Resources (281-300 of 451)

1. Connecting Students to Citizen Science and Curated Collections

   18 Mar 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Anna Monfils¹, Erica Krimmel², Debra Linton¹, Travis Marsico³, Ashley Morris⁴, Brad Ruhfel⁵

   1. Central Michigan University 2. iDigBio, Florida State University 3. Arkansas State University 4. Middle Tennessee State University 5. University of Michigan

   This educational module utilizes the traditional plant collection experience to engage students with biodiversity data protocols and resources available in our information-rich digital age.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/1103/?v=1

2. Exploring Data with BISON

   14 Mar 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Erica Krimmel

   Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

   A module to explore aggregated observation and collection information, through BISON, or Biodiversity Information Serving Our Nation (https://bison.usgs.gov), a tool for visualizing GBIF data.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/1102/?v=1

3. Processes that Regulate Patterns of Species and Genetic Diversity

   12 Mar 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Anna M. McKee¹, Gary T. Green², John C. Maerz²

   1. U.S. Geological Survey South Atlantic Water Science Center 2. The University of Georgia

   TIEE Module- This activity was developed for an undergraduate upper level course for natural resources majors. Classes of 20 – 30 students work best for the activity.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/1097/?v=1

4. A Fun Introductory Command Line Exercise: Next Generation Sequencing Quality Analysis with Emoji!

   28 Feb 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Rachael St. Jacques¹, Max Maza¹, Sabrina Robertson², Guoqing Lu³, Andrew Lonsdale⁴, Ray A Enke⁵

   1. Department of Biology, James Madison University 2. Department of Psychology & Neuroscience, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 3. Department of Biology and School of Interdisciplinary Informatics, University of Nebraska Omaha 4. ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Cell Walls, Melbourne University 5. James Madison University

   This resource is a fun computer-based intro to command line programming. The activity takes FASTQ NGS data files and runs a fun program called FASTQE.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/1092/?v=1

5. Island biogeography, spatial ecology, and macroinvertebrate species diversity in Richmond’s rock pools

   22 Feb 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Nadia Bukach¹, Todd Lookingbill¹, Andrew Davidson², James R Vonesh², Kristine Grayson¹

   1. University of Richmond 2. Virginia Commonwealth University

   Students investigate questions of community ecology and biogeography using data from an urban rock pool ecosystem. Using ArcGIS 10, students learn to create effective maps, calculate landscape...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/1056/?v=1

6. Teaching logistic population growth and ecological modelling

   23 Jan 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Robert F Smith

   Lycoming College

   The lesson is designed to 1) teach students about the concept of logistic population growth, growth rates, and carrying capacity and 2) provide a basic introduction to ecological modeling and...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/1026/?v=1

7. Avian Censys Analysis

   23 Jan 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Darcy Taniguchi

   California State University San Marcos

   This Swirl course uses ecological data of bird counts and habitat variables to estimate inter-observer variability and the relationship of birds with habitat variables.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/1025/?v=1

8. Evolutionary Ecophysiology swirl lesson

   23 Jan 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Nadia Aubin-Horth

   Université Laval

   Uses swirl to walk students through how to use R and analyze their own data.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/1023/?v=1

9. Binomial test

   23 Jan 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Stephen Gosnell

   Baruch College, City University of New York & PhD Program in Biology, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York

   This lesson focused on introducing students to binomial data analysis and reinforcing concepts of confidence intervals, p-value interpretation, and one- vs two-sided tests.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/1022/?v=1

10. Two-Way ANOVA

    23 Jan 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Didem Ikis

    Towson University

    In this lesson, students will learn the necessary statistical terms to understand two-way ANOVA, how to visualize their data, how to perform two-way ANOVA and interpret their results, and how to...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1020/?v=1

11. Discrete Math Modeling with Biological Applications (Course Materials)

    23 Jan 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Erin N. Bodine

    Rhodes College

    These are the materials for Math 214 offered at Rhodes College.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/749/?v=2

12. Investigating Determinants of Richness in Ephemeral and Permanent Wetlands Using Linear Models in Shiny

    21 Jan 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Kristofor Voss

    Regis University

    This resource seeks to provide a quantitative platform by which students can be taught about interactive effects using the TIEE module created by Little (2018). Key to the adaptation is the use of...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1018/?v=1

13. Discrete Modeling and Structures (Course Materials)

    16 Jan 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Carrie Diaz Eaton

    Bates College and QUBES

    These are the materials for DCS course offered at Bates College. This is a sampler of structures and ways they are used to model biological and social phenomena.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1016/?v=1

14. Islands as a Tool for Teaching Ecology and Evolution

    14 Jan 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Yadeeh Sawyer¹, Libby Beckman¹, Kayce Bell¹, Joseph Cook¹

    University of New Mexico

    Module for Ecology & Evolution course covering island biogeography principles, The scientific process and hypothesis testing, statistical methods (t-tests, regression), and online database use...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/802/?v=1

15. Plasmodium Problem Space

    07 Jan 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Sam S Donovan

    University of Pittsburgh

    This problem space brings together diverse resources with the goal of helping biology teachers and learners engage in research investigations.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1009/?v=1

16. Testing hypotheses about the role of wildfire in structuring avian communities

    07 Jan 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Lesley Bulluck

    Virginia Commonwealth University, Center for Environmental Studies

    This module assesses the role of wildfire in the eastern US and its impact on bird communities using NEON bird survey data from pre- and post- a major wildfire in the Great Smoky Mountains National...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/957/?v=1

17. Using Undergraduate Molecular Biology Labs to Discover Targets of miRNAs in Humans

    04 Jan 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Adam Idica¹, Jordan Thompson¹, Irene Munk Pedersen¹, Pavan Kadandale¹

    University of California, Irvine

    In this lesson, we describe an easily adaptable lab module that can be used in existing undergraduate molecular biology lab courses to conduct authentic scientific research, published in CourseSource

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1007/?v=1

18. Using computational molecular modeling software to demonstrate how DNA mutations cause phenotypes

    04 Jan 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Tara Phelps-Durr

    Radford University

    This lesson is a five-week series of laboratory activities designed to help students transition from applying lower order thinking skills to the central dogma to applying higher-order thinking skills.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1006/?v=1

19. Teaching RNAseq at Undergraduate Institutions: A tutorial and R package from the Genome Consortium for Active Teaching

    04 Jan 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Mark Phillip Peterson¹, Jacob T Malloy², Vincent P Buonaccorsi², James H Marden³

    1. Viterbo University 2. Juniata College 3. Pennsylvania State University

    This lesson plan was created to teach RNAseq analysis as a part of GCAT-SEEK network. It is provided here, both in finished form and with the modifiable source code, to allow flexible adaptation to...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1005/?v=1

20. Homologous chromosomes? Exploring human sex chromosomes, sex determination and sex reversal using bioinformatics approaches

    04 Jan 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Kelsey Metzger

    University of Minnesota, Rochester

    In this four- part guided activity, students will learn about the structure and function of human autosomal and sex chromosomes, view and interpret gene maps, and gain familiarity with basic...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1000/?v=1