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Phylogenetic analysis using collections material: interpreting trait evolution by comparison of morphological and molecular genetic hypotheses
30 Mar 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Christopher Ivey
California State University, Chico
Exercise spans two weeks, includes homework, and involves some groups of animals as well as plants. Emphasizes re-interpretation of morphological trait evolution following molecular genetic...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/435/?v=1
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Decoding, Critiquing, and Creating a Graph from the Ground Up
28 Feb 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Kiersten Nicole Newtoff1, HHMI BioInteractive
Montgomery College
Students decipher a published graph with little supplemental information and are given more details in pieces before producing a new graph that displays the data more effectively and is easier to...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/376/?v=1
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Mimicry in a Diverse Community of Arthropods
21 Feb 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By HHMI BioInteractive
Module exploring how researchers exposed arthropod mimics that use a golden patch to warn of unpalatability to predators with different prey preferences to determine how effective their warnings were.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/367/?v=1
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Finch Evolution Collection
21 Feb 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By HHMI BioInteractive
Over the past four decades, biologists Rosemary and Peter Grant have documented the evolution of the famous Galápagos finches
https://qubeshub.org/publications/364/?v=1
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Natural Selection and Galápagos Finches
21 Feb 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Liesl McCormick
Pacific University
A worksheet and accompanying data set that guides students through making and interpreting frequency distributions, selection differentials, and fitness functions.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/365/?v=1
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Visual Datasets
29 Jan 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Ethel Stanley
Three Rivers College/BioQUEST/SCN
This downloadable module features imaginary animals and plants, and is meant to aid students in thinking about questions of evolution, classification, and phylogeny.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/345/?v=1
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Allele and Phenotype Frequencies in Rock Pocket Mouse Populations
23 Jan 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By HHMI BioInteractive
A lesson that uses real rock pocket mouse data collected by Dr. Michael Nachman and his colleagues to illustrate the Hardy-Weinberg principle.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/340/?v=1
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Modifying HHMI Anole Resources: Using Image J to Quantify Ecomorphs and Tree-thinking to Explore Evolutionary Hypotheses
18 Jan 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Kristine Grayson
University of Richmond
I recombined the HHMI resources to have the students perform the image analysis from Virtual Lab 1 in Image J and explore the evolutionary principles in the Lizard Phenology modules
https://qubeshub.org/publications/311/?v=1
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Lizard Evolution Series Collection
17 Jan 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By HHMI BioInteractive
The species of Anolis lizards of the Caribbean provide a living example of evolution and speciation.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/295/?v=1
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Teaching Selection Mechanisms to 9th Graders using "Are You My Species?" Data Nugget
15 Jan 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Andrew Ising, Elizabeth H Schultheis1
Michigan State University, Data Nuggets
Teaching notes related to the use the of Data Nugget "Are You My Species?" to teach mechanisms of selection and quantitative skills in a 9th grade Biology classroom.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/298/?v=1
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Winter Is Coming Data Nugget for AP Biology Big Ideas
15 Jan 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Andrew Ising, Elizabeth H Schultheis1
Michigan State University, Data Nuggets
This Data Nugget is a differentiated classroom resource focusing on how a plant species fitness is affected by different climates.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/297/?v=2
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Winter Is Coming Data Nugget for AP Biology Big Idea 1
15 Jan 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Andrew Ising, Elizabeth H Schultheis1
Michigan State University, Data Nuggets
This Data Nugget is a differentiated classroom resource focusing on how a plant species fitness is affected by different climates.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/297/?v=1
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Modernizing Statistics Education via Biology Applications
03 Jan 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Olcay Ackman
Illinois State University
Part of the 2015 SMB Minisymposium: Topics in Biomathematics Education
https://qubeshub.org/publications/254/?v=1
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Quantitative Evolutionary Biology on the QUBESHub
02 Jan 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Kristin Jenkins
BioQUEST
Abstract for a presentation about QUBES given at the Evolution 2015 Conference Education Strand.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/227/?v=1
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Exploring HIV Evolution
05 Jun 2017 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Sam S Donovan1, Tony Weisstein2
1. University of Pittsburgh 2. Truman State University
In this activity you will study aspects of sequence evolution by working with a set of HIV sequence data from 15 different subjects (Markham, et al., 1998). You will first learn about the dataset,...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/24/?v=2
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Exploring HIV Evolution
05 Aug 2016 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Sam S Donovan1, Tony Weisstein2
1. University of Pittsburgh 2. Truman State University
In this activity you will study aspects of sequence evolution by working with a set of HIV sequence data from 15 different subjects (Markham, et al., 1998). You will first learn about the dataset,...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/24/?v=1