QB@CC Spring 2022 FMN- Conceptualizing Connections between Mathematics and Biology

Overview

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Conceptualizing Connections between Mathematics and Biology

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Goals

Adapt modules that address mathematical skills using a topic in biology
Learn how to use data-driven modules in undergraduate life science courses
Mix and match parts of modules and customize them for use in the classroom

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Final Products

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

Jonathan Andrew Akin

Version: 1.0 Adapted From: Grassy Narrows and Muskrat Falls Dam: Hypothesis Testing and t-Tests v1.0

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 determine whether observations fall within government safety guidelines for safe consumption.

statistics, mathematics, biostatistics, ecology, biology, graphing, p-values, t-tests, hypothesis testing, in-class activity, Zoology, mercury biogeochemistry, biostatistics - general, fish population, qbcc, Biogeochemical cycles, Interpret graphs, Concepts in Statistics, Elementary Hypothesis Testing, Methylmercury, dams, Bioaccumulation, traditional diets, mercury, mercury poisoning, native people, indigenous population, Canada, hydroelectric, explaining statistics, using statistics

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