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1. Following the Data

   02 Apr 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Anna Monfils¹, Debra Linton¹, Molly Phillips², Libby Ellwood³

   1. Central Michigan University 2. iDigBio, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida 3. iDigBio

   The video and exercise provides insight into how researchers are using digital data resources to investigate biodiversity in prairie fen wetlands.

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1137/?v=1

2. Searching for disability as biodiversity in digitized natural history collections

   27 Mar 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Kaitlin Stack Whitney

   Rochester Institute of Technology

   This module uses digitized natural history and biodiversity collections to explore if, how, and whether disability can be studied in nonhumans as a form of biodiversity.

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1793/?v=1

3. Transpiration- Adapted for online

   27 Mar 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By J. Phil Gibson

   University of Oklahoma

   In this adaptation, the lab is completed remotely.

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1792/?v=1

4. Movement: Nature's Flying Machines (Online)

   25 Mar 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Debra Linton

   Central Michigan University

   Adapted for online learning: In this lab, you will explore the physics of flight, the adaptations that make powered flight possible, and the evolution of powered flight in vertebrates and...

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1788/?v=1

5. Diseasebots HEXBUG Lab

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

   By Skylar Hopkins

   Radford University

   This module explores the effects of host density on contact rates and transmission of pathogens using a hands-on experiment with HEXBUG robots.

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1790/?v=1

6. Data Visualization

   23 Mar 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Anna Monfils

   Central Michigan University

   This is an introduction to the idea of data visualization and the importance of presenting data for understanding.

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1776/?v=1

7. Communicating with Data: Digital Data Resources

   22 Mar 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Anna Monfils¹, Debra Linton¹

   Central Michigan University

   Students access, clean, configure, and standardize a dataset and create a relevant and scientifically valid data visualization to communicate science.

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1779/?v=1

8. Communicating with Data: Infographic with Digital Data

   22 Mar 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Anna Monfils¹, Debra Linton¹

   Central Michigan University

   Working collaboratively in teams of 2-4 researchers, students engage in targeted projects to address critical information and research needs using digital biodiversity data.

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1778/?v=1

9. 21st Century STEM Workforce Skills

   22 Mar 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Anna Monfils¹, Debra Linton¹

   Central Michigan University

   This activity includes a leadership assessment and associated exercise to encourage the development of 21st Century STEM Skills.

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1777/?v=1

10. COVID-19 Simulator (ISEE) Module

    20 Mar 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Sarah Hews

    Amherst College

    This accessible module guides students through exploring the COVID-19 Simulator developed by ISEE. Students dig into the four scenarios provided (including the parameters and the graphs), construct...

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1775/?v=1

11. GBIF Tutorial - BLUE Resource

    19 Mar 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Libby Ellwood

    iDigBio

    A user guide and video instructions for GBIF

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1770/?v=1

12. iDigBio Tutorial - BLUE Resource

    19 Mar 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Molly Phillips

    iDigBio, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida

    A user guide and video instructions for iDigBio

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1771/?v=1

13. Arctos Tutorial - BLUE Resource

    19 Mar 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Erica Krimmel

    A user guide and video instructions for Arctos

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1768/?v=1

14. Data Ethics

    19 Mar 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Rebecca Renirie

    Central Michigan University

    Data ethics and the use of digital data

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1765/?v=1

15. SEIR simulation activity for flattening the curve

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

    By Carrie Diaz Eaton

    Bates College and QUBES

    This is a short exploration activity to introduce SIR and SEIR models without explicitly introducing differential equations. It utilizes the R package EpiDynamics and students can run the...

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1763/?v=1

16. Investigating Evidence for Climate Change (Project EDDIE)

    18 Feb 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Melissa Hage

    Oxford College of Emory University

    This multi-part activity allows students to discover the relationships between CO2 and temperature and how these variables have changed over time using real-world data.

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1756/?v=1

17. Water Quality Investigation (Project EDDIE)

    18 Feb 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Melissa Hage

    Oxford College of Emory University

    This multi-part module aims to help you learn about water quality implications by understanding the variability of concentrations of nitrate in stream water through the evaluation of real-time data...

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1753/?v=1

18. Chi-squared test of independence between two categorical variables

    13 Feb 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Matthew Aiello-Lammens

    Pace University

    In this lesson, students will have the opportunity to work through a chi-squared test of independence between two categorical variables.

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1021/?v=2

19. Responses to Climate Change in California Chipmunks: Move, Adapt, or Die

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

    By Talisin Hammond¹, Rachel E. Walsh², Eileen Lacey³

    1. San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research 2. University of California, Berkeley 3. Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley

    A series of three modules using data from natural history museum collections to examine responses to climate change in multiple chipmunk species. Elevation and morphological data, beginner skills...

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1752/?v=1

20. Basic Statistics

    27 Jan 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Emily Weigel¹, Alycia Lackey²

    1. Georgia Institute of Technology 2. Binghamton University

    The students will practice identifying the appropriate basic statistical tests when given a scenario and learn how to run and interpret those statistical tests in R.

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1744/?v=1