Teaching Materials (1-6 of 6)

1. javaFOODWEB

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

   By John Jungck¹, Vince Streif²

   1. Beloit College 2. Univ of Wisc - Madison

   More than 100 food web matrices (multiple predators/prey Excel worksheets) are included with the javaFOODWEB tool.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/4952/?v=1

2. Implementing an online module about impacts of pollution from gold mining in an undergraduate ecology course in the Pacific Northwest, USA

   02 Jul 2024 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Martha Groom

   University of Washington (Bothell & Seattle)

   Students learn about biomagnification of toxins, build skills in graphical interpretation, and apply field methods to tackle complex issues about small-scale gold mining in the Peruvian Amazon....

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/4865/?v=1

3. Marsh Madness: Using Video Games and a Case Study to Explore Food Webs and Ecosystem Services in Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve

   12 Mar 2024 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Aislyn Keyes°†*¹, Laura E. Dee†², Jacob T. Wright°³, Kendi F. Davies†², Stephanie K. Polutchko†², Mariana Bastias††², Lisa Corwin†²

   1. University of Colorado Boulder; Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences 2. University of Colorado Boulder 3. Recurse Center

   As the complexity and interconnectedness of our world increases, we are continually expected to be capable of complex, non-linear thinking in order to successfully tackle and solve the challenges...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/4649/?v=1

4. Integrating Community Ecology Into the Study of Parasites: Exploring the Effect of Host Behavior on Parasite Transmission Rates

   07 Aug 2022 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Will H. Ryan¹, Christine M. Sestero*²

   1. University of Alabama at Birmingham and University of Montevallo 2. University of Montevallo

   Organismal life cycles are often presented as a set of facts to memorize in undergraduate biology courses. This approach is cognitively demanding for students and fails to convey how central life...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/3423/?v=1

5. How Many More Thymes & Herbivore Defense

   15 May 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Sheryl Konrad¹, Angela Dassow¹

   Carthage College

   Adaptations to the How Many More Thymes? case study featuring terpene-based herbivore defense and pollinator attraction in Nicotiana plants.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/1201/?v=1

6. How Many More Thymes? A Case of Phytochemical Defense

   12 Nov 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By J. Phil Gibson

   University of Oklahoma

   National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science- this clicker case addresses several concepts related to the evolutionary ecology of herbivore defenses.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/923/?v=1