Tags: environmental science

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  1. Take 4DEE outside: Using campus and local resources to photograph ecological concepts

    23 Sep 2024 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Erica Tietjen

    Nevada State University

    In my introductory courses in environmental science and ecology, students work on a three-part project throughout the 16-week semester (called “Finding Ecology Where You Look”) to focus on making...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/4992/?v=1

  2. Learn Biological Sciences and Environmental Science through biodiversity and pollution

    15 May 2024 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Dr Pankaj Mehrotra

    University of the People, California, United States of America

    Biodiversity or biological diversity is the variety of and variability of biological life on Earth. Biodiversity is existing due to variation among living organisms from different sources air,...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/4795/?v=1

  3. Learning Journal Assignment on Learning Spaces

    03 May 2024 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Dr Pankaj Mehrotra1, Dr Peter Edwards2

    1. University of the People, California 2. King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia

    Learning Spaces are the zones where interaction between students & students and students & professor occurs. The learning spaces are of two types major learning space and minor...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/4773/?v=1

  4. Data Cards Sample Created From Lost Crops of Africa (NRC, 1996, 2006, 2008)

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

    By Catherine Quinlan

    Howard University School of Education

    This resource provides a sample of the data cards that have been used in conference presentations, trainings, and science methods courses over the years. This resource provides supplemental data...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/4467/?v=1

  5. NSF Final Outcomes Report: Using the Lived Experiences and Narratives of Black Heritage and African American Gullah/Geechee to Learn Science Concepts

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

    By Catherine L Quinlan

    Howard University

    This resource is a public report that provides final outcomes from the NSF funded project award # 1928832. The resources included in this report are outcomes from the catalyst project titled:...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/3849/?v=1

  6. Simple, Accessible River-Based Field Investigation of Riverine Microplastics

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

    By Sarah Rankin Gordon

    Colorado Mountain College

    Scientists have discovered that microplastic pollution is ubiquitous in the environment, but the small size of these microscopic pollutants prohibits most people from recognizing their prevalence....

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/3633/?v=1

  7. A Potential Novel Ecosystem Service: Seagrass Meadows Reduce Disease in Nearby Corals

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

    By Madison E Hagen

    In this lesson, students will receive an introduction to Poisson Generalized Linear Mixed Models in R utilizing data on coral diseases. In their code, students will assess if seagrass status has an...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/3063/?v=1

  8. A Curious Display

    05 Nov 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Margaret Waterman1, Brandon Call, Sandi Connelly2, Kristin Jenkins3, Sam Catherine Johnston4, Vedham Karpakakunjaram5, Viet Le6, Hayley Orndorf7, Melissa Skyer8, Barbara Spiecker9

    1. Southeast Missouri State University 2. Rochester Institute Of Technology 3. BioQUEST 4. CAST Inc. 5. Montgomery College 6. Rochester Institute of Technology 7. University of Pittsburgh 8. National Technical Institute for the Deaf at Rochester Institute of Technology 9. Oregon State University

    Case study on genetically modified organisms provided in English and American Sign Language.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1452/?v=2

  9. Moths and Frogs and E. coli, Oh My!: Agent-based Modeling of Evolutionary Systems

    03 Nov 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Alexis Garretson*1, Lorelei D. Crerar1

    George Mason University

    In evolution classrooms, introducing and reinforcing the idea of genetic drift and random selection can be challenging, as can be reinforcing appropriate mental models of evolution. Agent-based...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2773/?v=1

  10. A Changing Climate in the Hawaiian Wet Forest: In-Person and Virtual Curriculum for Field Courses at Puʻu Makaʻala NAR

    11 Oct 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Teaching Change

    Curriculum for Puʻu Makaʻala Huakaʻi with the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON), developed by Teaching Change. This module was created to guide Teaching Change Field Courses at Puʻu...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2763/?v=1

  11. Integrating Social Justice into your STEM Classroom: Redlining & Environmental Science

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

    By Tamara Basham1, Denise Piechnik2, Durrain Ansari-Yan3, Mackenzie Boyer4, Marci Cole Ekberg5, Matthew Joshua Heard6, Adriane Clark Jones7, Shannon Jones8, Jennifer Kovacs9, Erica Lannan10, Pat Marsteller11, Mary Mulcahy2, Sarah Prescott12, Gustavo Requena Santos13, Ethell Vereen14

    1. Collin County Commuity College District 2. University of Pittsburgh at Bradford 3. Diablo Valley college 4. Arizona State University 5. Diablo Valley College 6. Belmont University 7. Mount Saint Mary's University 8. University of Richmond 9. Agnes Scott College 10. Prairie State College 11. Emory University 12. BioQUEST - Executive Director / UNH - Assoc. Prof. 13. Science Yourself 14. Morehouse College

    Materials for the workshop on social justice presented at the 2021 BIOME Institute.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2486/?v=1

  12. The Legacy of Redlining in Oakland, CA

    13 May 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Marci Cole Ekberg

    The issues of redlining and environmental justice will be introduced and used as a framework for a number of topics in the third part of the semester in a non-majors Environmental Science course.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2362/?v=1

  13. 2019 EDSIN Conference Proceedings

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

    By Alycia Crall, Carrie Diaz Eaton1, Wendy Gram, Shobhana Gupta, AJ Lauer2, Lea Shanley, Sarah A Stone3, Bonnie Swan4, Elizabeth Sudduth5, Kaitlin Stack Whitney6, Kamuela Yong7

    1. Unity College 2. National Center for Atmospheric Research 3. eScience Institute - University of Washington 4. University of Central Florida 5. Georgia Gwinnett College 6. Rochester Institute of Technology 7. University of Hawaii - West Oahu

    Bringing Conversations on Diversity and Inclusion in Data Science to the Ecological and Environmental Sciences, was a 3-day conference hosted at the UCAR's Center Green in Boulder, Colorado, April...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2297/?v=1

  14. Global Temperature Change in the 21st Century: An Introduction to Global Climate Models and Graphing in Excel (Adapted for Non-Majors)

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

    By Tamara Basham

    Collin County Commuity College District

    Students link human behavior in various climate change scenarios to predicted temperature outcomes at both local (their assigned Latitude) and global (Latitudinal trends) scales. This adaptation is...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1865/?v=1

  15. 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

  16. A Curious Display

    28 Oct 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Margaret Waterman1, Brandon Call, Sandi Connelly2, Kristin Jenkins3, Sam Catherine Johnston4, Vedham Karpakakunjaram5, Viet Le6, Hayley Orndorf7, Melissa Skyer8, Barbara Spiecker9

    1. Southeast Missouri State University 2. Rochester Institute Of Technology 3. BioQUEST 4. CAST Inc. 5. Montgomery College 6. Rochester Institute of Technology 7. University of Pittsburgh 8. National Technical Institute for the Deaf at Rochester Institute of Technology 9. Oregon State University

    Case study on genetically modified organisms

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1452/?v=1

  17. MathBench: Biodiversity Assessment of Stream Biota

    21 Dec 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Rebekah Chapman

    Georgia State University

    The MathBench module, "The Case of the Missing Mountaintop" introduces students to the concept of biodiversity and measures used to quantify biodiversity and stream health. Students investigate the...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/977/?v=1

  18. EDSIN Conference Flier

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

    By Alycia Crall

    National Ecological Observatory Network

    This is the official conference flier. Feel free to distribute via your networks.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/852/?v=1

  19. Map Your Hazards! – Assessing Hazards, Vulnerability and Risk

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

    By Brittany Brand1, Pamela McMullin-Messier2, Melissa Schlegel3

    1. Boise State University 2. Central Washington University 3. College of Western Idaho

    The Map Your Hazards module provides students an interactive mechanism to engage in place-based exploration of natural hazards, social vulnerability, risk and the factors that shape their...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/292/?v=1

  20. A Growing Concern: Sustaining Soil Resources through Local Decision Making

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

    By Sarah Fortner1, Martha Murphy2, Hannah Scherer3

    1. Wittenberg University 2. Santa Rosa Junior College 3. Virginia Tech

    This module addresses this need by providing students the opportunity to examine the differences between intensively managed agricultural landscapes (e.g. grazelands, conventional tillage) and...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/291/?v=1