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1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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