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1. Exploring Biological Variation and the Value of Natural History Collections Using an Online Lesson

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

   By Bridgette E. Clarkston*¹, Linda P.J. Lipsen¹, Gerald Tembrevilla²

   1. University of British Columbia 2. Mount Saint Vincent University

   First-year science students in large-enrollment lecture courses are rarely given opportunities to contribute to science beyond their classroom as part of their curriculum. Meanwhile, natural...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/5000/?v=1

2. Module 5: How to Collect and Press Plants in the Field

   07 Oct 2024 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Shawn Elizabeth Zeringue-Krosnick¹, Kelly Moore¹, Brittany McGuire¹, Rachel May¹

   Tennessee Tech University

   This activity will guide students through the process of collecting fresh plant material that will be transformed into a permanent herbarium specimen. Students will make a specimen for the plant...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/4776/?v=1

3. Module 3: What on Earth is a Herbarium?

   08 Apr 2024 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Shawn Elizabeth Zeringue-Krosnick¹, Kelly Moore¹, Brittany McGuire², Rachel May

   1. Tennessee Tech University 2. Tennessee Technological University

   The goal of this activity is to introduce students to herbarium specimens and why they are an important source of information. The emphasis of this activity is on examining the types of data that...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/4711/?v=1

4. Module 1: Discovering Your Family's “Botanical History.”

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

   By Kelly Moore¹, Shawn Zeringue-Krosnick¹, Brittany McGuire¹, Rachel May²

   1. Tennessee Technological University 2. Tennessee Tech University

   We all know that understanding family history is important to understanding our place in the world. To help students learn to appreciate plants, this activity will connect family memories to...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/4668/?v=1

5. Constructing Phylogenies using Herbarium Specimens

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

   By Michael Moody, Vicky Zhuang

   This lab is intended as an introduction to a plant systematics course. Students work in groups of two to apply what they have learned about plant structures to develop a character matrix based on a...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/4659/?v=1

6. Introduction to Plant Phenology with Museum Specimens of Desert Prickly Pear (Opuntia phaeacantha)

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

   By Julie Marie Schlichte¹, Michael Moody², Vicky Zhuang

   1. The University of Texas at El Paso 2. University of Texas at El Paso

   Students engage in hands-on exploration of phenology by working with digitized herbarium specimens, particularly focusing on prickly pear specimens from the UTEP herbarium. They learn to identify...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/4611/?v=1

7. A CURE in traits and species distributions: Reproductive modes, range sizes, and natural history collections

   13 Nov 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Jessica Allen¹, Stephen Sharrett¹, Eli Denzer², James Lendemer³

   1. Eastern Washington University 2. New York Botanical Garden 3. New York State Museum

   This course-based undergraduate research experience (CURE) focuses on developing hypotheses about how traits influence the range sizes of species. Topics with substantive content include symbioses,...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/4564/?v=1

8. Digital Herbarium Lab with RStudio: Are shifting abundances of native species detectable over time?

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

   By Rebecca Penny Humphrey

   Aquinas College

   This 2- to 3-hour lab activity introduces sophomore-level students to digitized herbarium collections, R-coding, and potential reasons for shifting abundances in native and non-native plant species...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2482/?v=1

9. Connecting Students to Citizen Science and Curated Collections

   18 Mar 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Anna Monfils¹, Erica Krimmel², Debra Linton¹, Travis Marsico³, Ashley Morris⁴, Brad Ruhfel⁵

   1. Central Michigan University 2. iDigBio, Florida State University 3. Arkansas State University 4. Middle Tennessee State University 5. University of Michigan

   This educational module utilizes the traditional plant collection experience to engage students with biodiversity data protocols and resources available in our information-rich digital age.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/1103/?v=1