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    Video Making Tips for Laboratory Instructors
    Demonstration videos are an excellent way to introduce students to new laboratory techniques, but many available videos are of low quality, too long, lack human diversity, and the main narrator is...

    Keywords: microscopypipettingLab Equipment

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    1935 GFGause Article Predator Prey Oscillations
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    Keywords: Lotka-Volterrapredatorparameciumpreycycleoscillate

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    2016-Spayd-Puckett- A Three-Fold Approach to the Heat Equation - Data Modeling Numerics
    This article describes our modeling approach to teaching the one-dimensional heat (diffusion) equation in a one-semester undergraduate partial differential equations course.

    Keywords: separation of variablesexperimentheat equationLab Equipmentcollect data

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    1972-R_C_Rothermel-A Mathematical Model for Predicting Fire Spread in Wildland Fuels
    The development of a mathematical model for predicting rate of fire spread and intensity applicable to a wide range of wildland fuels is presented from the conceptual stage through evaluation and...

    Keywords: predictionforest firefire managementfire spreadfuel

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    Discrete Math Modeling with Biological Applications (Course Materials)
    These are the materials for Math 214 offered at Rhodes College.

    Keywords: labsDiscrete Difference Equationsmatrix modelscoursebiomath coursedemonstrationin-class activitylab protocolproblem set

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    Discrete Modeling and Structures (Course Materials)
    These are the materials for DCS course offered at Bates College. This is a sampler of structures and ways they are used to model biological and social phenomena.

    Keywords: labsagent-based modelingoctavematlabDiscrete Difference Equationsmatrix modelscoursezombiesbiomath courseeconomicsdemonstrationin-class activitylab protocolproblem sethamlet

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    Chi-Square analysis of two point test cross data
    This flash tutorial simulates analysis of a 2 point test cross and will walk you through the analysis of two hypothetical traits.

    Keywords: geneticssimulationchi-squaredlinkagetest crossrecombinationdemonstrationin-class activityproblem set

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    Use of PeerWise - an open digital question authoring tool
    Session on PeerWise presented at BioQUEST Workshop 2018

    Keywords: Summer Workshop 2018

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    A Kinesthetic and Collaborative Activity to Improve Conceptual Understanding of Chemical Equilibrium
    While teaching in large lecture halls, it is challenging even for experienced teachers to hold their students’ attention for the entire class period. Owing to the large enrollment in STEM...

    Keywords: collaborationdemonstrationchemistrykinesthetic learningequilibriumhands-on learning

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    2015-Peter_Cumber-Waggling pendulums and visualization in mechanics
    This article describes an equation of motion for a waggling pendulum.

    Keywords: resonanceinverted pendulummechanicsdamped pendulum

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    COVID-19 educational module | Department of Mathematics
    This resource is a module you can use to teach your students the basics of epidemic behavior using a model geared specifically to Covid-19. Students can address key questions using pre-designed...
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    Discrete Math Modeling with Biological Applications (Course Materials)
    These are the materials for Math 214 offered at Rhodes College.

    Keywords: labsagent-based modelingDiscrete Difference Equationsmatrix modelscoursebiomath coursedemonstrationin-class activitylab protocolproblem set

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    ModelSim Population Biology Unit
    This resource provides rich student modeling activities and materials, teacher resources, and much more, in the realm of agent based models applied to population biology.

    Keywords: modelingsimulationmoduleEvolutioncase studycurriculumagent-based modelpopulation modeldemonstrationin-class activityPresentation

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    Serenity now! Keep calm and do science with real data in the classroom
    Session on using real data in the classroom with Serenity, a platform-independent browser-based interface to data science tools for the classroom.

    Keywords: data scienceBIRDDtool:serenitySummer Workshop 2018Galapagos

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    2009-James_May-Nonlinear vibration control of long flexible structures
    An automated, non-linear control scheme was developed to transfer energy from the fundamental vibration mode, where most vibration energy of the structures of interest resides, to higher order...

    Keywords: vibrationdampingtuned mass damperviscousnodalmodel dampingflexible structureenergy transfer

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    Serenity now! Keep calm and do science with real data in the classroom
    Presentation on a free web application currently under development on QUBES called Serenity at the 5th Life Discovery Conference

    Keywords: data sciencetool:serenity5th Life Discovery- Doing Science Education conference (LDC)5th Life Discovery Conference

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    Serenity now! Keep calm and do science with real data in the classroom
    Session presented at NABT 2018 in San Diego, CA

    Keywords: NABTdata scienceeducational technologytool:serenitydata acumendata life cycle

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    What do Bone and Silly Putty® have in Common?: A Lesson on Bone Viscoelasticity
    Without the use of real-life examples and models, actively instructing and engaging students in complex physiology topics related to bone biomechanics can be challenging. In our large-enrollment...

    Keywords: structure-functioninjuryAnisotropyHysteresisSkeletal SystemViscoelasticity

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    Unwrapping Enzyme Kinetics
    Enzyme rates and kinetics are key components used by biochemists to understand how enzymes function. However, students often find it difficult to understand how these experiments are performed and...

    Keywords: kineticsstructure-functionenzymescatalysis

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    Environmental Pollution & Public Health (Project EDDIE) used in an introductory Environmental Challenges course
    Environmental health is a field of study within public health that is concerned with human-environment interactions, and specifically, how the environment influences public well-being. In this...

    Keywords: public healthProject EDDIEpollution

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