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  1. Snapshot Serengeti: Implementing an online module about Serengeti wildlife ecology in a community-college ecology course

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

    By James Wiebler

    Muscatine Community College/ Nahant Marsh Education Center

    This resource describes the implementation plan for an undergraduate ecology course at Muscatine Community College, Iowa, of an online module featuring a database on Serengeti wildlife populations....

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/4410/?v=1

  2. Sorry to Eat and Run: A Lesson Plan for Testing Trade-off in Squirrel Behavior Using Giving Up Densities (GUDs)

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

    By Christopher J. Yahnke*1, Laurie Dizney2, Johanna Varner3, Jennifer Duggan4, Hayley C. Lanier5, Liesl P. Erb6, Elizabeth A. Flaherty7, Patrice K. Connors3, John D. Hanson8

    1. University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point 2. University of Portland 3. Colorado Mesa University 4. California State University, Monterey Bay 5. University of Oklahoma 6. Warren Wilson College 7. Purdue University 8. Institute for Biodiversity Research and Education

    All animals need to find and compete for food, shelter, and mates in order to survive and reproduce. They also need to avoid being eaten by predators. Optimal foraging theory provides a framework...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2688/?v=1

  3. 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

  4. Species-Area Relationships

    15 Feb 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Lou Gross1, Monica Beals1, Susan Harrell1

    University of Tennessee Knoxville

    This module introduces species-area curves in the context of understanding spatial diversity patterns. It is intended for an introductory biology audience.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1064/?v=1

  5. Staying Alive: Extinction Risk: Introduction to Extinction and Extinction Bias

    09 Jan 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Samantha Price1, Peggy Schaeffer2, Anna Thanukos3, Samantha Swauger2

    1. University of California, Davis 2. DryadLab 3. University of California Museum of Paleontology

    Data driven curriculum module from Dryad Digital Repository

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/275/?v=1

  6. Steve Palumbi and Megan Morikawa Study Coral Reef Damage in American Samoa

    17 Jan 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By HHMI BioInteractive

    Field research on coral bleaching suggests possibilities for saving threatened reefs.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/300/?v=1

  7. 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

  8. Teaching notes for "Investigating the footprint of climate change on phenology and ecological interactions in north-central North America"

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

    By Rachel Arnold

    Northwest Indian College

    This is an FMN participant modification of the TIEE module "Investigating the footprint of climate change on phenology and ecological interactions in north-central North America,"...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/127/?v=1

  9. Teaching Notes for Changes in Lake Ice: Ecosystem Response to Global Change

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

    By Rachel Arnold

    Northwest Indian College

    This is an FMN participant modification of the TIEE module "Changes in Lake Ice: Ecosystem Responses to Global Change," authored by Robert Bohanan, Marianne Krasny, and Adam Welman in 2005.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/126/?v=1

  10. Teaching Notes for Global Temperature Change in the 21st Century

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

    By Laurie Anderson

    Ohio Wesleyan University

    This is an FMN participant supplement for the TIEE module "Global Temperature Change in the 21st Century," authored by Daniel R. Taub and Gillian S. Graham in 2011.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/101/?v=1

  11. Teaching Notes for Investigating the footprint of climate change on phenology and ecological interactions in north-central North America

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

    By Laurie Anderson

    Ohio Wesleyan University

    This is an FMN participant supplement for the TIEE module "Investigating the footprint of climate change on phenology and ecological interactions in north-central North America," authored...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/102/?v=1

  12. Temperature Change in the 21st Century in North America

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

    By Jonathan Paul Frye

    McPherson College

    This is an FMN participant modification of the TIEE module "Global Temperature Change in the 21st Century," authored by Daniel R. Taub and Gillian S. Graham in 2011.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/82/?v=1

  13. 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

  14. The Influence of Exotic Plant Invasion on Pollinator Abundance

    11 May 2022 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Maxcy Nicole Hill

    Virginia Commonwealth University

    This lesson introduces two global change factors, natural habitat loss and exotic plant invasion, and analyzes how these stressors impact the biodiversity and abundance of pollinator species....

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/3055/?v=1

  15. The insect predation game: evolving prey defenses and predator responses

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

    By Gillian Schultz

    Foothill College

    This is an FMN participant modification of the TIEE module "The Insect Predation Game: Evolving Prey Defenses and Predator Responses," authored by W. Wyatt Hoback and Tamara L. Smith in...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/78/?v=1

  16. 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

  17. Topics in Restoration Ecology: Restoring the Red Wolf in North Carolina

    02 Apr 2022 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Zoë Swartley

    Worcester Polytechnic Institute

    The planet’s most endangered wolf is the red wolf, with only one wild population, a nonessential experimental group established in eastern North Carolina, of 15-17 individuals in existence as of...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2907/?v=1

  18. Type I Functional Response

    15 Feb 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Lou Gross1, Monica Beals1, Susan Harrell1

    University of Tennessee Knoxville

    This module introduces the type I functional response in the context of understanding the relationship between an individual's rate of consumption and food density. It is intended for an...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1065/?v=1

  19. Type II Functional Response: Holling’s Disk Equation

    15 Feb 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Lou Gross1, Monica Beals1, Susan Harrell1

    University of Tennessee Knoxville

    This module introduces the Holling’s disk equation in the context of understanding the relationship between an individual's rate of consumption and food density. It is intended for an introductory...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1066/?v=1

  20. 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

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