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