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1. Allele and Phenotype Frequencies in Rock Pocket Mouse Populations

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

   By HHMI BioInteractive

   A lesson that uses real rock pocket mouse data collected by Dr. Michael Nachman and his colleagues to illustrate the Hardy-Weinberg principle.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/340/?v=1

2. Amylase Copy Number and Diet

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

   By Rebecca Orr¹, Ruth Buskirk², Kristin Harvey²

   1. Collin College 2. University of Texas at Austin

   An adapted module from HHMI Spreadsheet Tutorials using amylase data for students to gain data analysis and excel skills

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/308/?v=1

3. Amylase Copy Number and Diet

   10 Mar 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Rebecca Orr¹, Ruth Buskirk², Kristin Harvey²

   1. Collin College 2. University of Texas at Austin

   An adapted module from HHMI Spreadsheet Tutorials using amylase data for students to gain data analysis and excel skills

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/308/?v=2

4. Calculating Lifetime Cancer Risk Resulting from DNA Replication

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

   By Rebecca Orr¹, Ruth Buskirk², Kristin Harvey²

   1. Collin College 2. University of Texas at Austin

   An expanded case study adapted from an HHMI Data Point on Cell Division and Cancer Risk using Figure 1 from Tomasetti, C. and Vogelstein, B. (2015).

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/310/?v=1

5. Cell Division and Cancer Risk Data Point

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

   By HHMI BioInteractive

   Cancer is typically attributed to hereditary and environmental factors, but these only explain a fraction of overall cancer risk. This activity explores a third factor.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/299/?v=1

6. Coral Bleaching Mapping Activity

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

   By HHMI BioInteractive

   This is a classroom activity in which students use authentic data to assess the threat of coral bleaching around the world. It supports the 2014 Holiday Lectures on Science video featuring Dr....

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/293/?v=1

7. Coral Reefs in Hot Water

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

   By Kaitlin Bonner

   St. John Fisher College

   Students analyze sea surface temperature (SST) data from NOAA to predict coral bleaching at four locations in the Bahamas. They then compare their predictions to authentic research collected about...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/324/?v=1

8. Decoding, Critiquing, and Creating a Graph from the Ground Up

   28 Feb 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Kiersten Nicole Newtoff¹, HHMI BioInteractive

   Montgomery College

   Students decipher a published graph with little supplemental information and are given more details in pieces before producing a new graph that displays the data more effectively and is easier to...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/376/?v=1

9. Expanded Graphing Tutorial

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

   By Kiersten Nicole Newtoff¹, Cheryl Squair², Sharon Maureen Homer-Drummond³, Tamar Goulet⁴

   1. Montgomery College 2. University of Hawaii at Manoa 3. Tri-County Technical College 4. University of Mississippi

   The tutorial has two approaches for teaching about graph building and choosing the appropriate graph for different data types, a scaffolding approach and a exploration approach which can be...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/317/?v=1

10. Mapping Coral Bleaching Modified with NOAA and Authentic Bleaching data

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

    By Kristine Grayson

    University of Richmond

    Students access NOAA data to conduct an analysis to look at differences between locations in heat stress and ultimately the amount of coral bleaching in 2005

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/319/?v=1

11. Mendelian Genetics, Probability, Pedigree, and Chi-Squared Statistics

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

    By HHMI BioInteractive

    A lesson that requires students to work through a series of questions pertaining to the genetics of sickle cell disease and its relationship to malaria.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/341/?v=1

12. Mimicry in a Diverse Community of Arthropods

    21 Feb 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By HHMI BioInteractive

    Module exploring how researchers exposed arthropod mimics that use a golden patch to warn of unpalatability to predators with different prey preferences to determine how effective their warnings were.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/367/?v=1

13. Redox Chemistry and Coral Bleaching

    25 Jul 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By David Julian

    University of Florida

    Mapping coral bleaching using NOAA data to set the stage for reviewing redox chemistry concepts

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/366/?v=1

14. Spreadsheet Data Analysis Terms and Shortened Tutorial 4

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

    By Jennifer Buntz

    Dine College

    Introductory students are asked to learn terms for descriptive statistics and complete a matching exercise. Tutorial 4 was shorted to just the full calculations of t values.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/350/?v=1

15. Spreadsheet Data Analysis Tutorial Series

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

    By HHMI BioInteractive

    This series of self-paced tutorials show how to analyze data using a spreadsheet program.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/283/?v=1

16. Spreadsheet Tutorial 2 - Autofill Data, Cell References, and Standard Deviation

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

    By HHMI BioInteractive

    Generate a table with autofill, and use absolute cell reference to calculate variance and standard deviation.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/279/?v=1

17. Spreadsheet Tutorial 3 - Column Graphs, Error Bars, and Standard Error of the Mean

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

    By HHMI BioInteractive

    Generate a column or bar graph with standard error bars.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/280/?v=1

18. Spreadsheet Tutorial 4: t-Test

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

    By HHMI BioInteractive

    Calculate t-values and perform t-tests using built-in functions.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/281/?v=1

19. Spreadsheet Tutorial 5: Histogram

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

    By HHMI BioInteractive

    Generate a histogram using a variety of methods.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/282/?v=1

20. Teacher Guide: Math and Statistics

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

    By HHMI BioInteractive

    Topics include measures of average (mean, median, and mode), variability (range and standard deviation), uncertainty (standard error and 95% confidence interval), Chi-square analysis, student...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/342/?v=1