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Biting into "Science Cookies": Are seed fates determined by seed size or chemistry?
24 May 2024 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Erin Kuprewicz1, Carlos Garcia-Robledo1
University of Connecticut
By understanding how animals make seed dispersal decisions, we can predict how plant traits affect seed survival and plant recruitment. Using wild agoutis, we experimentally tested how seed...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/4813/?v=1
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William Christopher Beckerson
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A CURE in traits and species distributions: Reproductive modes, range sizes, and natural history collections
13 Nov 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Jessica Allen1, Stephen Sharrett1, Eli Denzer2, James Lendemer3
1. Eastern Washington University 2. New York Botanical Garden 3. New York State Museum
This course-based undergraduate research experience (CURE) focuses on developing hypotheses about how traits influence the range sizes of species. Topics with substantive content include symbioses,...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/4564/?v=1
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Virginia M Weis
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SEAS CURE: Exploring Coral Biology Across Scales
14 Oct 2022 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Angela Z. Poole1, Geoffrey Mitchell2, Alison M. Roark*3, Jodi Schwarz4
1. Berry College 2. Wofford College 3. Furman University 4. Vassar College
Complex biological concepts (like symbiosis and coral biology) that span multiple scales and cross disciplinary boundaries are often difficult for students to understand. This complexity is...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/3540/?v=1
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The Three Sisters of Agriculture: An Active Learning Activity on Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation
13 Oct 2022 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Birgit M. Prüß*
North Dakota State University
This active learning exercise introduces students to the plant microbiome and the contributions that bacteria make to plant growth and food production. The Three Sisters are an ancient indigenous...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/3551/?v=1
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Using Images of Foraging Leaf-Cutter Ants to Teach Linear Regression
29 Aug 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Ariel Firebaugh1, Justin Touchon2, Hayley Orndorf3, Jeremy Wojdak1
1. Radford University 2. Vassar College 3. University of Pittsburgh
This lesson offers students a realistic, open-inquiry research experience, even when lab or field research is not possible. We first introduce students to leaf-cutter ants and how they forage. Then...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/2689/?v=1
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A new approach to course-based research using a hermit crab-hydrozoan symbiosis
27 Aug 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Tiffany Galush1, Clay Mazur1, Sehoya Cotner1
University of Minnesota
There are few feasible models for marine-focused inquiry laboratory activities, a notable shortcoming for instructors seeking to engage their students in meaningful, course-based research...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/2584/?v=1
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Justine Garcia
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Anya Vostinar
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Nicole M Gerardo
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