Resources (61-80 of 151)

1. Undergraduates Learn Evolution Through Teaching Kindergartners About Blind Mexican Cavefish

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

   By Joshua Gross¹, Andrew Gangidine¹, Rachel E. Schafer²

   1. University of Cincinnati 2. Kenyon College

   The development and implementation of a scientific outreach activity comes with a number of challenges. A successful outreach event must match the sophistication of content to the audience, be...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2555/?v=1

2. Out of Your Seat and on Your Feet! An adaptable course-based research project in plant ecology for advanced students

   25 Aug 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Michael P. Fleming

   California State University, Stanislaus

   University capstone projects can offer science students a rich research experience that illustrates the process of doing scientific research, and can also help students better choose future...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2552/?v=1

3. Graphical Organizers as Course Road Maps: Using a geologic timescale in a history of life course

   22 Aug 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Matt Davis

   Yale University

   Both major and non-major biology students lack understanding of important evolutionary events, how they are spaced in time, and how they relate back to the earth system. Graphical organizers like...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2535/?v=1

4. Does it pose a threat? Investigating the impact of Bt corn on monarch butterflies

   20 Aug 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Sara A. Wyse

   Bethel University

   Aspiring scientists know that a hallmark of science is that experiments are repeatable and testable.  However, students do not often get opportunities to explore the replicability of...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2522/?v=1

5. Using Linear Regression Adaptation: Exploring Vector-borne diseases in an online classroom

   09 Aug 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Darcy Ernst

   In this adaptation students in online classrooms will use linear regression at home and in synchronous online time to analyze real data on vector-borne diseases and explore how environmental...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2504/?v=1

6. Grassy Narrows and Muskrat Falls Dam: Hypothesis Testing and t-Tests

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

   By Alida Janmaat¹, Pete Kaslik², Randall LaRue Moser Jr, Kevin David Simpson, Heather Susanne Zimbler-DeLorenzo³

   1. University of the Fraser Valley 2. Pierce College 3. Alfred University

   Students are introduced to concepts of hypothesis testing using elementary hypothesis tests, t-tests, and p-values as they compare a given fish population for methylmercury levels (using real and...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2434/?v=1

7. Urban stream invaders: a scientist spotlight featuring Dr. Piatã Santana Marques

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

   By Jennifer Apple

   SUNY Geneseo

   Students read and interpret data from a study which addresses how urbanization affects the invasive attributes of a non-native species. They also reflect on the identity of the lead researcher and...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2472/?v=1

8. Ecology of Infectious Disease: Data Mining the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) for Ecological Patterns

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

   By M. Caitlin Fisher-Reid

   Bridgewater State University

   How to use publicly available infection case data to teach ecology and evolution of human infectious diseases.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2453/?v=1

9. An Introduction to the R Programming Environment

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

   By K. A. Garrett¹, P. D. Esker¹, A. H. Sparks¹

   Kansas State University

   An online module introducing students and biologists to R, published in American Phytopathological Society

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/1002/?v=2

10. Case Study - Storks vs Babies

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

    By Carrie Diaz Eaton

    Bates College and QUBES

    This is a R project based on the Robert Matthews paper Storks vs Babies. The idea is to replicate the results of the paper, learn a bit about R for linear fits and graphing and explore correlation...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2123/?v=1

11. Using Linear Regression to Explore Environmental Factors Affecting Vector-borne Diseases

    02 Sep 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Andy Adams¹, Jessica A Adams¹, John J. Bray¹, Tami Imbierowicz¹, Suzanne Lenhart², Breonna Martin¹

    1. Harford Community College 2. University of Tennessee

    In this activity students will use linear regression to analyze real data on vector-borne diseases and explore how environmental factors such as climate change or population density influence the...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2097/?v=1

12. Comparing Primary and Secondary Forest in a Preserve in Plano Texas: A Forest Ecology Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) for Non-Majors and Lower-Level Majors

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

    By Tamara Basham

    Collin County Commuity College District

    An activity that can be conducted as an online or field exercise in which students develop and test their hypotheses about how forest stand characteristics differ between two forest types.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1965/?v=1

13. Demography from "virtual cemeteries"

    18 May 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Erin Larson

    University of Alaska Anchorage

    This module is a modification of the Lanza module in TIEE Volume 8. Rather than requiring students to visit cemeteries outside of class, this modification has students collect data from online...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1850/?v=1

14. 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

15. Quantifying The Drivers and Impacts of Natural Disturbance Events – The 2013 Colorado Floods

    12 Jul 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Heather Susanne Zimbler-DeLorenzo

    Georgia State University Perimeter College

    This lesson focuses on ways that scientists identify and use data to understand ecological disturbance events using data from five public datasets. The main lesson focused on interpretation of...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1349/?v=1

16. Figure of the Day - Teaching Notes - Boersma

    01 Jun 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Kate S Boersma

    University of San Diego

    Teaching notes from my application of Figure of the Day in my BIOL305 Ecology lecture course for biology majors.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1276/?v=1

17. Intro to BIOMAAP - Student Math Anxiety Overview - Teaching Notes - Boersma

    01 Jun 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Kate S Boersma

    University of San Diego

    Teaching notes from my application of the BIOMAAP math anxiety materials in my BIOL305 Ecology course for biology majors.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1275/?v=1

18. Competition under the Sea: Exploring the competitive interaction between native and non-native seagrasses in the Caribbean

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

    By Demian Alexander Willette

    Loyola Marymount University

    A mini-case study that uses real-world data to explore the competitive interaction among seagrasses.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1233/?v=1

19. The tale of two fish: A case study on vicariance and allopatric speciation

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

    By Demian Alexander Willette

    Loyola Marymount University

    This mini-case study guides students through multiple lines of evidence that suggests the most likely sister species to the lake species Sardinella tawilis, the sister species being the marine fish...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1232/?v=1

20. Investigating Human Impacts on Hawaiian Fishpond Ecology

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

    By Michelle Phillips

    Hawaii Community College

    Examining water quality (including fertilizer residue, nutrients, soil erosion, and invasive plants) on a Hawaiian fishpond ecosystem.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1226/?v=1