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    Lesson VI - The Community Science Project
    Genome Solver's Community Science Project was developed as a way to use the skills taught in the previous lessons. We're asking members of the community to provide instances of potential phage...

    Keywords: Bioinformatics EducationBioinformatics and Genomics

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    HSI - Student Research Journal - Vol.1 Issue 1 - Fall 2020
    The Headwaters Research Experience students have produced some fascinating research throughout our 10-week program. We encourage all to read their reports in our Vol. 1 - Issue 1 - Fall 2020...
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    1-110-TidePoolSnails-ModelingScenario
    Students use linear differential equations to model temperature change, in a sand tide pool and inside the shell of a snail in the tide pool. We offer data on temperature in a tide pool as the...

    Keywords: datasnailstemperatureNewton's Law of CoolingcoolingNewtonwarmingtital pooltide pool

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    1-170-CensusModeling-ModelingScenario
    Students who have studied models for population are likely to be familiar with the exponential and the logistic population models. The goal here is to explore the role of modeling assumptions in...

    Keywords: logistic growthexponentialpopulationU.S. Census DataassumptionGoogle SheetsUnites StatesGuatemala

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    3-004-VanderPol-ModelingScenario
    This paper presents an electronic spreadsheet model of the Van der Pol oscillator, a well-known nonlinear second-order ordinary differential equation.

    Keywords: phase planeVan der Pol oscillatorlimit cycleRunge-Kutta methodLienard equation

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    Climate Change Module (Project EDDIE) for Introductory Statistics
    Students practice and deepen their understanding of bivariate numerical data analysis (correlation, linear regression, etc.) through working with data related to climate change. Adapted from a...

    Keywords: statistics

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    6-019-EnablingEpidemicExploration-ModelingScenario
    We became aware of several interesting possibilities for a modeling opportunity with data and we invited you to explore the several routes to parameter estimation in a SIR model with respect to the...

    Keywords: Akaike Information CriterionMichaelis-Mentenepidemicsaturationgradientleast sum of square errors

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    5-002-RelationshipDynamics-ModelingScenario
    The different possible dynamics of a two-person romantic relationship are modeled -- as a linear two dimensional system of equations -- and analyzed.

    Keywords: love affairRomeo and Juliet

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    10-100-InsectOutbreaks-ModelingScenario
    We use a system of difference equations that incorporates a temperature-dependent MPB population growth rate to model the outbreak and recovery cycle in mountain pine beetle-infested forests.

    Keywords: ecologyclimate changeinsectinsect outbreaksinsect outbreaksolitary wave

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    10-001-TilingHallway-ModelingScenario
    Students investigate difference equations through tiling hallways. They observe patterns in the tiling which lead to a difference equation. Solutions will be calculated by iteration. and the shift...

    Keywords: Geometryiterationtilingrecurrenceshift operatorpatternsclosed formanalytic solution

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    Integrating Social Justice into your STEM Classroom: Redlining & Health
    Workshop about models for introducing social justice issues into classes developed in a Faculty Mentoring Network. Presented at the 2021 BIOME Institute.

    Keywords: STEM educationhealthsocial justiceredlining2021 BIOME

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    What’s the DEAL – The Digital Encyclopedia of Ancient Life and Digital Atlas Apps
    The Digital Encyclopedia of Ancient Life and Digital Atlas Apps -- identify fossils and explore diversity and history of life on earth.

    Keywords: phylogeneticsdigital resourcesfossilspaleontologyevolutionary biologytaxonomyeduappsnatural history collections3D modelsgeologyopen textbookdigitized natural history collectionsencyclopediaatlasCretaceous World TCNPaleo Niches TCNvirtual teaching collectionFossil field guide

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    Integrating Social Justice into your STEM Classroom: Redlining & Environmental Science
    Materials for the workshop on social justice presented at the 2021 BIOME Institute.

    Keywords: sustainabilityenvironmental sciencesocial justiceenvironmental justiceredlining2021 BIOME

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    Students Authoring Molecular Case Studies
    Poster on using case studies to help students develop their skills in reading primary literature and identifying authentic scientific problems by authoring their own case studies. Presented at the...

    Keywords: case studiesProtein StructureProtein Data BankMolecular Case Study2021 BIOME

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    Learning about Protein Structure and Function with Molecular CaseNet
    Poster on the case studies available through Molecular CaseNet that focus on protein structure and function. Presented at the 2021 BIOME Institute.

    Keywords: case studiesmolecular biologyProtein Structureprotein function2021 BIOME

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    Lichen Niches and Distributions Lab Activity
    This is a 2-part lab activity based on the EREN-NEON Flexible Learning Project: Lichens in Diverse Landscapes. Students conduct field surveys of lichen abundance near their homes and explore...

    Keywords: linear regressionGISNEONair qualityNational Ecological Observatory NetworkLichenfield based methodsEREN lichenairpollution

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    Ingestion of Microplastics by Coral
    QUBES lesson on ingestion of microplastics by coral. Lesson will give environmental background and then use R for hands-on statistical analyses, followed by critical thinking questions.

    Keywords: statisticsRenvironmentmicroplastic pollutioncoralwilcoxon

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    Remote Sensing of Plants and Topography in R (Project EDDIE)
    Students will explore different possible abiotic drivers of plant growth, defined as greenness and height. In the final step, students will analyze data from around the United States and consider...
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    Graphing bacterial growth rates: semi-log graphs v linear graphs
    In this activity, students will explore the concept of binary fission, generation time, and bacterial growth curves, with an emphasis on the log phase. Students will use semi-log graphs and linear...

    Keywords: graphingexponential growthMicrobiology Educationmicrobiologybacteriagrowth rateUndergraduate STEM educationCommunity College Educationqbccmanipulate equationsCellular and Molecular BiologyCreate graphsInterpret graphsbinary fissionsemi-log graphlinear graphgrowth curvecreating graphsExponential and Logarithmic Functions

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    Attract or Defend? Secondary Compounds among tissues in two species of Lupine (Fabaceae)
    This plant-biology data analysis module compares concentrations of defensive alkaloid compounds among tissue types in two species of the flowering-plant Lupine (Fabaceae). Students practice with...
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