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  1. Venom: To Kill or Cure?

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

    By Valerie Ledford

    Columbia High School

    In this case study, students will explore concepts of evolution, protein structure and function, taxonomy, and methods of scientific inquiry in a real-world way.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2506/?v=1

  2. Jun 14 2021

    BCEENET to Hold Virtual Summer Meeting

    Biological Collections in Ecology and Evolution Network (BCEENET) brings together natural history collections professionals, undergraduate educators, data experts, and researchers to support...

    https://qubeshub.org/news/events/details/1988

  3. Collections Education Coffee Break Series Episode One: What Can We Learn From an Insect Specimen Label?

    26 Apr 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By M. Anne Basham

    Biodiversity Outreach Network

    In the first episode of the Collections Education Coffee Break Series we speak with Anne Basham from SCAN and the Biodiversity Outreach Network. ...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2324/?v=1

  4. The Evolution (and Coevolution) of Flowering Plants Virtual Classroom

    05 Feb 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Anna Monfils1, Debra Linton1

    Central Michigan University

    In this lab, you will explore the diversity of flower and fruit adaptations that have evolved to accomplish pollination and seed dispersal and you will investigate the coevolution of angiosperms...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2251/?v=1

  5. Built-in Flexibility: Lessons learned to engage your community virtually

    10 Dec 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Andrew Osborne Hasley1, Hayley Orndorf2, Deborah Rook1

    1. BioQUEST 2. University of Pittsburgh

    Materials and resources for "Built-in Flexibility," an episode of the webinar series, "Adapting to COVID-19: Resources for Natural History Collections in a New Virtual World."

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2173/?v=2

  6. Built-in Flexibility: Lessons learned to engage your community virtually

    07 Dec 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Andrew Osborne Hasley1, Hayley Orndorf2, Deborah Rook1

    1. BioQUEST 2. University of Pittsburgh

    Materials and resources for "Built-in Flexibility," an episode of the webinar series, "Adapting to COVID-19: Resources for Natural History Collections in a New Virtual World."

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2173/?v=1

  7. When did I lose my legs? A limbless lizard tale

    11 Sep 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Patrick Kelly

    Leesburg High School

    Using oVERT project models students examine examples of extant traditional lizards, snakes and limbless lizards and create phylogenies based on trait and genetic data.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2102/?v=1

  8. Engaging students in data exploration using digital biodiversity databases: BLUE Data Network

    27 Jul 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Anna Monfils1, Debra Linton1

    Central Michigan University

    Slides for BLUE presentation at 2020 BIOME Institute: Cultivating Scientific Curiosity

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2010/?v=1

  9. Exploring multiple approaches to engage underrepresented students in research with natural history collections.

    24 Jul 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Molly Phillips1, Adania Flemming2, Jeanette Pirlo3, David Blackburn4

    1. iDigBio, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida 2. iDigBio, FLMNH 3. University of Florida, Florida Museum of Natural History 4. Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida

    The iDigBio team has leveraged natural history collections in a 3-pronged approach designed to engage undergraduates from underrepresented groups in collections-based research.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1972/?v=1

  10. Cleaning Biodiversity Data: A Botanical Example Using Excel or RStudio

    16 Jul 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Michelle Gaynor

    University of Florida

    Access and clean an open source herbarium dataset using Excel or RStudio.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1964/?v=1

  11. Digital Atlas of Ancient Life | Exploring the Diversity and History of Fossil Life

    08 Jun 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Jonathan Hendricks

    Paleontological Research Institution

    The Digital Atlas project include field guides to fossils (including a mobile app), an online paleontology textbook, and a collection of over 500 virtual 3D models of fossil specimens.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1893/?v=1

  12. The Effect of Climate Change on Butterfly Phenology

    29 May 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Risa Cohen

    In this module, students explain the importance of collections in scientific research, manipulate data in a spreadsheet program, create properly plotted and labeled graphs, analyze data to test...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1876/?v=1

  13. Origin and Diversity of Armor in Girdled Lizards

    15 May 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Jennifer Broo

    Mariemont High School

    The girdled lizards (Cordylidae) are a family of distinctively armored lizards endemic to Sub-Saharan Africa. Students examine lizards in this family to classify the lizards based on morphological...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1846/?v=1

  14. That Vertebrate Ate What Exactly?

    15 May 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Jason Horner

    Coral Glades High School

    During the course of this lesson, students will analyze CT scan data and observe bycatch (or an unknown discovery) captured during the scanning process of vertebrates.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1845/?v=1

  15. Diving into Deep Sea Data

    23 Apr 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Adania Flemming1, Randy Singer2, Molly Phillips3

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

    A module that combines NOAA's Okeanos Explorer and the iDigBio Portal to explore the deep sea!

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1820/?v=1

  16. Using Digitized Collections-Based Data in Research: A Hands-On Crash Course in Ecological Niche Modeling

    23 Apr 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Blaine Marchant

    Stanford University

    Step-by-step, hands-on instruction on ways to access and download these specimen data, how to process climate layer data, and how to apply Maxent software to construct ecological niche models.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1819/?v=1

  17. Birds and Lice: Reciprocal Natural Selection

    22 Apr 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Anna Monfils1, Julie Allen, Brad W Goodner, Debra Linton1

    Central Michigan University

    This exercise investigates the form and function of lice and their relationship to their bird host.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1817/?v=1

  18. Supersized Life: Comparing Across Scales

    24 Mar 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Natasha Vitek1, Christopher Baker2

    1. Stony Brook University 2. Exceptional Student Education Department, Alachua County Public Schools

    How wide is the size range of living beings, from "big" to "too small to see"? Students will collect and compare measurements from 3D specimens within the metric system by multiplying or dividing...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1789/?v=1

  19. Using Data Science Skills and Digitized Natural History Collections Data to Investigate Ecological and Evolutionary Principles in Introductory Biology Courses

    22 Aug 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

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

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

    Session presentation Biodiversity Literacy in Undergraduate Education project at the 2019 BioQUEST & QUBES Summer Workshop

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1404/?v=1

  20. Using Synthetic Biology to Teach Data Science

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

    By Margaret S Saha1, Beteel Abu-Ageel1, Sanjana Challa1, Xiangyi Fang1, Chai Hibbert1, Anna Isler1, Elias Nafziger1, Adam Oliver1, Hanqiu Peng1, Julia Urban1, Vivian Zhu1

    College of William and Mary

    Poster and supplemental materials on using synthetic biology to introduce students to meaningful data mining, analysis, and application to engineering novel biological constructs.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1326/?v=2