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1. The Effect of Climate Change on Butterfly Phenology

   29 May 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Risa Cohen

   In this module, students explain the importance of collections in scientific research, manipulate data in a spreadsheet program, create properly plotted and labeled graphs, analyze data to test...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/1876/?v=1

2. Introduction to Data Management, Life History, and Demography

   29 May 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Risa Cohen

   Learning Goals:•explain importance of data management•identify elements of an organized data sheet•create & manipulate data in a spreadsheet •calculate vital statistics using life tables•collect,...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/1872/?v=1

3. Global Temperature Change in the 21st Century: An Introduction to Global Climate Models and Graphing in Excel (Adapted for Non-Majors)

   28 May 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Tamara Basham

   Collin County Commuity College District

   Students link human behavior in various climate change scenarios to predicted temperature outcomes at both local (their assigned Latitude) and global (Latitudinal trends) scales. This adaptation is...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/1865/?v=1

4. Demography from "virtual cemeteries"

   18 May 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Erin Larson

   University of Alaska Anchorage

   This module is a modification of the Lanza module in TIEE Volume 8. Rather than requiring students to visit cemeteries outside of class, this modification has students collect data from online...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/1850/?v=1

5. The Effect of Climate Change on Butterfly Phenology - Intro Environmental Science

   01 Jun 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Megan Kelly

   Arrupe College of Loyola University Chicago

   In this module, students practice interpreting the relationship between variables before exploring changes in butterfly phenology through the use of natural history collections data.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/1266/?v=1

6. Modification of "Exploring the population dynamics of wintering bald eagles through long-term data" module

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

   By Kaitlin Stack Whitney

   Rochester Institute of Technology

   This module is a modification of the Beckstead et al. module in TIEE Volume 7. It includes a meta-cognition based model and self reflection, no statistics, and is organized to be done in 1-2...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/1164/?v=1

7. Modification of "The Effect of Climate Change on Butterfly Phenology" module by Linton et al.

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

   By Kaitlin Stack Whitney

   Rochester Institute of Technology

   This is a modification of the Linton et al. module in TIEE Volume 13. Students use data from digitized museum records of butterfly specimens in a modification with no homework (lab/workshop format)...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/1163/?v=1

8. The nose knows: How tri-trophic interactions and natural history shape bird foraging behavior. Introduction to data visualization.

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

   By pamela scheffler

   Students investigate the role of olfaction and infochemicals on bird foraging behavior.. In this module students learn to analyze and present graphic data in ways that simplify interpretation.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/1221/?v=1

9. Exploring the population dynamics of wintering bald eagles through long-term data

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

   By Valerie Greene

   Diablo Valley College

   pptx presentation & partially filled out student proposal worksheet

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/1143/?v=1

10. The Effect of Climate Change on Butterfly Phenology

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

    By Valerie Greene

    Diablo Valley College

    In this module, students explore changes in butterfly phenology through the use of natural history collections data. The resource I have modified is a pptx presentation to introduce the background...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1215/?v=1

11. Exploring the population dynamics of wintering bald eagles through long-term data using R

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

    By Kristen Kaczynski

    California State University - Chico

    The purpose of this modification was to take the analyses that were done in Excel and have the students perform them using R. Students were not given any R code for this activity, as R code was...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1158/?v=1

12. Attend the 5th Life Discovery - Doing Science Education Conference

    17 Jan 2019 | Posted by Elia Crisucci

      5th Life Discovery - Doing Science Education Conference Microbiomes to Ecosystems: Evolution and Biodiversity across Scale, Space, and Time March 21-23, 2019 Gainesville,...

    https://qubeshub.org/news/blog/2019/01/attend-the-5th-life-discovery---doing-science-education-conference

13. ESA Webinar: ESA’s Four Dimensional Framework for Ecology Education (4DEE): Opportunities and Challenges

    17 Jan 2019 | Posted by Elia Crisucci

    ESA Webinar: ESA’s Four Dimensional Framework for Ecology Education (4DEE): Opportunities and Challenges January 24, 2019 2:00 pm EST The ESA’s Governing Board endorsed the 4DEE...

    https://qubeshub.org/news/blog/2019/01/esa-webinar-esas-four-dimensional-framework-for-ecology-education-4dee-opportunities-and

14. Biological Diversity in Wetlands: Applying the Scientific Method

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

    By Orissa Moulton

    Texas A & M University Galveston

    An introduction to the Scientific Method for Introductory Biology students using plant and animal richness and environmental data from ephemeral ponds and permanent wetlands.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/997/?v=1

15. The nose knows: How tri-trophic interactions and natural history shape bird foraging behavior. An introduction to statistical analysis in animal behavior research

    20 Dec 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Julia Burrows

    Students investigate the role of olfaction and infochemicals on bird foraging behavior through two different quantitative activities where they generate hypotheses, create figures, conduct data...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/973/?v=1

16. Bald Eagle Module Introductory Powerpoint and Lab Report Rubric

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

    By Dustin Wilgers

    McPherson College

    Modification of "Exploring the population dynamics of wintering bald eagles through long-term data." This is a product of the 2016 Faculty Mentoring Network, Data Discovery

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/836/?v=1

17. QUBES-ESA partnership uses online Faculty Mentoring Networks to prepare faculty for teaching quantitative biology to undergraduates

    13 Aug 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Nicole Chodkowski¹, Gabriela Hamerlinck², R Deborah Overath³, Teresa Mourad⁴, Kristin Jenkins⁵, Sam S Donovan⁶, Arietta Fleming-Davies⁷, Jeremy M Wojdak¹

    1. Radford University 2. QUBES, BioQUEST 3. Texas Southmost College 4. Ecological Society of America 5. BioQUEST 6. University of Pittsburgh 7. QUBES; Radford University

    Poster on Faculty Mentoring Networks presented at ESA 2018

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/736/?v=1

18. Climate Change and Phenology: Evaluating Temperature, Precipitation, and Phenology of Frogs and Toads in Minnesota

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

    By Kristen Genet

    Anoka-Ramsey Community College

    Students evaluate long term (100+ years) trends in temperature and precipitation, and then isolate a shorter time span (20 years) in which to evaluate the correlation between spring temps and the...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/595/?v=1

19. The nose knows: How tri-trophic interactions and natural history shape bird foraging behavior

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

    By Kaitlin Bonner¹, Gregory Cunningham¹

    St. John Fisher College

    Students investigate the role of olfaction and infochemicals on bird foraging behavior through three different quantitative modules. In this module students create graphs, generate statistics, draw...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/470/?v=1

20. Painting turtles: an introduction to species distribution modeling in R

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

    By Anna Carter

    Iowa State University

    This module uses R software to introduce students to the process of accessing databases and building species distribution models based on occurrence records.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/378/?v=1