Resources (1-20 of 30)

1. Garden peas and cabbage plants: A short 'de-simplified genetics' activity

   13 Apr 2024 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Pamela Kalas

   University of British Columbia

   Are plants of genotype T/T tall? Are those of genotype t/t short? Let's find out in this short activity entirely based on a segment of: Smith's (2014) "It’s Not Your Grandmother’s Genetics Anymore!"

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/4728/?v=1

2. A Customizable Inquiry-Based Statistics Teaching Application for Introductory Biology Students

   05 Apr 2024 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Mikus Abolins-Abols*¹, Natalie Christian¹, Jeffery A. Masters¹, Rachel M. Pigg¹

   University of Louisville

   Building strong quantitative skills prepares undergraduate biology students for successful careers in science and medicine. While math and statistics anxiety can negatively impact student learning...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/4651/?v=1

3. Bacteria to Brains in Backyard Coyotes: An Interdisciplinary Pedagogical Case Study

   11 Feb 2024 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Adam Kleinschmit¹, Andrea Bixler²

   1. Department of Natural and Applied Sciences, University of Dubuque, 2000 University Ave, Dubuque, IA 52001 2. Department of Science and Mathematics, Clarke University, 1550 Clarke Dr., Dubuque, IA 52001

   Our interdisciplinary pedagogical case study explores the differences between rural and urban coyotes at the levels of organismal and community ecology. The focus is on how coyotes’ gut microbiomes...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/4345/?v=2

4. The Stomata Lab. What the past can tell us about our future - using fossil and modern plants to model atmospheric carbon dioxide

   02 Nov 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Gina Wesley¹, Kelly Livernoche¹, Sean McNamara², William Gretes³, Allison Bell, Kiersten Newtoff¹, Jeff Leips⁴, Richard Barclay⁵, Heather Killen⁵

   1. Montgomery College 2. Community College of Baltimore County 3. Howard Community College 4. University of Maryland Baltimore County 5. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

   Students will develop a mathematical model of the relationship between atmospheric CO2 and the number of stomata on a leaf (Stomata Index). They will evaluate the model graphically, statistically,...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/4541/?v=1

5. Cellular Respiration and pH: blocking the electron transport chain and its effects on the proton gradient, pH, and ATP production

   06 Oct 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Evdokia Kastanos¹, Julie Takacs², Shannon Dahl³, Padmavathi Tangirala⁴, Ben Nicholson¹, Susan Warner⁵

   1. Montgomery College/Rockville 2. Anne Arundel Community College 3. Howard Community College 4. Montgomery College/Germantown 5. Community College of Baltimore County

   This module contains exercises designed to help students describe the stages of cellular respiration and quantify the energy molecules produced. Students will predict the region of higher proton...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/4395/?v=1

6. Osmosis: Determination of the rate of osmosis and the isotonic concentration

   06 Oct 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Julie Takacs¹, Evdokia Kastanos², Vedham Karpakakunjaram³, Robin Minor⁴

   1. Anne Arundel Community College 2. Montgomery College/Rockville 3. Biology Department, Montgomery College 4. Community College of Baltimore County

   This module contains exercises designed to help students understand how solute concentrations affect the direction and rate of osmosis. Students are given different scenarios to predict the...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/4401/?v=1

7. Shroomology 1010: Introduction to the Fascinating World of Fungi Lesson Plan

   23 May 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Lauren Abraham

   A lecture will be hosted by the educator. The first four sections cover factual information and in the activity students will draw conclusions about spore germination. The last section will...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/4367/?v=1

8. Bacteria to Brains in Backyard Coyotes

   22 May 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Adam Kleinschmit¹, Andrea Bixler²

   1. Department of Natural and Applied Sciences, University of Dubuque, 2000 University Ave, Dubuque, IA 52001 2. Department of Science and Mathematics, Clarke University, 1550 Clarke Dr., Dubuque, IA 52001

   This interdisciplinary pedagogical case study focuses on differences between rural and urban coyotes at the levels of organismal and community ecology, including how their gut microbiomes could...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/4345/?v=1

9. Pedigree Unspoken Assumptions

   15 May 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Ria Goel¹, Andrea Jackman¹, Pamela Kalas¹

   University of British Columbia

   A video that highlights the unspoken assumptions that we use in pedigree analysis.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/4344/?v=1

10. Using the Hardy-Weinberg Equations: Quantifying Natural Selection and Allele Frequencies

    11 May 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Gina Wesley¹, Sean McNamara², Kelly Livernoche¹, Kiersten Newtoff¹, William Gretes³, Allison Bell, Jeff Leips⁴

    1. Montgomery College 2. Community College of Baltimore County 3. Howard Community College 4. University of Maryland Baltimore County

    This module contains exercises designed to walk students through a real-world example of the coevolution of fruit color and primate frugivore color vision. Students will apply the Hardy-Weinberg...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/4324/?v=1

11. The Edge Effect

    03 May 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Sean McNamara¹, Kiersten Newtoff², Kelly Livernoche², Allison Bell, Jeff Leips³, Gina Wesley², William Gretes⁴

    1. Community College of Baltimore County 2. Montgomery College 3. University of Maryland Baltimore County 4. Howard Community College

    This module has students venturing outdoors to take a 50m transect and collect abundance data on plants utilizing quadrats in both edge and interior environment. Mathematically the goals of this...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/4292/?v=1

12. RAT ATTACK! Population growth

    07 Apr 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Kiersten Newtoff¹, Gina Wesley¹, Will Gretes², Allison Bell², Kelly Livernoche¹, Sean McNamara³, Jeff Leips⁴

    1. Montgomery College 2. Howard Community College 3. Community College of Baltimore County 4. University of Maryland Baltimore County

    This module contains exercises focused on the use and interpretation of density independent and density dependent population growth models. Students build logistic and exponential growth models in...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/4005/?v=1

13. Making “sense” out of surface area to volume relationships

    28 Mar 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Jenise Marie Snyder

    Ursuline College

    Using a multimodal approach, the non-linear aspect of the surface area to volume relationship is explored. Students use their their senses of taste and sight to determine how smaller cells and...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/3905/?v=1

14. Teaching biostatistics using the Rule of Four

    19 Mar 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Rachel Hartnett¹, Qingxia Li², Stacey Kiser³, Anton E Weisstein⁴

    1. Mount St. Mary's University 2. Fisk University 3. Lane Community College, BioQUEST 4. Truman State University

    A guide to helping intro bio students develop a deeper understanding of key statistical concepts by translating among numeric, graphical, verbal, and symbolic representations.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/3762/?v=1

15. When tests disagree, how do I know if I have COVID-19?

    09 Jan 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Holly Basta¹, Sean Coleman², Iglika V. Pavlova³, Aparna Shah⁴

    1. Rocky Mountain College 2. Wartburg College 3. University of North Carolina Greensboro 4. Virginia Tech

    Students will learn about infectious disease and the immune response to infection by investigating different types of tests (PCR, antigen, and antibody tests) to detect the SARS-CoV-2 viral genetic...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/3616/?v=1

16. Got Milk? Biome 2021 Lightning Talk

    04 Dec 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Glenna Malcolm¹, Lauren C. McCarthy¹, Jim Smith², Adrianne Vasey¹, Denise Woodward¹

    1. Pennsylvania State University 2. Michigan State University

    The Got Milk? working group plans to use lactase persistence evolution as a case study to teach genetics in large introductory biology courses. While developing these resources, we will be mindful...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2812/?v=1

17. An Active Textbook Converts "Vision and Tweak" to Vision and Change

    22 Aug 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By James D. Wagner¹, A. Malcolm Campbell², Belinda J. Sly¹, Christopher J. Paradise²

    1. Transylvania University 2. Davidson College

    Multiple reports over more than a century have documented the problems with the way introductory biology has been taught in most colleges and universities. An influential recent report, Vision and...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2540/?v=1

18. Macromolecular math

    24 May 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Keith A. Johnson

    Bradley University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

    This worksheet was developed for use in an introductory biology course to review the chemical bonds and structure of biological macromolecules. A nutritional label is provided to illustrate that we...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2384/?v=1

19. Electrical and chemical communication in the nervous system

    04 Mar 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Patrick Cafferty

    Emory University

    This activity guides students through an online tutorial to examine the electrical and chemical communication of neurons.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1405/?v=2

20. Molecular CaseNet - Developing Intro Tutorials - YouTube

    03 Dec 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Jean Cardinale¹, Keith A. Johnson², Marie C. Montes-Matias³, Natalie Stringer⁴, Aeisha Thomas⁵, Shuchismita Dutta⁶

    1. Alfred University 2. Bradley University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences 3. Union County College 4. LabArchives, LLC 5. Crown College 6. RCSB Protein Data Bank, Rutgers University

    Biome Institute 2020, Summary Video

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2157/?v=1