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1. Follow the Sulfur: Using Yeast Mutants to Study a Metabolic Pathway

   30 Aug 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Clare M O'Connor

   Boston College

   Students are frequently overwhelmed by the complexity of metabolic pathways and they think they have "learned" the pathway when they have memorized the individual reactions.  This...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2571/?v=1

2. Exploring Population Change without Selection: Avida-Ed Lab Book Exercise 4

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

   By Amy Lark, Cory Kohn¹, Jim Smith¹, Louise Mead², Robert T Pennock¹, Wendy Johnson

   1. Michigan State University 2. BEACON Center for the Study of Evolution in Action

   An introductory activity exploring how a population changes without natural selection using the Avida-ED simulation.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/1852/?v=1

3. Exploring Fitness and Population Change under Selection: Avida-Ed Lab Book Exercise 3

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

   By Amy Lark, Cory Kohn¹, Jim Smith¹, Louise Mead², Robert T Pennock¹, Wendy Johnson

   1. Michigan State University 2. BEACON Center for the Study of Evolution in Action

   An introductory activity exploring the process of natural selection in action using the Avida-ED simulation.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/1848/?v=1

4. Exploring Random Mutation and Selection: Avida-Ed Lab Book Exercise 2

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

   By Amy Lark, Cory Kohn¹, Jim Smith¹, Louise Mead², Robert T Pennock¹, Wendy Johnson

   1. Michigan State University 2. BEACON Center for the Study of Evolution in Action

   An introductory activity exploring the role of random mutation in natural selection using the Avida-ED simulation.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/1847/?v=1

5. Citations

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

   By Louise Mead¹, Jim Smith², Wendy Johnson, Michael James Wiser², Robert T Pennock², Amy Lark

   1. BEACON Center for the Study of Evolution in Action 2. Michigan State University

   Published Avida-Ed article

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/881/?v=1

6. Teaching Selection Mechanisms to 9th Graders using "Are You My Species?" Data Nugget

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

   By Andrew Ising, Elizabeth H Schultheis¹

   Michigan State University, Data Nuggets

   Teaching notes related to the use the of Data Nugget "Are You My Species?" to teach mechanisms of selection and quantitative skills in a 9th grade Biology classroom.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/298/?v=1

7. 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...