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    Simulating Cortical Rotation, Axis Induction, and Experimental Embryology in Amphibian Embryos Using Clay Models
    The study of development requires learners to understand spatially complex concepts like embryo anatomy. Embryo anatomy is dynamic over time, and it is often manipulated by researchers in...

    Keywords: developmentXenopusfertilizationEmbryologyinductionSymmetry breakingOrganizerCortical rotationPatterning

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    1-015-Torricelli-ModelingScenario
    We help students develop a model (Torricelli's Law) for the height of a falling column of water with a small hole in the container at the bottom of the column of water through which water exits the...

    Keywords: dataSpanishtankcolumn of waterapertureTorricelli's LawConservation of EnergytSolverwater flowExcel Solver

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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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    A Phylogenetic Analysis of the Evolution of the CRYAA Gene Across Vertebrates
    Although the divergence of the aA-crystallin protein from other heat shock proteins has been examined, the extent to which the CRYAA gene controlling it has evolved across vertebrate species...

    Keywords: phylogeneticsvertebrates

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    Green Infrastructure/Green Roofs (Project Eddie)
    Runoff in urban areas is an increasingly important issue when it comes to water quality. It is a major hydrologic issue in New York City, as urban infrastructure creates excess runoff and...

    Keywords: climate changeProject EDDIEWater cycle

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    2014-Danielsen-Sørensen-Using authentic sources in teaching logistic growth
    This 12 page offering develops issues and questions about using historical materials to motivate mathematics study and develops 9 very rich exercises

    Keywords: real datalogistichistorical materials

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    1-025-MixingItUp-ModelingScenario
    Students build three different models for levels of salt in a tank of water and at each stage the level of complexity increases with attention to nuances necessary for success.

    Keywords: compartmentsalttankmixing

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    Discovery and Invention: A Reflection on Representation in Science
    Despite increased awareness of the lack of equity and inclusion in the STEMM classroom, lessons on DEI topics are treated as separate to the scientific curriculum being taught. Rarely are...

    Keywords: EquityDiversity and Inclusionantiracism

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    Manuscript 101: A Data-Driven Writing Exercise for Beginning Scientists
    Learning to write a scientific manuscript is one of the most important and rewarding scientific training experiences, yet most young scientists only embark on this experience relatively late in...

    Keywords: geneticsanimaldevelopmentcompetitionbacterial

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    A Simple Method for Predicting a Molecule's Biological Properties From Its Polarity
    The distinction between very polar and less polar substances is a foundation of biochemistry, cell biology, and physiology; it surfaces in multiple concept inventories and elaborations of...

    Keywords: Diffusionsolubilitycovalent bondshydrophilichydrophobicpartition coefficientplasma membranepolarity

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    Uncovering Hidden Figures of Natural History Collections Using Digital Data Sleuthing & Storytelling
    In this presentation we will introduce a series of modules meant to train the next generation of scientists to be data sleuths and storytellers, engaging learners in authentic research experiences...

    Keywords: natural history museumssocial justicedigitized natural history collectionsLDC2023hidden figures

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    Learning R for Biologists: A Mini Course Grab-Bag for Instructors
    As biology becomes more data driven, teaching students data literacy skills has become central to biology curriculum. Despite a wealth of online resources that teach researchers how to use R, there...

    Keywords: Rdata analysisRStudio

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    BSL-4: Authorized Personnel Only
    National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science resource on the 2014 Ebola epidemic. This resource is also included in the NIBLSE Learning Resource Collection

    Keywords: infectious diseaseexperimental designbioinformaticsEbolaNIBLSECase It!PCRBLASTmultiple sequence alignmentPublished in National Center for Case Study Teaching in Sciencepolymerase chain reactionfebrile illnessvirusELISAenzyme linked immunosorbent assayfilovirusAfrica

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    1-035-DotseroVolcanoEruption-ModelingScenario
    In this scenario, we use Carbon-14 dating of the Dotsero volcano in Colorado as a way of emphasizing this multistage process of modeling.

    Keywords: exponential decayhalf-lifedecayEuler's methodcarbon datingdecay rateCarbon-14Dotsero volcanovolcano

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    2015-Eric_Sullivan-Numerical Methods_An_Inquiry-Based_Approach_with_Python
    This is an OER effort on the part of Eric Sullivan to explore the joy of numerical methods. He has provided several versions.

    Keywords: pythonnumerical analysisNumerical Methods

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    2019-Ekici_Plyley. Inquiry-Based_Modeling_of_Population_Dynamics_With_Logistic_Differential_and_Difference_Equations
    Inquiry-based learning activities on modeling and controlling the growth of locally relevant species, such as lionfish or sea turtles, are developed by the authors.

    Keywords: population dynamicslogisticInquiry-based modelingIBL

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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.

    Keywords: differential equationsmodelingundergraduate educationcancertumor

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    3-103-PullBackCars-ModelingScenario
    This activity offers analysis of a toy pull-back car: solution of a differential equation from model; data collection and parameter estimation; and adapting the model to predict maximum speed and...

    Keywords: modelingdynamicshands-ontoypull-back carpullback

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    6-070-BeerBubbles-ModelingScenario
    The goal of this project is to set up and numerically solve a first-order nonlinear ordinary differential equation (ODE) system of three equations in three unknowns that models beer bubbles that...

    Keywords: molecular forensicsBEERspherebubbleNewton' Second LawIdeal Gas Lawdrag forceHadamardStokesmole

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    6-004-VillageEpidemic-ModelingScenario
    Students are offered data from a plague epidemic that occurred in the middle of the seventeenth century in Eyam, a small English village. With only two assumptions offered to students they...

    Keywords: SIR modelsepidemicsusceptibleinfectiveremovedEyamEnglish village

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