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Thinking About Graduate School in Biology: Our Tips for Success
25 Feb 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Catherine Early1, Adania Flemming2, Jeanette Pirlo3, Sorilis Ruiz-Escobar4
1. Science Museum of Minnesota 2. iDigBio, FLMNH 3. University of Florida, Florida Museum of Natural History 4. University of Florida/ Florida Museum
As part of the iDigTrio 2020 Biological Conference and Fair we created this document to supplement our workshop on "Applying for Graduate school". This is a compilation drawing from the four...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/2273/?v=1
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STEM Inclusive Teaching Practices Webinar Series: Socially Relevant Teaching in the Time of COVID-19
18 Feb 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Joanna Wares1, Marcella Torres1, zeynep teymuroglu2, Grace Stadnyk3, Casey Hawthorne3, E Cabral Balreira4
1. University of Richmond 2. Rollins College 3. Furman University 4. Trinity University
Presents various mathematical modeling and data science activities created around analyzing and interpreting COVID-19 data. Much of the instructional guidance provided for the activities and...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/2263/?v=1
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Built-in Flexibility: Lessons learned to engage your community virtually
10 Dec 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Andrew Osborne Hasley1, Hayley Orndorf2, Deborah Rook3
1. BioQUEST 2. University of Pittsburgh 3. QUBES, BioQUEST
Materials and resources for "Built-in Flexibility," an episode of the webinar series, "Adapting to COVID-19: Resources for Natural History Collections in a New Virtual World."
https://qubeshub.org/publications/2173/?v=2
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Built-in Flexibility: Lessons learned to engage your community virtually
07 Dec 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Andrew Osborne Hasley1, Hayley Orndorf2, Deborah Rook3
1. BioQUEST 2. University of Pittsburgh 3. QUBES, BioQUEST
Materials and resources for "Built-in Flexibility," an episode of the webinar series, "Adapting to COVID-19: Resources for Natural History Collections in a New Virtual World."
https://qubeshub.org/publications/2173/?v=1
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STEM Inclusive Teaching Practices Webinar Series: Episode One
14 Aug 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Bryan Dewsbury1, Carrie Diaz Eaton2, Molly Phillips3, Anna Monfils4
1. University of Rhode Island 2. Bates College and QUBES 3. iDigBio, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida 4. Central Michigan University
Episode One is a conversation with Bryan Dewsbury (University of Rhode Island) one of the authors of the CBE-LSE Inclusive Pedagogy guide.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/1805/?v=1
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Exploring multiple approaches to engage underrepresented students in research with natural history collections.
24 Jul 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Molly Phillips1, Adania Flemming2, Jeanette Pirlo3, David Blackburn4
1. iDigBio, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida 2. iDigBio, FLMNH 3. University of Florida, Florida Museum of Natural History 4. Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida
The iDigBio team has leveraged natural history collections in a 3-pronged approach designed to engage undergraduates from underrepresented groups in collections-based research.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/1972/?v=1
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Digital Atlas of Ancient Life | Exploring the Diversity and History of Fossil Life
08 Jun 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Jonathan Hendricks
Paleontological Research Institution
The Digital Atlas project include field guides to fossils (including a mobile app), an online paleontology textbook, and a collection of over 500 virtual 3D models of fossil specimens.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/1893/?v=1
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That Vertebrate Ate What Exactly?
15 May 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Jason Horner
Coral Glades High School
During the course of this lesson, students will analyze CT scan data and observe bycatch (or an unknown discovery) captured during the scanning process of vertebrates.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/1845/?v=1
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Evidence of Evolution Homologous Structures
14 May 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Bridget Armstrong
Okeeheelee Middle School
Using CT (Computed Tomography) scans of vertebrate forelimbs, both as 3D models and as shapefiles, to enhance and illustrate the concepts of homologous structures, and the evolution of anatomical...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/1844/?v=1
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Fantastic Birds and Where to Find Them
20 Mar 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Molly Phillips1, Kathryn Green2
1. iDigBio, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida 2. North Carolina Sate University
5E lesson plan for middle/high school aligned to NGSS standards.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/1109/?v=1
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Integrating Natural History Collections into Undergraduate Education: Creating the Resources and Growing the Community
19 Jan 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Anna Monfils1, Libby Ellwood2, Debra Linton1, Molly Phillips3, Joseph Cook4, Joseph Kerski5, Karen Powers6, Tracy Barbaro7, Sam S Donovan8, Robert Guralnick9, L. Alan Prather10
1. Central Michigan University 2. iDigBio 3. University of Florida 4. University of New Mexico 5. Esri 6. Radford University 7. Encyclopedia of Life/Kurator 8. University of Pittsburgh 9. Florida Museum of Natural History 10. Michigan State University
Presentation given at SPNHC
https://qubeshub.org/publications/328/?v=1
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Reimagining professional development: Faculty mentoring networks as a model for connecting projects and teachers
13 Mar 2017 | | Contributor(s):: Sam S Donovan
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/206The Quantitative Undergraduate Biology Education and Synthesis (QUBES) project is working to design, implement, and assess online collaborative communities that promote teaching scholarship....
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Integrating Natural History Collections into Undergraduate Education: Creating the Resources and Growing the Community
14 Nov 2016 | | Contributor(s):: Anna Monfils, Libby Ellwood, Debra Linton, Molly Phillips, Joseph A. Cook, Joseph Kerski, Tracy Barbaro, Sam S Donovan, Karen Powers, L. Alan Prather, Rob Guralnick
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/328Natural history collection specimens and associated data provide unique physical and virtual opportunities to engage students in the practice of science in authentic, place-based lessons. We...
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Jun 03 2015
iDigBio API Hackathon - RSVP 2/28, to be held 6/3 - 5
There will be an API introduction (what is an API & how to use one) to the API held as a webinar in advance of the hackathon which I'll also announce when we have that scheduled. THERE IS TRAVEL...
https://qubeshub.org/news/events/details/130