Teaching Materials (1-7 of 7)

1. Space Mission Ecology: Making Connections Among Science Disciplines Through the Lens of a Unique Plant

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

   By Stephanie K. Polutchko†‡§*¹, Barbara Demmig-Adams†², Rachel N. Arbor‡³, Jared J. Stewart†§¹, Kendi F. Davies‡², William W. Adams III², Aislyn A. Keyes‡⁴, Sean M. Gleason§⁵, Haylen Gonzalez-Pita†⁶, Genadine Frank†⁷, Lisa A. Corwin‡²

   1. University of Colorado, Boulder; United States Department of Agriculture 2. University of Colorado, Boulder 3. Garrison Elementary and Middle School; Gaia Scholastic 4. University of Colorado, Boulder; Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences 5. United States Department of Agriculture 6. Aspen High School 7. Erie High School

   With this case study, we aim to increase awareness of essential services plants provide to society, as well as the importance of fundamental aspects of ecology for other disciplines and the...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/4910/?v=1

2. Quantifying and Visualizing Campus Tree Phenology

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

   By Nathan Emery*¹, Caleb Trujillo¹, Andrew Jarosz¹, Tammy Long¹

   Michigan State University

   Large enrollment courses present a challenge for instructors who want to engage students in authentic science practices that fit the recommendations of Vision & Change. Our lesson provides a...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2624/?v=1

3. Digital Herbarium Lab with RStudio: Are shifting abundances of native species detectable over time?

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

   By Rebecca Penny Humphrey

   Aquinas College

   This 2- to 3-hour lab activity introduces sophomore-level students to digitized herbarium collections, R-coding, and potential reasons for shifting abundances in native and non-native plant species...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2482/?v=1

4. An Introduction to the R Programming Environment

   02 Jun 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By K. A. Garrett¹, P. D. Esker¹, A. H. Sparks¹

   Kansas State University

   An online module introducing students and biologists to R, published in American Phytopathological Society

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/1002/?v=2

5. 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/publications/1247/?v=1

6. Quantifying and Visualizing Campus Tree Phenology

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

   By Nate Emery¹, Caleb Trujillo¹, Andrew Jarosz¹, Tammy M Long¹

   Michigan State University

   This lesson, published on CourseSource, enables collaborative teams to collect, quantify, and analyze observable seasonal changes in nature.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/1142/?v=1

7. An Introduction to the R Programming Environment

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

   By K. A. Garrett¹, P. D. Esker¹, A. H. Sparks¹

   Kansas State University

   An online module introducing students and biologists to R, published in American Phytopathological Society

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/1002/?v=1