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    1975-Rodda-Sampson-Smith-The One-Compartment Open Model Parameter Estimation
    A new estimation procedure is proposed for estimating the parameters of the simplest pharmacokinetic model, the one-compartment open model.

    Keywords: compartment modelpharmacokineticsnonlinear estimationone compartment model

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    Studying phylogeny by producing phylogenetic trees of primates using morphological and molecular characteristics.
    An assignment constructing phylogenetic trees using shared, derived morphological traits and molecular differences among 18 primate species and two outlier species has been developed. Skull and...
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    Wind and Ocean Ecosystems (Project EDDIE)
    This module introduces students to the concepts of Ekman transport, eastern boundary currents, and upwelling, while learning how to find a location on a map using latitude and longitude, how to...
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    Stream Discharge Module- Beck Modification (Project EDDIE)
    In this module, students use data from the United States Geologic Survey to assess changes in stream discharge with time, calculate flood frequency, and see the effects of urbanization and flood...

    Keywords: floodsProject EDDIEurbanizationstreams

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    Applying Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Principles to Case Studies
    This is a presentation for the 2022 BIOME meeting.
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    Cell Collective
    Session presentation on an easy-to-use software, that makes this computational modeling approach accessible to any student and instructor

    Keywords: computational modelSummer Workshop 2018

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    From Cre/LoxP to Fate Maps: Inclusive and Equitable Approaches for Engaging Developmental Biology Students in Experimental Design
    Engaging first generation underrepresented minority students in the process of inquiry in developmental biology is important to increase diversity in future graduate STEM education. One important...

    Keywords: experimental designC. elegansCre/LoxPFate mapheart developmentheart regenerationmousereporter constructzebrafish

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    List of resources and support communities dedicated to biology undergraduate education
    Ecologists new to teaching and evidence-based teaching practices often feel alone and without support. There are resources and communities that can help them become better instructors and...

    Keywords: teaching resource

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    The Evolution of Human Skin Color
    My teaching notes for the Evolution of Human Skin Color case study.

    Keywords: EvolutionNatural SelectionSkin pigmentationskin colorvitamin Dvitamin B folateultraviolet lightUV light

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    Innovative Teaching Exchange: Asking Questions in Probability Class
    This is an article in MAA's Innovative Teaching Exchange that describes strategies to get students past thoughtless number crunching, guessing, and intuition when it comes to solving probability...

    Keywords: Probabilitypedagogyteaching strategies

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    Wind and Ocean Ecosystems (Project EDDIE)- adapted to provide greater autonomy for students in an upper level class
    This module adaption focuses on the interplay between winds, ocean upwelling, and marine productivity. Students are able to select and download their own data and compare results among different...
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    CRISPR/Cas9 in yeast: a multi-week laboratory exercise for undergraduate students
    Providing undergraduate life-science students with a course-based research experience that utilizes cutting-edge technology, is tractable for students, and is manageable as an instructor is a...

    Keywords: bioinformaticsPCRphenotypingCRISPR/Cas9gene editingcloningGenotypingRestriction enzyme

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    2017-GR_Gustafson-Differential Equations Course Materials
    There are many applications from compartment and cascade analysis, recycling brine tank, home heating with multiple rooms, chemostat, microbes, heartbeats, lidocaine, nutrient flow in an aquarium,...

    Keywords: chemostatmicrobesbiomassforecastingtransfercompartmentpesticidesearthquaketankheatinglidocainebrineheartbeatsnutrient flowaquariumelectric networkscircuitsloggingbuildingcascade

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    2010-Brian_Winkel-Parameter estimates in differential equation models for chemical kinetics
    We discuss the need for devoting time in differential equations courses to modelling and the completion of the modelling process with efforts to estimate the parameters in the models using data.

    Keywords: kineticschemical kineticszeroth order reactionfirst order reactionsecond order reaction

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    2008-Ahmed_Mohameden-Solving initial-value second order ordinary differential equations on an Excel spreadsheet
    This paper presents a friendly method of solving initial-value second order differential equations (DEs) analytically on a MS Excel© workbook.

    Keywords: ExcelSpreadsheet

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    2004-Jones-Song-Thomas-Controlling wound healing through debridement
    In this article, a system of differential equations that models slough/wound interaction is developed.

    Keywords: bacteriawound healinghealingderidingisocline

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    1-086-MedicinalPill-ModelingScenario
    Administration of a medicinal pill in single and multiple doses is modeled.

    Keywords: medicinespillovercompartmentbloodstreamGIT-Track

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    Climate Change Module (Project EDDIE) for Introductory Statistics
    Students practice and deepen their understanding of bivariate numerical data analysis (correlation, linear regression, etc.) through working with data related to climate change. Adapted from a...

    Keywords: statistics

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    Cross-Scale Interactions (Project EDDIE)
    Students explore new modeling and computing tools while learning fundamental concepts about how lake phytoplankton blooms occur through cross-scale interactions.

    Keywords: modelingProject EDDIE

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    Climate Change Effects on Lake Temperatures (Project EDDIE)
    Students explore new modeling and computing tools while learning fundamental concepts about how climate change will affect lakes

    Keywords: climate changeProject EDDIElakes

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