Tags: Resources @ QUBES - Teaching & Reference

Teaching Materials (1-20 of 27)

  1. A Very Basic Tutorial for Performing Linear Mixed Effects Analyses: Tutorial 2

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

    By Bodo Winter

    University of California, Merced

    The second of two tutorials that introduce you to linear and linear mixed models. This tutorial serves as a quick boot camp to jump-start your own analyses with linear mixed effects models.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/833/?v=1

  2. Advancing population ecology with integral projection models: a practical guide

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

    By Cory Merow1, Johan Dahlgren2, Jessica Metcalf3, Dylan Childs4, Margaret Evans5, Eelke Jongejans6, Sydne Record7, Mark Rees4, Roberto Salguero-Gómez8, Sean McMahon9

    1. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA 2. Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden 3. Department of Zoology, Oxford University, Oxford, UK 4. Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK 5. Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA 6. Department of Animal Ecology and Ecophysiology, Institute for Water and Wetland Research, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands 7. Harvard University, Harvard Forest, Petersham, MA, USA 8. Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Qld, Australia 9. Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD, Edgewater, MD, USA

    Integral projection models (IPMs) use information on how an individual's state influences its vital rates – survival, growth and reproduction – to make population projections using regression...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/824/?v=1

  3. AMS Mathematical Moments

    23 Oct 2018 | Teaching Materials

    Discover the world of mathematics with Mathematical Moments, 8.5'' x 11'' pdfs, available in many different scientific topics.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/848/?v=1

  4. An Introduction to agent-based modeling.

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

    By Marco A Janssen

    Arizona State University

    Introductory level textbook based on a collection of lecture notes from an undergraduate course on agent-based modeling at Arizona State University.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/849/?v=1

  5. An Introduction to Statistical Learning: with Applications in R

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

    By Gareth James1, Daniela Witten2, Trevor Hastie3, Robert Tibshirani3

    1. University of Southern California 2. University of Washington 3. Stanford University

    This book provides an introduction to statistical learning methods and is aimed for upper level undergraduate students, masters students and Ph.D. students in the non-mathematical sciences.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/847/?v=1

  6. BioNumbers-the database of key numbers in molecular and cell biology

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

    By Ron Milo1, Paul Jorgensen2, Michael Springer3

    1. Weizmann Institute of Science 2. Harvard Medical School 3. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

    BioNumbers is a database of key numbers in molecular and cell biology—the quantitative properties of biological systems of interest to computational, systems and molecular cell biologists

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/821/?v=1

  7. Carbon Footprint: A Study of Unit and Dimensions

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

    By Amanda Bonilla1, Laura Foster, Rikki Wagstrom, Jean McGivney-Burelle

    Unity College

    In this module, we integrate the context of carbon emission and human consumption into an introductory lesson on units and estimation.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/866/?v=1

  8. Draft Version: Energy Balance Models

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

    By Daniel Flath, Hans G. Kaper, Frank Wattenberg, Esther Widiasih

    This module introduces the student to the process of mathematical modeling.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/863/?v=1

  9. Facial Bones

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

    By Katherine Poole

    Information about the many different facial bones.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/873/?v=1

  10. Faculty professional development in quantitative biology promotes scholarly teaching

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

    By Gabriela Hamerlinck1, Kevin Kidder, Sondra Marie LoRe2, Pam Bishop3, Kristin Jenkins4, Sam S Donovan5

    1. QUBES, BioQUEST 2. SPEAR (STEM Program Evaluation, Assessment, & Research) Consultants 3. National Institute for STEM Evaluation and Research 4. BioQUEST 5. University of Pittsburgh

    Poster presented at NABT 2017 in St. Louis, Missouri

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/518/?v=1

  11. How the Scientific Method Works

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

    By Charles Bryant

    www.stuffyoushouldknow.com

    An episode dedicated to learning about how we explore our world using the scientific method.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/827/?v=1

  12. 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

  13. Joel E. Greengiant Learns About Peas: From Nucleotides to Selection

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

    By Merle Heidemann1, Peter J.T. White1, Jim Smith1

    Michigan State University

    This case study follows purveyors of peas, Joel E. and Jolene Greengiant, as they learn about the origin, biochemistry, genetics and eventual artificial selection of sweet (wrinkled) peas, all in...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/845/?v=1

  14. Linear Models and Linear Mixed Effects in R: Tutorial 1

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

    By Bodo Winter

    University of California, Merced

    The first of two tutorials that introduce you to linear and linear mixed models.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/832/?v=1

  15. Measuring the Health of the Earth Using the Theory of Island Biography

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

    By Jana Eggleston, Stephanie Renee Campau, Farshid Ahrestani, Holly D Gaff1

    Old Dominion University

    This module uses a variety of available datasets to explore methods of calculating biodiversity and measuring landscape as well as the relationship between those.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/868/?v=1

  16. Modeling Crop Rotation with Discrete Mathematics

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

    By Jennifer Lorraine Cartier1, Kellen Myers, Victoria Ferguson, Yekaterina Voskoboynik

    Unity College

    The module develops discrete mathematics models that allow for creation of crop rotation schedules meeting a variety of needs.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/864/?v=1

  17. Molecular Biology of the Cell (MBoC)

    23 Oct 2018 | Teaching Materials

    An online journal focusing upon generally-applicable studies of cell biology.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/851/?v=1

  18. Mutation and Selection: An Exploration of Antibiotic Resistance in Serratia Marcescens

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

    By Laurel Hester1, Mark Sarvary2, Corey Ptak

    1. Keuka College 2. Cornell University

    This laboratory module gives students hands-on experience with mutation and selection in bacteria.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/875/?v=1

  19. Natural History Collections as Emerging Resources for Innovative Education

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

    By Joseph A. Cook, Scott V. Edwards, Eileen A. Lacey, Robert P. Guralnick, Pamela S. Soltis, Douglas E. Soltis, Corey K. Welch, Kayce C. Bell, Kurt E. Galbreath, Christopher Himes, Julie M. Allen, Tracy A. Heath, Ana C. Carnaval, Kimberly L. Cooper, Mark Liu, James Hanken, Stefanie Ickert-Bond

    Natural history collections have the potential to help transform undergraduate science education from passive learning into an active exploration of the natural world.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/854/?v=1

  20. Project MOSAIC

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

    By Daniel Kaplan1, Karl-Dieter Crisman2, Nicholas Horton3, Eric Marland4, Randall Pruim5

    1. Macalester College 2. Gordon College 3. Amherst College 4. Appalachian State University 5. Calvin College

    Our goal: Provide a broader approach to quantitative studies that provides better support for work in science and technology.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/825/?v=1