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That Vertebrate Ate What Exactly?
15 May 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Jason Horner
Coral Glades High School
During the course of this lesson, students will analyze CT scan data and observe bycatch (or an unknown discovery) captured during the scanning process of vertebrates.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/1845/?v=1
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Evidence of Evolution Homologous Structures
14 May 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Bridget Armstrong
Okeeheelee Middle School
Using CT (Computed Tomography) scans of vertebrate forelimbs, both as 3D models and as shapefiles, to enhance and illustrate the concepts of homologous structures, and the evolution of anatomical...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/1844/?v=1
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Altruism Simulation Activity
04 Oct 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Nicole Chodkowski
Radford University
An altruism activity that uses a NetLogo altruism simulation.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/1431/?v=1
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Avida-ED Lab Book
24 May 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Robert T Pennock1, Louise Mead2, Wendy Johnson3, Amy Lark3, Jim Smith1, Cory Kohn4
1. Michigan State University 2. BEACON Center for the Study of Evolution in Action 3. Avida-ED 4. Keck Science Department, The Claremont Colleges
Avida-ED activities, modified for the Argentina 2019 Avida-ED Workshop, presented at the 2019 BioQUEST & QUBES Summer Workshop
https://qubeshub.org/publications/1229/?v=1
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Ancient Insects
10 May 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Susan Butts1, Talia Karim2, Chris Norris1
1. Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History 2. University of Colorado, Boulder
Create a gallery of fossil organisms and identify distinctive body parts (wings, suckers, modified appendages) from the collection. Analyze and interpret these features to predict what type of...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/1169/?v=1
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Exaggerated Traits and Breeding Success in Widowbirds
09 May 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Katie Northcutt
Mercer University
Teaching Notes on the Exaggerated Traits and Breeding Success in Widowbirds
https://qubeshub.org/publications/1174/?v=1
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The Evolution of Human Skin Color
09 May 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Katie Northcutt
Mercer University
My teaching notes for the Evolution of Human Skin Color case study.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/1170/?v=1
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Exaggerated Traits and Breeding Success in Widowbirds
12 Nov 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By J. Phil Gibson
University of Oklahoma
National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science- this interrupted case focuses on sexual selection in widowbirds.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/925/?v=1
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The Evolution of Human Skin Color
12 Nov 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Annie Prud’homme-Genereux
Quest University Canada
National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science- while the concept of evolution by natural selection is very simple, it is often misunderstood by students.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/922/?v=1
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Selection and the Blond Beach Mouse
12 Nov 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Joan Sharp
Simon Fraser University
National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science- this "clicker" case study explores ultimate and proximate explanations for cryptic coloration in animals.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/921/?v=1
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ModelSim Population Biology Unit
30 Oct 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Uri Wilensky1, Paulo Blikstein2, Corey Brady3, David Figlio1, Pratim Sengupta4, Jason Bertsche1, Yu (Bryan) Guo1, Nathan Holbert1, Michael Novak1, Firat Soylu1, Aditi Wagh1, Gokul Krishnan4, Brogan Miller2, Shima Salehi2
1. Northwestern University 2. Stanford University 3. Inquire Learning 4. Vanderbilt University
This resource provides rich student modeling activities and materials, teacher resources, and much more, in the realm of agent based models applied to population biology.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/902/?v=1
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Citations
26 Oct 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Louise Mead1, Jim Smith2, Wendy Johnson, Michael James Wiser2, Robert T Pennock2, Amy Lark
1. BEACON Center for the Study of Evolution in Action 2. Michigan State University
Published Avida-Ed article
https://qubeshub.org/publications/881/?v=1
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Avida-ED User Manual
26 Oct 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Diane Blackwood
Michigan State University
Basic User manual to use Avida-ED
https://qubeshub.org/publications/879/?v=1
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Avida-ED
25 Oct 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Robert T Pennock1, Diane Blackwood1
Michigan State University
Avida-ED is an award-winning educational application developed at Michigan State University for undergraduate biology courses to help students learn about evolution and scientific method.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/874/?v=1
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Measuring the Health of the Earth Using the Theory of Island Biography
25 Oct 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Jana Eggleston, Stephanie Renee Campau, Farshid Ahrestani, Holly D Gaff1
Old Dominion University
This module uses a variety of available datasets to explore methods of calculating biodiversity and measuring landscape as well as the relationship between those.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/868/?v=1
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Joel E. Greengiant Learns About Peas: From Nucleotides to Selection
23 Oct 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Merle Heidemann1, Peter J.T. White1, Jim Smith1
Michigan State University
This case study follows purveyors of peas, Joel E. and Jolene Greengiant, as they learn about the origin, biochemistry, genetics and eventual artificial selection of sweet (wrinkled) peas, all in...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/845/?v=1
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Taking a Second Look: Investigating Biology with Visual Datasets
20 Oct 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Ethel Stanley
Beloit College
An article exploring the use of visual datasets as an educational aid for biology students.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/831/?v=1
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EvolSeq
11 Sep 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Tony Weisstein1, John R Jungck2
1. Truman State University 2. Interdisciplinary Science Learning Center at the University of Delaware
An Excel worksheet that simulates the molecular evolution of DNA sequences.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/776/?v=1
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Evolution
24 Jul 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Kelly O'Donnell
Science Forward
This video explores the way evolution happens via natural selection in the context of the microbial world. Viruses and bacteria are discussed. We will see how evolution can be simulated in a...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/718/?v=1
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An evolution curriculum designed around understanding the rise and spread of drug-resistant pathogens
07 Jun 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Aditi Pai1, Amanda Gibson2
1. Spelman College 2. Emory University
Poster on teaching concepts in evolution and data science skills in an upper level Biology elective at Spelman College presented at the 2018 QUBES/BioQUEST Summer Workshop
https://qubeshub.org/publications/609/?v=1