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1. NEON Data in the Classroom: Implementing and Adapting an Open Education NEON Resource “Quantifying the Drivers and Impacts of Natural Disturbance Events-The 2013 Colorado Floods” for the Southern California Classroom.

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

   By Adriane Clark Jones

   Mount Saint Mary's University

   Natural disasters and subsequent ecological disturbance events illustrate the complexity of problems in ecology and environmental science, and can be used as effective teaching tools. Unpacking the...

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/954/?v=1

2. Developing quantitative skills for ecological data: the effects of climate warming on phenological variation and species interactions

   21 Nov 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Jill Hamilton¹, Zachary Tarble¹

   North Dakota State University

   Students combine long-term observational data sets and experimental warming in an alpine meadow in Gothic, CO to test, evaluate, and interpret ecological data focusing on phenological variation and...

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/935/?v=1

3. Computational Biology using R

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

   By Hong Qin

   University of Tennessee Chattanooga

   This is an introductory level course on computational biology.

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/907/?v=1

4. A Very Basic Tutorial for Performing Linear Mixed Effects Analyses: Tutorial 2

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

   By Bodo Winter

   University of California, Merced

   The second of two tutorials that introduce you to linear and linear mixed models. This tutorial serves as a quick boot camp to jump-start your own analyses with linear mixed effects models.

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/833/?v=1

5. A Pipeline in Paradise, Part 1: Learning the Relevant Science

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

   By Shannon N. Conley¹, Kathryn De Ridder-Vignone¹, Mary K. Handley¹, Michael L. Deaton¹

   James Madison University

   This case requires students to integrate information across the following five “knowledge domains” to develop a baseline understanding of the problem.

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/789/?v=1

6. Phenotypic plasticity and predation

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

   By Jeremy M Wojdak¹, Justin Touchon²

   1. Radford University 2. Vassar College

   Students predict changes to tadpole morphology and coloration after considering characteristics of the predator species and the prey themselves then test their own hypotheses (typically with...

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/545/?v=1

7. 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/qubesresources/publications/542/?v=1

8. 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/qubesresources/publications/544/?v=1

9. Introduction to UNIX command line

   31 Jul 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Serghei Mangul

   University of California - Los Angeles

   These are materials for a Unix workshop with hands-on examples that requires no prior knowledge of Unix or programming.

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/731/?v=1

10. Investigating the effects of urbanization on bird biodiversity: Testing three biodiversity hypotheses using citizen science data

    13 Jun 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Jennifer Kovacs¹, Ebony Gaillard²

    1. Spelman College 2. University of North Carolina

    Students generate predictions and test three hypotheses about how biodiversity is affected by urbanization over time using citizen science generated bird count data and land use data from 13...

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/645/?v=1

11. The nose knows: How tri-trophic interactions and natural history shape bird foraging behavior

    12 Jun 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Kaitlin Bonner¹, Gregory Cunningham¹

    St. John Fisher College

    Students investigate the role of olfaction and infochemicals on bird foraging behavior through three different quantitative modules. In this module students create graphs, generate statistics, draw...

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/470/?v=1

12. The Effect of Climate Change on Butterfly Phenology

    12 Jun 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

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

    1. Central Michigan University 2. Florida Museum of Natural History 3. La Brea Tar Pits & Museum

    In this module, students explore changes in butterfly phenology through the use of natural history collections data.

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/469/?v=1

13. Investigating Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Ecologies Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) (Abstract) | TIEE

    12 Jun 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Maruthi Bhaskar

    Texas Southern University

    Identifying, mapping and understanding the magnitude and the spatial prevalence of the Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) such as chlamydia and gonorrhea diseases. Analyzing the spatial trends of...

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/423/?v=1

14. Parasites -- They're what's for dinner: Investigating the role of parasites in aquatic food webs

    12 Jun 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Sarah Orlofske

    Northeastern Illinois University

    Use a well-resolved food web database from a freshwater wetland ecosystem in central California to explore how parasites influence community properties and learn how food webs are constructed and...

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/422/?v=1

15. Diseasebots

    12 Jun 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Arietta Fleming-Davies¹, Skylar Hopkins²

    1. QUBES; Radford University 2. UC Santa Barbara and Virginia Tech

    This module explores the effects of host density on contact rates and transmission of pathogens or mutualist symbionts using a hands-on simulation, a computer agent-based model in NetLogo, and an...

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/641/?v=1

16. Environmental Drivers of Ecosystem Carbon Fluxes from Minutes to Years

    11 Jun 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Christopher Gough¹, Cindee Giffen², Thomas W Woodward¹

    1. Virginia Commonwealth University 2. University of Michigan

    Students build on fundamental concepts of ecosystem production and carbon cycling, combining this knowledge with open long-term data from ecological and meteorological networks to uncover the...

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/571/?v=1

17. Freezer Full of Fossils v2.0

    11 Jun 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Louise Mead¹, Michael James Wiser¹, Noah Ribeck², Fred Hingst³, Richard Schultz⁴, Richard Lenski¹

    1. BEACON Center for the Study of Evolution in Action, Michigan State University 2. University of California, Santa Barbara 3. Dewitt High School 4. St. Johns High School

    The Long Term Evolution Experiment started by Dr. Richard Lenski provides a rich dataset to help students explore concepts of fitness, replication, and adaption.

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/642/?v=1

18. Terrestrial Trophic Cascades & Population Structure

    06 Jun 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Brian Robert Shmaefsky¹, J. Phil Gibson²

    1. Lone Star College - Kingwood 2. University of Oklahoma

    In this activity, students will use data from natural parks to examine trophic cascades.

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/628/?v=1

19. Transpiration

    06 Jun 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Maryann Adel Borsick Herman¹, J. Phil Gibson²

    1. St. John Fisher College 2. University of Oklahoma

    In this lab, students will examine differences between C3 and C4 plants in their transpiration rates.

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/622/?v=1

20. Biogeography of plant-associated fungi: who lives where and why?

    28 May 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Naupaka Bruce Zimmerman¹, Peter Vitousek²

    1. University of San Francisco 2. Stanford University

    This dataset of fungal communities associated with the leaves an endemic Hawaiian tree provides students opportunities to explore relationships between environmental variables and microbial...

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/596/?v=1