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1. 21st Century STEM Workforce Skills

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

   By Anna Monfils¹, Debra Linton¹

   Central Michigan University

   This activity includes a leadership assessment and associated exercise to encourage the development of 21st Century STEM Skills.

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1777/?v=1

2. 3D breast cancer tissue reconstruction

   24 Aug 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Jeremy M Wojdak¹, Kerri-Ann Norton²

   1. Radford University 2. Johns Hopkins University

   This module allows students to follow a researcher as she discovers new features of breast cancer tissue architecture, using 3D reconstructions of histological specimens.

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/543/?v=1

3. 3D breast cancer tissue reconstruction

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

   By Jeremy M Wojdak¹, Kerri-Ann Norton²

   1. Radford University 2. Johns Hopkins University

   This module allows students to follow a researcher as she discovers new features of breast cancer tissue architecture, using 3D reconstructions of histological specimens.

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/543/?v=2

4. 3D FractaL-Tree

   11 Sep 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By John R Jungck¹, Jennifer Spangenberg², Noppadon Khiripet³, Rawin Viruchpinta³, Jutarat Maneewattanapluk³

   1. Interdisciplinary Science Learning Center at the University of Delaware 2. Beloit College 3. National Electronics and Computer Technology Center

   3D FractaL-Tree allows scientists to collect data from actual specimens in the field or laboratory, insert these measurements into a spatially explicit L-system package, and then visually compare...

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/775/?v=1

5. A Curious Display

   28 Oct 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Margaret Waterman¹, Brandon Call, Sandi Connelly², Kristin Jenkins³, Sam Catherine Johnston⁴, Vedham Karpakakunjaram⁵, Viet Le⁶, Hayley Orndorf⁷, Melissa Skyer⁸, Barbara Spiecker⁹

   1. Southeast Missouri State University 2. Rochester Institute Of Technology 3. BioQUEST 4. CAST Inc. 5. Montgomery College 6. Rochester Institute of Technology 7. University of Pittsburgh 8. National Technical Institute for the Deaf at Rochester Institute of Technology 9. Oregon State University

   Case study on genetically modified organisms

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1452/?v=1

6. A Fun Introductory Command Line Exercise: Next Generation Sequencing Quality Analysis with Emoji!

   28 Feb 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Rachael St. Jacques¹, Max Maza¹, Sabrina Robertson², Guoqing Lu³, Andrew Lonsdale⁴, Ray A Enke⁵

   1. Department of Biology, James Madison University 2. Department of Psychology & Neuroscience, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 3. Department of Biology and School of Interdisciplinary Informatics, University of Nebraska Omaha 4. ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Cell Walls, Melbourne University 5. James Madison University

   This resource is a fun computer-based intro to command line programming. The activity takes FASTQ NGS data files and runs a fun program called FASTQE.

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1092/?v=1

7. A Fun Introductory Command Line Exercise: Next Generation Sequencing Quality Analysis with Emoji!

   07 Jun 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Rachael St. Jacques¹, Max Maza¹, Sabrina Robertson², Guoqing Lu³, Andrew Lonsdale⁴, Ray A Enke⁵

   1. Department of Biology, James Madison University 2. Department of Psychology & Neuroscience, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 3. Department of Biology and School of Interdisciplinary Informatics, University of Nebraska Omaha 4. ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Cell Walls, Melbourne University 5. James Madison University

   This resource is a fun computer-based intro to command line programming. The activity takes FASTQ NGS data files and runs a fun program called FASTQE.

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1092/?v=2

8. A Growing Concern: Sustaining Soil Resources through Local Decision Making

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

   By Sarah Fortner¹, Martha Murphy², Hannah Scherer³

   1. Wittenberg University 2. Santa Rosa Junior College 3. Virginia Tech

   This module addresses this need by providing students the opportunity to examine the differences between intensively managed agricultural landscapes (e.g. grazelands, conventional tillage) and...

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/291/?v=1

9. A Hands-on Introduction to Hidden Markov Models

   04 Jan 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Tony Weisstein¹, Elena Gracheva², Zane Goodwin², Zongtai Qi², Wilson Leung², Christopher D. Shaffer², Sarah C.R. Elgin²

   1. Truman State University 2. Washington University in St. Louis

   A lesson in which students will understand the basic structure of an HMM, the types of data used in ab initio gene prediction, and its consequent limitations.

   https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/999/?v=1

10. A Pipeline in Paradise

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

    By Victoria Schneider

    I incorporated fracking into the case study instead of just focusing on building a pipeline, which allowed us to discuss fracking with this case study.

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/439/?v=1

11. A Structured Inquiry Approach to Cotyledon Phenotyping

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

    By Megan L Van Etten

    Pennsylvania State University

    In this lab, students will work with messy data to try to answer the question “How do plants inherit cotyledon color?”

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/968/?v=1

12. A Student's Guide to Tropical Marine Biology

    11 Dec 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Karen Cangialosi

    Keene State College

    A Student's Guide to Tropical Marine Biology was curated and written entirely by students, and mostly edited by students at Keene State College that were enrolled in the course taught by Dr. Karen...

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1507/?v=1

13. A Walk Through the Woods

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

    By Jerome Chave¹, David Coomes², Steven Jansen³, Simon Lewis⁴, Nathan Swenson⁵, Amy Zanne⁶, Gaby Lopez-Gonzales⁷, J Ilic, RB Miller⁸, MC Wiemann⁹, Samantha Swauger¹⁰

    1. The Academy of Europe 2. Cambridge University 3. Ulm University 4. University College London 5. University of Maryland 6. The George Washington University 7. University of Leeds 8. University of California, Berkeley 9. University of Florida 10. DryadLab

    Data driven curriculum module from Dryad Digital Repository

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/274/?v=1

14. ABO Blood Group Frequencies

    11 Sep 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By John R Jungck¹, Jennifer A. Spangenberg²

    1. Interdisciplinary Science Learning Center at the University of Delaware 2. Beloit College

    An Excel workbook in which students can calculate blood type frequencies through different approaches (Hardy-Weinberg, quadratic formula, and the EM algorithm). The workbook shows the formulas used...

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/756/?v=1

15. Adaptation of Investigating human impacts on stream ecology: locally and nationally

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

    By Catherine Sughrue Etter

    Cape Cod Community College

    TIEE Module- How does nutrient pollution impact stream ecosystems locally and nationally?

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1294/?v=1

16. Adaptation of Terrestrial Trophic Cascades & Population Structure to a Non-Major’s Ecology Course

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

    By John Howard Starnes

    Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College

    In this activity, students will use data from natural parks to examine trophic cascades.

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/975/?v=1

17. Adapted Value of Mistakes

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

    By Sheela Vemu

    Waubonsee Community College - Tenure Track

    This module is adapted from BIOMAAP materials on the value of mistakes and application of growth mindset in a microbiology lab.

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1199/?v=1

18. Adapting InTeGrate Materials for Online Courses

    22 Aug 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Tara Holmberg

    Northwestern Connecticut Community College

    As part of my second mentoring of the InTeGrate FMN for QUBES, I chose to focus on my conversion of several resources to an online course format.

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/745/?v=1

19. Additional Figures of the Day - Parasitology

    30 May 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Elizabeth Hamman

    Radford University

    These additional figures were used in a Parasitology course (juniors and seniors) at Radford University.

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1251/?v=1

20. Agent-Based Modeling Course Materials

    29 Jan 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Erin N. Bodine

    Rhodes College

    Materials created for an upper level ABM course. Prerequisite: Students have taken either (a) another modeling course, or (b) the introductory computer science sequence.

    https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/1030/?v=1