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1. Using Images of Foraging Leaf-Cutter Ants to Teach Linear Regression

   29 Aug 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Ariel Firebaugh¹, Justin Touchon², Hayley Orndorf³, Jeremy Wojdak¹

   1. Radford University 2. Vassar College 3. University of Pittsburgh

   This lesson offers students a realistic, open-inquiry research experience, even when lab or field research is not possible. We first introduce students to leaf-cutter ants and how they forage. Then...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2689/?v=1

2. Lichen Niches and Distributions Lab Activity

   14 May 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Jessica Coyle

   This is a 2-part lab activity based on the EREN-NEON Flexible Learning Project: Lichens in Diverse Landscapes. Students conduct field surveys of lichen abundance near their homes and explore...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2374/?v=1

3. Exploring global reef health and human population using correlation and simple linear regression

   10 May 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By David Sale

   Virginia Commonwealth University

   In this lesson, students will explore the relationship between reef cover and human disturbance. Students will manipulate a large dataset and perform normality tests, data transformations,...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2341/?v=1

4. Climate-Induced Shifts in California Butterflies

   18 Feb 2021 | 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=2

5. 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

6. Cardiac Output

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

   By Lou Gross¹, Monica Beals¹, Susan Harrell¹

   University of Tennessee Knoxville

   This module introduces Fick's principle in the context of understanding the cardiac output. It is intended for an introductory biology audience.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/1076/?v=1

7. Translocation of Nutrients in the Phloem: Dixon's Paradox

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

   By Lou Gross¹, Monica Beals¹, Susan Harrell¹

   University of Tennessee Knoxville

   This module introduces the Dixon equation in the context of understanding nutrient transport through sieve tubes. It is intended for an introductory biology audience.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/1074/?v=1

8. 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

9. Doubling Time of Tumors

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

   By Lou Gross¹, Monica Beals¹, Susan Harrell¹

   University of Tennessee Knoxville

   This module introduces the calculation of potential doubling time of tumorous cells in the context of understanding the growth of a population of the cells. It is intended for an introductory...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/983/?v=1

10. Amino Acid Frequency

    23 Dec 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Lou Gross¹, Monica Beals¹, Susan Harrell¹

    University of Tennessee Knoxville

    This module introduces expected frequencies in the context of understanding amino acid composition. It is intended for an introductory biology audience.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/979/?v=1

11. Permeability of Molecules

    10 Dec 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Lou Gross¹, Monica Beals¹, Susan Harrell¹

    University of Tennessee Knoxville

    This module introduces Overton's Rule in the context of understanding the permeability of molecules across the cell membrane. It is intended for an introductory biology audience.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/940/?v=1

12. Statistical Exploration of Climate Data

    30 Oct 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Tamra Carpenter¹, Jon Kettenring², Robert Vanderbei³

    1. DIMACS, Rutgers University 2. Research Institute for Scientists Emeriti, Drew University 3. Princeton University

    In this module the students will learn some basic concepts in statistical thinking about data, with emphasis on exploratory data analysis.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/900/?v=1

13. An Introduction to Statistical Learning: with Applications in R

    23 Oct 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Gareth James¹, Daniela Witten², Trevor Hastie³, Robert Tibshirani³

    1. University of Southern California 2. University of Washington 3. Stanford University

    This book provides an introduction to statistical learning methods and is aimed for upper level undergraduate students, masters students and Ph.D. students in the non-mathematical sciences.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/847/?v=1

14. Dendroclimatology

    17 Sep 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Jeremy M Wojdak¹, R. S. Maxwell¹

    Radford University

    Dendroclimatologists can reconstruct climate records further into the past than written records, by examining tree rings. Students "reverse-engineer" this process by considering growth rates of a...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/544/?v=2

15. Leaf cutter ant foraging

    24 Aug 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Jeremy M Wojdak¹, Justin Touchon², Myra Hughey²

    1. Radford University 2. Vassar College

    This module introduces students to leaf-cutter ants in the rainforests of Panama. Students derive their own research hypotheses regarding ant foraging or allometric scaling relationships.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/542/?v=1

16. Dendroclimatology

    24 Aug 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Jeremy M Wojdak¹, R. S. Maxwell¹

    Radford University

    Dendroclimatologists can reconstruct climate records further into the past than written records, by examining tree rings. Students "reverse-engineer" this process by considering growth...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/544/?v=1

17. Investigating Trade-offs among Mammal Traits

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    07 Jun 2018 | | Contributor(s):: Jackie Matthes

    This app draws on a large species-level dataset with metabolic, life history, and ecological traits of most living and recently extinct mammal species. Users can select and plot traits, fit linear models to the data, and query displayed datapoints.

18. ESTEEM Session materials

    Collections | 07 May 2018 | Posted by Hayley Orndorf

    https://qubeshub.org/community/groups/summer2018/collections/resources-for-tuesday-sessions

19. AIMS- Analyzing Images to learn Mathematics and Statistics - studying leaf cutter ants to learn linear regression

    03 Jan 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Jeremy M Wojdak

    Radford University

    This is a teaching resource that uses fascinating images and videos of leaf cutter ants foraging in Panama to provide an engaging context for students to learn about mathematics and statistics.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/239/?v=1

20. ESTEEM Session materials

    Collections | 14 Jun 2017 | Posted by Anton E Weisstein

    https://qubeshub.org/community/groups/summer2017/collections/resources-for-monday-sessions