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1. Parabolas Everywhere?

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

   By Aleksandra Kaplon-Schilis

   In this lesson students will use mathematical models to describe real-world objects and to gain better understanding of quadratic functions.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2446/?v=1

2. Neighborhood Fences and Gates

   28 Jun 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Ricardo Cortez¹, Cynthia Anhalt², Susan Staats³, Marta Civil²

   1. Tulane University 2. University of Arizona 3. University of Minnesota

   This classroom modeling project targets the competency of proposing functions that meet certain properties and features, which is part of many modeling processes. It is suitable for high school or...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/683/?v=1

3. Quantifying The Drivers and Impacts of Natural Disturbance Events – The 2013 Colorado Floods

   19 Feb 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Leah Wasser¹, Megan A. Jones²

   1. University of Colorado Boulder 2. National Ecological Observatory Network

   This lesson focuses on ways that scientists identify and use data to understand ecological disturbance events using data from five public datasets. The main lesson focused on interpretation of...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/348/?v=1

4. Calculating Lifetime Cancer Risk Resulting from DNA Replication

   18 Jan 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Rebecca Orr¹, Ruth Buskirk², Kristin Harvey²

   1. Collin College 2. University of Texas at Austin

   An expanded case study adapted from an HHMI Data Point on Cell Division and Cancer Risk using Figure 1 from Tomasetti, C. and Vogelstein, B. (2015).

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/310/?v=1

5. Expanded Graphing Tutorial

   18 Jan 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Kiersten Nicole Newtoff¹, Cheryl Squair², Sharon Maureen Homer-Drummond³, Tamar Goulet⁴

   1. Montgomery College 2. University of Hawaii at Manoa 3. Tri-County Technical College 4. University of Mississippi

   The tutorial has two approaches for teaching about graph building and choosing the appropriate graph for different data types, a scaffolding approach and a exploration approach which can be...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/317/?v=1

6. Cancer Discovery Activities

   17 Jan 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By HHMI BioInteractive

   These two hands-on activities are based on a Howard Hughes Medical Institute 2013 Holiday Lectures on Science video (http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/cancer-genetic-disease-video-highlights)...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/294/?v=1

7. Cell Division and Cancer Risk Data Point

   17 Jan 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By HHMI BioInteractive

   Cancer is typically attributed to hereditary and environmental factors, but these only explain a fraction of overall cancer risk. This activity explores a third factor.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/299/?v=1

8. Coral Bleaching Mapping Activity

   17 Jan 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By HHMI BioInteractive

   This is a classroom activity in which students use authentic data to assess the threat of coral bleaching around the world. It supports the 2014 Holiday Lectures on Science video featuring Dr....

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/293/?v=1

9. Lizard Evolution Series Collection

   17 Jan 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By HHMI BioInteractive

   The species of Anolis lizards of the Caribbean provide a living example of evolution and speciation.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/295/?v=1

10. Steve Palumbi and Megan Morikawa Study Coral Reef Damage in American Samoa

    17 Jan 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By HHMI BioInteractive

    Field research on coral bleaching suggests possibilities for saving threatened reefs.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/300/?v=1

11. Spreadsheet Tutorial 5: Histogram

    15 Jan 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By HHMI BioInteractive

    Generate a histogram using a variety of methods.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/282/?v=1

12. Spreadsheet Tutorial 3 - Column Graphs, Error Bars, and Standard Error of the Mean

    15 Jan 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By HHMI BioInteractive

    Generate a column or bar graph with standard error bars.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/280/?v=1

13. Spreadsheet Tutorial 2 - Autofill Data, Cell References, and Standard Deviation

    15 Jan 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By HHMI BioInteractive

    Generate a table with autofill, and use absolute cell reference to calculate variance and standard deviation.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/279/?v=1

14. Spreadsheet Data Analysis Tutorial Series

    15 Jan 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By HHMI BioInteractive

    This series of self-paced tutorials show how to analyze data using a spreadsheet program.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/283/?v=1

15. Spreadsheet Tutorial 1 -- Formulae, Functions, and Averages | HHMI BioInteractive

    15 Jan 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By HHMI BioInteractive

    This introduction to spreadsheet programs describes the basic organization of a worksheet, how to organize and format your data, how to perform simple mathematical calculations, how to use built-in...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/302/?v=1

16. Avida-ED Lab Book Summer 2017

    out of 5 stars 

    27 Jul 2017 | | Contributor(s):: Wendy Johnson, Cory Kohn, Amy Lark, Louise Mead, Robert T Pennock, Jim Smith, Michael James Wiser

    The Summer 2017 version of the Avida-ED Lab Manual includes the addition of an exercise that covers genetic drift (Exercise 4: Exploring Population Change Without Selection) 

17. Evo-Ed Resources

    Collections | 13 Jun 2017 | Posted by Jim Smith

    https://qubeshub.org/community/groups/summer2017/collections/resources-for-monday-sessions

18. Epidemics: Modelling with mathematics

    Collections | 24 Aug 2016 | Posted by Carrie Diaz Eaton

    https://qubeshub.org/community/groups/smb/collections/smbecmtb-presentations