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    Social Distancing Simulation in NetLogo
    A NetLogo simulation that shows the effects of social distancing on the spread of infectious disease.
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    Modeling the lac Operon to Understand the Regulation of Gene Expression in Prokaryotes
    This resource is a recitation activity designed for an introductory biology course in which students explore a lac operon simulation (https://qubeshub.org/resources/phetlacoperon).

    Keywords: simulationLac Operon

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    Wolf Sheep Predation Simulation Exercise
    This resource is an exercise to introduce students to agent-based modeling of biological systems through working with a simple existing model.

    Keywords: simulationecologyIntroductoryNetLogoagent-based modelingagent-based modelLabbioinformaticspredator-preyUndergraduateNIBLSEInstructional SettingAudience LevelActivity LengthLess than 1 hoursimulation cycleC1. Role of bioinformaticsC6. ModelsReviewed at NIBLSEagent based modleing

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    Cell Collective: Computational Modeling and Simulation Designed with the Classroom in Mind
    This working group collaborated on content and pedagogy surrounding the use of Cell Collective to integrate computational modeling and simulation into undergraduate biology curriculum.
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    1996-D_Erdman-MM_Morelock-A Study of Kinetics
    This paper introduces new and old features of the SAS System for the estimation and simulation of systems of first-order differential equations with emphasis on examples in kinetics.

    Keywords: simulationkineticsparameter estimationEnzymesubstratesavingscompartmentstomachbloodginseng

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    Altruism Simulation Activity
    An altruism activity that uses a NetLogo altruism simulation.

    Keywords: Evolutiontool:netlogoanimal behavioraltruism

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    2020-TeachingModule-SpreadOfCommonColdSimulation
    This simulation is meant to introduce the idea of a differential equation model and investigate the impact of heightened hygiene and decreased interactions on the spread of an infectious disease....

    Keywords: simulationmoduleinfectious diseasediseasespreadTeaching Modulespread of disease

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    2000-Erdman-Morelock-A Study of Kinetics The Estimation and Simulation of Systems of First-Order Differential Equations
    This paper introduces new and old features of the SAS System for the estimation and simulation of systems of first-order differential equations with emphasis on examples in kinetics.

    Keywords: kineticsSAScompartmentpharmacokinetics

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    1-002-Tossing-ModelingScenario
    We offer students simulation experience or data from a simulation and ask them to model the simulation using several approaches, to include exponential decay fit, difference equation, and...

    Keywords: Modeling and simulationexponentialdecaydice

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    Web Popgen
    A Hardy-Weinberg simulation program.

    Keywords: Hardy-Weinbergpopulation geneticscomputer simulationsGenetic DriftmutationNatural Selection

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    Michaelis-Menten Enzyme Kinetics
    In this simulation, equations used in enzyme kinetics (Michaelis-Menten, Eadie-Hofstee, Dixon, and Lineweaver-Burk) are modeled under various conditions.

    Keywords: ExcelResources @ ESTEEMMichaelis-Mentenenzymesenzyme kinetics

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    Populus: Simulations of Population Biology
    Link to Populus Software

    Keywords: simulationpopulation growthpopulus

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    1-101-ClassMMDeathImmigration-ModelingScenario
    We offer students an opportunity to generate unique data for their team on a death and immigration model using m&m's and then pass on the data to another student team for analysis with a model they...

    Keywords: simulationimmigrationdata collectiondeath

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    3-076-CircuitBuilding-ModelingScenario
    In this project students will establish a mathematical model for an electric circuit as a second-order ordinary differential equation with constant coefficients.

    Keywords: simulationexperimentMultisimcircuitinductancecapacitorKirchhoff's Voltage Lawresistor

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    1-062-BacteriaGrowth-ModelingScenario
    We offer students a simulation experience or data from a simulation and ask them to model the simulation using several approaches: exponential growth fit, difference equation, differential...

    Keywords: bacteriaexponentialgrowth

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    Cell Collective: Learning biology with modeling and simulations
    Cell Collective is an online, research-grade modeling platform adapted to engage students in creating and simulating dynamic models of biological processes.

    Keywords: modelingsimulationSimulationsCell Collective

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    1-084-GoingViral-ModelingScenario
    Students employ randomization in order to create a simulation of the spread of a viral disease in a population (the classroom). Students then use qualitative analysis of the expected behavior of...

    Keywords: simulationlogisticrandomfittingpartial fractions

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    1-125-DiceyPopulation-ModelingScenario
    We offer students an opportunity to generate data for their team on a death and immigration model using 12 and 20 sided dice and then pass on the data to another student team for analysis with a...

    Keywords: simulationimmigrationdeathdice

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    2019-Hu-Treinen-One-step_method_for_modelling_longitudinal_data_with_differential_equations
    This study proposes a new approach to estimate the parameters in differential equation models used to describe non-linear trajectories of longitudinal data.

    Keywords: simulationparameter estimationshoppingfittingbehaviour

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    1-001d-HotelPopulationDecay-ModelingScenario
    You will be modeling the following situation: 100 people are in a hotel. Each day, each person has a random chance of 50% of leaving the hotel. No new people enter the hotel. Before you run the...

    Keywords: simulationlogisticexponential decayfitting

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