Resources (121-140 of 451)

1. Graphing an Epidemic: West Africa Ebola Epidemic

   28 Jul 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Lois Bartsch

   Metropolitan Community College

   In this activity, students will explore how the Ebola virus outbreak occurred in West Africa through graphing prevalence, incidence and mortality data from the three major countries that were...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2013/?v=1

2. Build-a-Genome Lab Manual for RFP Synthesis

   28 Jul 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Lisa Scheifele

   Loyola University Maryland

   This lab manual describes a multi-week lab project for the design, assembly from oliognucleotides, cloning, and sequencing of the RFP gene. This resource was developed as part of NSF Award...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2012/?v=1

3. Yeast Scramble Lab Manual

   28 Jul 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Mark Jones, Lisa Scheifele¹

   Loyola University Maryland

   This laboratory manual includes protocols for SCRaMbling of yeast cells as well as phenotypic characterization. Appropriate student exercises are also included. This resource was developed as part...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2011/?v=1

4. Pivoting Intro from Inquiry to Online

   21 Jul 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By J. Phil Gibson

   University of Oklahoma

   This poster will present how inquiry-based learning experiences that were designed for face-to-face labs can be modified in a rapid pivot to online teaching.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/1969/?v=1

5. Comparing Primary and Secondary Forest in a Preserve in Plano Texas: A Forest Ecology Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) for Non-Majors and Lower-Level Majors

   21 Jul 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Tamara Basham

   Collin County Commuity College District

   An activity that can be conducted as an online or field exercise in which students develop and test their hypotheses about how forest stand characteristics differ between two forest types.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/1965/?v=1

6. Introduction to nucleotide sequence analysis and protein modeling in MEGA and PyMol using coronavirus SARS-CoV-2

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

   By Maria Shumskaya¹, Nicholas Lorusso²

   1. Kean University 2. University of North Texas at Dallas

   Introduction into computational approaches in phylogeny and protein modeling based on coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (caused COVID-19 pandemic). Two self-guided tutorials for standard lab classes of 2.5...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/1796/?v=2

7. Climate-Induced Shifts in California Butterflies

   17 Jul 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Jessica Coyle

   A module in which students generate and test hypotheses about butterfly species’ response to climate change in the Central Valley and Sierra Nevada Mountains of northern California using publicly...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/1884/?v=1

8. Cleaning Biodiversity Data: A Botanical Example Using Excel or RStudio

   16 Jul 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Michelle Gaynor

   University of Florida

   Access and clean an open source herbarium dataset using Excel or RStudio.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/1964/?v=1

9. CRISPR Gene Editing: Designing the gRNA and Donor Template

   15 Jul 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Laurel Lorenz

   Princeton

   In this adaptation, students learn how CRISPR/Cas9 is used in bacterial immunity and gene editing. Students create both a gRNA target and a donor template to edit a gene. Mutations can be from the...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/1962/?v=1

10. Understanding COVID-19 Biology to Design a Vaccine - Ethics supplement

    08 Jul 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Keith A. Johnson

    Bradley University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

    The adaptation to Understanding COVID-19 Biology to Design a Vaccine entails two ethics supplements. The first supplement addresses the use of off-label drugs in the pandemic (or other situation)....

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1955/?v=1

11. Understanding Global Climate Change: Present, Past, and Future

    28 Jun 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Michelle Phillips

    Hawaii Community College

    Understanding global climate change through the lenses of the present, past, and future, combining modern technology and indigenous knowledge and ways of knowing.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1947/?v=1

12. My Twin Sister Case Study

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

    By Margaret Waterman¹, Ethel D Stanley²

    1. Southeast Missouri State University 2. BioQUEST

    A young boy wonders why his twin sister can roll his tongue, but he cannot. Case centers on meiosis.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1940/?v=1

13. Redlining and Climate Change

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

    By Mary Heskel

    Macalester College

    Redlining was a racist, legal practice and its impacts are measurable in terms of environmental variables in US cities today. This resource examines redlining, urban environments, and climate change.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1938/?v=1

14. Drugging SARS-CoV-2

    15 Jun 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Mallory Bliss¹, Alexzandria Khan¹, Nandni Verma¹, Kasandra Jean-Louise Riley¹

    Rollins College

    This case study leads students through the process of proposing a drug for a novel protein. The Mpro protease of SARS-CoV-2 is explored in detail within the PDB. Aligns with first semester...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1928/?v=1

15. Why does Blood Flow Change? Investigating the Math of Blood Flow Dynamics

    15 Jun 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Amy Troyer¹, Brandi Morgante Handzlik¹, Mary Phillips¹

    Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences

    This collection of activities explores the relationship between blood flow, pressure, and the factors of resistance through graphs and modeling direct and inverse variation.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1896/?v=1

16. Molecular Basis of Sickle Cell Disease

    15 Jun 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Didem Vardar-Ulu

    Boston University, Chemistry Department

    This multi part case on hemoglobin structure as it relates to oxygen binding and sickle cell disease focuses on utilizing bioinformatics and molecular visualization tools to learn about the sickle...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1925/?v=1

17. Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium: a swirl resource

    14 Jun 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Abigail E. Cahill

    Albion College

    Students will use swirl to understand Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. The lesson starts with observed numbers of individuals for each genotype, and students will work through a number of steps to...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1920/?v=1

18. Materials for Teaching the SIR Epidemic Model

    14 Jun 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Glenn Ledder¹, Michelle Homp¹

    University of Nebraska-Lincoln

    This web page contains materials created by faculty of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Mathematics to teach basic fundamentals of mathematical epidemiology.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1921/?v=1

19. COVID-19 educational module | Department of Mathematics

    14 Jun 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Glenn Ledder

    University of Nebraska Lincoln

    This resource is a module you can use to teach your students the basics of epidemic behavior using a model geared specifically to Covid-19. Students can address key questions using pre-designed...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1802/?v=2

20. COVID-19: On the way to a vaccine

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

    By Nik Tsotakos

    Penn State Harrisburg

    This multi-part case study introduces the reader to the SARS-CoV-2 virus origins, the molecular basis of the infection, the development and severity of symptoms, and treatment.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1918/?v=1