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2010-Jungck-EtAl-Mathematical Manipulative Models-In Defense of Beanbag Biology
06 Apr 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By John Jungck
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This paper offers up samples of projects from the Bio- QUEST Curriculum Consortium’s 24-yr experience of holding faculty development workshops for biology and mathematics educators.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/4043/?v=1
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2012-Lensyl-Urbano-The Draining of a Plastic Bottle-Integrating a Physics Experiment into Calculus
07 Apr 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Lensyl Urbano
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I punched a small hole (about 1mm radius) in a one gallon plastic bottle and had my students measure the rate at which water drained.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/4081/?v=1
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A Growing Concern: Sustaining Soil Resources through Local Decision Making
24 Aug 2015 | | Contributor(s):: Sarah Fortner, Martha Murphy, Hannah Scherer
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/291This module addresses agricultural productivity by providing students with the opportunity to examine the differences between intensively managed agricultural landscapes (e.g. grazelands,...
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A Laboratory Class Exploring Microbial Diversity and Evolution Using Online Databases, the Biology Workbench, and Phylogenetics Software
29 Sep 2015 | | Contributor(s):: Sarah Boomer, Kelly Shipley, Bryan Dutton, Daniel Lodge
Students assemble and align bacterial datasets using DNA information downloaded from the National Center for Biotechnology Information website and Biology Workbench. Specifically, they compare unknown original DNA sequences (from, in our case, hot spring communities) to a backbone of...
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AIM-UP! Coal balls lesson
28 Mar 2015 | | Contributor(s):: Monte Garroutte, Jordan Metzgar, Hirotsugu Mori
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/334In this activity, students learn about ancient plant life and climate change by examining coal balls. In addition to the lesson itself, information is provided on where to purchase coal ball...
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AIM-UP! GIS and bats lesson
28 Mar 2015 |
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/335This lesson introduces the use of GIS (geographic information systems) in the study of biological questions, using bats as the model organism. This activity requires access to GIS...
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AIM-UP! Reading scientific literature module
28 Mar 2015 | | Contributor(s):: Galen Rask
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/336Designed to span 4 one-hour lectures, this module focuses upon developing the skill of thorough and critical reading of scientific literature.
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AIMS- Analyzing Images to learn Mathematics and Statistics - studying leaf cutter ants to learn linear regression
15 Jan 2015 | | Contributor(s):: Jeremy M Wojdak
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/239This is a teaching resource that uses fascinating images and videos of leaf cutter ants foraging in Panama to provide an engaging context for students to learn about mathematics and...
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AIMS- Analyzing Images to learn Mathematics and Statistics - studying leaf cutter ants to learn linear regression
03 Jan 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Jeremy M Wojdak
Radford University
This is a teaching resource that uses fascinating images and videos of leaf cutter ants foraging in Panama to provide an engaging context for students to learn about mathematics and statistics.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/239/?v=1
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AIMS: Dendroclimatology
21 Dec 2015 | | Contributor(s):: Stockton Maxwell, Jeremy M Wojdak
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/544/The AIMS (Analyzing Images to learn Mathematics and Statistics) project was founded on the idea that students don't often care much about analysis until they care about...
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Allele and Phenotype Frequencies in Rock Pocket Mouse Populations
03 Oct 2015 | | Contributor(s):: Dr. Michael Nachman
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/340Lesson plan for teaching Hardy-Weinberg principle using real data collected by Dr. Michael Nachman and his colleagues.
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Avida-ED presentation: Context Dependent Fitness
07 Jun 2015 | | Contributor(s):: Maren L Friesen, Andrew M Jarosz
Avida-ED exercise showing adaptation to contrasting resource environments illustrating that the fitness of different genotypes depends on the environment.
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Avida-ED presentation: Context Dependent Fitness
26 Oct 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Maren L Friesen1, Andrew M Jarosz1
Michigan State University
Avida-ED presentation
https://qubeshub.org/publications/880/?v=1
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CATALST - Change Agents for Teaching and Learning Statistics
22 Jan 2015 | | Contributor(s):: Joan Garfield, Robert delMas, Andrew Zieffler, Allan Rossman, Beth Chance, John Holcomb, George Cobb
From the project website: "This project uses the acronym CATALST (Change Agents for Teaching and Learning Statistics) to represent the goal of accelerating change in the teaching and learning of statistics. The changes we are working towards are in both content and pedagogy. Our focus is the...
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Changes in Lake Ice: Ecosystem Response to Global Change
23 Sep 2015 | | Contributor(s):: Robert E. Bohanan, Marianne Krasny, Adam Welman
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/266Ecological QuestionIs there evidence for global warming in long term data on changes in dates of ice cover in three Wisconsin Lakes?This activity uses ice cover records from three lakes in...
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Chi-Square analysis of two point test cross data
21 Jan 2015 | | Contributor(s):: Bob Sheehy
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/746This flash tutorial simulates analysis of a 2 point test cross and will walk you through the analysis of two hypothetical traits. Your goal is to determine if these traits...
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Chi-Square analysis of two point test cross data
22 Aug 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Bob Sheehy
Radford University
This flash tutorial simulates analysis of a 2 point test cross and will walk you through the analysis of two hypothetical traits.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/746/?v=1
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Climate of Change: Interactions and Feedbacks between Water, Air and Ice
24 Aug 2015 | | Contributor(s):: Cindy Shellito, Becca Walker, Cynthia Fadem
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/289In this module students explore short-term climate variability resulting from atmosphere-ocean-ice interactions.
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Confidence Intervals Tutorial
19 Nov 2015 | | Contributor(s):: Claudia Neuhauser, David Phillip Schladt
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/754This Excel mini-tutorial introduces the calculation and application of confidence intervals.
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Confidence Intervals Tutorial
23 Aug 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Claudia Neuhauser1, David Phillip Schladt1
University of Minnesota
Numbers Count Excel resource
https://qubeshub.org/publications/754/?v=1