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Trail Camera Field Survey Module
19 Sep 2024 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Linda Le
Virginia Commonwealth University
This QUBES module introduces high school students to the exciting world of field surveys using trail cameras. Designed for environmental science classes, the module offers a hands-on approach to...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/4988/?v=1
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Calling Bullshit DCS 105 Bates College Figure of the Day
29 May 2024 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Carrie Diaz Eaton1, Sadie Kriegler
Bates College and RIOS Institute
Students use their number sense to make observations and come up with reasonable guesses or explanations for the patterns shown.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/4792/?v=1
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Biomes lecture with active learning activities and a worksheet set
01 Mar 2024 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Justin Ronald St. Juliana
Cornell University
Learning Objectives:*Identify the characteristics of each biome*Know the major drivers of global climate patterns*Discern how 2 factors largely determine terrestrial biomes*Evaluate the position of...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/3861/?v=2
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Figure of the Week: Applied Statistics for Wildlife Research
16 Jan 2024 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Cody Hieu Pham1, Robert E Furrow1
University of California, Davis
Students use their number sense to make observations and explain or guess at patterns shown, discussing at the start of a weekly computer lab. This slide deck focuses on figures related to concepts...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/4612/?v=1
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Biomes lecture with active learning activities and a worksheet set
26 Mar 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Justin Ronald St. Juliana
Cornell University
Learning Objectives:*Identify the characteristics of each biome*Know the major drivers of global climate patterns*Discern how 2 factors largely determine terrestrial biomes*Evaluate the position of...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/3861/?v=1
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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
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Grappling with Graphs: New tools for improving graphing practices among biology students
15 Jul 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Stephanie M. Gardner1, Eli Meir2, Joel K Abraham3, Ryan Baker4
1. Purdue University 2. SimBiotic Software 3. California State University, Fullerton 4. University of Pennsylvania
Poster on gathering information about undergraduate biology students' graphing practices and using this information to guide teaching of graph construction. Presented at the 2021 BIOME Institute.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/2469/?v=1
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Modeling an Ironman Race
03 Apr 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Cameron Cook1, Greg Wiggins2, Suzanne Lenhart3
1. Department of Mathematics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville 2. National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis, University of Tennessee, Knoxville 3. University of Tennessee
In this activity students create a model that represents an Ironman race.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/2293/?v=1
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(Online) Figure of the Week: Skills for Interpreting Comparative Genomics Figures
18 Jun 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Robert E Furrow
University of California, Davis
Students use their number sense to make observations and explain or guess at patterns shown, discussing in a weekly online Q&A forum.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/1937/?v=1
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Figure of the Day: Identifying Ambiguity and Biases in Data Figures
21 May 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Raisa Hernández-Pacheco
The adaptation focuses on presenting figures with all the information in their axes. However, such figures present a medium level of quality to encourage students to discuss conceptually in groups...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/1856/?v=1
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Figure of the Week: Environmental Data Analysis/Statistics Version
06 Jun 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Jennifer Prairie
University of San Diego
Adaptation of Figure of the Day activity used on a weekly basis in an environmental data analysis/statistics course.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/1288/?v=1
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Figure of the Day - Teaching Notes - Boersma
01 Jun 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Kate S Boersma
University of San Diego
Teaching notes from my application of Figure of the Day in my BIOL305 Ecology lecture course for biology majors.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/1276/?v=1
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Figure of the Week (Non-major's Biology)
01 Jun 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Heather McGray
San Diego City College
Students use their number sense to make observations and come up with reasonable guesses or explanations for the patterns shown.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/1270/?v=1
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Additional Figures of the Day - Parasitology
30 May 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Elizabeth Hamman
St Mary's College of Maryland
These additional figures were used in a Parasitology course (juniors and seniors) at Radford University.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/1251/?v=1
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Some Figures of the Day for Microbiology
28 May 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Polly Parks
El Camino College
Students use their number sense to make observations and come up with reasonable guesses or explanations for the patterns shown. These are some specifically for microbiology.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/1244/?v=1
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Figure of the Day - Adapted for Non-Majors
09 May 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Crystal Peirce
Harper College
Students use their number sense to make observations and come up with reasonable guesses or explanations for the patterns shown.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/1165/?v=1
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Figure of the Day: Disease version
20 Nov 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Arietta Fleming-Davies
QUBES; Radford University
Students use their number sense to make observations and come up with reasonable guesses or explanations for the patterns shown. Forked version with all infectious disease graphs.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/934/?v=1
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Figure of the Day - Ecology additions
16 Oct 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Kristine Grayson
University of Richmond
Used in an Integrated Biological Principles II Class (Intro to Ecology/Evolution/Physiology) at University of Richmond
https://qubeshub.org/publications/809/?v=1
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Figure of the Day
03 Oct 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Arietta Fleming-Davies1, Jeremy M Wojdak2
1. University of San Diego 2. Radford University
Students use their number sense to make observations and come up with reasonable guesses or explanations for the patterns shown.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/618/?v=1
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Modification to What do Trees Know about the Rain
17 Dec 2017 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Kristen Kaczynski
California State University - Chico
Use of the tree ring data vs. precipitation to discuss how trees respond to drought
https://qubeshub.org/publications/196/?v=1