Teaching Materials (1-12 of 12)

1. Instructor Guide: Integrating Project Leadership, Artificial Intelligence, Simulation and Google Tools to Understand Regulation of Gene Expression with the Lac Operon and Lactase Gene

   20 Sep 2024 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Dr Pankaj Mehrotra¹, Bharti Kaushik², Derek Sollberger³, David Bergmann⁴, Carlos C. Goller⁵, Laurel Lorenz³

   1. University of the People, California, United States of America 2. CIET NCERT India 3. Princeton University 4. Black Hills State University, South Dakota, United States of America 5. North Carolina State University

   Scientific leadership and current artificial intelligence (AI) skills are important skills to be included in the course curriculum. Together or individually, these skills can enhance knowledge,...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/4990/?v=1

2. A Journal Club Project to Promote Interpreting and Presenting Information From the Primary Scientific Literature

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

   By Patrick W. Cafferty†*

   Emory University

   Many undergraduate students receive little guidance on how to critically read, interpret data within, or present information from the primary scientific literature before they begin senior...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/4902/?v=1

3. Learn biotechnology, biophysics and business through scientific thinking and innovation

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

   By Pankaj Mehrotra¹, Carlos C Goller²

   1. University of the People, California, United States of America 2. North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina

   Scientific, leadership and innovation skills are also an integral framework of the curriculum. All of them together or individually are important for enhancement of knowledge, critical thinking,...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/4908/?v=1

4. Calling Bullshit DCS 105 Bates College Breakout Group Slides

   29 May 2024 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Carrie Diaz Eaton¹, Sadie Kriegler

   Unity College

   This is a slide deck containing all breakout group slides for the course DCS 105 - Calling Bullshit at Bates College.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/4807/?v=1

5. Graphing Techniques for Introductory Microbiology

   14 May 2024 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Arunachalam Muthaiyan

   University of New Mexico - Gallup

   This module will introduce the introductory microbiology students to graphing skills to visualize and interpret the data to investigate the effect of environmental factor (temperature) on bacterial...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/4793/?v=1

6. SIMIODE Spring 2024 Webinars - Ethics Modeling

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

   By Feryâl Alayont¹, Korana Burke², Jeremy Shaw³

   1. Grand Valley State University, Allendale MI USA 2. University of California, Davis, Davis CA USA 3. Oregon State University-Cascades, Bend OR USA

   A Practical Guide for Incorporating Ethical Reasoning into Mathematics Courses through Modeling Problems

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/4769/?v=3

7. A Momentum-First Approach to Newton’s Second Law

   20 Feb 2024 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Eric Burkholder*

   Auburn University

   Students frequently struggle with seeing the connection between forces and motion in introductory physics. This lesson is part of a combined momentum and kinematics unit that first teaches...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/4639/?v=1

8. Learning How to Make “Good Enough” Estimations

   15 Jun 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Jon D. H. Gaffney*

   Utica University

   The ability to estimate physical quantities is a useful skill that can help develop critical thinking and scientific literacy. This lesson provides an accessible way to teach students how to...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/4370/?v=1

9. Building Better groups in STEM Courses

   06 Dec 2022 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Jennifer Glee Buntz¹, Emily Drill², Dan Johnson³, Megan Lupek⁴, Carolina Mehaffy⁵, Dr Pankaj Mehrotra⁶, Melissa Rowland-Goldsmith⁷, Usha Sankar⁸

   1. Central New Mexico Community College 2. Carnegie Mellon University 3. Wake Forest University 4. North Carolina State University 5. Colorado State University 6. University of the People, California, United States of America 7. Chapman University 8. Drexel University

   Formation of student groups that can work effectively together is challenging at best. Considerations include group size and formation (assigned or student choice) and how group members will be...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/3587/?v=1

10. A flexible, multi-week approach to plant biology - How will plants respond to higher levels of CO₂?

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

    By Vanessa Muilenburg¹, Katherine Supanich¹, Stephen Scogin¹, Thomas Bultman¹, Jianhua Li¹, Lori Hertel¹, Kathy Winnett-Murray¹

    Hope College

    To help introductory biology students understand how plants will respond to higher levels of CO2, we have created a multi-week module consisting of a series of four related laboratory lessons....

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2613/?v=1

11. Out of Your Seat and on Your Feet! An adaptable course-based research project in plant ecology for advanced students

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

    By Michael P. Fleming

    California State University, Stanislaus

    University capstone projects can offer science students a rich research experience that illustrates the process of doing scientific research, and can also help students better choose future...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2552/?v=1

12. "Boost your evolution IQ": An evolution misconceptions game

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

    By Mariëlle Hoefnagels¹, Matthew Scott Taylor¹

    University of Oklahoma

    Students often enter introductory biology courses with misconceptions about evolution. For example, many students believe that traits arise when a species needs them or that evolutionary processes...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2558/?v=1