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Principles of Biology BI212, Portland State University
28 Mar 2018 | | Contributor(s):: Daniel J. Ballhorn
The uploaded document is the official of the second section of Principles of Biology (BI212, Winter 2018), Portland State University
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Introduction to Genome Browser: What is a Gene?
21 Feb 2018 | | Contributor(s):: Joyce Stamm
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/850 Genes encode information that our cells use to carry out their functions. In particular,...
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Original Lab Book Docs with Answer Keys
24 Jan 2018 | | Contributor(s):: Cory Kohn, Wendy Johnson, Amy Lark, Louise Mead, Robert T Pennock, Jim Smith, Michael James Wiser
Here are links to Google Docs/Sheets/Forms for each of the activities and their answer keys in the Lab Book. If you want to use any of these, including having students enter or display data, please copy the document to your Google Drive by selecting "Make a copy..." in the File...
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Facial Bones
29 Sep 2017 | | Contributor(s):: Katherine Poole
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/873There are 14 beautiful facial bones six of them are paired and two of them are unpaired, for a grand total of 14 facial bones. The facial bones...
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Citations
27 Jul 2017 | | Contributor(s):: Louise Mead, James Smith, Wendy Johnson, Michael Wiser, Robert Pennock, Amy Lark
We present an inquiry-based curriculum based on the digital evolution platform Avida-ED (http://avida-ed.msu.edu). We designed an instructional sequence and lab book consisting of an introduction to Avida-ED and a set of three lessons focused on specific evolutionary concepts. These served to...
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Avida-ED Lab Book Summer 2017
27 Jul 2017 | | Contributor(s):: Wendy Johnson, Cory Kohn, Amy Lark, Louise Mead, Robert T Pennock, Jim Smith, Michael James Wiser
The Summer 2017 version of the Avida-ED Lab Manual includes the addition of an exercise that covers genetic drift (Exercise 4: Exploring Population Change Without Selection)
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Local Food Literature
11 Jun 2017 | | Contributor(s):: Josh Nease
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QUBES – A virtual synthesis center catalyzing change in undergraduate quantitative biology education
06 Apr 2017 | | Contributor(s):: Sam S Donovan
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/198Presentation about QUBES given at HHMI Constellation Meeting: Advancing science students mastery of quantitative skills.
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Design, Implementation, and Evaluation of Faculty Mentoring Networks: A Model for Promoting Faculty Teaching Scholarship
06 Apr 2017 | | Contributor(s):: Sam S Donovan, Kristin Jenkins, Alison N Hale, Gabriela Hamerlinck
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/199NGSS, AP Biology, and Vision & Change all highlight the importance of quantitative skills to understanding biology. The Quantitative Undergraduate Biology Education and Synthesis (QUBES,...
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Faculty Mentoring Networks: A Model for Promoting Teaching Scholarship in Quantitative Biology Education
06 Apr 2017 | | Contributor(s):: Sam S Donovan, Alison N Hale, Arietta Fleming-Davies, Gabriela Hamerlinck, Jeremy M Wojdak, Kristin Jenkins
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/205/Faculty Mentoring Networks (FMNs) are designed to support the development of teaching scholarship by promoting teacher identity, self-efficacy, and knowledge/experience via four core design...
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Reimagining professional development: Faculty mentoring networks as a model for connecting projects and teachers
13 Mar 2017 | | Contributor(s):: Sam S Donovan
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/206The Quantitative Undergraduate Biology Education and Synthesis (QUBES) project is working to design, implement, and assess online collaborative communities that promote teaching scholarship....
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Pokemon Go and Ecology
17 Feb 2017 | | Contributor(s):: Elizabeth C Davis-Berg, Joshua Drew, Stephanie Sardelis <stephanie.sardelis@gmail.com>
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/787These are resources associated with using Pokemon Go to teach concepts in Ecology. They can be used from Introductory non-majors classes up through graduate classes.
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Mathematical models and theorems
01 Feb 2017 | | Contributor(s):: Winfried Just
In this module we introduce and compare various types of deterministic and stochastic mathematical models of disease transmission. We then illustrate how one can derive predictions of these models in the form of mathematical theorems.Level: Advanced undergraduate and graduate students of...
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Bringing Real Ecological Data into the Classroom: DryadLab on QUBESHub
09 Dec 2016 | | Contributor(s):: Gabriela Hamerlinck, Kristin Jenkins
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/207Bringing Real Ecological Data into the Classroom: DryadLab on QUBESHub was presented at the annual meeting of the Association of College & University Biology Educators in 2016.
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The Evolution (and Coevolution) of Flowering Plants
02 Dec 2016 | | Contributor(s):: Anna Monfils, Debra Linton, Libby Ellwood, Molly Phillips
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/277In this laboratory exercise, students will explore the diversity of flower and fruit adaptations that have evolved to accomplish pollination and seed dispersal and investigate the...
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An Investigation of Island Biogeography using Data from Online Natural History Collections
02 Dec 2016 | | Contributor(s):: Libby Beckman, Yadeeh Sawyer, Kayce Bell, Joseph Cook
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/278This module guides students through tests of two fundamental rules of island biogeography using specimens collected from the Alexander Archipelago in Southeastern Alaska. The module was...
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Faculty Mentoring Networks: A model for professional development in undergraduate quantitative biology education
17 Nov 2016 | | Contributor(s):: Alison N Hale, Arietta Fleming-Davies, Gabriela Hamerlinck, Melissa Aikens, Sam S Donovan, Kristin Jenkins, Jeremy M Wojdak
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/208There is a significant need to design and test alternative models for faculty development around undergraduate science teaching. Existing models for helping faculty adopt evidence-based...
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Integrating Natural History Collections into Undergraduate Education: Creating the Resources and Growing the Community
14 Nov 2016 | | Contributor(s):: Anna Monfils, Libby Ellwood, Debra Linton, Molly Phillips, Joseph A. Cook, Joseph Kerski, Tracy Barbaro, Sam S Donovan, Karen Powers, L. Alan Prather, Rob Guralnick
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/328Natural history collection specimens and associated data provide unique physical and virtual opportunities to engage students in the practice of science in authentic, place-based lessons. We...
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Confronting the challenges of bringing research data into undergraduate classrooms using online faculty mentoring networks
07 Nov 2016 | | Contributor(s):: Arietta Fleming-Davies, Gabriela Hamerlinck, Alison N Hale, Tom Langen, Teresa Mourad, Kristin Jenkins, Sam S Donovan
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/327Using ecological research data in undergraduate courses has many potential benefits for student learning. Students gain knowledge of ecological concepts, increased understanding of the...
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Incubators: A community based model for improving the usability of bioinformatics learning resources
07 Nov 2016 | | Contributor(s):: Hayley Orndorf, Bill Morgan, Neal Grandgenett, Mark Pauley, Liz Ryder, Michael Sierk, Robin Wright, Anne Rosenwald, Liz Dinsdale, Eric Triplett, Sam S Donovan
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/326There are a variety of barriers to faculty participation in scholarly approaches to teaching. Primary among these are the challenges undergraduate faculty face in finding and...