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1. 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/publications/1195/?v=1

2. 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/publications/1166/?v=1

3. 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/publications/1169/?v=1

4. 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/publications/1144/?v=1

5. 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/publications/56/?v=5

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

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

   By Carrie Diaz Eaton

   Bates College and QUBES

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

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

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

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

   By Carrie Diaz Eaton

   Bates College and QUBES

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

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

8. Quantifying and Visualizing Campus Tree Phenology

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

   By Nate Emery¹, Caleb Trujillo¹, Andrew Jarosz¹, Tammy M Long¹

   Michigan State University

   This lesson, published on CourseSource, enables collaborative teams to collect, quantify, and analyze observable seasonal changes in nature.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/1142/?v=1

9. 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/publications/1138/?v=1

10. 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/publications/1109/?v=1

11. Amphibian Diversity: Species Richness and Precipitation

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

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

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

    This activity will explore how natural history specimen data can be used to investigate the relationship between precipitation levels in a region and species diversity of amphibians.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1101/?v=1

12. Species Range Over Space and Time

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

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

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

    In this module, students use data from natural history collections to look at range shifts related to climate variables over different time periods.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1106/?v=1

13. Liberating Data for Biodiversity Research

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

    By Libby Ellwood¹, Austin Mast²

    1. iDigBio 2. Florida State University

    The objectives of this exercise are to familiarize you with the information content of biodiversity specimens and their labels, the breadth of that information across geographic space and/or time.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1104/?v=1

14. Connecting Students to Citizen Science and Curated Collections

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

    By Anna Monfils¹, Erica Krimmel, Debra Linton¹, Travis Marsico², Ashley Morris³, Brad Ruhfel⁴

    1. Central Michigan University 2. Arkansas State University 3. Middle Tennessee State University 4. 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

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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

20. Avian Censys Analysis

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

    By Darcy Taniguchi

    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