Teaching Materials (1-20 of 36)

1. 50 Years of Data Science

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

   By David Donoho

   Stanford University

   This paper reviews some ingredients of the current “Data Science moment”, including recentcommentary about data science in the popular media, and about how/whether Data Science isreally different...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/912/?v=1

2. A flexible, multi-week approach to plant biology - How will plants respond to higher levels of CO₂?

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

   By Vanessa Muilenburg¹, Katherine Supanich¹, Stephen Scogin¹, Thomas Bultman¹, Jianhua Li¹, Lori Hertel¹, Kathy Winnett-Murray¹

   Hope College

   To help introductory biology students understand how plants will respond to higher levels of CO2, we have created a multi-week module consisting of a series of four related laboratory lessons....

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2613/?v=1

3. 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

4. AIMS- Analyzing Images to learn Mathematics and Statistics - studying leaf cutter ants to learn linear regression

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

   By Jeremy M Wojdak

   Radford University

   This is a teaching resource that uses fascinating images and videos of leaf cutter ants foraging in Panama to provide an engaging context for students to learn about mathematics and statistics.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/239/?v=1

5. BioVEDA Curriculum: An Approach to Link Conceptual and Quantitative Understanding of Variation During Experimental Design and Data Analysis

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

   By Jessica Dewey†¹, Jenna Hicks†¹, Maxwell Kramer¹, Anita Schuchardt*¹

   University of Minnesota

   When performing a biological investigation, experts constantly cycle between conceptual and quantitative modes of thinking, integrating their understanding in both worlds to make decisions about...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2674/?v=1

6. Coding Club: A Positive Peer-Learning Community

   22 Apr 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Gergana Daskalova¹, Sandra Angers-Blondin¹, John Godlee¹, Izzy Rich¹, Beverly Tan¹, Declan Valters¹, Haydn Thomas¹, Pedro Miranda¹, Gabriela Hajduk¹, Kat Keogan¹, Isla Myers-Smith¹, Kyle Dexter¹, Christina Coakley¹

   University of Edinburgh

   Free and self-paced tutorials and courses for learning to code out of the University of Edinburgh

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/1816/?v=1

7. Critical inquiry for inclusive teaching of statistics

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

   By Carrie Diaz Eaton

   Bates College

   Professional development workshop slides to help curate conversations in teaching statistics with a critical inquiry lens.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2458/?v=1

8. DataCamp

   05 Nov 2018 | Teaching Materials

   DataCamp: The Easiest Way to Learn Data Science Online

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/913/?v=1

9. Dynamic Daphnia: An inquiry-based research experience in ecology that teaches the scientific process to first-year biologists

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

   By Alyssa Mae Gleichsner¹, Shannon R. Butler², Catherine L. Searle³

   1. State University of New York, College at Plattsburgh 2. University of California, San Diego 3. Purdue University

   This authentic research experience lesson teaches the core concept of systems and the competencies of quantitative reasoning, communication, and the ability to apply science. The research is...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2617/?v=1

10. Ecological Forecasting Repository of Online Educational Resources

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

    By Alyssa Willson, Jody Peters¹

    University of Notre Dame

    This pdf provides a list of over 100 educational resources related to tools and skills related to ecological forecasting.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2827/?v=1

11. Exploring Marine Primary Productivity with Descriptive Statistics and Graphing in Excel

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

    By Marina McLeod¹, Jennifer Olson¹, Wendy Houston¹

    Everett Community College

    In this activity, students use real water chemistry data and descriptive statistics in Excel to examine primary productivity in an urban estuary of the Salish Sea. They will consider how actual...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2747/?v=1

12. Final Project for Calling Bull

    11 Jun 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Carrie Diaz Eaton

    Bates College

    This is the final project for the calling bull course & it is to find 3 pieces of misinformation/BS and debunk them. They have to re-do at least one visualization, use R in at least one debunking,...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2431/?v=1

13. Gender and Classroom Participation: A Case for Quantitative Analysis

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

    By Reimbay Reimbayev*

    Auburn University

    Teaching statistics to students using authentic research is one way to highlight the transferability and value of the material taught in the class. Below we describe an activity in Statistics for...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2875/?v=1

14. Grassy Narrows and Muskrat Falls Dam: Hypothesis Testing and t-Tests

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

    By Alida Janmaat¹, Pete Kaslik², Randall LaRue Moser Jr, Kevin David Simpson, Heather Susanne Zimbler-DeLorenzo³

    1. University of the Fraser Valley 2. Pierce College 3. Alfred University

    Students are introduced to concepts of hypothesis testing using elementary hypothesis tests, t-tests, and p-values as they compare a given fish population for methylmercury levels (using real and...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2434/?v=1

15. Ingestion of Microplastics by Coral

    12 May 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Alyssa Hoekstra

    QUBES lesson on ingestion of microplastics by coral. Lesson will give environmental background and then use R for hands-on statistical analyses, followed by critical thinking questions.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2350/?v=1

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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