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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
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Susan Burden-Gulley
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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
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Amy Noll
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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
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Anna Zelaya
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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
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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
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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
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Margaret Elizabeth Janowski-Bell
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Lea Corkidi
https://qubeshub.org/community/members/39593
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Steven W Miller
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Eric Lee
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Kelly M Hennessey
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Julie Takacs
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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