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  1. Graphical Organizers as Course Road Maps: Using a geologic timescale in a history of life course

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

    By Matt Davis

    Yale University

    Both major and non-major biology students lack understanding of important evolutionary events, how they are spaced in time, and how they relate back to the earth system. Graphical organizers like...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2535/?v=1

  2. Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium: a swirl resource

    14 Jun 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Abigail E. Cahill

    Albion College

    Students will use swirl to understand Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. The lesson starts with observed numbers of individuals for each genotype, and students will work through a number of steps to...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1920/?v=1

  3. Helping Students to Overcome STUMPS: Scientific terms undermined by meanings peripheral to science

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

    By Kim Quillin

    Salisbury University

    Many terms and phrases that are ubiquitous in everyday use have very different meanings in science. As a result, biology students often hold prior conceptions that are difficult to change. In this...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2518/?v=1

  4. It's a bird! It's a plane! It's biomechanics!

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

    By Danielle Ingle*1, Ryan Bruellman1, Erick Espana1, Katherine Galloway1, Tanner Anderson1, Tricia L. Meredith1, Marianne E. Porter1

    Florida Atlantic University

    Biomechanics is a discipline that draws from physics and engineering principles to understand the movement and structure of living organisms. It is highly interdisciplinary in nature and can be...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2658/?v=1

  5. 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

  6. Life Is Just a Game: An Active Learning Activity to Teach Life History Evolution

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

    By Clinton T. Laidlaw*1, Jamie L. Jensen**1

    Brigham Young University

    A novel activity was designed to introduce students to the concepts of natural selection and life history using an active-learning, constructivist format. It consisted of two parts: 1) a brief...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2685/?v=1

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. Origin and Diversity of Armor in Girdled Lizards

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

    By Jennifer Broo

    Mariemont High School

    The girdled lizards (Cordylidae) are a family of distinctively armored lizards endemic to Sub-Saharan Africa. Students examine lizards in this family to classify the lizards based on morphological...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1846/?v=1

  16. 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

  17. Polyploidapalooza: Exploring the diversity and evolution of polyploid plants and animals

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

    By Kaitlin Allen1, David Blackburn1

    University of Florida

    This series of modules explores the complex world of polyploidy, including species formation, cell division, evolution, conservation, and economic importance. We focus on polyploidy across the...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/3704/?v=2

  18. Polyploidapalooza: Exploring the diversity and evolution of polyploid plants and animals

    24 Feb 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Kaitlin Allen1, David Blackburn1

    University of Florida

    This series of modules explores the complex world of polyploidy, including species formation, cell division, evolution, conservation, and economic importance. We focus on polyploidy across the...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/3704/?v=1

  19. 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

  20. Science Behind the Lesson: It's a Bird! It's a Plane! It's Biomechanics!

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

    By Danielle Ingle*1, Ryan Bruellman1, Erick Espana1, Katherine Galloway1, Tanner Anderson1, Tricia L. Meredith1, Marianne E. Porter1

    Florida Atlantic University

    Active flight is a specialized mode of movement found in insects, birds, and mammals. The anatomy, morphology, physiology, and ecology of flying taxa has changed over evolutionary time. Researchers...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2733/?v=1

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