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    Sustainability Metrics (Project EDDIE)
    In this module, students will use an analytical framework with publicly available data to formulate questions, analyze data, and report metrics of sustainability.

    Keywords: World Geography

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    Sustainability Metrics (Project EDDIE)
    In this module, students will use an analytical framework with publicly available data to formulate questions, analyze data, and report metrics of sustainability.
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    Sustainability Metrics (Project EDDIE)
    In this module, students will use an analytical framework with publicly available data to formulate questions, analyze data, and report metrics of sustainability.
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    1-030-EyeModel-ModelingScenario
    We offer a mathematical modeling experience using differential equations to model the volume of an intraocular gas bubble used by ophthalmologists to aid the healing of a surgically repaired region...

    Keywords: retinal surgeryAkaike Information CriterionSpanishsum of square errorssurgeryretionaophthalmologyeyeintraocular gas bubble

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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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    Visualizing Global CO2 Emissions
    Using CO2 emissions data, students will learn how to visualize data with Tableau Public. The teaching materials are suitable for upper-level undergraduate courses on data analysis and research...

    Keywords: data visualizationResource Typeclimate change dataTableau

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    Disease Spread Simulation with M&M's and Information on the wider SIMIODE community
    This is a Student Version of a Modeling Scenario from the community, SIMIODE - Systemic Initiative for Modeling Investigations and Opportunities with Differential Equations at www.simiode.org

    Keywords: resourcesdifferential equationsmodelingsimulationmoduledataepidemicsdiseasecommunityapplied mathematicsResources @ SIMIODEretinal surgeryinsect colonyLSDm&mparameter estimationin-class activityproject

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    Lateral Transfer Maps as a Metacognitive Tool in First Year STEM Courses
    We introduce the Lateral Transfer Map (LTM), a tool for students to actively and visually explore the transfer of ideas, skills, and concepts across concurrent coursework. The LTM is an extension...

    Keywords: concept mapmetacognitionfirst-year studenttransfer

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    Developing Decolonial Consciousness in Biology Students Through Critical Reflection Assignments
    There is a growing call to decolonize curricula in academia, including in scientific disciplines. In the biology classroom, this includes highlighting a diverse array of scientists and illuminating...

    Keywords: primatessocietyZoologyantiracismdecolonizingstudent activismmuseum science

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    Defining and Understanding Pathogenic Disease: An Engaging Activity that Connects Students' Lived Experiences with their Academic Studies
    Contagious diseases are unavoidable realities of life. Thus, understanding pathogens and their respective diseases is important in many biological subfields including evolution, ecology, health...

    Keywords: infectious diseasePathogenspathogenic disease

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    Good Drug, Bad Practice: Tackling the Ivermectin Fiasco
    Throughout history, biomedical advancements have alleviated suffering worldwide and significantly advanced human well-being. As researchers and educators, we are well-familiar with the...

    Keywords: Peer reviewCOVID19fraudtherapeutic drugIvermectin

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    Meiosis Remodeled: Inclusion of New Parts to Poppit Bead Models Enhances Understanding of Meiosis
    A long-standing tradition uses strings of poppit beads of different colors to model meiosis, especially to show how segments of paired homologous chromosomes are recombined. Our use of orthodontic...

    Keywords: meiosischiasma formationchromosome recombination

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    What is Speciation, How Does It Occur, and Why Is It Important for Conservation?
    Speciation provides a framework for classifying biodiversity on Earth and is a central concept in evolutionary biology. To help undergraduate students learn about speciation, we designed a...

    Keywords: EvolutionconservationGenetic DriftSpeciationNatural SelectionBiological species conceptgene flowMorphological species conceptPhylogenetic species concept

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