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    5-014-TwoSpringMass-ModelingScenario
    We ask students to build a Free Body Diagram for a vertical two mass situation in which the two masses are held fixed at the tip and at the bottom. The mass holds the springs together at the join...

    Keywords: massspring mass dampersprings

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    Body Size Constraints in Xylem Feeding Insects: Allometric Relationships
    This module introduces body size constraints of xylem-feeding insects in the context of understanding allometric relationships. It is intended for an introductory biology audience.

    Keywords: allometryRatiosexponential equationslogarithmic equationsGenetics and Evolution

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    3-009-BallDropInWater-ModelingScenario
    We conduct an analysis of a falling ball in liquid to determine its terminal velocity and to ascertain just what radius ball for a given mass density is necessary to attain a designated terminal...

    Keywords: resistancegravityfalling bodyterminal velocitybuoyancy

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    3-102-SpringMassDamped-ModelingScenario
    Students build a model based on their perceptions of what the solution should look like for a simple spring mass system with damping.

    Keywords: frequencymassoscillationstiffnessspring constantspring\dampedSingle Degree of Freedom Systemcoefficient

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    3-030-SecondOrderIntro-ModelingScenario
    We outline the solution strategies involved in solving second-order, linear, constant coefficient ordinary differential equations, both homogeneous and nonhomogeneous and offer many application and...

    Keywords: parameter estimationnon-homogeneousSpanishfrequencybuoyancyinverse problemthrustunderdampedfirst passagespring mash dashpotrealcomplexhomogeneoussuperpositionparachuteoverdampedcritically dampedbuoyquadratic equationrootsrocket flight

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    Social Media and Eating Habits in Female Teens
    Social media usage has increased in the lives of adolescents and also affects adolescents’ mental health. (1) The number of pro-eating disorder communities on social media has increased, which...

    Keywords: social media

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    3-101-SpringMassFirstTry-NoResistance-ModelingScenario
    Students build a model based on their perceptions of what the solution should look like for a simple spring mass system with no damping.

    Keywords: frequencymassoscillationundampedspring constantspring\Single Degree of Freedom System

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    3-140-TwoSpringsOneMassFixedEnds-ModelingScenario
    Students build a model of a two spring, single mass with fixed end configuration and then plot solutions to experience the motion.

    Keywords: massundampedFree Body Diagramspringstwo springsoscillationspring constantfixed ends

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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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    Sizes, Scales and Specialization: Using Relative Proportions and Scientific Notation to Highlight the Diversity of Cell Types
    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.

    Keywords: ExponentsRatiosCellsqbccmanipulate equationsCellular and Molecular BiologyVisual Accommodationsconverting unitschanging scales

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    1-045-TimeOfDeath-ModelingScenario
    Students are asked to determine the time of death given both environmental temperature situations and two observations of body temperature under several different circumstances.

    Keywords: body masstemperaturedeathNewton's Law of Coolingbody temperature

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    1-128-RocketFlight-ModelingScenario
    We offer an opportunity to build a mathematical model using Newton's Second Law of Motion and a Free Body Diagram to analyze the forces acting on the rocket of changing mass in its upward flight...

    Keywords: resistanceFlightRocketrymassNewton's Second Law of MotionthrustFree Body Diagramapexrocket

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    3-016-FallingCoffeeFilters-ModelingScenario
    We are given data on the time and position of a stack of coffee filters as it falls to the ground. We attempt to model the falling mass and we confront the different resistance terms and models.

    Keywords: resistanceFree Body Diagramcoffee filterforcegraviityfalling object

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    3-017-StackedCoffeeFiltersFalling-ModelingScenario
    Data on free falling 2, 4, 6, and 8 stacked coffee filters is offered. Students form a model using a resistance term proportional to velocity, velocity squared, or velocity to some general power....

    Keywords: dataresistancefalling bodycoffee filterstacked

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    Movement: Nature's Flying Machines
    In this lab, you will explore the physics of flight, the adaptations that make powered flight possible, and the evolution of powered flight in vertebrates and invertebrates.

    Keywords: citizen sciencequantitative skillsDigital RepositoryFlight

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    3-034-CarSuspension-ModelingScenario
    We examine the spring-mass-dashpot that is part of a car suspension, how the ride is related to parameter values, and the effect of changing the angle of installation. We model a ``quarter car'',...

    Keywords: designspring-mass-dashpotspring constantunderdampingcar suspensionsuspension tolerancestatic equilibrium

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    3-065-UpDown-ModelingScenario
    We model the height of a launched object which is subject to resistance proportional to velocity during its flight. We ask questions about the motion as well, e.g., highest point or apex and...

    Keywords: terminal velocityNewton's Second Law of Motionvelocitymotionapex

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    4-020-AnIEDBlast-ModelingScenario
    These three exercises offer students a chance to model with second order ordinary differential equations, how they might incorporate a spring-mass system into a larger model, and how they can use...

    Keywords: applied mathematicsforcesFree Body DiagramImprovised Explosive Devicessum of forces

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    3-080-PendulumModeling-ModelingScenario
    We lead students through building model for several pendulum configurations in motion and ask students to compare results.

    Keywords: pendulumperiodlinearization

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    Cardiac Output
    This module introduces Fick's principle in the context of understanding the cardiac output. It is intended for an introductory biology audience.

    Keywords: linear regressionproportionslinear equationsOpenStaxAnimal Physiology

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