Teaching Materials (1-8 of 8)

1. Drawing “Octo-Pines”: Ice-Breaker Active-Learning Activities to Introduce Drawing-to-Learn in Biology

   15 Sep 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Natasha Flores¹, Jessica M. Theodor¹, Mindi M. Summers*¹

   University of Calgary

   Drawing has been advocated as a technique to develop visual literacy and observational skills in biology students. To increase student motivation and confidence to draw in our course, we developed...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/4494/?v=1

2. Modified Grassy Narrows and Muskrat Falls Dam: Hypothesis Testing and t-Tests

   23 Feb 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Sharon Maureen Homer-Drummond

   AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowships at NSF

   Methylmercury contamination within fish populations is an important toxin that affect human, animal, and environmental health, serving as a carcinogen (cancer-causing agent) and endocrine-disruptor...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/3657/?v=2

3. Grassy Narrows and Muskrat Falls Dam: The Central Limit Theorem and a t-test

   09 Feb 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Paul Miller

   Everett Community College

   Students are introduced to concepts of sampling distributions and hypothesis testing using a simulation applet, elementary hypothesis tests, t-tests, and p-values as they compare a given fish...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/3679/?v=1

4. Modified Grassy Narrows and Muskrat Falls Dam: Hypothesis Testing and t-Tests

   01 Feb 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Sharon Maureen Homer-Drummond

   AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowships at NSF

   Methylmercury contamination within fish populations is an important toxin that affect human, animal, and environmental health, serving as a carcinogen (cancer-causing agent) and endocrine-disruptor...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/3657/?v=1

5. Using Grassy Narrows in a Live Classroom with Clicker Questions and Interactive Histogram: Sampling Distributions, Probability, and Hypothesis Testing

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

   By Jonathan Andrew Akin

   Northwestern State University of Louisiana

   Students are introduced to concepts of sampling distributions, p-values, and hypothesis testing. Using both simulated and real data for methylmercury level in fish populations, students will...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/3249/?v=1

6. Developing Decolonial Consciousness in Biology Students Through Critical Reflection Assignments

   19 Nov 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Lisa L. Walsh*

   University of Michigan

   There is a growing call to decolonize curricula in academia, including in scientific disciplines. In the biology classroom, this includes highlighting a diverse array of scientists and illuminating...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2776/?v=1

7. Grassy Narrows and Muskrat Falls Dam: Hypothesis Testing and t-Tests

   28 Jul 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Alida Janmaat¹, Pete Kaslik², Randall LaRue Moser Jr, Kevin David Simpson, Heather Susanne Zimbler-DeLorenzo³

   1. University of the Fraser Valley 2. Pierce College 3. Alfred University

   Students are introduced to concepts of hypothesis testing using elementary hypothesis tests, t-tests, and p-values as they compare a given fish population for methylmercury levels (using real and...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2434/?v=1

8. 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