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1. Assessing Socioeconomic Trends in Tree Cover and Human Health in Urban Environments

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

   By Tamara Basham

   Collin County Commuity College District

   In this exercise, students use a combination of publicly available data and tree cover data that they generate using iTree Canopy to test whether tree cover is equitably distributed within the city...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2363/?v=1

2. Exploring Health Inequities and Redlining

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

   By Mary Mulcahy

   University of Pittsburgh at Bradford

   For this assignment, students will investigate relationships between historic redlining data and modern statistics of human health.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2347/?v=2

3. Scientist Spotlights and Data Nuggets Workshop Materials (BIOME 2021)

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

   By Jessica Ashley Allen¹, Jennifer Apple², Karen Groh³, Elizabeth Hamman⁴, Pratima Jindal⁵, Pat Marsteller⁶, Heather Olins⁷, Darlene Panvini⁸, Rachel Pigg⁹, Gustavo Requena Santos¹⁰, Merrie Renee Richardson¹¹, Sheela Vemu¹², Jennifer Wade¹³, Suann Yang¹⁴

   1. Columbia College 2. SUNY Geneseo 3. Good Samaritan College 4. St Mary's College of Maryland 5. Waubonsee Community College 6. Emory University 7. Boston College 8. Belmont University 9. University of Louisville 10. Science Yourself 11. Southcentral Kentucky Community & Technical College 12. Waubonsee Community College - Tenure Track and Northern Illinois University 13. Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences 14. State University of New York College at Geneseo

   Materials and resources for the "Scientist Spotlights and Data Nuggets Workshop," presented at the 2021 Biology and Mathematics Educators (BIOME) Institute.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2496/?v=1

4. Using Nanoparticles to Treat Cancer Scientist Spotlight

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

   By Jennifer Wade¹, Hyeyoun Chang²

   1. Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences 2. Dana Farber Cancer Institute

   Students use published scientific data to determine which types of nanoparticles would be best to use to deliver cytotoxic drugs directly to cancer cells. Then they learn about the scientist who...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2490/?v=1

5. Examining Medical and Scientific Racism Using the Story of Henrietta Lacks

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

   By Melissa Haswell

   Davenport University

   This is a semester-long project in which students read and discuss the story of Henrietta Lacks from multiple ethical perspectives. This project was developed for an undergraduate science ethics...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2479/?v=1

6. Urban stream invaders: a scientist spotlight featuring Dr. Piatã Santana Marques

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

   By Jennifer Apple

   SUNY Geneseo

   Students read and interpret data from a study which addresses how urbanization affects the invasive attributes of a non-native species. They also reflect on the identity of the lead researcher and...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2472/?v=1

7. Maintenance of Phenotypic Polymorphism and a Scientist Spotlight Featuring Dr. Swanne Gordon

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

   By Robert E Furrow

   University of California, Davis

   In this lesson students interpret graphical evidence of frequency-dependent selection in the wood tiger moth, then make long-term evolutionary predictions. They then read and reflect on an...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2463/?v=1

8. Writing Microbiology Resource Announcements Collaboratively

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

   By Arturo Diaz¹, Julia Lee-Soety², Shima Chaudhary³, Richard Pollenz⁴

   1. La Sierra University 2. Saint Joseph’s University 3. South Texas College 4. University of South Florida

   This resources provides a framework for students to write a Microbiology Resource Announcement, collaboratively.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2038/?v=2

9. Using Bioinformatics Activities to understand the Past and Present of SARS-CoV2

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

   By Gaurav Arora

   We have designed a Bioinformatics activity that uses tools to identify the origins and mutations in the novel SARS-CoV2 strains.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2460/?v=1

10. Critical inquiry for inclusive teaching of statistics

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

    By Carrie Diaz Eaton

    Bates College

    Professional development workshop slides to help curate conversations in teaching statistics with a critical inquiry lens.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2458/?v=1

11. Choosing healthy data for healthy relationships: how to use 5-point summaries, box and whisker plots, and correlation to understand global health trends.

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

    By Andrea Huntoon¹, John Doudna², Pallavi Bhale³, Thalita Abrahão⁴, Alys Hugo⁵, Jennifer Lyon Adler⁶

    1. Fox Valley Technical College 2. Lansing Community College 3. Montgomery College 4. Georgia State University Perimeter College 5. Everett Community College 6. Maysville Community and Technical College

    This module utilizes a user-friendly database exploring data selection, box-and-whisker plot, and correlation analysis. It also guides students on how to make a poster of their data and conclusions.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2427/?v=1

12. Final Project for Calling Bull

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

    By Carrie Diaz Eaton

    Bates College

    This is the final project for the calling bull course & it is to find 3 pieces of misinformation/BS and debunk them. They have to re-do at least one visualization, use R in at least one debunking,...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2431/?v=1

13. Happy Blue Baby

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

    By Didem Vardar-Ulu

    Boston University, Chemistry Department

    This case, about a specific mutant of hemoglobin, focuses on visualizing and understanding the molecular basis of why an infant turned blue soon after birth and how the cyanosis resolved on its own...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2419/?v=1

14. COVID-19: Molecular Basis Infection Revisited One Year into the Pandemic

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

    By Didem Vardar-Ulu

    Boston University, Chemistry Department

    This adaptation was written in Spring 2021 exactly one year after the original case and includes explorations of the emerging mutations within the spike protein

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2424/?v=1

15. Open Practices Learning Community Curriculum

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

    By Karen Cangialosi

    Keene State College

    This is a learning community curriculum designed to engage participants in discussions, short readings and mini-exercises to explore basic tools for Open Educational Practices (OEP)

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2411/?v=1

16. Making Predictions with Linear Models: A Murder Mystery Case Study

    31 May 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Miranda Chen Musgrove

    University of Colorado, Boulder

    This Swirl lesson will introduce two main concepts to students: 1) the idea of uncertainty around linear slopes versus individual values and 2) predicting values using linear models.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2396/?v=1

17. Exploring Health Inequities and Redlining

    20 May 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Mary Mulcahy

    University of Pittsburgh at Bradford

    For this assignment, students will investigate relationships between historic redlining data and modern statistics of human health.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2347/?v=1

18. Advanced Student Molecular Case Study Authorship Scaffolded Project and Rubric

    20 May 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Kasandra Riley (She/Her)

    Rollins College

    Instructions, assignment prompts, and a rubric for assessing advanced undergraduate authorship of molecular case studies

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2382/?v=1

19. Exploring EnvironmenATL Justice with Data Analytics and Visualization

    14 May 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Ethell Vereen

    Morehouse College

    Basic data handling and data analysis skills are introduced to visualize and analyze ‘big data.’ Environmental justice is introduced to give students an understanding of tools and strategies to...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2372/?v=1

20. The Legacy of Redlining in Oakland, CA

    13 May 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Marci Cole Ekberg

    The issues of redlining and environmental justice will be introduced and used as a framework for a number of topics in the third part of the semester in a non-majors Environmental Science course.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2362/?v=1