Teaching Materials (1-20 of 30)

1. Learning Communities as a Driver for Humanizing STEM: Cultivating Authentic Conversations about Anti-Racism in Introductory Biology Pedagogy using Duoethnography

   31 Jul 2024 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Stephanie K. Levi Blumer¹, Bryan Dewsbury², Melissa Haswell³, Tess Killpack⁴, Lisa Urry⁵

   1. Oakton College 2. Florida International 3. Delta College 4. Salem State University 5. Mills College at Northeastern

   In this study we present a retrospective debrief of a learning community of college biology professors who were exploring how to define and implement racial equity-focused practices and content in...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/4906/?v=2

2. Learning Communities as a Driver for Humanizing STEM: Cultivating Authentic Conversations about Anti-Racism in Introductory Biology Pedagogy using Duoethnography

   25 Jul 2024 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Stephanie Levi Blumer¹, Bryan Dewsbury², Melissa Haswell³, Tess Killpack⁴, Lisa Urry⁵

   1. Oakton Community College 2. Florida International 3. Davenport University 4. Salem State University 5. Mills College at Northeastern

   In this study we present a retrospective debrief of a learning community of college biology professors who were exploring how to define and implement racial equity-focused practices and content in...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/4906/?v=1

3. Introduction to the Faculty Resource Guide: Integrating Social Justice, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Issues in STEMM courses

   12 Jul 2024 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Pat Marsteller¹, Eliza Reilly²

   1. Emory University, BioQUEST 2. SENCER

   We live in challenging times. Higher education faces many challenges including changes in enrollment pattern, fiscal constraints and lack of public acceptance of the value of the degree relative to...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/4884/?v=1

4. Student Activities to Accompany BioTA Podcast Episode 23: Chocolate Is Life

   07 May 2024 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Michael Sitvarin¹, J. Phil Gibson²

   1. Union College 2. University of Oklahoma

   This instructional resource provides three activities to accompany a podcast on chocolate, including critical reading of primary literature and a focus on social justice and equity issues. The...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/4780/?v=1

5. Blueprint for Accelerating Change in Social Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in STEM Curricula

   22 Feb 2024 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Pat Marsteller¹, Melissa Haswell², Ruthmae Sears³

   1. Emory University 2. Delta College 3. University of South Florida

   Collaborative community working on projects associated with social justice, equity, diversity and inclusion in STEM undergraduate programs.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/4650/?v=1

6. Revealing Hidden Figures in Natural History Collections Working Group 2023 Update!

   15 Dec 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Adania Flemming¹, Dr Pankaj Mehrotra², Jennifer Kovacs³, Karina Sanchez⁴, Molly Allison Phillips⁵, Mary Mulcahy⁶, Shawn Elizabeth Zeringue-Krosnick⁷, Makenzie Mabry⁸, Siobhan Leachman⁹, Jennifer Girón¹⁰

   1. iDigBio, FLMNH 2. University of the People, California, United States of America 3. Spelman College 4. University of New Hampshire 5. BioQUEST 6. University of Pittsburgh at Bradford 7. Tennessee Tech University 8. Florida Museum 9. Aotearoa New Zealand Wikimedia User Group 10. Texas Tech University

   Our 2023 BIOME Lightning Presentation sharing updates from the Hidden Figures Working Group including the first two published modules!

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/4589/?v=1

7. An Introduction to Revealing Hidden Figures through Data Sleuthing

   13 Dec 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Siobhan Leachman¹, Adania Flemming², Makenzie Mabry³, Molly Phillips⁴, Shawn Elizabeth Zeringue-Krosnick⁵, Jennifer Kovacs⁶, Olubunmi Aina⁷

   1. Aotearoa New Zealand Wikimedia User Group 2. iDigBio, FLMNH 3. Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida 4. BioQUEST, BCEENET, and BLUE 5. Tennessee Tech University 6. Agnes Scott College 7. Allen University

   In this introduction to hidden figures in natural history collections (NHCs), students will read an article that gives a unique historical perspective of museums and will then participate in a...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/4523/?v=1

8. The Importance of an ORCID

   13 Dec 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Siobhan Leachman¹, Adania Flemming², Makenzie Mabry³, Molly Phillips⁴, Shawn Elizabeth Zeringue-Krosnick⁵, Jennifer Kovacs⁶, Olubunmi Aina

   1. Aotearoa New Zealand Wikimedia User Group 2. iDigBio, FLMNH 3. Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida 4. iDigBio, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida 5. Tennessee Tech University 6. Spelman College

   This lesson introduces students and instructors to the use of ORCIDs (Open Researcher and Contributor ID), and walks students through the process of registering for an ORCID. This module also helps...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/4524/?v=1

9. Uncovering Hidden Figures of Natural History Collections Using Digital Data Sleuthing & Storytelling

   23 Mar 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Molly Allison Phillips¹, Olubunmi Aina², Adania Flemming³, Shawn Elizabeth Zeringue-Krosnick⁴, Jennifer Kovacs⁵, Siobhan Leachman⁶, Makenzie E. Mabry³

   1. BioQUEST 2. Allen University 3. iDigBio, FLMNH 4. Tennessee Tech University 5. Agnes Scott College 6. Aotearoa New Zealand Wikimedia User Group

   In this presentation we will introduce a series of modules meant to train the next generation of scientists to be data sleuths and storytellers, engaging learners in authentic research experiences...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/3853/?v=1

10. 2019-Lorelei_Koss-SIR_Models_Differential_Equations_that_Support_The_Common_Good

    08 Mar 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Lorelei Koss

    NA

    This article surveys how SIR models have been extended beyond investigations of biologically infectious diseases to other topics that contribute to social inequality and environmental concerns.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/3737/?v=1

11. Presentation related to the paper: Sustainability and Justice: Challenges and Opportunities for an Open STEM Education

    08 Feb 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Carrie Diaz Eaton

    Bates College and RIOS Institute

    This is a presentation highlighting some issues at the intersection of STEM, Open, and Social Justice. The audience is STEM education professionals and professional developers. The presentation was...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/3680/?v=1

12. For a Racially-Just, Inclusive, Open, STEM education: The RIOS Institute imagines an Open Education as the radical idea that education should be affordable, accessible, equitable, inclusive, and relevant to everyone

    09 Nov 2022 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Kaitlin Bonner¹, Bryan Dewsbury², Sam S Donovan³, Karen Cangialosi⁴, Krystie Wilfong⁵, Jasmine Roberts-Crews⁶, Jackson Skinner⁵, Alnycea Blackwell⁷, Sokona Mangane⁵, Carrie Diaz Eaton⁸

    1. St. John Fisher University 2. Florida International University 3. BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium 4. Keene State College 5. Bates College 6. Ohio State University 7. RIOS 8. Bates College and QUBES

    As we engage in Open STEM Education, “Open for Whom?” becomes an increasingly urgent question. Why should we invest in an education that is free, if it does not attend to the inclusion of...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/3561/?v=1

13. Exploring Health Inequities and Redlining

    02 Apr 2022 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Mary Mulcahy

    University of Pittsburgh at Bradford

    For this assignment, students will investigate relationships between historic redlining data and modern statistics of human health.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2347/?v=3

14. Integrating Social Justice into your STEM Classroom: Redlining & Health

    24 Feb 2022 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Mary Mulcahy¹, Ethell Vereen², Marci Cole Ekberg³, Jennifer Kovacs⁴, Durrain Ansari-Yan⁵, Tamara Basham⁶, Mackenzie Boyer⁷, Matthew Joshua Heard⁸, Adriane Clark Jones⁹, Shannon Jones¹⁰, Erica Lannan¹¹, Pat Marsteller¹², Denise Piechnik¹, Sarah Prescott¹³, Gustavo Requena Santos¹⁴

    1. University of Pittsburgh at Bradford 2. Morehouse College 3. Diablo Valley College 4. Agnes Scott College 5. Diablo Valley college 6. Collin County Commuity College District 7. Arizona State University 8. Winthrop University 9. Mount Saint Mary's University 10. University of Richmond 11. Prairie State College 12. Emory University 13. University of New Hampshire 14. Science Yourself

    Workshop about models for introducing social justice issues into classes developed in a Faculty Mentoring Network. Presented at the 2021 BIOME Institute.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2487/?v=2

15. Sustainability and Justice: Challenges and Opportunities for an Open STEM Education

    08 Feb 2022 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Carrie Diaz Eaton¹, Kaitlin Bonner², Karen Cangialosi³, Bryan Dewsbury⁴, Maggie Diamond-Stanic⁵, Jason Douma⁶, Michelle Smith⁷, Jeremy M Wojdak⁸, Robin Taylor⁹

    1. Bates College and QUBES 2. St. John Fisher College 3. Keene State College 4. University of Rhode Island 5. Bates College 6. University of Sioux Falls 7. Cornell University 8. Radford University 9. RTRES Consulting

    Combining understanding of OER sustainability and equity and justice to carve out ideas for the future of STEM open education.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2061/?v=2

16. Revising Social & Environmental Justice Open Educational Resources through UDL and Accessibility Lenses

    06 Dec 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Tamara Basham¹, Laura Catano², Stephanie M. Gardner³, Amee Evans Godwin⁴, David Groh⁵, Rachel Hutto, Pat Marsteller⁶, Mary Mulcahy⁷, Hayley Orndorf⁸, Molly Phillips⁹, Beatriz Villar¹⁰

    1. Collin County Commuity College District 2. The University of California, Riverside 3. Purdue University 4. ISKME 5. Good Samaritan College 6. Emory University 7. University of Pittsburgh at Bradford 8. University of Pittsburgh 9. iDigBio, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida 10. Northampton CC

    The Revising Social & Environmental Justice Open Educational Resources through UDL and Accessibility Lenses Working Group met during the Fall 2021 semester as part of the BIOME Institute. This...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2813/?v=1

17. Teaching Cancer Biology Through a Lens of Social Justice

    04 Nov 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Yarid A. Mera¹, Benjamin L. Wiggins*²

    1. Seattle University 2. University of Washington

    The biology classroom is not separate from the greater context of society; social issues can and should be presented in connection with the content. Here we present an example of antiracist...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2775/?v=1

18. Assessing Socioeconomic Trends in Tree Cover and Human Health in Urban Environments

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

    By Tamara Basham

    Collin County Commuity College District

    In this exercise, students use a combination of publicly available data and tree cover data that they generate using iTree Canopy to test whether tree cover is equitably distributed within the city...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2363/?v=1

19. Exploring Health Inequities and Redlining

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

    By Mary Mulcahy

    University of Pittsburgh at Bradford

    For this assignment, students will investigate relationships between historic redlining data and modern statistics of human health.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2347/?v=2

20. Integrating Social Justice into your STEM Classroom: Redlining & Health

    28 Jul 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Mary Mulcahy¹, Ethell Vereen², Marci Cole Ekberg³, Jennifer Kovacs⁴, Durrain Ansari-Yan⁵, Tamara Basham⁶, Mackenzie Boyer⁷, Matthew Joshua Heard⁸, Adriane Clark Jones⁹, Shannon Jones¹⁰, Erica Lannan¹¹, Pat Marsteller¹², Sarah Prescott¹³, Gustavo Requena Santos¹⁴

    1. University of Pittsburgh at Bradford 2. Morehouse College 3. Diablo Valley College 4. Agnes Scott College 5. Diablo Valley college 6. Collin County Commuity College District 7. Arizona State University 8. Winthrop University 9. Mount Saint Mary's University 10. University of Richmond 11. Prairie State College 12. Emory University 13. University of New Hampshire 14. Science Yourself

    Workshop about models for introducing social justice issues into classes developed in a Faculty Mentoring Network. Presented at the 2021 BIOME Institute.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2487/?v=1