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    Claymander Field Experiment
    This activity addresses how predation may affect the frequency of two color morphs in a population. Students collect and analyze data from clay salamander models ('claymanders') to determine...

    Keywords: Field researchpredation ecologysalamanderAudience level - Introductory UG - majorsAudience level - Advanced UG

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    Calculating Lifetime Cancer Risk Resulting from DNA Replication
    An expanded case study adapted from an HHMI Data Point on Cell Division and Cancer Risk using Figure 1 from Tomasetti, C. and Vogelstein, B. (2015).

    Keywords: cancerScientific ProcessStatistics and MathScientific Methodologybiology of cellscell growth and divisionHigh School

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    RNA-seq Analysis
    In this computer lab module, students learn how to process an RNA-seq data set to identify differentially expressed genes (DEGs). The samples for this data set were collected from yeast cells...

    Keywords: LabRNAsequencingUndergraduateNIBLSEincubatorsRNAseqInstructional SettingAudience LevelActivity LengthMore than 1 hourC4. Bioinformatics toolsC5. Data retrievalReviewed at NIBLSEdifferentially expressed genes

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    Online Adaptation to "Gotcha! Which fly trap is the best? An introduction to experimental data collection and analysis"
    We present here a simple and engaging experiment capitalizing on the universal need to rid our homes of fruit flies to teach experimental design and analysis. In an earlier paper, we described an...

    Keywords: data analysisexperimental designolfaction

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    1980-Peastrel-Lynch-Armenti-Terminal_velocity_of_a_shuttlecock_in_vertical_fall
    This paper offers a set of data on a falling shuttlecock (the moving object in badminton) in air. How the authors collected the data is described fully and can be replicated easily by modern...

    Keywords: parameter estimationdata collectionresistancefallingterminal velocityNewton's Second Law of Motionshuttlecock

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    Effect of the Intestinal Protein Snakeskin on the Lifespan of Fruit Flies: A Kaplan-Meier Survival Analysissource Draft (1)
    In this activity, students perform the Kaplan-Meier survival analysis on raw data obtained from an experiment that explores the effect of overexpressing the Snakeskin (Ssk) protein on the lifespan...

    Keywords: graphingBiochemistryhypothesis testingcalculus and biologyapproximating areas under curvesqbccCellular and Molecular BiologyCreate graphsInterpret graphsSolving Equations and Inequalitiesinterpret tablesConcepts in Statisticsusing statisticschi-square analysissurvival analysis

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    The Undergraduate Student’s Guide to Geometric Morphometrics
    Embarking on a new research endeavor can be a daunting task. User guides, books, and published articles are written for an audience that already has some background experience in the field....

    Keywords: researchGeometric Morphometrics"body shape""shape analysis"

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    Tag You're It: A Lesson Investigating Study Design and Survival Analysis on an American Shad Tagging Study
    In this lesson, students will learn about the various mark-recapture and tagging methods that are used in various scientific disciplines and the information they can gather. Key elements of...

    Keywords: survival analysisAmerican ShadCox Proportional Hazards ModelStudy Design

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    2013-Boscolo-Stellato-Undergraduate study of harmonic and parametric motion of a simple spring-mass system from motion waveforms
    In this paper, we describe a laboratory exercise that caters to beginning students while giving those with more background an opportunity to explore more complex aspects of the motion.

    Keywords: laboratoryexperimentspring massair frictionapparatuswaveforms

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    2006-Graves-Peckham-Pastor-2D differential equations model for mutualism
    We develop from basic principles a two-species differential equations model which exhibits mutualistic population interactions.

    Keywords: population dynamicsLotka-Volterragrowth ratemutualismLichen

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    2006-G_Ashline-J_Ellis-Monaghan-How high-fast-long-Modeling water rocket flight with calculus
    We describe an easy and fun project using water rockets to demonstrate applications of single variable calculus concepts.

    Keywords: calculusFlightprojectilewater rocket

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    2004-Aldo_Rescigno-On the use of pharmacokinetic models
    In this paper I will define in a simple and logical way a set of useful pharmacokinetic parameters and show how their estimation depends on the assumed model.

    Keywords: compartmentsteady statepharmacokineticsvolume distribution

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    2003-Yildirim-Mackey-Feedback Regulation in the Lactose Operon
    A mathematical model for the regulation of induction in the lac operon in Escherichia coli is presented.

    Keywords: mRNAlactoselactose operonfeedback regulation

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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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    9-125-BeamModeling-ModelingScenario
    This modeling scenario examines the deflection of a cantilever beam under two different distributed loads. Students will have the opportunity to conduct experiments with their own cantilever beam...

    Keywords: Fluid MechanicsbeamcantileverimpulseLaplace transformboundary conditionfourth order

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    6-002-EulerCromerPendulum-ModelingScenario
    This activity introduces students to the concept of numerical stability. While modeling a simple pendulum, students compare performance of the semi-implicit Euler-Cromer method with Euler's method...

    Keywords: pendulumsemi-implicit methodsEuler-Cromernumerical solvers

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    6-029-TumorGrowth-ModelingScenario
    This modeling scenario guides a student familiar with single ordinary differential equation (ODE) models towards the development of a more complex system of two ODEs for describing the evolution of...

    Keywords: Pop_Growth Pilotlogisticcomparmenttumorsynthetic datasum of squares error

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    6-067-LotkaVolterra-ModelingScenario
    This modeling scenario guides students through the process of fitting the Lotka-Volterra model of two differential equations to a real time series observational data. Students use the capabilities...

    Keywords: time seriesdatacompetitionLotka-Volterramodel fittingpredictiongauseRexperimental

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    3-099-PullBack-ModelingScenario
    We guide students through the development of an empirical model for the velocity and distance traveled of a simple pull-back toy. Students can record videos and extract data using their own...

    Keywords: dynamicspull-back toy

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    1-002-Tossing-ModelingScenario
    We offer students simulation experience or data from a simulation and ask them to model the simulation using several approaches, to include exponential decay fit, difference equation, and...

    Keywords: Modeling and simulationexponentialdecaydice

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