Teaching Materials (21-40 of 151)

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. Biodiversity Show and Tell: An Accessible Activity to Encourage Students to Explore the Tree of Life

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

   By Sarah R. Stockwell*¹, Jessica A. Davids¹

   University of California San Diego

   An appreciation of organismal diversity is a requirement for understanding evolution and ecology, and can serve as a source of amazement and wonder that inspires students to enjoy biology. However,...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2715/?v=1

3. 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

4. Changes in Lake Ice: Ecosystem Response to Global Change

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

   By adriane Jones

   Mount Saint Mary's University of Los Angeles

   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/129/?v=1

5. Changes in Lake Ice: Ecosystem Response to Global Change

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

   By Cynthia Tant

   Winthrop University

   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/104/?v=1

6. 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

7. Cohort Life Tables

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

   By Lou Gross¹, Monica Beals¹, Susan Harrell¹

   University of Tennessee Knoxville

   This module introduces cohort life tables in the context of understanding demographic processes and how they affect populations. It is intended for an introductory biology audience.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/1054/?v=1

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. Coral Bleaching Mapping Activity

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

    By HHMI BioInteractive

    This is a classroom activity in which students use authentic data to assess the threat of coral bleaching around the world. It supports the 2014 Holiday Lectures on Science video featuring Dr....

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/293/?v=1

12. Coral Reefs in Hot Water

    04 Oct 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Kaitlin Bonner

    St. John Fisher College

    Students analyze sea surface temperature (SST) data from NOAA to predict coral bleaching at four locations in the Bahamas. They then compare their predictions to authentic research collected about...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/324/?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. Demography from “virtual” cemeteries

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

    By Caroline DeVan

    New Jersey Institute of Technology

    This is an FMN participant modification of the TIEE module "Demography from physical cemeteries, “virtual cemeteries,” and census data" authored by Janet Lanza in 2012.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/92/?v=1

15. Distributions CURE- Exploring Species Distribution Changes and their Drivers

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

    By Tiffany Marie Doan¹, Tanya Dewey², John Carroll³, Liz Alter⁴

    1. New College of Florida 2. Colorado State University and the Animal Diversity Web (animaldiversity.org) 3. Georgia Southern University 4. CSUMB

    This course-based undergraduate research experience (CURE) uses digitized natural history collections data to answer questions about species distributions and their drivers. This inclusive CURE can...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2349/?v=1

16. Diversity and Inclusion in Animal Behavior – ABI Faculty Development Program

    05 Jul 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Sarah-Elizabeth Byosiere

    In this course, students will learn about the study of behavior from an evolutionary perspective. We will look at the mechanisms underlying behavior and how behavior develops in an animal’s...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/4457/?v=1

17. Diversity Indices: Shannon's H and E

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

    By Lou Gross¹, Monica Beals¹, Susan Harrell¹

    University of Tennessee Knoxville

    This module introduces Shannon's diversity index in the context of understanding how to mathematically measure the species diversity in a community. It is intended for an introductory biology...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1059/?v=1

18. Diversity Indices: Simpson's D and E

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

    By Lou Gross¹, Monica Beals¹, Susan Harrell¹

    University of Tennessee Knoxville

    This module introduces Simpson's diversity index in the context of understanding how to mathematically measure the species diversity in a community. It is intended for an introductory biology...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1058/?v=1

19. 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

20. Drivers of Avian Local Species Richness: Continental-Scale Gradients, Regional Landscape, or Local Land Cover?

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

    By Tom Langen

    Clarkson University

    Experiment included in Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology (TIEE) Volume 8

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/269/?v=1