Resources (21-40 of 156)

1. BCEENET- Broadening undergraduate participation in ecology and evolution research through CUREs using digitized natural history collections data (RCN-UBE Introduction)

   29 May 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Janice L. Krumm¹, Carly N. Jordan², Liz Shea³, Jean L Woods⁴, Cecily D Bronson⁵

   1. Widener University 2. The George Washington University 3. Delaware Museum of Nature and Science 4. Bethel College, Kansas 5. BCEENET

   Biological Collections in Ecology and Evolution Network (BCEENET) brings together natural history collections (NHC) professionals, undergraduate educators, data experts, and researchers to support...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/4351/?v=1

2. Bacteria to Brains in Backyard Coyotes

   22 May 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Adam Kleinschmit¹, Andrea Bixler²

   1. Department of Natural and Applied Sciences, University of Dubuque, 2000 University Ave, Dubuque, IA 52001 2. Department of Science and Mathematics, Clarke University, 1550 Clarke Dr., Dubuque, IA 52001

   This interdisciplinary pedagogical case study focuses on differences between rural and urban coyotes at the levels of organismal and community ecology, including how their gut microbiomes could...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/4345/?v=1

3. Modeling Changes in Probability of Presence of Myotis lucifugus Due to White Nose Syndrome: An Introduction to Logistic Regression in R

   16 May 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Mary Roseblock

   Virginia Commonwealth University

   In this lesson, students will learn more about the wildlife disease known as white nose syndrome and how it affects certain bat species more than others. Students will learn about the important...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/4307/?v=2

4. Invasion, Restoration, and Response: Assessing changes in arthropod community assemblage using both parametric and non-parametric approaches

   09 May 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Andrew Cameron

   Virginia Commonwealth University

   This lesson, which is based around a recently published paper in the Journal of Ecological Applications, introduces students to both parametric and non-parametric approaches to statistical analysis...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/4312/?v=2

5. Invasion, Restoration, and Response: Assessing changes in arthropod community assemblage using both parametric and non-parametric approaches

   08 May 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Andrew Cameron

   Virginia Commonwealth University

   This lesson, which is based around recently published paper in the Journal of Ecological Applications, introduces students to both parametric and non-parametric approaches to statistical analysis...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/4312/?v=1

6. The Edge Effect

   03 May 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Sean McNamara¹, Kiersten Newtoff², Kelly Livernoche², Allison Bell, Jeff Leips³, Gina Wesley², William Gretes⁴

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

   This module has students venturing outdoors to take a 50m transect and collect abundance data on plants utilizing quadrats in both edge and interior environment. Mathematically the goals of this...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/4292/?v=1

7. 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

8. 2007-I-Liang_Chern-Mathematical Modeling and Differential Equations

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

   By I-Liang Chern

   NA

   In this course, I will mainly focus on, but not limited to, two important classes of mathematical models by ordinary differential equations:• population dynamics in biology• dynamics in classical...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/4003/?v=1

9. Concept mapping exercise for ecological news story and peer feedback

   30 Mar 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Vikki L Rodgers

   Babson College

   This activity is designed for small groups to work together in class to create a concept map based upon an ecological news story. Any short news story can be selected. One is provided here, along...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/3909/?v=1

10. Species Conservation Management Plan Report and Class Exercise

    30 Mar 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Vikki L Rodgers

    Babson College

    In this project, students work in pairs to become an expert in their assigned IUCN Red List endangered species. They are charged to create a well-researched, written conservation management plan....

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/3908/?v=1

11. Integrating the modeling of biogeochemical cycles and energy flow

    30 Mar 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Vikki L Rodgers

    Babson College

    This in-class activity challenges students to create and then integrate models of how carbon, nitrogen, water and energy all move within an ecosystem. Using 15 provided standard pools, they work...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/3907/?v=1

12. Applying ESA’s 4DEE framework to guide the development of ecological literacy for non-majors

    30 Mar 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Vikki L Rodgers

    Babson College

    The Four-Dimensional Ecological Education (4DEE) framework, endorsed by the ESA Governing Board in November 2018, is the culmination of 30 years of work by the ecology community to clearly define...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/3906/?v=1

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

    23 Feb 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Sharon Maureen Homer-Drummond

    AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowships at NSF

    Methylmercury contamination within fish populations is an important toxin that affect human, animal, and environmental health, serving as a carcinogen (cancer-causing agent) and endocrine-disruptor...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/3657/?v=2

14. Grassy Narrows and Muskrat Falls Dam: The Central Limit Theorem and a t-test

    09 Feb 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Paul Miller

    Everett Community College

    Students are introduced to concepts of sampling distributions and hypothesis testing using a simulation applet, elementary hypothesis tests, t-tests, and p-values as they compare a given fish...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/3679/?v=1

15. Exploring the ecological niches and bioclimatic differences of the greater and lesser Capybara

    03 Feb 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Jordan Kay¹, Daniel Dudek²

    1. Mirman School 2. Headwaters Science Institute

    In my study, I explored the differences in ecologicalniches and bioclimatic preferences of the Greaterand Lesser Capybara. Wallace was used in obtainingthe locality and bioclimatic data required to...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/3665/?v=1

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

    01 Feb 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Sharon Maureen Homer-Drummond

    AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowships at NSF

    Methylmercury contamination within fish populations is an important toxin that affect human, animal, and environmental health, serving as a carcinogen (cancer-causing agent) and endocrine-disruptor...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/3657/?v=1

17. Exploring Marine Primary Productivity with Descriptive Statistics and Graphing in Excel

    29 Jan 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Kristin Byrd

    Tarrant County College

    In this activity, students use real water chemistry data and descriptive statistics in Excel to examine primary productivity in an urban estuary of the Salish Sea. They will consider how actual...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/3643/?v=1

18. Population Demography in Swirl

    10 Oct 2022 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Emily Weigel

    Georgia Institute of Technology

    The students will learn to generate, test, and graphically represent basic hypotheses on data distributions using large datasets.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1214/?v=6

19. Table Top Orientation to the Galapagos Islands and Finches

    03 Oct 2022 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Sam S Donovan¹, John R Jungck²

    1. University of Pittsburgh 2. Interdisciplinary Science Learning Center at the University of Delaware

    The Galapagos Finches are one of the most widely recognized examples of evolutionary biology research. This paper and pencil activity provides access to a variety of data resources that can be used...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2805/?v=1

20. Venom Diversity & Evolution in Reptiles and Amphibians - An education module for university students

    24 Sep 2022 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Andrew Mason¹, Eric Gangloff²

    1. The Ohio State University 2. Ohio Wesleyan University

    This module contains information for a three part series introducing the venom system in reptiles and discussing it in an evolutionary context. In the first part venom and its ecological roles are...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/3536/?v=1