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MathBench Biology Modules
13 Mar 2015 | | Contributor(s):: Katerina V. Thompson, Kären C. Nelson, Gili Marbach-Ad, Michael Keller, William F. Fagan, Patricia A. Shields
Modules designed to help students understand the math behind the material learned in introductory ecology courses.
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Mathematics for the Life Sciences
24 Feb 2015 | | Contributor(s):: Erin N. Bodine, Suzanne Lenhart, Lou Gross
From source site: "This website is designed to provide a variety of information about the text Mathematics for the Life Sciences. It provides some material that supplements the presentations in the text, and will be the primary method used by the authors to pass on new material related...
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Ming-Lun Ho
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Numbers Count!: Statistics course
28 Mar 2015 | | Contributor(s):: Claudia Neuhauser
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/750This course in the Numbers Count! curriculum introduces the basics of statistical analysis, including basic definitions, data visualization, and application.
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Osmosis: Determination of the rate of osmosis and the isotonic concentration
06 Oct 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Julie Takacs1, Evdokia Kastanos2, Vedham Karpakakunjaram3, Robin Minor4
1. Anne Arundel Community College 2. Montgomery College/Rockville 3. Biology Department, Montgomery College 4. Community College of Baltimore County
This module contains exercises designed to help students understand how solute concentrations affect the direction and rate of osmosis. Students are given different scenarios to predict the...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/4401/?v=1
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Pat Marsteller
Pat Marsteller directed the Emory College Center for Science Education and is a faculty member in the department of Biology at Emory. She studied evolution of animal behavior for her MS degree at...
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Oct 28 2019
Project EDDIE Module Development Workshop 2019
This 2.5-day face-to-face workshop will focus on participants designing flexible EDDIE (environmental data-driven inquiry & exploration)teaching modules that pair scientific concepts and...
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QB@CC Poster for NABT 2020
24 Nov 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Jennifer Glee Buntz1, Joseph Esquibel2, Kristin Jenkins3, Vedham Karpakakunjaram4, Jillian Marie Miller5, Christianne Baucom Nieuwsma6, Heather Seitz7, John Howard Starnes8
1. Central New Mexico Community College 2. University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison College 3. BioQUEST 4. Montgomery College 5. Roane State Community College 6. South Mountain Community College 7. Johnson County Community College 8. Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College
This is a poster presentation at the 2020 NABT Annual PD Conference. This poster describes the goals of QB@CC project, progress in the first year and an update on the upcoming events.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/2140/?v=1
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Quantitative Reasoning Heatmap Assessment - Google Docs
31 Jan 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Jen Eklund1, Irene Shaver2, Kim Harrington
1. Institute for Systems Biology 2. Washington State Board of Community and Technical Colleges
This tool for formative assessment provides a mostly anonymous way for students to consider their confidence with a variety of skills related to quantitative reasoning in biology. The product of...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/3631/?v=1
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Quantitative reasoning: Interdisciplinary STEM 21st century reasoning modality
14 Jun 2015 | | Contributor(s):: Robert Lee Mayes
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/316Date & Time:Wednesday, June 17 @ 9AMDescription:The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS 2013) and the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (NGA 2010) call for improving...
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Quantitative reasoning: Interdisciplinary STEM 21st century reasoning modality
17 Jan 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Robert Lee Mayes
Georgina Southern University
Resource from the 2015 BioQUEST Summer Workshop
https://qubeshub.org/publications/316/?v=1
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Quantitative Reasoning: Peer Review 16(3), 2014
27 Mar 2015 | | Contributor(s):: Shelly Johnson Carey
This resource has been updated - find the current version here:https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/862In this issue of the journal Peer Review, the authors discuss the issues surrounding quantitative literacy. From the journal:...
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Quantitative Reasoning: Peer Review 16(3), 2014
25 Oct 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Shelly Johnson Carey
In this issue of the journal Peer Review, the authors discuss the issues surrounding quantitative literacy.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/862/?v=1
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RAT ATTACK! Population growth
07 Apr 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Kiersten Newtoff1, Gina Wesley1, Will Gretes2, Allison Bell2, Kelly Livernoche1, Sean McNamara3, Jeff Leips4
1. Montgomery College 2. Howard Community College 3. Community College of Baltimore County 4. University of Maryland Baltimore County
This module contains exercises focused on the use and interpretation of density independent and density dependent population growth models. Students build logistic and exponential growth models in...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/4005/?v=1
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Robert Lee Mayes
Robert Mayes received his B.S. (1979) and M.S. (1981) in Mathematics with a secondary education focus from Emporia State University and his Ph.D. in Mathematics Education from Kansas State...
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Steven Rogg
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Teaching biostatistics using the Rule of Four
19 Mar 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Rachel Hartnett1, Qingxia Li2, Stacey Kiser3, Anton E Weisstein4
1. Mount St. Mary's University 2. Fisk University 3. Lane Community College, BioQUEST 4. Truman State University
A guide to helping intro bio students develop a deeper understanding of key statistical concepts by translating among numeric, graphical, verbal, and symbolic representations.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/3762/?v=1
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The Edge Effect
03 May 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Sean McNamara1, Kiersten Newtoff2, Kelly Livernoche2, Allison Bell, Jeff Leips3, Gina Wesley2, William Gretes4
1. Community College of Baltimore County 2. Montgomery College 3. University of Maryland Baltimore County 4. Howard Community College
This module has students venturing outdoors to take a 50m transect and collect abundance data on plants utilizing quadrats in both edge and interior environment. Mathematically the goals of this...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/4292/?v=1
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The Stomata Lab. What the past can tell us about our future - using fossil and modern plants to model atmospheric carbon dioxide
02 Nov 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Gina Wesley1, Kelly Livernoche1, Sean McNamara2, William Gretes3, Allison Bell, Kiersten Newtoff1, Jeff Leips4, Richard Barclay5, Heather Killen5
1. Montgomery College 2. Community College of Baltimore County 3. Howard Community College 4. University of Maryland Baltimore County 5. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Students will develop a mathematical model of the relationship between atmospheric CO2 and the number of stomata on a leaf (Stomata Index). They will evaluate the model graphically, statistically,...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/4541/?v=1
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Using the Hardy-Weinberg Equations: Quantifying Natural Selection and Allele Frequencies
11 May 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Gina Wesley1, Sean McNamara2, Kelly Livernoche1, Kiersten Newtoff1, William Gretes3, Allison Bell, Jeff Leips4
1. Montgomery College 2. Community College of Baltimore County 3. Howard Community College 4. University of Maryland Baltimore County
This module contains exercises designed to walk students through a real-world example of the coevolution of fruit color and primate frugivore color vision. Students will apply the Hardy-Weinberg...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/4324/?v=1