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    Redlining and Climate Change
    Redlining was a racist, legal practice and its impacts are measurable in terms of environmental variables in US cities today. This resource examines redlining, urban environments, and climate change.

    Keywords: Connection to Place

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    1-015-DimensionlessVariables-TechniqueNarrative
    This material introduces the idea of ``rescaling'' for ordinary differential equations (ODE's) by the use of dimensionless variables. In practice this is an extremely common and useful prelude to...

    Keywords: linearizationdimensional analysistime scalescalingdimensionless variablesspatial scale

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    3-075-RLCCircuits-ModelingScenario
    We introduce the basics of RLC circuits, defining the terms of inductance, resistance, and capacitance in a circuit in which an induced voltage created a current running through these devices.

    Keywords: resistancecircuitvoltageinductancecapacitancecurrentKirchhoff's Law

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    Re-Envisioning Culture Network: A Syllabus Guide
    The Re-Envisioning Culture Network Syllabus aims to honor Black identity and culture while acknowledging the barriers that Black undergraduate students face through definitions, art, storytelling,...

    Keywords: stemraceAddressing anti-blacknessBlack in STEM

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    Value of Mistakes. Making Mistakes Using R
    This module allows students to frame mistakes and frustrations during their first introduction to R in terms of improved learning and growth mindset.

    Keywords: growth mindsetmath attitudesResources @ BIOMAAPmistakesvalue of mistakes

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    3-070-FallingInWater-ModelingScenario
    We model a small canister with ballast to keep it vertical as it falls through water in a graduated cylinder filled with water. We suggest several models in terms of resistance due to the media and...

    Keywords: datawaterresistancefallingbuoyancymass

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    1-007-AntTunnelBuilding-ModelingScenario
    We pose the prospect of modeling just how long an ant takes to build a tunnel. With a bit of guidance students produce a model for the time it takes to build a tunnel of length x into the side of a...

    Keywords: Spanishhormigatúnelanttunnel

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    Investigating human impacts on stream ecology: Scaling up from Local to National with a focus on the Southeast
    Adaptation of the "TIEE Module- How does nutrient pollution impact stream ecosystems locally and nationally?" specifically to include information on the SE (particularly Atlanta, GA).
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    Presentation related to the paper: Sustainability and Justice: Challenges and Opportunities for an Open STEM Education
    This is a presentation highlighting some issues at the intersection of STEM, Open, and Social Justice. The audience is STEM education professionals and professional developers. The presentation was...

    Keywords: cyberinfrastructurestemOERsocial justicelaboroer ecosystem

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    Data is the New Science - Modified and combined with Following the Data Module
    In this module, students will be introduced to some emerging biodiversity data resources. They will be asked to think critically about the strengths and utility of these data resources and apply...

    Keywords: data in the classroombiodiversity informaticsnatural history collection

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    2017-ASHP-Intro to Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics
    This is the introductory Lesson 1 in an online set of materials to introduce Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics.

    Keywords: absorptioncompartmentbloodstreamplasmapharmacokineticsdrugpharmacodynamics

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    2017-ASHP-Intro to Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics
    This is the introductory Lesson 1 in an online set of materials to introduce Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics.

    Keywords: absorptioncompartmentbloodstreamplasmapharmacokineticspharmacodynamicstherapeutic concentration rangedrug dispositiondrug response

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    1-098-NeuronDetection-ModelingScenario
    Students study a linear, first order, one-dimensional ordinary differential equation (ODE) and learn how it can help understand basics of neural dynamics. The modeling framework is known in ...

    Keywords: biologyneuroscienceneuron physiologyvoltageintegrate and firethrefholscoincidence detectionRC circuit

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    A Critical Guide to the PDB
    This Critical Guide in the Introduction to Bioinformatics series provides a brief outline of the Protein Data Bank – the PDB – the world’s primary repository of biological macromolecular structures.

    Keywords: NIBLSEGOBLETInstructorResources

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    3-045-RampBounce-ModelingScenario
    Students build two projectile motion models (1) a one-dimensional model for a vertically falling ball from a fixed distance until it hits an inclined ramp and (2) a two-dimensional projectile...

    Keywords: projectile motioninclined rampcoefficient of restitutionoptimal anglebounce

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    6-012-RiverCrossing-ModelingScenario
    Students develop a model of a river crossing in a boat with thrust using Newton's Second Law of Motion from a Free Body Diagram they construct. The model is thence a system of one second order...

    Keywords: dragonNewton's Second Law of Motionriver crossinriver currentvelocity profilethrustFree Body Diagram

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    Bioinformatics: Food Detective – a Practical Guide
    This Practical Guide in the Bringing Bioinformatics into the Classroom series introduces the idea of computers as tools to help understand aspects of biology.
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    Regulation of Sex Determination
    This activity accompanies the HHMI BioInteractive module Sex Verification of Athletes (​https://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/testing-athletes​). It provides students with exercises to explore the...
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    Gotcha! Which fly trap is the best? An introduction to experimental data collection and analysis
    Collecting data from experimental observations is an important component of the scientific process; likewise, the analysis of the data is essential to understanding the observed trends and patterns...

    Keywords: data analysisexperimental designdata collectionfruit fliesfly traps

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    Fly Exercise: A Simple Experiment to Test the Physiological Effects of Exercise on a Model Organism
    Model organisms are commonly used to study and experimentally explore biological processes in ways that are technically or ethically not possible in humans. For this reason, model organisms are an...

    Keywords: exerciseenzyme kineticsmetabolite concentrationmodel speciesphysical activity

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