Teaching Materials (1-20 of 37)

1. Allele and Phenotype Frequencies in Rock Pocket Mouse Populations

   23 Jan 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By HHMI BioInteractive

   A lesson that uses real rock pocket mouse data collected by Dr. Michael Nachman and his colleagues to illustrate the Hardy-Weinberg principle.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/340/?v=1

2. Antigen presentation and cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs): elucidating a common roadblock for students

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

   By Marcia Hesser

   Kennesaw State University

   Active learning resource for pre-Nursing anatomy and physiology lecture explaining antigen presentation to CTLs and how the CTLs recognize and destroy the pathogen using Biointeractive animations...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/1855/?v=1

3. Bioimage Informatics Activity

   26 Jul 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By David Julian

   Univ of Florida

   Students use basic bioimage informatics techniques to acquire quantitative data from images of cultured cells and test a hypothesis about the effect of a genetic mutation on cellular phenotypes

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/729/?v=1

4. Cancer Discovery Activities

   17 Jan 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By HHMI BioInteractive

   These two hands-on activities are based on a Howard Hughes Medical Institute 2013 Holiday Lectures on Science video (http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/cancer-genetic-disease-video-highlights)...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/294/?v=1

5. Cell Division and Cancer Risk Data Point

   17 Jan 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By HHMI BioInteractive

   Cancer is typically attributed to hereditary and environmental factors, but these only explain a fraction of overall cancer risk. This activity explores a third factor.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/299/?v=1

6. Closing the Gap in the Open Educational Resources (OER) Life Cycle with HHMI BioInteractive Resources

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

   By Kristine Grayson

   University of Richmond

   This poster was presented at the HHMI BioInteractive Educator Professional Development Conference in 2018. It details the HHMI BioInteractive site on QUBES and the resources published by educators...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/737/?v=1

7. Coral Bleaching Mapping Activity

   17 Jan 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By HHMI BioInteractive

   This is a classroom activity in which students use authentic data to assess the threat of coral bleaching around the world. It supports the 2014 Holiday Lectures on Science video featuring Dr....

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/293/?v=1

8. Cystic Fibrosis Mechanism and Treatment

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

   By HHMI BioInteractive

   This animation shows how mutations in an ion channel protein lead to the genetic disease cystic fibrosis. The animation also discusses how research on this protein has been used to develop...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/1337/?v=1

9. Data Analysis and Cancer

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

   By Lynn Marie Diener

   Mount Mary University

   This is a flipped classroom approach, students will learn the basic content about cell-signaling, p53, and transcription factors before class. During class students will focus on data analysis...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/1559/?v=1

10. Drug screening and cancer resistance: EGFR Activity

    25 Jul 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Holly Basta

    Rock Mountain College

    This activity explores a specific gene (egfr) and its role in cancer. EGFR was introduced with the Gene Card Activities, researched throughout the semester, and then authentic image data of...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/720/?v=1

11. Electrical Activity of Neurons

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

    By HHMI BioInteractive

    This tutorial describes how neurons generate action potentials, and how scientists measure neuronal activity and record the firing of individual neurons.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1332/?v=1

12. Finch Evolution Collection

    21 Feb 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By HHMI BioInteractive

    Over the past four decades, biologists Rosemary and Peter Grant have documented the evolution of the famous Galápagos finches

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/364/?v=1

13. Geoscience Methods and Resources for K-5 Pre-Education Majors

    28 May 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By James Burton Deemy

    College of Coastal Georgia

    : Exploring Geoscience Methods was an excellent capstone experience for Elementary Education Majors. The class I used this module with was 24 students of various backgrounds and academic...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/572/?v=1

14. Lizard Evolution Series Collection

    17 Jan 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By HHMI BioInteractive

    The species of Anolis lizards of the Caribbean provide a living example of evolution and speciation.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/295/?v=1

15. Mendelian Genetics, Probability, Pedigree, and Chi-Squared Statistics

    23 Jan 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By HHMI BioInteractive

    A lesson that requires students to work through a series of questions pertaining to the genetics of sickle cell disease and its relationship to malaria.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/341/?v=1

16. Natural Selection and Galápagos Finches

    21 Feb 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Liesl McCormick

    Pacific University

    A worksheet and accompanying data set that guides students through making and interpreting frequency distributions, selection differentials, and fitness functions.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/365/?v=1

17. Natural Selection in Humans

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

    By HHMI BioInteractive

    This film explores the evolutionary connection between an infectious disease, malaria, and a genetic condition, sickle cell anemia.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1333/?v=1

18. Redox Chemistry and Coral Bleaching

    25 Jul 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By David Julian

    University of Florida

    Mapping coral bleaching using NOAA data to set the stage for reviewing redox chemistry concepts

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/366/?v=1

19. Regulación de expresión génica y adipogénesis por PPAR-γ

    09 Jul 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Juan Sebastián Ramírez-Lugo

    University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras

    En ésta actividad de dibujo / coloreado los estudiantes aprenderán sobre los diferentes componentes involucrados en la regulación de la activación de PPAR-γ, un factor de transcripción que juega un...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1343/?v=1

20. Seed Dispersal in Tropical Forests

    25 Apr 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Anna Petrovicheva¹, HHMI BioInteractive, Jessica Joyner²

    1. Brooklyn college 2. CUNY Brooklyn College

    In this activity, students use data from published studies to understand patterns of seed dispersal and apply these ideas to the design of a conservation area. This was applied through the lens of...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/509/?v=1