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Big Data, Graphs, and Prediction [version 1.0]
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In this activity, students are introduced to graphing and modeling data in a step-wise fashion. Real data of covid-19 deaths over time are used to incrementally ask students to fit the data to several models and discuss which model fits best.

Subject:
Mathematics
Statistics and Probability
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium
Provider Set:
Quantitative Biology at Community Colleges
Date Added:
02/17/2021
Choosing healthy data for healthy relationships: how to use 5-point summaries, box and whisker plots, and correlation to understand global health trends. [version 1.0]
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This module utilizes a user-friendly database exploring data selection, box-and-whisker plot, and correlation analysis. It also guides students on how to make a poster of their data and conclusions.

Subject:
Applied Science
Health, Medicine and Nursing
Mathematics
Statistics and Probability
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Full Course
Lecture
Lesson Plan
Reading
Provider:
BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium
Provider Set:
Quantitative Biology at Community Colleges
Date Added:
06/21/2021
Effect of the Intestinal Protein Snakeskin on the Lifespan of Fruit Flies:  A Kaplan-Meier Survival Analysissource Draft (1) [version 1.0]
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In this activity, students perform the Kaplan-Meier survival analysis on raw data obtained from an experiment that explores the effect of overexpressing the Snakeskin (Ssk) protein on the lifespan of a population of fruit flies. This tight junction equivalent protein is expressed at higher levels than normal specifically in the gut and throughout the entire lifespan of the flies. Because aging guts are accompanied by both a mislocalization and a decrease in the expression levels of junctional proteins, including Ssk, it was hypothesized that overexpressing Ssk may lead to a healthier fly with a longer lifespan. This data will be analyzed in order to determine if there is a significant difference between the control flies in which no overexpression occurs and the experimental group in which Ssk is overexpressed.

Subject:
Biology
Calculus
Life Science
Mathematics
Statistics and Probability
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Lecture
Lesson Plan
Provider:
BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium
Provider Set:
Quantitative Biology at Community Colleges
Date Added:
02/03/2023
Evolution of Tusklessness in African Elephants [version 1.0]
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The exploitation of African elephants in the form of ivory poaching is exacerbated by warfare. The affects of this anthropogenic evolutionary force on the African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) in the Gorongoas National Park in Mozambique was investigated (Campbell-Staton, et. al. 2021) after the Mozambican civil war (1997-1992).  This multipart lesson is based on this research.  Here, we explore allele frequencies, phenotypic data, and the use of a chi-squared test to determine if the population is in Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium.  Because one gene influencing tusklessness is X-linked, we also explore inheritance of the trait, using hemophilia as an example.  The data used in this part of the lesson are simulated data based on reports from Zambia.

Subject:
Mathematics
Statistics and Probability
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Lecture
Lesson Plan
Reading
Provider:
BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium
Provider Set:
Quantitative Biology at Community Colleges
Date Added:
08/17/2022
Exploring Marine Primary Productivity with Descriptive Statistics and Graphing in Excel [version 1.0]
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In this activity, students use real water chemistry data and descriptive statistics in Excel to examine primary productivity in an urban estuary of the Salish Sea. They will consider how actual data do or do not support expected annual trends.

Subject:
Ecology
Life Science
Mathematics
Measurement and Data
Statistics and Probability
Material Type:
Data Set
Lesson Plan
Provider:
BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium
Provider Set:
Quantitative Biology at Community Colleges
Date Added:
01/29/2023
Exploring Marine Primary Productivity with Descriptive Statistics and Graphing in Excel [version 1.0]
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In this activity, students use real water chemistry data and descriptive statistics in Excel to examine primary productivity in an urban estuary of the Salish Sea. They will consider how actual data do or do not support expected annual trends.

Subject:
Ecology
Life Science
Mathematics
Measurement and Data
Statistics and Probability
Material Type:
Data Set
Lesson Plan
Provider:
BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium
Provider Set:
Quantitative Biology at Community Colleges
Date Added:
09/02/2021
Fitting Exponential and Logistic Growth Models to Bacterial Cell Count Data [version 1.0]
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In this activity, students will model a noisy set of bacterial cell count data using both exponential and logistic growth models. For each model the students will plot the data (or a linear transformation of the data) and apply the method of least squares to fit the model's parameters. Activities include both theoretical and conceptual work, exploring the properties of the differential equation models, as well as hands-on computational work, using spreadsheets to quickly process large amounts of data. This activity is meant as a capstone to the differential calculus portion of a typical undergraduate Calculus I course. It explores a biological application of a variety of differential calculus concepts, including: differential equations, numerical differentiation, optimization, and limits. Additional topics explored include semi-log plots and linear regression.

Subject:
Calculus
Mathematics
Measurement and Data
Statistics and Probability
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Full Course
Lesson Plan
Provider:
BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium
Provider Set:
Quantitative Biology at Community Colleges
Date Added:
12/18/2021
Graphing bacterial growth rates: semi-log graphs v linear graphs [version 1.0]
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In this activity, students will explore the concept of binary fission, generation time, and bacterial growth curves, with an emphasis on the log phase. Students will use semi-log graphs and linear graphs to plot bacterial cell growth.

Subject:
Biology
Life Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Full Course
Lecture
Lesson Plan
Reading
Provider:
BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium
Provider Set:
Quantitative Biology at Community Colleges
Author:
Adam Marschall Jaros
Adronisha Frazier
Beth Alford
Brandy Williams
Date Added:
02/26/2021
Grassy Narrows and Muskrat Falls Dam: Hypothesis Testing and t-Tests [version 1.0]
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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 hypothetical data) against real-world mercury standards.

Subject:
Biology
Ecology
Life Science
Mathematics
Statistics and Probability
Zoology
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Full Course
Lecture
Lesson Plan
Provider:
BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium
Provider Set:
Quantitative Biology at Community Colleges
Date Added:
07/28/2021
Grassy Narrows and Muskrat Falls Dam: The Central Limit Theorem and a t-test [version 2.0]
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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 population for methylmercury levels (using real and hypothetical data) against real-world mercury standards.

Subject:
Biology
Ecology
Life Science
Mathematics
Statistics and Probability
Zoology
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Full Course
Lecture
Lesson Plan
Provider:
BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium
Provider Set:
Quantitative Biology at Community Colleges
Date Added:
02/09/2023
Impact of Introduction of American Bullfrogs on Species Diversity [version 1.0]
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This module explores the introduction of the American bullfrog on their ecosystem. Using species diversity calculations and data collection techniques, students explore how the bullfrog affected the species in its community. Students are introduced to calculations like species richness, species evenness, and species diversity indices. Also, this activity provides students an understanding of how this information is gathered in the field and provides them an opportunity to learn how to collect data themselves.

Subject:
Ecology
Life Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Full Course
Lecture
Lesson Plan
Provider:
BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium
Provider Set:
Quantitative Biology at Community Colleges
Date Added:
08/07/2023
Learn Biological Sciences and Mathematics through cellular respiration, photosynthesis and primary productivity. [version 1.0]
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Photosynthesis is a process by which plants synthesize glucose and oxygen in presence of sunlight through light dependent reactions by utilization of sunlight, water to synthesize oxygen, ATP and NADPH and light-independent reactions to synthesize carbon dioxide and carbohydrates. Cellular respiration is a metabolic pathway that breaks down glucose through glycolysis, pyruvate oxidation, citric acid / Krebs cycle and oxidative phosphorylation. Primary producers produce energy and consumers derive energy from primary producers. Primary productivity is the accumulation of energy in form of biomass. Integrating biological science and mathematics helps to understand how differential regulation of factors impacting metabolic pathways and processes impact primary productivity.

Subject:
Biology
Life Science
Mathematics
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Full Course
Lecture
Lesson Plan
Reading
Provider:
BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium
Provider Set:
Quantitative Biology at Community Colleges
Date Added:
04/07/2024
Linear Regression (Excel) and Cellular Respiration for Biology, Chemistry and Mathematics [version 1.0]
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Students typically find linear regression analysis of data sets in a biology classroom challenging. These activities could be used in a Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, or Statistics course. The collection provides student activity files with Excel instructions and Instructor Activity files with Excel instructions and solutions to problems.

Students will be able to perform linear regression analysis, find correlation coefficient, create a scatter plot and find the r-square using MS Excel 365. Students will be able to interpret data sets, describe the relationship between biological variables, and predict the value of an output variable based on the input of an predictor variable.

Subject:
Algebra
Biology
Life Science
Mathematics
Statistics and Probability
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Full Course
Lecture
Lesson Plan
Provider:
BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium
Provider Set:
Quantitative Biology at Community Colleges
Date Added:
12/04/2021
Modified Grassy Narrows and Muskrat Falls Dam: Hypothesis Testing and t-Tests [version 2.0]
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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 (compounds that in some way alter the signaling of the hormone system. The impacts of exceeding safe dietary methylmercury levels were tragically made clear in Ontario, Canada, where a First Nations community in Grassy Narrows are living with the consequences of methylmercury poisoning in the fish supply. The fish were contaminated due to the dumping of mercury in the traditional waterways of the First Nation community. In 2016, there were highly publicized protests in Muskrat Falls, Labrador, Canada, where the Inuit people raised direct concerns about the potential for a proposed Nalcor Energy hydroelectric dam, to increase mercury levels in fish in those waters, which are an integral part of their traditional diet. Despite significant protests, the project was completed in 2019 and 41 km were flooded. This module uses these real-world examples as a jumping-off point for exercises that will guide case-study driven discussion on mathematical, biological and ethical concerns.

Subject:
Biology
Ecology
Life Science
Mathematics
Statistics and Probability
Zoology
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Full Course
Lecture
Lesson Plan
Provider:
BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium
Provider Set:
Quantitative Biology at Community Colleges
Date Added:
02/02/2023
Modified Grassy Narrows and Muskrat Falls Dam: Hypothesis Testing and t-Tests [version 3.0]
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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 (compounds that in some way alter the signaling of the hormone system. The impacts of exceeding safe dietary methylmercury levels were tragically made clear in Ontario, Canada, where a First Nations community in Grassy Narrows are living with the consequences of methylmercury poisoning in the fish supply. The fish were contaminated due to the dumping of mercury in the traditional waterways of the First Nation community. In 2016, there were highly publicized protests in Muskrat Falls, Labrador, Canada, where the Inuit people raised direct concerns about the potential for a proposed Nalcor Energy hydroelectric dam, to increase mercury levels in fish in those waters, which are an integral part of their traditional diet. Despite significant protests, the project was completed in 2019 and 41 km were flooded. This module uses these real-world examples as a jumping-off point for exercises that will guide case-study driven discussion on mathematical, biological and ethical concerns.

Subject:
Biology
Ecology
Life Science
Mathematics
Statistics and Probability
Zoology
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Full Course
Lecture
Lesson Plan
Provider:
BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium
Provider Set:
Quantitative Biology at Community Colleges
Date Added:
02/23/2023
The Perfect Brew: An Activity Demonstrating Cell Counting and Hemocytometer Use [version 1.0]
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In this activity, students will explore the use of a hemocytometer for counting cells, demonstrate the relationship between the grid seen in the microscope with volume of liquid in suspension and count cells to determine concentration.

Subject:
Mathematics
Measurement and Data
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Full Course
Lesson Plan
Provider:
BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium
Provider Set:
Quantitative Biology at Community Colleges
Date Added:
06/08/2021
The Perfect Brew: An Activity Demonstrating Cell Counting and Hemocytometer Use [version 1.0]
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In this activity, students will explore the use of a hemocytometer for counting cells, demonstrate the relationship between the grid seen in the microscope with volume of liquid in suspension and count cells to determine concentration.

Subject:
Mathematics
Measurement and Data
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Full Course
Lesson Plan
Provider:
BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium
Provider Set:
Quantitative Biology at Community Colleges
Date Added:
09/09/2020
QB@CC: An interdisciplinary network model for developing and disseminating OER to support pedagogical change [version 1.0]
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Presentation given at the Northeast OER Summer 2022

We describe the interdisciplinary network that has been developing and sharing quantitative skills-based OER in biological sciences. The participants will be able to access and explore the resources published on the QUBESHub platform. We present the networking model that facilitates the collaborative development of open access resources and also provides leadership opportunities for the network participants.

Subject:
Education
Material Type:
Lesson
Reading
Provider:
BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium
Provider Set:
Quantitative Biology at Community Colleges
Date Added:
06/02/2022
QB@CC Poster for NABT 2020 [version 1.0]
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This is a poster presentation at the 2020 NABT Annual PD Conference. This poster describes the goals of QB@CC project, progress in the first year and an update on the upcoming events.

Subject:
Education
Higher Education
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Reading
Provider:
BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium
Provider Set:
Quantitative Biology at Community Colleges
Date Added:
11/24/2020