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1. 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/qubesresources/publications/1056/?v=1

2. 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/qubesresources/publications/1026/?v=1

3. 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/qubesresources/publications/1025/?v=1

4. Exploring the functionality of R

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

   By Austin Happel

   Colorado State University

   Students work with example data to generate a length-weight plot and use lm() to obtain regression coefficients. Base plot functions are used to plot both the data and the regression line.

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1024/?v=1

5. Binomial test

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

   By Stephen Gosnell

   Baruch College, 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/qubesresources/publications/1022/?v=1

6. 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/qubesresources/publications/1018/?v=1

7. Modeling Trophic Interactions in Rice Agriculture: A Jigsaw Approach

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

   By Fernando Nieto¹, Kiersten Nicole Newtoff², Kristine Grayson³, Emily Nodine⁴, Brian Robert Shmaefsky⁵

   1. SUNY Old Westbury 2. Montgomery College 3. University of Richmond 4. Rollins College 5. Lone Star College - Kingwood

   Students explore four different issues related to trophic interactions that affect modern rice agriculture practices and consider relationships between these issues using Lotka and Volterra...

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1017/?v=1

8. Understanding Trophic Interactions in Rice Agriculture: A Jigsaw Approach

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

   By Kiersten Nicole Newtoff¹, Fernando Nieto², Emily Nodine³, Brian Robert Shmaefsky⁴, Kristine Grayson⁵

   1. Montgomery College 2. SUNY Old Westbury 3. Rollins College 4. Lone Star College - Kingwood 5. University of Richmond

   Students explore four different issues related to trophic interactions that affect modern rice agriculture practices and consider relationships between these issues.

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1008/?v=1

9. 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/qubesresources/publications/1006/?v=1

10. 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/qubesresources/publications/1005/?v=1

11. 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/qubesresources/publications/1000/?v=1

12. Biological Diversity in Wetlands: Applying the Scientific Method

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

    By Orissa Moulton

    Texas A & M University Galveston

    An introduction to the Scientific Method for Introductory Biology students using plant and animal richness and environmental data from ephemeral ponds and permanent wetlands.

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/997/?v=1

13. Data simulation and randomization tests

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

    By James S. Santangelo

    University of Toronto

    A participatory live-coding lesson on simulating data and performing randomization tests on ecological data in R.

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/996/?v=1

14. Finding Selection in All the Right Places

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

    By Juliet F. K. Noor, Mohamed A. F. Noor

    Lab introducing students to evolutionary genetics using bioinformatics and biocuration, published as GSA Learning Resource

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/994/?v=1

15. Exploration of the Human Genome by Investigation of Personalized SNPs

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

    By Lani C. Keller

    Quinnipiac University

    To increase students' interest in their own genomes, this computer-based laboratory lesson is designed to be coupled with the opportunity for the students to be genotyped by the consumer sequencing...

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/993/?v=1

16. Behavioral Genetics: Investigating the genes of a complex phenotype in fruit flies

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

    By Craig E. Stanley, Jr., Charles Hadley S. King, IV, Michelle Thornton, Rob J. Kulathinal

    Introductory genetics laboratory published as GSA Learning Resource

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/988/?v=1

17. Working with plant phenology data and fitting a nonlinear model using least squares in R

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

    By Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher¹, Ahmed Hasan¹

    University of Toronto

    A participatory live-coding lesson on working with NEON phenology data and fitting a sine-wave model todetermine when different species get and lose their leaves.

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/978/?v=1

18. MathBench: Biodiversity Assessment of Stream Biota

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

    By Rebekah Chapman

    Georgia State University

    The MathBench module, "The Case of the Missing Mountaintop" introduces students to the concept of biodiversity and measures used to quantify biodiversity and stream health. Students investigate the...

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/977/?v=1

19. The nose knows: How tri-trophic interactions and natural history shape bird foraging behavior. An introduction to statistical analysis in animal behavior research

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

    By Julia Burrows

    Students investigate the role of olfaction and infochemicals on bird foraging behavior through two different quantitative activities where they generate hypotheses, create figures, conduct data...

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/973/?v=1

20. Working with spreadsheet-style data in Python with pandas and seaborn

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

    By Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher

    University of Toronto

    This 4-hour participatory live-coding workshop takes learners through the basics of programming in Python via the Jupyter Lab interface and culminates with exploration and visualization of...

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/971/?v=1