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A Customizable Inquiry-Based Statistics Teaching Application for Introductory Biology Students
05 Apr 2024 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Mikus Abolins-Abols*1, Natalie Christian1, Jeffery A. Masters1, Rachel M. Pigg1
University of Louisville
Building strong quantitative skills prepares undergraduate biology students for successful careers in science and medicine. While math and statistics anxiety can negatively impact student learning...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/4651/?v=1
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Adrienne E Williams
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Andrew Haveles
I'm a zoologist and paleoecologist currently an Assistant Professor at University of Wisconsin - River Falls with a joint appointment in the Department of Biology and the Department of Plant...
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Jun 20 2019
Application Deadline: Project EDDIE Module Development Workshop 2019
The application deadline for the Project EDDIE Module Development Workshop 2019 is August 25, 2019. If you are accepted for the workshop, you will be asked to complete a registration form to...
https://qubeshub.org/news/events/details/1741
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Bioimage Informatics Activity - Julian, D. 2018
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07 Aug 2018 |
Posted by Carlos C. Goller
https://qubeshub.org/community/groups/hits/collections/ht-cell-imaging-collection
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Biology Student Math Attitudes and Anxiety Program (BIOMAAP)
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24 Jul 2017 |
Posted by Arietta Fleming-Davies
https://qubeshub.org/community/groups/summer2017/collections/resources-for-monday-sessions
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Cellular Respiration and pH: blocking the electron transport chain and its effects on the proton gradient, pH, and ATP production
06 Oct 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Evdokia Kastanos1, Julie Takacs2, Shannon Dahl3, Padmavathi Tangirala4, Ben Nicholson1, Susan Warner5
1. Montgomery College/Rockville 2. Anne Arundel Community College 3. Howard Community College 4. Montgomery College/Germantown 5. Community College of Baltimore County
This module contains exercises designed to help students describe the stages of cellular respiration and quantify the energy molecules produced. Students will predict the region of higher proton...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/4395/?v=1
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Colorful wings send messages: Why are butterfly wings colorful?
15 Apr 2024 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Melissa Kjelvik1, Adriana D. Briscoe2
1. Michigan State University 2. University of California, Irvine
Red postman butterflies live in tropical rainforests and have a mix of red, yellow, and black on their wings. These bright colors may warn predators or attract mates. Explore whether color alone or...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/4713/?v=1
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Jul 26 2019
Combining forces to use assessment to promote enduring quantitative reasoning curricular reform
This workshop will assist participants in contributing to meaningful efforts to foster evidence-based curricular change around improving quantitative reasoning in biology. Vision & Change...
https://qubeshub.org/news/events/details/1739
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CYTOSKELETON - Microtubule Dynamics in the Cell Cycle
06 Oct 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Hannah Pie1, Kathleen Hoffman2
1. Howard Community College 2. University of Maryland, Baltimore County
This module contains exercises designed to help upper-level cell biology students understand the dynamics of microtubule polymerization and depolymerization within the cell cycle and how cancer...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/4537/?v=1
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Data, Distributions, and Hypotheses: Exploring Diversity and Disturbance in the Tallgrass Prairie
29 Aug 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Aakanksha Angra †1, Harmony J. Dalgleish ††2, Sally M. Chambers ††3, Diana Pita †4, Nancy C. Emery* †5
1. Georgia State University 2. College of William & Mary 3. Marie Selby Botanical Gardens 4. Purdue University 5. University of Colorado Boulder
Proper hypothesis generation, data handling, graphing, and communication are essential skills that undergraduate majors in biology are expected to master. However, students rarely get hands-on...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/2672/?v=1
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Dave Kung
Mathematician with a penchant for stirring up good trouble – especially when it comes to making sure all students have access to high quality math experiences aligned with their aspirations.
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Elizabeth H Schultheis
I am a postdoctoral researcher working on Data Nuggets, an innovative approach to bring authentic, cutting edge research and data into the classroom. Data Nuggets reveal to students how the process...
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Emmanuel des-Bordes
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Enzyme Kinetics: How Quickly Can Acetylcholinesterase Break Up Your Thoughts?
23 Aug 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Hannah Pie1, Michelle Starz-Gaiano2
1. Howard County Community College 2. University of Maryland Baltimore County
This module contains exercises designed to help upper-level cell biology students understand the common graphical methods used to evaluate enzyme activity and to see the impact of inhibitors on...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/4517/?v=1
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Getting students to reason with data: QUBES tools and teaching resources built for introductory biology
21 Feb 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Sam S Donovan
University of Pittsburgh
Workshop presented at the 2019 Biology Learning Community Conference
https://qubeshub.org/publications/1088/?v=1
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Integrating Community Ecology Into the Study of Parasites: Exploring the Effect of Host Behavior on Parasite Transmission Rates
07 Aug 2022 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Will H. Ryan1, Christine M. Sestero*2
1. University of Alabama at Birmingham and University of Montevallo 2. University of Montevallo
Organismal life cycles are often presented as a set of facts to memorize in undergraduate biology courses. This approach is cognitively demanding for students and fails to convey how central life...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/3423/?v=1
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Introductory Science and Mathematics Education for 21st-Century Biologists
24 Feb 2015 | | Contributor(s):: William Bialek, David Botstein
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/830Article abstract: "Galileo wrote that “the book of nature is written in the language of mathematics”; his quantitative approach to understanding the...
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Introductory Science and Mathematics Education for 21st-Century Biologists
20 Oct 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By William Bialek1, David Botstein2
1. Department of Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA., Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA. 2. Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA., Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA.
A unified introductory science curriculum that fully incorporates mathematics and quantitative thinking aimed to incorporate biology into the traditional quantitative cultures that have come to...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/830/?v=1
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Linear Regression (Excel) and Cellular Respiration for Biology, Chemistry and Mathematics
03 Dec 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Irene Corriette1, Beatriz Gonzalez1, Daniela Kitanska2, Henriette Mozsolits2, Sheela Vemu3
1. Santa Fe College 2. Passaic County Community College 3. Waubonsee Community College
Students typically find linear regression analysis of data sets in a biology classroom challenging. These activities could be used in a Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, or Statistics course. The...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/2811/?v=1