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    1-057-FiguringFluidFlow-ModelingScenario
    We propose three differential equations models for the height of a column of falling water as the water exits a small bore hole at the bottom of the cylinder and ask students to determine which...

    Keywords: dischargetankTorricelli's LawConservation of Energyfluid flowheightliquid

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    1989-R_Blickhan-Spring Mass Model For Running-Hopping
    A simple spring—mass model consisting of a massless spring attached to a point mass describes the interdependency of mechanical parameters characterizing running and hopping of humans as a function...

    Keywords: spring massjumpjumping

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    Calculus, Zombies, Community, and QUBES
    Presentation discussing approaches to determining the content and delivery structure for quantitative integration into the curriculum of foundational courses in both statistics and calculus for the...

    Keywords: math bio edzombiesmath confidenceumaine

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    1-064-TorricelliBox-ModelingScenario
    The time it takes a column of water to empty and the time it takes the same volume of column of water with a box (various sizes) submerged in the column of water are compared through modeling with...

    Keywords: groundwater flowcolumn of waterTorricelli's Lawwater displacementsubmerged box

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    2009-G_Recktenwald-Tank Draining Exercise
    This paper describe deep mathematics, including differential equations concerned with modeling the draining of tank and the shape of the water coming out the bore hole at the bottom of the tank of...

    Keywords: laboratorytankLabViewBermoulli equationempty drainingcolumn of liquidpressure

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    Topics in Restoration Ecology: Restoring the Red Wolf in North Carolina
    The planet’s most endangered wolf is the red wolf, with only one wild population, a nonessential experimental group established in eastern North Carolina, of 15-17 individuals in existence as of...

    Keywords: ecologyRestoration Ecology

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    The Perfect Brew: An Activity Demonstrating Cell Counting and Hemocytometer Use
    In this activity, students will explore the use of a hemocytometer for counting cells, demonstrate the relationship between the grid seen in the microscope with volume of liquid in suspension and...

    Keywords: RatiosmicrobiologyqbccCellular and Molecular BiologyUnderstanding fractionsconverting unitschanging scalesmeasurements

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    The Perfect Brew: An Activity Demonstrating Cell Counting and Hemocytometer Use
    In this activity, students will explore the use of a hemocytometer for counting cells, demonstrate the relationship between the grid seen in the microscope with volume of liquid in suspension and...

    Keywords: RatiosmicrobiologyqbccCellular and Molecular BiologyUnderstanding fractionsconverting unitschanging scalesmeasurements

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    The Effects of Invasive Primary Producers on Native Primary Consumers
    In this experiment, the effect of the invasive primary producer, Carpobrotus edulis on the native primary consumer, Acheta domesticus, was studied. The purpose of this experiment was to identify...

    Keywords: Invasive Species

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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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    Bringing Real Ecological Data into the Classroom: DryadLab on QUBESHub
    Bringing Real Ecological Data into the Classroom: DryadLab on QUBESHub was presented at the annual meeting of the Association of College & University Biology Educators in 2016.

    Keywords: data in the classroomDryadLab

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    2017-Allali-EtAl-Mathematical Modeling of the Adaptive Immune Responses in the Early Stage of the HBV Infection
    The aim of this paper is to study the early stage of HBV infection and impact delay in the infection process on the adaptive immune response, which includes cytotoxic T-lymphocytes and antibodies.

    Keywords: logisticHBV infectionadaptive immunie responseT-lymphocytes

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    Intro to BIOMAAP - Student Introduction
    This presentation is intended as a short, in-class introduction to the program and some of the research behind it, in hopes of generating ‘buy in’ for a course-long use of BIOMAAP materials.

    Keywords: metacognitionmath attitudesResources @ BIOMAAP

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    Plants We Eat: Learning Form and Function from Fruits and Vegetables
    This high school or undergraduate lab consists of four activities that guide students through learning about plant parts from the fruits and vegetables with which they are already familiar....
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    Quantitative Biology at Community Colleges: Building a Community of Biology and Math Faculty to Develop and Disseminate Open Educational Resources
    This is a poster presented at the SABER West 2020 conference. We introduced the grant's goals and objectives, described the leadership team and disseminated the information about the first network...

    Keywords: community collegesquantitative biologyinterdisciplinaryCommunities of Practicebiology and math

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    Sizes, Scales and Specialization: Adapted to add scientific notation review
    This module explores how cell size and shape varies across cell types in the human body by having students calculate relative proportions of numbers in scientific notation. The adaptation has...

    Keywords: ExponentsRatiosScientific Notationcell typeqbccmanipulate equationsCellular and Molecular Biologyconverting unitschanging scales

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    Functional and structural analysis of Amylase activity
    This exercise was developed to allow students to apply the scientific method and use their knowledge of enzymes to investigate the relationship between enzyme activity and structure. Students...
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    Nastic Movements in Plants
    This module introduces an osmotic model in the context of understanding plants' capability of rapidly adapting to changes in their environment. It is intended for an introductory biology audience.

    Keywords: plant physiologyhyperbolic equationsOpenStaxinterpreting modelsnastic movements

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    Water Movement through a Membrane: The Van't Hoff Equation
    This module introduces the van't Hoff equation in the context of understanding the metabolic activity of the epithelial cells lining the stomach. It is intended for an introductory biology audience.

    Keywords: AlgebraInequalitiesCellular Processes

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    Nuclear and Cytoplasmic Viscosity
    This module introduces a modified Stokes-Einstein equation in the context of understanding the difference in viscosity between the nucleus and cytoplasm of cells

    Keywords: linear equationsCell StructureCell GrowthCytoplasmic Viscosity

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