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    1-143-PopulationModelVariationsMATLAB-ModelingScenario
    Students will walk through a detailed derivation and review of basic population models (exponential and logistic) to create and understand variations of those models.
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    Findings from spring 2021 EDSIN community member interviews
    During May and June 2021, CSCCE staff conducted nine 45-minute interviews with members of the EDSIN community with the goal of ascertaining perceptions about the community and its purpose, and...
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    Leaping Lemur Life History
    This interrupted case study is intended for use in lower-division biology or ecology courses to complement the SimUText (SimBio) Life History chapter. Students practice calculating life history...
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    Regulation Across Scales: Data Points Icebreaker Jigsaw
    Students examine regulation at cellular, physiological, and ecological scales in a data-based jigsaw to explore how double-negative logic operates across biological systems. This was used as a...
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    My Experiences in a Faculty Mentoring Network for Mathematical Modeling
    Talk given as a part of the Symposium - Communities of Practice for Math Modeling Education at the SIAM 2018 Conference
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    Mimicry in a Diverse Community of Arthropods
    Module exploring how researchers exposed arthropod mimics that use a golden patch to warn of unpalatability to predators with different prey preferences to determine how effective their warnings were.
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    High technology to measure forest carbon stocks: How can advanced remote sensing improve biomass quantification in the Brazilian Amazon?
    A case study on the estimation of aboveground biomass using advanced remote sensors (LiDAR and hyperspectral) in the Brazilian Amazon. Students explore remote sensing (RS) data and compare RS-based...
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    1-005A-ChemDataCollection-ModelingScenario
    A student is assigned the task of collecting data on a chemical reaction and does a poor job of collecting data. She only collects data at the start and end of a number of ten minute intervals and...
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    Biostatistics using R: A Laboratory Manual
    Biostatistics Using R: A Laboratory Manual was created with the goals of providing biological content to lab sessions by using authentic research data and introducing R programming language to...
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    Island biogeography, spatial ecology, and macroinvertebrate species diversity in Richmond’s rock pools
    Students investigate questions of community ecology and biogeography using data from an urban rock pool ecosystem. Using ArcGIS 10, students learn to create effective maps, calculate landscape...
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    Climate Change and Phenology: Evaluating Temperature, Precipitation, and Phenology of Frogs and Toads in Minnesota
    Students evaluate long term (100+ years) trends in temperature and precipitation, and then isolate a shorter time span (20 years) in which to evaluate the correlation between spring temps and the...
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    Analyzing interesting images motivates mathematics and statistics learning
    Presentation by Jeremy Wojdak made as part of the "Bringing Research Data to the Ecology Classroom: Opportunities, Barriers, and Next Steps” Session at the Ecological Society of America annual...
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    Out of Your Seat and on Your Feet! An adaptable course-based research project in plant ecology for advanced students
    University capstone projects can offer science students a rich research experience that illustrates the process of doing scientific research, and can also help students better choose future...
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    2007-Bellomo-De_Angelis-Delitala-Lecture Notes on Mathematical Modelling in Applied Sciences
    The Lectures Notes correspond to the first part of the course devoted to modelling issues to show how the application of models to describe real world phenomena generates mathematical problems to...
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    2014-William_Trench-Elementary_Differential_Equations-Books_and_Monographs
    This is the most widely cited and referenced free online text for differential equations and is very complete. These two books are exactly what they say they are.
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    2018-Eduardo-Sontag-Lecture_Notes_on_Mathematical_Systems_Biology
    I am often asked if it is OK to use these notes in courses at other universities. The answer is “of course!” though I strongly suggest that a link to my website be provided, so that students can...
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    2020-Stepien_Kostelich_Kuang-Mathematics Cancer An Undergraduate Bridge Course in Applied Mathematics
    Most undergraduates have limited experience with mathematical modeling. This paper describes a course on the mathematical models of cancer growth and treatment.
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    Distances in the Universe: An Inquiry Lab Sequence Taught in West Africa and North America
    Astronomy evokes deep curiosity for many people, making it a beautiful topic for supporting students to learn scientific practices and develop as scientists. We present an inquiry-based lab...
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    Marsh Madness: Using Video Games and a Case Study to Explore Food Webs and Ecosystem Services in Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve
    As the complexity and interconnectedness of our world increases, we are continually expected to be capable of complex, non-linear thinking in order to successfully tackle and solve the challenges...
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    Application of a Bacterial Experimental Evolution System to Visualize and Teach Evolution in Action: A Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience
    Concepts of evolution are typically taught through examples of extremely long timescales, which do not always resonate broadly. Here, we describe a course-based undergraduate research experience...
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