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1. Evolution Through Natural Selection

   17 Aug 2024 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Timothy Comar

   Benedictine University

   This Excel workbook simulates the population genetics of a single gene with two alleles, allowing the user to set the initial allele frequencies and enter parameters for a variety of different...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/4946/?v=1

2. Deme 2.0

   16 Aug 2024 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Anton E Weisstein

   Truman State University

   This workbook simulates the population genetics of a single gene with two alleles. It can simultaneously model up to three local populations, which may differ in their selection coefficients.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/4942/?v=1

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   Rohini Garg

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   Hillary DelPrete

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5. Application of a Bacterial Experimental Evolution System to Visualize and Teach Evolution in Action: A Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience

   09 Aug 2022 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Collin Kessler¹, William Mazza¹, Kasey Christopher¹, Wook Kim*¹

   Duquesne University

   Concepts of evolution are typically taught through examples of extremely long timescales, which do not always resonate broadly. Here, we describe a course-based undergraduate research experience...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/3422/?v=1

6. A Modeling Exercise in Sexual Selection using a Student-Created Bird Species

   06 Jul 2022 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Ashley B. Heim*¹, Anna Freundlich², Emily A. Holt²

   1. Cornell University and University of Northern Colorado 2. University of Northern Colorado

   Evolution-centered lessons at the undergraduate level can often be jargon-heavy, propagate misconceptions if taught ineffectively, and be uninteresting to students who may not see the relevancy of...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2969/?v=1

7. Moths and Frogs and E. coli, Oh My!: Agent-based Modeling of Evolutionary Systems

   03 Nov 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Alexis Garretson*¹, Lorelei D. Crerar¹

   George Mason University

   In evolution classrooms, introducing and reinforcing the idea of genetic drift and random selection can be challenging, as can be reinforcing appropriate mental models of evolution. Agent-based...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2773/?v=1

8. A Quick and Simple Natural Selection Role Play

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

   By Katelyn J. Butler

   Anderson University

   Teaching evolution remains a challenging task in biology education. Students enter the classroom with stubborn misconceptions and many traditional examples of the process of evolution may not...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2717/?v=1

9. Life Is Just a Game: An Active Learning Activity to Teach Life History Evolution

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

   By Clinton T. Laidlaw*¹, Jamie L. Jensen**¹

   Brigham Young University

   A novel activity was designed to introduce students to the concepts of natural selection and life history using an active-learning, constructivist format. It consisted of two parts: 1) a brief...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2685/?v=1

10. What is Speciation, How Does It Occur, and Why Is It Important for Conservation?

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

    By Lauren A. Genova¹, Benjamin B. Johnson¹, Frank R. Castelli¹, Lina M. Arcila Hernández¹, David A. Chang van Oordt¹, Amelia-Juliette Demery¹, Nicholas K. Fletcher¹, Ellie M. Goud¹, Katherine D. Holmes¹, Jennifer L. Houtz¹, Mia M. Howard¹, Jonathan J. Hughes¹, Kelsey H. Jensen¹, Henry D. Kunerth¹, Eugene P. Law¹, Elizabeth Lombardi¹, Anyi Mazo-Vargas¹, Cait A. McDonald¹, Cinnamon S. Mittan¹, Thomas A. Ryan¹, Allison M. Tracy¹, Jennifer J. Uehling¹, Amelia K. Weiss¹, Michelle K. Smith¹

    Cornell University

    Speciation provides a framework for classifying biodiversity on Earth and is a central concept in evolutionary biology. To help undergraduate students learn about speciation, we designed a...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2684/?v=1

11. Knowing your own: A classroom case study using the scientific method to investigate how birds learn to recognize their offspring

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

    By Joanna Kay Hubbard¹, Daizaburo Shizuka¹, Brian A Couch¹

    University of Nebraska-Lincoln

    Understanding the scientific method provides students with a necessary foundation for careers in science-related fields. Moreover, students can apply scientific inquiry skills in many aspects of...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2570/?v=1

12. "Boost your evolution IQ": An evolution misconceptions game

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

    By Mariëlle Hoefnagels¹, Matthew Scott Taylor¹

    University of Oklahoma

    Students often enter introductory biology courses with misconceptions about evolution. For example, many students believe that traits arise when a species needs them or that evolutionary processes...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2558/?v=1

13. Bird Beak Adaptations

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

    By Miguel Morales

    Lake Worth Community Middle School

    Students will navigate through different stations experiencing simulations of adaptations, manipulations of 3D examples, and making connections to the standards to formulate hypotheses about...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2508/?v=1

14. Lizard cold tolerance and extreme weather events: a scientist spotlight featuring Dr. Shane Campbell-Staton

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

    By Jennifer Apple

    SUNY Geneseo

    Students interpret experimental and observational data about patterns in cold tolerance in the green anole. They reflect on the experience and identity of the lead researcher based on a video...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2491/?v=1

15. Exaggerated Traits and Breeding Success in Widowbirds

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

    By Katie Northcutt

    Mercer University

    Teaching Notes on the Exaggerated Traits and Breeding Success in Widowbirds

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1174/?v=1

16. The Evolution of Human Skin Color

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

    By Katie Northcutt

    Mercer University

    My teaching notes for the Evolution of Human Skin Color case study.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1170/?v=1

17. Exaggerated Traits and Breeding Success in Widowbirds

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

    By J. Phil Gibson

    University of Oklahoma

    National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science- this interrupted case focuses on sexual selection in widowbirds.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/925/?v=1

18. The Evolution of Human Skin Color

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

    By Annie Prud’homme-Genereux

    Quest University Canada

    National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science- while the concept of evolution by natural selection is very simple, it is often misunderstood by students.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/922/?v=1

19. Selection and the Blond Beach Mouse

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

    By Joan Sharp

    Simon Fraser University

    National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science- this "clicker" case study explores ultimate and proximate explanations for cryptic coloration in animals.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/921/?v=1

20. Web Popgen

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

    By Bob Sheehy

    Radford University

    A Hardy-Weinberg simulation program.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/842/?v=1