=1

  16. Module 4: Removal of Introns from pre-mRNA by Splicing

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

    By Meg Laakso1, Anne Rosenwald2

    1. Eastern University 2. Georgetown University

    In this module, students will learn to identify splice donor and acceptor sites that are best supported by RNA-Seq data, and use the canonical splice donor and splice acceptor sequences to identify...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1992/?v=1

  17. Module 2: Transcription Part I: From DNA Sequence to Transcription Unit

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

    By Maria Santisteban1, Alexa Sawa2

    1. University of North Carolina - Pembroke 2. College of the Desert

    This module illustrates how a primary transcript (pre-mRNA) is synthesized using a DNA molecule as the template. Students will learn about the importance of the 5' and 3' regions of the gene for...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1990/?v=1

  18. Coding Club: A Positive Peer-Learning Community

    22 Apr 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Gergana Daskalova1, Sandra Angers-Blondin1, John Godlee1, Izzy Rich1, Beverly Tan1, Declan Valters1, Haydn Thomas1, Pedro Miranda1, Gabriela Hajduk1, Kat Keogan1, Isla Myers-Smith1, Kyle Dexter1, Christina Coakley1

    University of Edinburgh

    Free and self-paced tutorials and courses for learning to code out of the University of Edinburgh

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1816/?v=1

  19. Data Visualization

    23 Mar 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Anna Monfils

    Central Michigan University

    This is an introduction to the idea of data visualization and the importance of presenting data for understanding.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1776/?v=1

  20. Communicating with Data: Digital Data Resources

    22 Mar 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Anna Monfils1, Debra Linton1

    Central Michigan University

    Students access, clean, configure, and standardize a dataset and create a relevant and scientifically valid data visualization to communicate science.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1779/?v=1