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1. Sizes, Scales and Specialization: Using Relative Proportions and Scientific Notation to Highlight the Diversity of Cell Types

   15 Apr 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Heather Seitz¹, Jillian Marie Miller², Joseph Esquibel³

   1. Johnson County Community College 2. Roane State Community College 3. Lansing Community College

   This module explores how cell size and shape varies across cell types in the human body by having students calculate relative proportions of numbers in scientific notation.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/1952/?v=2

2. Food, Energy and Water Learning Modules (FEWLM) Workbooks

   19 Mar 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Porche L. Spence¹, Tonya Maria Gerald-Goins², Greg Goins³

   1. North Carolina A&T State University; North Carolina Central University 2. North Carolina Central University 3. North Carolina A&T State University

   FEWLM is a low-cost inquiry-based interdisciplinary STEM prototypical curriculum built on Next Generation Science Standards, systems thinking and informed engineering design pedagogy.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2287/?v=1

3. Biodiversity, Big Data, and the Fossil Record

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

   By Joshua Zimmt¹, Lisa White¹

   University of California Museum of Paleontology

   In this lab, we will be making and testing hypotheses about how the biodiversity of groups of organisms may vary through time.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2249/?v=1

4. Sizes, Scales, and Specialization: An activity highlighting the diversity in cell types

   15 Feb 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Heather Seitz¹, Jillian Marie Miller², Joseph Esquibel³

   1. Johnson County Community College 2. Roane State Community College 3. Lansing Community College

   This module explores how cell size and shape varies across cell types in the human body by having students calculate relative proportions of numbers in scientific notation.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/1952/?v=1

5. Lichens in Diverse Landscapes: EREN-NEON Flexible Learning Project

   12 Feb 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Leah Dudley

   East Central University

   This project makes use of publicly-available datasets on lichen presence and abundance and wet deposition, paired with geospatial data on air quality, tree canopy cover, and locally collected field...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2254/?v=1

6. The Evolution (and Coevolution) of Flowering Plants Virtual Classroom

   05 Feb 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Anna Monfils¹, Debra Linton¹

   Central Michigan University

   In this lab, you will explore the diversity of flower and fruit adaptations that have evolved to accomplish pollination and seed dispersal and you will investigate the coevolution of angiosperms...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2251/?v=1

7. Riverbird distributions and habitat use

   26 Jan 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By John McLaughlin

   Western Washington University

   Students determine habitat use by birds associated with rivers, using data collected while moving downriver in boats. They use R to calculate resource selection functions for each species. Results...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2238/?v=1

8. Yeti or not: Do they exist?

   31 Dec 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Keith Johnson¹, Adam Kleinschmit², Jill Rulfs³, William (Bill) Morgan⁴

   1. Bradley University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences 2. University of Dubuque 3. Worcester Polytechnic Institute 4. The College of Wooster

   Through this 4-part bioinformatics case study, students will be led through the forensic analysis of putative Yeti artifacts based on published findings.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/1832/?v=3

9. Is bigger always better? An investigation on the effect of drought on different sizes of trees

   11 Dec 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Jessica Brzyski

   Seton Hill University

   This data set was compiled from worldwide data to examine the effects of drought on trees. Included in the dataset are measurements of growth and mortality as they relate to the size category of...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2189/?v=1

10. An Adaptation of "Lichens in Diverse Landscapes" for BIO 3400 Ecology at Greensboro College

    08 Dec 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Sandra Cooke

    Greensboro College

    This resource includes a lichen data analysis lab that I adapted for students in BIO 3400 Ecology, an upper level in person course at Greensboro College that met during the Fall 2020 semester.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2179/?v=1

11. Backyard Beetles + Pollinators Lab for BIO 3400 Ecology at Greensboro College

    08 Dec 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Sandra Cooke

    Greensboro College

    This contains Dr. Sandra Cooke's modifications to the EREN-NEON FLP Backyard Beetles + Pollinators project developed for BIO 3400 Ecology, an upper level course taught in person at Greensboro...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2178/?v=1

12. Case Study: Pollination of the Early Spider Orchid (Ophrys sphegodes) by the Solitary Bee (Andrena nigroaenea)

    03 Dec 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Anna Monfils¹, Debra Linton¹

    Central Michigan University

    The research uses natural history collection data to explore a potential phenological shift between an orchid that employs sexual deception and a solitary bee.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2167/?v=1

13. Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Natural History

    01 Dec 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Anna Monfils¹, Debra Linton¹

    Central Michigan University

    In this module, students will explore Western Science and Traditional Ecological Knowledge and review a case study of how the TEK of the Inuit people provided a way of knowing and understanding the...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2150/?v=1

14. COVID-19 educational module | Department of Mathematics

    24 Nov 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Glenn Ledder

    University of Nebraska Lincoln

    This resource is a module you can use to teach your students the basics of epidemic behavior using a model geared specifically to Covid-19. Students can address key questions using pre-designed...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1802/?v=3

15. Analysis of Amylase Activity

    24 Nov 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Allison Carter Burlyn¹, Christina Fieber¹, Melanie Lenahan²

    1. Horry-Georgetown Technical College 2. Raritan Valley Community College

    This lab is an exploration of enzyme function and the effects of environmental conditions on the activity of the enzyme amylase. The lab utilizes analytical and graphing skills to assess enzyme...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2145/?v=1

16. Case Study — World records as measures of senescence or randomness

    12 Nov 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Carrie Diaz Eaton¹, Carl Bergstrom², Jevin West²

    1. Bates College and QUBES 2. University of Washington

    This is a project meant to accompany the Case Study that Carl Bergstrom, which uses R to explore whether declining track and field world record performance could be an artifact of sample size (less...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2125/?v=1

17. Case Study - Storks vs Babies

    11 Nov 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Carrie Diaz Eaton

    Bates College and QUBES

    This is a R project based on the Robert Matthews paper Storks vs Babies. The idea is to replicate the results of the paper, learn a bit about R for linear fits and graphing and explore correlation...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2123/?v=1

18. Calling Bull Case Study — 99.9% Caffeine-free with R

    11 Nov 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Carrie Diaz Eaton¹, Carl Bergstrom², Jevin West²

    1. Bates College and QUBES 2. University of Washington

    This is an adaptation of Calling Bull's Case Study on how caffeine free is hot chocolate versus coffee in order to make it into a student project that uses R.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2122/?v=1

19. BS Inventory assignment

    10 Nov 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Carrie Diaz Eaton

    Bates College and QUBES

    This is a written assignment with a recommended process and grading rubric to go with the BS Inventory assignment on callingbull.org.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2121/?v=1

20. Why, when, and how to cite sources of biodiversity specimen data

    07 Nov 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Katie Pearson

    Cal Poly State University

    This short video and assessment explain why we as scientists should cite our data sources and how we can do this for sources of biodiversity specimen data.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2119/?v=1