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1. Towards better modelling and decision support: Documenting model development, testing, and analysis using TRACE

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

   By Jacqueline Augusiak¹, Andreas Focks¹, Béatrice M. Frank², Faten Gabsi³, Alice S.A. Johnston⁴, Chun Liu⁴, Benjamin T. Martin⁵, Mattia Meli⁶, Viktoriia Radchuk², Pernille Thorbek⁷, Steven F Railsback⁸, Volker Grimm⁹

   1. Wageningen University, Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality Management Group, Wageningen University and Research Centre, P.O. Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands 2. Université Catholique de Louvain, Earth and Life Institute, Croix du Sud 2, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium 3. RWTH Aachen University, Institute for Environmental Research, Worringerweg 1, 52074 Aachen, Germany 4. University of Reading, School of Biological Sciences, Philip Lyle Building, Room 405, Reading RG6 6AS, UK 5. University of California Santa Barbara, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9620, USA 6. Roskilde University, Department of Environmental, Social and Spatial Change, Universitetsvej 1, P.O. Box 260, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark 7. yngenta, Environmental Safety, Jealott's Hill International Research Centre, Bracknell, Berkshire RG42 6EY, UK 8. Lang Railsback & Associates 9. Unknown

   We introduce TRACE, a framework for documenting model testing and analysis. TRACE is based on the recently proposed framework of model "evaluation" , and is designed to make models fit for...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/829/?v=1

2. Quantitative Modules to Accompany General Biology Courses

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

   By Lou Gross¹, Susan Harell Yee², Monica Beals³

   1. University of Tennessee Knoxville 2. EPA, Gulf Ecology Division 3. SAS

   A collection of modules that were developed to accompany general biology courses and allow instructors to add quantitative examples in many of the topics in a standard GB sequence.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/828/?v=1

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

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. 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

8. QUBES: a collaboration and professional development platform for quantitative biology education

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

   By Gabriela Hamerlinck

   QUBES, BioQUEST

   Presentation given at BEER 2017 in Normal, IL

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/517/?v=1

9. Principles of Biology BI212, Portland State University

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   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

10. Introduction to Genome Browser: What is a Gene?

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    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,...

11. Original Lab Book Docs with Answer Keys

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    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...

12. Facial Bones

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    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...

13. Citations

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    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...

14. Avida-ED Lab Book Summer 2017

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    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) 

15. Local Food Literature

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    11 Jun 2017 | | Contributor(s):: Josh Nease

16. QUBES – A virtual synthesis center catalyzing change in undergraduate quantitative biology education

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    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. 

17. Design, Implementation, and Evaluation of Faculty Mentoring Networks: A Model for Promoting Faculty Teaching Scholarship

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    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,...

18. Faculty Mentoring Networks: A Model for Promoting Teaching Scholarship in Quantitative Biology Education

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    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...

19. Reimagining professional development: Faculty mentoring networks as a model for connecting projects and teachers

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    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....

20. Pokemon Go and Ecology

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    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.