Resources (81-100 of 451)

1. STEM Inclusive Teaching Practices Webinar Series: Socially Relevant Teaching in the Time of COVID-19

   18 Feb 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Joanna Wares¹, Marcella Torres¹, zeynep teymuroglu², Grace Stadnyk³, Casey Hawthorne³, E Cabral Balreira⁴

   1. University of Richmond 2. Rollins College 3. Furman University 4. Trinity University

   Presents various mathematical modeling and data science activities created around analyzing and interpreting COVID-19 data. Much of the instructional guidance provided for the activities and...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2263/?v=1

2. The Human Microbiome Biodiversity in Health and Disease

   17 Feb 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Angela Peña-Gonzalez¹, Emily Weigel¹

   Georgia Institute of Technology

   The students will analyze the human gut and vaginal microbiomes in healthy and diseased states using diversity of bacteria as determined by 16SrRNA sequence.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2221/?v=1

3. Sizes, Scales, and Specialization: An activity highlighting the diversity in cell types

   15 Feb 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Heather Seitz¹, Jillian Marie Miller², Joseph Esquibel³

   1. Johnson County Community College 2. Roane State Community College 3. Lansing Community College

   This module explores how cell size and shape varies across cell types in the human body by having students calculate relative proportions of numbers in scientific notation.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/1952/?v=1

4. Data Management in Excel and R using National Ecological Observatory Network's (NEON) Small Mammal Data

   13 Jan 2021 | Datasets | Contributor(s):

   By Marguerite Mauritz¹, Sarah McCord²

   1. University of Texas at El Paso 2. USDA ARS Jornada Experimental Range

   Students use small mammal data from the National Ecological Observatory Network to understand necessary steps of data management from data collection to data analysis by re-organising excel sheets...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2215/?v=1

5. The Ames Test

   08 Jan 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Nathan Goodson-Gregg, Elizabeth A. De Stasio

   Introduction to the Ames Test, published as GSA Learning Resource

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/987/?v=2

6. Investigating human impacts on Southeastern US stream ecology using R

   01 Jan 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Alicia Caughman¹, Emily Weigel¹

   Georgia Institute of Technology

   Adaptation of the "Investigating human impacts on stream ecology: Scaling up from Local to National with a focus on the Southeast" specifically to focus on self-paced R code instruction

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2220/?v=1

7. Reflective Writing Tools: Building Skills and Habits of Thinking in Becoming a Scientist

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

   By Sally Molloy¹, William Davis², Elizabeth Moy³, GC Jernstedt⁴, Melinda Harrison⁵, Vinayak Mathur⁵, Matthew David Mastropaolo⁶

   1. University of Maine 2. Washington State University 3. Southeastern Pennsylvania Consortium for Higher Education 4. Dartmouth College 5. Cabrini University 6. Neumann University

   Reflective writing tools are intended to help students better connect current learning experiences to prior learning, engage the role of emotion in current and future learning, and assess learning...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2216/?v=1

8. Investigating Evidence for Climate Change (Project EDDIE) with CO2 and 13CO2 data: adapted for R

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

   By Marguerite Mauritz

   University of Texas at El Paso

   This is an adaptation to work in R of Investigating Evidence for Climate Change (Project) by Hage, M. 2020. Students will investigate geologic and modern evidence for global temperature and...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2214/?v=1

9. Chapter 2: Data sampling, accuracy, and precision

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

   By Raisa Hernández-Pacheco¹, Alexis A Diaz¹

   California State University-Long Beach

   Biostatistics Using R: A Laboratory Manual was created with the goals of providing biological content to lab sessions by using authentic research data and introducing R programming language....

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2203/?v=1

10. Chapter 1: Introduction to R and RStudio

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

    By Raisa Hernández-Pacheco¹, Alexis A Diaz¹

    California State University-Long Beach

    Biostatistics Using R: A Laboratory Manual was created with the goals of providing biological content to lab sessions by using authentic research data and introducing R programming language....

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2202/?v=1

11. Is bigger always better? An investigation on the effect of drought on different sizes of trees

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

    By Jessica Brzyski

    Seton Hill University

    This data set was compiled from worldwide data to examine the effects of drought on trees. Included in the dataset are measurements of growth and mortality as they relate to the size category of...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2189/?v=1

12. Adapting "Lichens in Diverse Landscapes" for Independent Projects in BIO 3317 Ecology at McDaniel College

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

    By Holly Martinson

    McDaniel College

    This adaptation shows how students in Ecology at McDaniel College used the Lichens in Diverse Landscapes Module 2 (Lichens in YOUR Local Landscape) in Fall 2020.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2181/?v=1

13. An Adaptation of "Lichens in Diverse Landscapes" for BIO 3400 Ecology at Greensboro College

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

    By Sandra Cooke

    Greensboro College

    This resource includes a lichen data analysis lab that I adapted for students in BIO 3400 Ecology, an upper level in person course at Greensboro College that met during the Fall 2020 semester.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2179/?v=1

14. Backyard Beetles + Pollinators Lab for BIO 3400 Ecology at Greensboro College

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

    By Sandra Cooke

    Greensboro College

    This contains Dr. Sandra Cooke's modifications to the EREN-NEON FLP Backyard Beetles + Pollinators project developed for BIO 3400 Ecology, an upper level course taught in person at Greensboro...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2178/?v=1

15. Case Study: Pollination of the Early Spider Orchid (Ophrys sphegodes) by the Solitary Bee (Andrena nigroaenea)

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

    By Anna Monfils¹, Debra Linton¹

    Central Michigan University

    The research uses natural history collection data to explore a potential phenological shift between an orchid that employs sexual deception and a solitary bee.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2167/?v=1

16. BIOME Avida ED Report video - YouTube

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

    By Louise Mead¹, Lee Edwards², Kevin Geedey³, J. Phil Gibson⁴, Jeremiah Wagner⁵, Ana María González

    1. BEACON Center for the Study of Evolution in Action 2. Greenville Technical College 3. Augustana College 4. University of Oklahoma 5. Mid Michigan Community College

    Avida-ED is a digital evolution software program that allows students to ask questions and test hypotheses related to evolutionary concepts. Our working group explored how to incorporate Avida-ED...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2160/?v=1

17. Team microBIOME Fall 2020 - DIY microbiome analysis

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

    By Davida Smyth¹, Alice Tarun², Christine Girtain³, Melanie Lenahan⁴, Maira Goytia, Khuanchivin Geena Sompanya⁵, Theodore Muth⁶

    1. Texas A&M San Antonio 2. Alfred State College 3. Toms River Regional School NJ 4. Raritan Valley Community College 5. CUNY 6. CUNY Brooklyn College

    This is our final team report for this year's BIOME Institute 2020. Learn about what we got up to and what we're planning for Spring 2021. If you want more information on REMNet go...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2148/?v=1

18. Genomics Lessons with GEA - RNA-Seq CURES

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

    By Vince Buonaccorsi¹, Marcella Denise Cervantes², Douglas L Chalker³, Maira Goytia, Wilson Leung³, Laurel Lorenz⁴, Laura Reed⁵, Anne Rosenwald⁶, Analyne Manzano Schroeder⁷, Emily Wiley⁸, Jason Williams⁹

    1. Juniata College 2. Albion College 3. Washington University in St. Louis 4. Princeton 5. University of Alabama 6. Georgetown University 7. Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute 8. Claremont McKenna College 9. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

    Our BIOME Group worked towards developing a set of learning goals for faculty who plan to launch a CURE based on RNA-Seq data. We also developed a workflow for analysis of either prokaryotic or...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2147/?v=1

19. COVID-19 educational module | Department of Mathematics

    24 Nov 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=3

20. Analysis of Amylase Activity

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

    By Allison Carter Burlyn¹, Christina Fieber¹, Melanie Lenahan²

    1. Horry-Georgetown Technical College 2. Raritan Valley Community College

    This lab is an exploration of enzyme function and the effects of environmental conditions on the activity of the enzyme amylase. The lab utilizes analytical and graphing skills to assess enzyme...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2145/?v=1