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    Using Nanoparticles to Treat Cancer Scientist Spotlight
    Students use published scientific data to determine which types of nanoparticles would be best to use to deliver cytotoxic drugs directly to cancer cells. Then they learn about the scientist who...

    Keywords: cancer biologyscientist spotlightsnanoparticles

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    Cell Division and Rates of Population Growth
    This module introduces the exponential growth of cells in the context of understanding cell division. It is intended for an introductory biology audience.

    Keywords: exponential equationscell growth and divisionGeometric SeriesCell StructureOpenStaxgeometric equations

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    Doubling Time of Tumors
    This module introduces the calculation of potential doubling time of tumorous cells in the context of understanding the growth of a population of the cells. It is intended for an introductory...

    Keywords: linear regressionRatiosCell StructureOpenStaxCell Growth

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

    Keywords: statisticsmathematicsbiostatisticsecologybiologygraphingp-valuest-testshypothesis testingin-class activityZoologymercury biogeochemistrybiostatistics - generalfish populationqbccEndocrine DisruptorsBiogeochemical cyclesInterpret graphsSolving Equations and InequalitiesConcepts in StatisticsElementary Hypothesis TestingMethylmercurydamsBioaccumulationtraditional dietsmercurymercury poisoningnative peopleindigenous populationCanadahydroelectricexplaining statisticsusing statisticsMake probability calculationsbiomagnification

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    Do Cell Phones Cause Brain Tumors?
    This YouTube video talks about whether there is a causal relationship between cellphone usage and brain cancer.

    Keywords: Presentation

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    Building creatures with the central dogma of biology
    Activity that demonstrates how nucleotide changes can affect phenotypes

    Keywords: amino acidsnucleotidesRNADNAgenotypephenotypecentral dogma

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    Diversity Indices: Shannon's H and E
    This module introduces Shannon's diversity index in the context of understanding how to mathematically measure the species diversity in a community. It is intended for an introductory biology...

    Keywords: ecologydiversityFunctionsOpenStaxdiversity index

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    Tension in Blood Vessels: LaPlace's Equation
    This module introduces Laplace's equation in the context of understanding tension in the walls of blood vessels. It is intended for an introductory biology audience.

    Keywords: linear equationsOpenStaxAnimal Physiology

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    Oxygen Diffusion in Simple Organisms
    This module introduces equations related to oxygen diffusion in the context of understanding the relationship between oxygen needs and metabolism. It is intended for an introductory biology audience.

    Keywords: linear equationsOpenStaxAnimal Physiologyparabolic equations

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    Sperm Motility
    This module introduces equations related to oxygen diffusion in the context of understanding the relationship between oxygen needs and metabolism. It is intended for an introductory biology audience.

    Keywords: OpenStaxAnimal Physiologyparabolic equationssquare root

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    Garden peas and cabbage plants: A short 'de-simplified genetics' activity
    Are plants of genotype T/T tall? Are those of genotype t/t short? Let's find out in this short activity entirely based on a segment of: Smith's (2014) "It’s Not Your Grandmother’s Genetics Anymore!"

    Keywords: geneticsintroductory biologyclickersenvironmentplantsin-class activitygenotypephenotypeMendel

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    Pedigree Unspoken Assumptions
    A video that highlights the unspoken assumptions that we use in pedigree analysis.

    Keywords: geneticsintroductory biologybiologybiology teachingVideoGenetics educationGeneral biology educationpedigreePedigree analysisassumptionsunspoken assumptionsskit

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    Students examine the diversity of human cell sizes and number using scientific notation
    In this powerpoint, several of the resources from the published module 'Sizes, Scales and Specialization' are used to create a mini-module that has students examine the size and abundance of...

    Keywords: ExponentsRatiosqbccmanipulate equationsCellular and Molecular Biologyconverting unitschanging scales

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    Antibody Binding
    This module introduces the Scatchard equation in the context of understanding antigen binding and the properties of antigens. It is intended for an introductory biology audience.

    Keywords: linear equationshyperbolic equationsCellular Processes

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    Chemoreception
    This module introduces the probability of cell and molecule collisions in the context of understanding chemoreception. It is intended for an introductory biology audience.

    Keywords: linear equationshyperbolic equationsCellular ProcessesChemoreception

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    Enzymes and the Rate of Chemical Reactions
    This module introduces rates of reactions in the context of understanding how enzymes affect chemical reactions. It is intended for an introductory biology audience.

    Keywords: calculushyperbolic equationsCellular Processesrates of change

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    Half Life of mRNA
    This module introduces exponential growth and decay in the context of understanding the stability of mRNA. It is intended for an introductory biology audience.

    Keywords: exponential equationsGenetic Informationlogarithmic equationshalf-lifemRNA

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    Lung Capacity and Rhythms in Breathing
    This module introduces rhythmic inhaling and exhaling in the context of understanding trigonometry and sine waves. It is intended for an introductory biology audience.

    Keywords: Trigonometrysine wavesAnimal Physiology

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    Maintenance of Cell Shape
    This module introduces an equation to calculate roundness in the context of understanding how myosin contributes to cell shape. It is intended for an introductory biology audience.

    Keywords: AlgebraCell StructureCell Growthbar chart

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    Mechanisms of Cell Attachment
    This module introduces the calculation of refractive indices along a cell surface in the context of understanding the attachment of cells to surfaces. It is intended for an introductory biology...

    Keywords: GeometryCell StructureCell GrowthSimple EquationsInterpreting GraphCell Attachment

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