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1. Movement: Nature's Flying Machines

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

   By Blake Cahill¹, Anna Monfils¹, Debra Linton¹

   Central Michigan University

   In this lab, you will explore the physics of flight, the adaptations that make powered flight possible, and the evolution of powered flight in vertebrates and invertebrates.

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1228/?v=1

2. AVIDA exercise on the role of mutation in evolution

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

   By William Beachly

   Hastings College

   A tested exercise at the college freshmen level using AVIDA-Ed to generate and test a hypothesis about the relationship between mutation rate and the probability of evolving a useful function in...

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1224/?v=1

3. Exploring the population dynamics of wintering bald eagles through long-term data

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

   By Valerie Greene

   De Anza College

   pptx presentation & partially filled out student proposal worksheet

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1143/?v=1

4. The Effect of Climate Change on Butterfly Phenology

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

   By Valerie Greene

   De Anza College

   In this module, students explore changes in butterfly phenology through the use of natural history collections data. The resource I have modified is a pptx presentation to introduce the background...

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1215/?v=1

5. Exploring the population dynamics of wintering bald eagles through long-term data using R

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

   By Kristen Kaczynski

   California State University - Chico

   The purpose of this modification was to take the analyses that were done in Excel and have the students perform them using R. Students were not given any R code for this activity, as R code was...

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1158/?v=1

6. Examining human impacts on tusk evolution in elephants using authentic research data

   17 May 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Kaitlin Bonner

   St. John Fisher College

   In this activity students explore and analyze real, authentic research data paired with HHMI’s “Selection for Tuskless Elephants” video in a hands-on investigation of human impacts on elephant...

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1220/?v=1

7. Population Demography in Swirl

   15 May 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Emily Weigel

   Georgia Institute of Technology

   The students will learn to generate, test, and graphically represent basic hypotheses on data distributions using large datasets.

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1214/?v=1

8. How Many More Thymes & Herbivore Defense

   15 May 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Sheryl Konrad¹, Angela Dassow¹

   Carthage College

   Adaptations to the How Many More Thymes? case study featuring terpene-based herbivore defense and pollinator attraction in Nicotiana plants.

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1201/?v=1

9. Working with Datasets in R swirl

   15 May 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Caitlin Hicks Pries

   Dartmouth College

   The goal of this lesson is to learn how to import datasets into R, understand variable types, make adjustments to variables, perform basic calculations, and begin data visualization. The exercise...

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1202/?v=1

10. The Polar Bear of the Salt Marsh? Warming Tolerance Limits of Local Species

    13 May 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Angela Dassow¹, Sheryl Konrad¹

    Carthage College

    National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science- In the adaptation exercise, students explore connections between saltmarsh sparrow declines and declining populations of local species that live...

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1200/?v=1

11. Sampling Distributions and Null Distributions: two swirl lessons in R

    10 May 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Rachel Hartnett

    Oklahoma State University

    There are two complementary lessons. The first covers how sampling distributions are made and ID's their key properties. The second covers how null distributions and how the test statistic of a...

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1195/?v=1

12. Importing Data into R

    10 May 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Rachel Hartnett

    Oklahoma State University

    This short swirl lesson on importing data is designed to 1) get a basic understanding in how tables are read into R and some common issues and 2) develop an individual set of instructions for...

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1166/?v=1

13. Ancient Insects

    10 May 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Susan Butts¹, Talia Karim², Chris Norris¹

    1. Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History 2. University of Colorado, Boulder

    Create a gallery of fossil organisms and identify distinctive body parts (wings, suckers, modified appendages) from the collection. Analyze and interpret these features to predict what type of...

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1169/?v=1

14. Investigating human impacts on stream ecology: Intro to R

    08 May 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Kristen Kaczynski

    California State University - Chico

    This resource uses the Human Impact on Stream Ecology data set, background and questions and provides students an very general introduction to using R. Students perform basic summary statistics and...

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1144/?v=1

15. Sequence Similarity: An inquiry based and "under the hood" approach for incorporating molecular sequence alignment in introductory undergraduate biology courses

    02 May 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Adam Kleinschmit¹, Benita Brink¹, Steven Roof², Carlos Christopher Goller³, Sabrina Robertson³

    1. Adams State University 2. Fairmont State University 3. North Carolina State University

    This laboratory module, published on CourseSource, leads introductory biology students in the exploration of a basic set of bioinformatics concepts and tools.

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/56/?v=5

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

    26 Apr 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Carrie Diaz Eaton

    Bates College

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

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/765/?v=1

17. Calling Bull in an Age of Big Data with R

    26 Apr 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Carrie Diaz Eaton

    Bates College

    Use the calling bull course to introduce students to data, ethics, visualization, and R.

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1150/?v=1

18. Data is the New Science

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

    By Anna Monfils¹, Debra Linton¹, Libby Ellwood², Molly Phillips³

    1. Central Michigan University 2. iDigBio 3. iDigBio, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida

    In this module, students will be introduced to some emerging biodiversity data resources. They will be asked to think critically about the strengths and utility of these data resources and apply...

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1138/?v=1

19. Following the Data

    09 Apr 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Anna Monfils¹, Debra Linton¹, Molly Phillips², Libby Ellwood³

    1. Central Michigan University 2. iDigBio, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida 3. iDigBio

    The video and exercise provides insight into how researchers are using digital data resources to investigate biodiversity in prairie fen wetlands.

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1137/?v=1

20. Fantastic Birds and Where to Find Them

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

    By Molly Phillips¹, Kathryn Green²

    1. iDigBio, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida 2. North Carolina Sate University

    5E lesson plan for middle/high school aligned to NGSS standards.

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1109/?v=1