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1. Does Organelle Shape Matter? Exploring Cell Shape through the Allen Cell Explorer and High-content Microscopy Datasets

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

   By Carlos Christopher Goller¹, Kaitlyn Casimo

   North Carolina State University

   The morphology and localization of structures inside the cell are often assumed to fit the ideal images found in biology textbooks. This interrupted case study using high-throughput microscopy data...

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/798/?v=1

2. Processes that Regulate Patterns of Species and Genetic Diversity - Intro Environmental Science

   01 Jun 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Megan Kelly

   Arrupe College of Loyola University Chicago

   This activity was adapted for use in an intro non-majors Environmental Science course, with an emphasis on collaborative data collection.

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1267/?v=1

3. The Effect of Climate Change on Butterfly Phenology - Intro Environmental Science

   01 Jun 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Megan Kelly

   Arrupe College of Loyola University Chicago

   In this module, students practice interpreting the relationship between variables before exploring changes in butterfly phenology through the use of natural history collections data.

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1266/?v=1

4. Modification of "The Effect of Climate Change on Butterfly Phenology" module by Linton et al.

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

   By Kaitlin Stack Whitney

   Rochester Institute of Technology

   This is a modification of the Linton et al. module in TIEE Volume 13. Students use data from digitized museum records of butterfly specimens in a modification with no homework (lab/workshop format)...

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1163/?v=1

5. Investigating human impacts on stream ecology: locally and nationally

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

   By Jillian K. Decker

   State University of New York - Rockland Community College

   How does nutrient pollution impact stream ecosystems locally and nationally?

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1249/?v=1

6. Processes that Regulate Patterns of Species and Genetic Diversity

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

   By Jillian K. Decker

   State University of New York - Rockland Community College

   This activity was developed for an undergraduate upper level ecology course for Environmental or Biological Science majors. Classes of ~20 students work best for the activity.

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1245/?v=1

7. Bioinformatics: Investigating Sequence Similarity - A Plant Biology Approach

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

   By Ami Erickson

   This laboratory module is a modification of the original published on CourseSource with a focus on plant biology. In the final activity, students conduct a BLAST to compare histone protein...

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1247/?v=1

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. Sequence Similarity Resource Adaptation: Exploring Ebola Virus

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

    By William Tapprich

    University of Nebraska-Omaha

    This adaptation of the sequence similarity resource provides biology students with a basic set of bioinformatics concepts and tools. These concepts and tools are used to explore relationships...

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1219/?v=1

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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

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