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    Enzyme Kinetics: How Quickly Can Acetylcholinesterase Break Up Your Thoughts?
    This module contains exercises designed to help upper-level cell biology students understand the common graphical methods used to evaluate enzyme activity and to see the impact of inhibitors on...

    Keywords: cell biologyQuantitative reasoninginterdisciplinarylinear modelsInterpreting GraphsNIQBC2. Data and GraphsC4. mathematical modelsnonlinear models

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    Cellular Respiration and pH: blocking the electron transport chain and its effects on the proton gradient, pH, and ATP production
    This module contains exercises designed to help students describe the stages of cellular respiration and quantify the energy molecules produced. Students will predict the region of higher proton...

    Keywords: introductory biologyQuantitative reasoningquantitative biologyinterdisciplarycell functionInterpreting GraphsATPpHCellular RespirationEnergy transformationsElectron flowNIQBC2. Data and GraphsC4. mathematical modelsC1. Numeracyproton gradientelectron transportelectron transport blockersFADH2chemiosmosisATP synthaseNADHproton concentration

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    Cell Cycle and Mitosis
    This module introduces activities that allow students to walk through the cell cycle and mitotic cell division processes. As part of the activities, students learn about and apply knowledge of...

    Keywords: introductory biologyQuantitative reasoningInterdisciplinary STEMquantitative biologyinterdisciplinaryquantitative skillscell functioncell cyclemitosisCell DivisionMitotic Indexcalculating meanstumorNIQBC2. Data and GraphsC4. mathematical modelsC3. Statistical Analysisstandard errormitotic phaseinterphase

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    Kinetics of a Highly Conserved Enzyme - Carbonic Anhydrase
    This module contains exercises designed to introduce students to graphical representation of biological data. Students will explore the fundamental principles of enzyme kinetics including...

    Keywords: Excelintroductory biologycell biologygraphingslopeQuantitative reasoningdata visualizationquantitative biologyinterdisciplaryquantitative skillscorrelationenzyme functionInterpreting GraphsMichaelis-Mentenenzyme kineticsEnzyme activityenzyme inhibitionLinear and nonlinear analysisNIQBC2. Data and GraphsC4. mathematical modelsenzyme-substrateNIQB Interdisciplinary Quantitative Reasoningcarbonic anhydrase

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    Using the Hardy-Weinberg Equations: Quantifying Natural Selection and Allele Frequencies
    This module contains exercises designed to walk students through a real-world example of the coevolution of fruit color and primate frugivore color vision. Students will apply the Hardy-Weinberg...

    Keywords: Hardy-WeinbergEvolutionintroductory biologyQuantitative reasoninginterdisciplinaryNIQBC2. Data and GraphsC4. mathematical modelsC3. Statistical AnalysisC6. Quantitative LanguageC1. Numeracy

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    Linear Models and Linear Mixed Effects in R: Tutorial 1
    The first of two tutorials that introduce you to linear and linear mixed models.

    Keywords: statisticsmathematicsRdata analysisconceptsstatsregressionmixed modelslinear modelsfixed effectsResources @ QUBES - Teaching & Reference

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    Circle Train Problem TCM 2018_Hernandez.pdf - Google Drive
    In this math modeling lesson, students build mathematical models for the horizontal and vertical position of a train moving along a circular track. The math topics includes transformations of...

    Keywords: mathematical modelTrigonometryPrecalculusdata collectionLoggerProtransformation of functionsparametric equations

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    Circle Train Math Modeling Task
    This math modeling task is appropriate for high school Precalculus students. The students use their knowledge of transformations of trigonometric functions to create models for horizontal and...

    Keywords: mathematical modelTrigonometric Functionsparametric equationstransformations of functions

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    Teaching Population Dynamics with Data and HHMI BioInteractive
    Presented at NABT 2019, we demonstrate how the Population Dynamics Click & Learn resource can be customized for any organism - using the Lionfish invasion as an example

    Keywords: population growthHHMI BioInteractive

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    Running the Same Pace During a Marathon
    This activity uses Algebra concepts for simple models using long distance running as an example.

    Keywords: NIMBiosAlgebraplottingSimple Equationsconverting unitsalgebra 1simple discrete equations

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    Modeling an Ironman Race
    In this activity students create a model that represents an Ironman race.

    Keywords: NIMBiosgraphsAlgebraSimple Equationsalgebra 1simple modelssimple discrete equations

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    Supersized Life: Comparing Across Scales
    How wide is the size range of living beings, from "big" to "too small to see"? Students will collect and compare measurements from 3D specimens within the metric system by multiplying or dividing...

    Keywords: paleontologyBiodiversitytechnology in biologynatural history collectionsmiddle grades (4-9)3D models3D printingWhole Numbers & Place ValueMIDDLE SCHOOL MATH#NGSSscientific measurementscale and proportions

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    CYTOSKELETON - Microtubule Dynamics in the Cell Cycle
    This module contains exercises designed to help upper-level cell biology students understand the dynamics of microtubule polymerization and depolymerization within the cell cycle and how cancer...

    Keywords: cell biologyQuantitative reasoningInterdisciplinary STEMInterpreting GraphsCytoskeletonScientific reasoningdimensional analysisNIQBC2. Data and GraphsC6. Quantitative LanguageC1. Numeracy

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    Sequence Similarity: A Quick Introduction to Bioconductor
    Following the Sequence Similarity exercises by Kleinschmit, et al., this tutorial will guide students in using the Bioconductor suite of R packages to likewise compute sequence similarity.

    Keywords: bioinformaticssequencingNIBLSEmultiple sequence alignmentsequence similarityBLOSUM scoring matrixBioconductor

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    Yeti or not: Do they exist?
    Through this 4-part bioinformatics case study, students will be led through the forensic analysis of putative Yeti artifacts based on published findings.

    Keywords: case studybioinformaticsNIBLSEBLAST12S sequencingYeti

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    MathBench: Evolved Immunity for Introductory Environmental Science
    The Evolved Immunity module was the focal module for this lesson. Evolved Immunity was chosen because this module includes content and quantitative elements from a range of lab and lecture topics...
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    Inquiry-based hypothesis testing using phylogenetic trees in MEGA
    A key learning objective in biology is applying bioinformatics tools to test a real-life question. These inquiry-based modules have students assemble and align data, and construct simple...

    Keywords: phylogeneticsbioinformaticsFASTANCBIBLASTmultiple sequence alignmentsequence similarityCourseSourceZika virusMEGAalcohol metabolism

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    A Fun Introductory Command Line Exercise: Next Generation Sequencing Quality Analysis with Emoji!
    This resource is a fun computer-based intro to command line programming. The activity takes FASTQ NGS data files and runs a fun program called FASTQE.

    Keywords: data sciencebioinformaticsnext generation sequencingquality controlFASTQgenomicsprogrammingNIBLSElinuxmicrobiomeIllumina sequencingcommand lineFASTQEFASTPNGS analysisterminalMacemojiPhred scoreTrimmingshort read

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    Homologous chromosomes? Exploring human sex chromosomes, sex determination and sex reversal using bioinformatics approaches
    In this four- part guided activity, students will learn about the structure and function of human autosomal and sex chromosomes, view and interpret gene maps, and gain familiarity with basic...

    Keywords: bioinformaticsNIBLSECourseSourceautosomehomologous chromosomeshomologous recombinationsex chromosomesex determinationsex reversal mutations

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    A Very Basic Tutorial for Performing Linear Mixed Effects Analyses: Tutorial 2
    The second of two tutorials that introduce you to linear and linear mixed models. This tutorial serves as a quick boot camp to jump-start your own analyses with linear mixed effects models.

    Keywords: statisticsRdata analysisgraphingconceptsstatsregressionmixed modelslinear modelsfixed effectsrandom effectsintroductionResources @ QUBES - Teaching & Referencetechnologytutorial 2boot campbeginner

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