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1. Cladistic Analysis Lesson Using Bats

   30 May 2022 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Maria T. Armour

   Bridgewater State University

   Phylogenetic analysis can be a challenging concept to grasp for undergraduate biology students. This cladistic analysis lesson utilizes the amazingly diverse Order Chiroptera as a model to...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/3281/?v=1

2. Collections Education Coffee Break Series: oVert TCN Resources for Education

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

   By Jaimi Gray

   Florida Museum of Natural History

   Dr. Jaimi Gray gives a brief introduction into educational resources associated with the oVert project. ...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2760/?v=1

3. Bird Beak Adaptations

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

   By Miguel Morales

   Lake Worth Community Middle School

   Students will navigate through different stations experiencing simulations of adaptations, manipulations of 3D examples, and making connections to the standards to formulate hypotheses about...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2508/?v=1

4. Will You Find This Humerus? Homology Lab

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

   By Cassondra McHugh-Lowther

   Buchholz High School

   Students will compare and contrast the morphology of vertebrate forelimbs, and will use this knowledge to draw conclusions about their common ancestor and descent with modification.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2507/?v=1

5. Origin and Diversity of Armor in Girdled Lizards

   15 May 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Jennifer Broo

   Mariemont High School

   The girdled lizards (Cordylidae) are a family of distinctively armored lizards endemic to Sub-Saharan Africa. Students examine lizards in this family to classify the lizards based on morphological...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/1846/?v=1

6. That Vertebrate Ate What Exactly?

   15 May 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Jason Horner

   Coral Glades High School

   During the course of this lesson, students will analyze CT scan data and observe bycatch (or an unknown discovery) captured during the scanning process of vertebrates.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/1845/?v=1

7. Evidence of Evolution Homologous Structures

   14 May 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Bridget Armstrong

   Okeeheelee Middle School

   Using CT (Computed Tomography) scans of vertebrate forelimbs, both as 3D models and as shapefiles, to enhance and illustrate the concepts of homologous structures, and the evolution of anatomical...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/1844/?v=1

8. Responses to Climate Change in California Chipmunks: Move, Adapt, or Die

   10 Feb 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Talisin Hammond¹, Rachel E. Walsh², Eileen Lacey³

   1. San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research 2. University of California, Berkeley 3. Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley

   A series of three modules using data from natural history museum collections to examine responses to climate change in multiple chipmunk species. Elevation and morphological data, beginner skills...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/1752/?v=1