Teaching Materials (1-20 of 31)

1. Kinetics of a Highly Conserved Enzyme - Carbonic Anhydrase

   27 Aug 2024 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Edward Orlando¹, Stephen Miller², Kathryn Monzo³, Lisa Feinman⁴

   1. Howard Community College 2. University of Maryland Baltimore County 3. Montgomery College 4. Community College Baltimore County

   This module contains exercises designed to introduce students to graphical representation of biological data. Students will explore the fundamental principles of enzyme kinetics including...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/4966/?v=1

2. Prosecutor’s Fallacy and Mammograms Case Study

   09 Jun 2024 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Carrie Diaz Eaton¹, Sadie Kriegler

   Unity College

   An introduction to Prosecutor’s Fallacy, and False Positives/Negatives. By Dr. Diaz Eaton, Bates College, for use in DCS 105A, and inspired by Calling Bull & Calculated Risks.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/4847/?v=1

3. The Edge Effect

   03 May 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Sean McNamara¹, Kiersten Newtoff², Kelly Livernoche², Allison Bell, Jeff Leips³, Gina Wesley², William Gretes⁴

   1. Community College of Baltimore County 2. Montgomery College 3. University of Maryland Baltimore County 4. Howard Community College

   This module has students venturing outdoors to take a 50m transect and collect abundance data on plants utilizing quadrats in both edge and interior environment. Mathematically the goals of this...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/4292/?v=1

4. RAT ATTACK! Population growth

   07 Apr 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Kiersten Newtoff¹, Gina Wesley¹, Will Gretes², Allison Bell², Kelly Livernoche¹, Sean McNamara³, Jeff Leips⁴

   1. Montgomery College 2. Howard Community College 3. Community College of Baltimore County 4. University of Maryland Baltimore County

   This module contains exercises focused on the use and interpretation of density independent and density dependent population growth models. Students build logistic and exponential growth models in...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/4005/?v=1

5. 2008-Ahmed_Mohameden-Solving initial-value second order ordinary differential equations on an Excel spreadsheet

   06 Apr 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Ahmed Mohameden

   NA

   This paper presents a friendly method of solving initial-value second order differential equations (DEs) analytically on a MS Excel© workbook.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/4009/?v=1

6. Exploring Marine Primary Productivity with Descriptive Statistics and Graphing in Excel

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

   By Kristin Byrd

   Tarrant County College

   In this activity, students use real water chemistry data and descriptive statistics in Excel to examine primary productivity in an urban estuary of the Salish Sea. They will consider how actual...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/3643/?v=1

7. Exploring Marine Primary Productivity with Descriptive Statistics and Graphing in Excel

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

   By Marina McLeod¹, Jennifer Olson¹, Wendy Houston¹

   Everett Community College

   In this activity, students use real water chemistry data and descriptive statistics in Excel to examine primary productivity in an urban estuary of the Salish Sea. They will consider how actual...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2747/?v=1

8. Promoting Climate Change Literacy for Non-majors: Implementation of an atmospheric carbon dioxide modeling activity as an inquiry-based classroom activity

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

   By Mary A. Williams¹, Deena Wassenberg¹

   University of Minnesota

   Students who are directly involved in scientific activities develop a deeper understanding and appreciation of both scientific knowledge and the scientific process. This understanding is critically...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2586/?v=1

9. Cleaning Biodiversity Data: A Botanical Example Using Excel or RStudio

   16 Jul 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Michelle Gaynor

   University of Florida

   Access and clean an open source herbarium dataset using Excel or RStudio.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/1964/?v=1

10. The Effect of Climate Change on Butterfly Phenology

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

    By Risa Cohen

    In this module, students explain the importance of collections in scientific research, manipulate data in a spreadsheet program, create properly plotted and labeled graphs, analyze data to test...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1876/?v=1

11. 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

12. Investigating Evidence for Climate Change (Project EDDIE)

    18 Feb 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Melissa Hage

    Oxford College of Emory University

    This multi-part activity allows students to discover the relationships between CO2 and temperature and how these variables have changed over time using real-world data.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1756/?v=1

13. Water Quality Investigation (Project EDDIE)

    18 Feb 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Melissa Hage

    Oxford College of Emory University

    This multi-part module aims to help you learn about water quality implications by understanding the variability of concentrations of nitrate in stream water through the evaluation of real-time data...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1753/?v=1

14. Quartile Tutorial

    11 Sep 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Claudia Neuhauser¹, David Phillip Schladt²

    1. University of Houston 2. University of Minnesota

    Numbers Count Excel resource

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1406/?v=1

15. Confidence Intervals Tutorial

    09 Sep 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Claudia Neuhauser¹, David Phillip Schladt²

    1. University of Houston 2. University of Minnesota

    Numbers Count Excel resource

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/754/?v=2

16. Yeast Cell Growth

    09 Sep 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Claudia Neuhauser

    University of Houston

    Numbers Count resource using Excel for data analysis

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/755/?v=2

17. REMNet Tutorial, Excel Part 6: Making Microbiome Column Charts 5.3.19

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

    By Jimiane Ashe

    Video on creating column charts in Excel from the Research Experiences in Microbiomes Network

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1309/?v=1

18. REMNet Tutorial, Excel Part 5: Making Heat Maps 4.26.19

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

    By Jimiane Ashe

    Video on making heat maps in Excel from the Research Experiences in Microbiomes Network

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1308/?v=1

19. REMNet Tutorial, Excel Part 4: Focusing on Taxonomy 4.26.19

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

    By Jimiane Ashe

    Video on analyzing microbiome data in Excel from the Research Experiences in Microbiomes Network

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1307/?v=1

20. REMNet Tutorial, Excel Part 3: Organizing Your Microbiome Data 5.3.19

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

    By Jimiane Ashe

    Video on organizing microbiome using Excel from the Research Experiences in Microbiomes Network

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1306/?v=1