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Integrating Community Ecology Into the Study of Parasites: Exploring the Effect of Host Behavior on Parasite Transmission Rates
07 Aug 2022 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Will H. Ryan1, Christine M. Sestero*2
1. University of Alabama at Birmingham and University of Montevallo 2. University of Montevallo
Organismal life cycles are often presented as a set of facts to memorize in undergraduate biology courses. This approach is cognitively demanding for students and fails to convey how central life...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/3423/?v=1
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Is bigger always better? An investigation on the effect of drought on different sizes of trees
11 Dec 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Jessica Brzyski
Seton Hill University
This data set was compiled from worldwide data to examine the effects of drought on trees. Included in the dataset are measurements of growth and mortality as they relate to the size category of...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/2189/?v=1
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Is everything bigger in Texas? Introduction to Statistics with the Rock Pocket Mouse (Chaetodipus intermedius)
28 Feb 2024 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Julie Marie Schlichte1, Phillip Lavretsky, Vicky Zhuang
The University of Texas at El Paso
Natural history museums often contain large collections of the same species and therefore, are a resource for studying intraspecific variation. This module uses 172 images of rock pocket mouse...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/4654/?v=1
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Java Applets for Power and Sample Size
30 Oct 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Russ Lenth
Statistics and Actuarial Science Department, University of Iowa
This is a Java application that allows you to do power and sample-size calculations for a number of standard statistical models.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/899/?v=1
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Learn Biological Sciences and Chemistry through cellular transport and concentration ( online and hands-on)
14 May 2024 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Dr Pankaj Mehrotra
University of the People, Pasadena, California
Osmosis is a process by which by which solvent move from a region of lower solute concentration to region of higher solute concentration through a semi-permeable membrane. Cells utilize the process...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/4794/?v=1
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Learning to Pipet Correctly by Pipetting Incorrectly?
28 Aug 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Stephanie F. Mel1, Melissa K. Micou1, Kshitij Gaur**1, David Lenh**1, Clifford Z. Liu**1, Stanley M. Lo*1
University of California San Diego
Beginning undergraduate students in biology need basic laboratory, data analysis, and science process skills to pursue more complex questions in course-based undergraduate research experiences...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/2620/?v=1
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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
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Linear Regression (Excel) and Cellular Respiration for Biology, Chemistry and Mathematics
03 Dec 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Irene Corriette1, Beatriz Gonzalez1, Daniela Kitanska2, Henriette Mozsolits2, Sheela Vemu3
1. Santa Fe College 2. Passaic County Community College 3. Waubonsee Community College
Students typically find linear regression analysis of data sets in a biology classroom challenging. These activities could be used in a Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, or Statistics course. The...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/2811/?v=1
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Modernizing Statistics Education via Biology Applications
03 Jan 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Olcay Ackman
Illinois State University
Part of the 2015 SMB Minisymposium: Topics in Biomathematics Education
https://qubeshub.org/publications/254/?v=1
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Modified Grassy Narrows and Muskrat Falls Dam: Hypothesis Testing and t-Tests
23 Feb 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Sharon Maureen Homer-Drummond
AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowships at NSF
Methylmercury contamination within fish populations is an important toxin that affect human, animal, and environmental health, serving as a carcinogen (cancer-causing agent) and endocrine-disruptor...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/3657/?v=2
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Modified Grassy Narrows and Muskrat Falls Dam: Hypothesis Testing and t-Tests
01 Feb 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Sharon Maureen Homer-Drummond
AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowships at NSF
Methylmercury contamination within fish populations is an important toxin that affect human, animal, and environmental health, serving as a carcinogen (cancer-causing agent) and endocrine-disruptor...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/3657/?v=1
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Navigating Bacterial Changes in Aging Organisms: Graphs, Patterns, and Models
19 Jun 2024 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Maila Hallare1, Iordanka Panayotova2, Anna Salazar2
1. United States Air Force Academy 2. Christopher Newport University
Aging is an incredibly important area of research, and recent biological advances implicate the intestines in aging pathologies. Given that the gut harbors an immense amount of an organism’s...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/4861/?v=1
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OpenIntro
29 Oct 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Divid Diez1, Chris Barr1, Mine Çetinkaya-Rundel2
1. OpenIntro 2. Duke University
OpenIntro was started with one goal in mind: create a free and open-source introductory textbook.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/889/?v=1
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Out of Your Seat and on Your Feet! An adaptable course-based research project in plant ecology for advanced students
25 Aug 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Michael P. Fleming
California State University, Stanislaus
University capstone projects can offer science students a rich research experience that illustrates the process of doing scientific research, and can also help students better choose future...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/2552/?v=1
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Passion-Driven Statistics
03 Jun 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Lisa Dierker
Wesleyan University
E-book in .pdf format and customizable .iba format
https://qubeshub.org/publications/1257/?v=1
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Passion-Driven Statistics as a Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE)
13 Jun 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Lisa Dierker
Wesleyan University
Session presentation on passion-driven, project-based experience in statistics at the 2018 QUBES/BioQUEST Summer Workshop
https://qubeshub.org/publications/648/?v=1
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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
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Quantifying Uncertainty and Distinguishing Data Sets in Introductory Physics
05 Dec 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Rachel E. Scherr*1, N. G. Holmes2
1. University of Washington Bothell 2. Cornell University
Physics labs are moving increasingly to open-ended experiments where students develop experimental physics skills, rather than verify textbook physics concepts. This sequence of activities sets the...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/4555/?v=1
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REMNet Tutorial, R Part 5: Normalizing Microbiome Data in R 5.2.19
28 Aug 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Jessica Joyner
CUNY Brooklyn College
Video on normalizing microbiome data from the Research Experiences in Microbiomes Network
https://qubeshub.org/publications/1314/?v=1
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Responses to Climate Change in California Chipmunks: Move, Adapt, or Die
10 Feb 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Talisin Hammond1, Rachel E. Walsh2, Eileen Lacey3
1. San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research 2. University of California, Berkeley 3. Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley
A series of three modules using data from natural history museum collections to examine responses to climate change in multiple chipmunk species. Elevation and morphological data, beginner skills...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/1752/?v=1