Support

All Categories (1-20 of 93)

1. 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/qubesresources/publications/809/?v=1

2. Value of Mistakes

   03 Oct 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Arietta Fleming-Davies¹, Jeremy M Wojdak²

   1. QUBES; Radford University 2. Radford University

   This module familiarizes students with brain research describing our physiological response to mistakes, and how making mistakes is a useful part of learning.

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/701/?v=1

3. Reflective Writing

   03 Oct 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Arietta Fleming-Davies¹, Jeremy M Wojdak²

   1. QUBES; Radford University 2. Radford University

   This activity introduces the research showing a benefit of reflective writing, and then uses a modified version of the prompt from Park et al. to provide practice.

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/700/?v=1

4. Number Sense

   03 Oct 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Arietta Fleming-Davies¹, Jeremy M Wojdak²

   1. QUBES; Radford University 2. Radford University

   In this activity, students demonstrate their own innate number sense by playing an online game that asks them to estimate quantities that are flashed on screen for only milliseconds. Research...

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/699/?v=1

5. Introduction to Growth Mindset

   03 Oct 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Arietta Fleming-Davies¹, Jeremy M Wojdak²

   1. University of San Diego 2. Radford University

   This module introduces students to the research supporting ‘growth mindset,’ the idea that you can increase your brainpower and ability through effort

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/619/?v=1

6. Intro to BIOMAAP - Student Math Anxiety Overview

   03 Oct 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Arietta Fleming-Davies¹, Jeremy M Wojdak²

   1. QUBES; Radford University 2. Radford University

   This presentation is intended as a stand alone 45 minutes-1 hour presentation to give students general information on math anxiety and a few strategies to try on their own.

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/697/?v=1

7. Intro to BIOMAAP - Student Introduction

   03 Oct 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Arietta Fleming-Davies¹, Jeremy M Wojdak²

   1. QUBES; Radford University 2. Radford University

   This presentation is intended as a short, in-class introduction to the program and some of the research behind it, in hopes of generating ‘buy in’ for a course-long use of BIOMAAP materials.

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/696/?v=1

8. 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/qubesresources/publications/618/?v=1

9. Assessment

   03 Oct 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Arietta Fleming-Davies¹, Jeremy M Wojdak²

   1. University of San Diego 2. Radford University

   This can be given at the beginning and end of the BIOMAAP program, in order to measure student changes in math anxiety.

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/617/?v=1

10. Answer Checking

    03 Oct 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Arietta Fleming-Davies¹, Jeremy M Wojdak²

    1. University of San Diego 2. Radford University

    This activity provides students with a set of strategies they can use to check their own answers in their biology and other courses. Students practice the answer checking strategies on a series of...

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/616/?v=1

11. BSL-4: Authorized Personnel Only

    24 Sep 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Nicole Anthony

    Biological Sciences, Toronto District School Board

    National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science resource on the 2014 Ebola epidemic. This resource is also included in the NIBLSE Learning Resource Collection

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/795/?v=1

12. Dendroclimatology images

    11 Sep 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Jeremy M Wojdak

    Radford University

    Database of image files for AIMS Resource: Dendroclimatology

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/764/?v=1

13. Michaelis-Menten Enzyme Kinetics

    11 Sep 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Tony Weisstein

    Truman State University

    In this simulation, equations used in enzyme kinetics (Michaelis-Menten, Eadie-Hofstee, Dixon, and Lineweaver-Burk) are modeled under various conditions.

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/778/?v=1

14. Luria-Delbruck

    11 Sep 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Tony Weisstein¹, John R Jungck², Doug Green³

    1. Truman State University 2. Interdisciplinary Science Learning Center at the University of Delaware 3. Saint Michael's College

    These two workbooks model the evolution of phage resistance in a bacterial population under two alternative hypotheses.

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/777/?v=1

15. EvolSeq

    11 Sep 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Tony Weisstein¹, John R Jungck²

    1. Truman State University 2. Interdisciplinary Science Learning Center at the University of Delaware

    An Excel worksheet that simulates the molecular evolution of DNA sequences.

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/776/?v=1

16. 3D FractaL-Tree

    11 Sep 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By John R Jungck¹, Jennifer Spangenberg², Noppadon Khiripet³, Rawin Viruchpinta³, Jutarat Maneewattanapluk³

    1. Interdisciplinary Science Learning Center at the University of Delaware 2. Beloit College 3. National Electronics and Computer Technology Center

    3D FractaL-Tree allows scientists to collect data from actual specimens in the field or laboratory, insert these measurements into a spatially explicit L-system package, and then visually compare...

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/775/?v=1

17. Birthday Problem and Class Phenotypic Probabilities

    11 Sep 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By John R Jungck¹, Jennifer Spangenberg², Annelise L. Myers²

    1. Interdisciplinary Science Learning Center at the University of Delaware 2. Beloit College

    An Excel workbook exploring two related applications, the Birthday Problem and Class Phenotypic Probabilities. Students enter their own phenotypes into the workbook.

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/774/?v=1

18. ABO Blood Group Frequencies

    11 Sep 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By John R Jungck¹, Jennifer A. Spangenberg²

    1. Interdisciplinary Science Learning Center at the University of Delaware 2. Beloit College

    An Excel workbook in which students can calculate blood type frequencies through different approaches (Hardy-Weinberg, quadratic formula, and the EM algorithm). The workbook shows the formulas used...

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/756/?v=1

19. Phenotypic plasticity and predation image files

    29 Aug 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Jeremy M Wojdak

    Radford University

    Database of image files for AIMS Resource: Phenotypic plasticity and predation

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/757/?v=1

20. Phenotypic plasticity and predation

    24 Aug 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Jeremy M Wojdak¹, Justin Touchon²

    1. Radford University 2. Vassar College

    Students predict changes to tadpole morphology and coloration after considering characteristics of the predator species and the prey themselves then test their own hypotheses (typically with...

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/545/?v=1