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    6-009-FakeNews-ModelingScenario
    In modern society, creating and disseminating information is easier than ever. In this project, you will model the spread of fake news and investigate ways to deter distributing misinformation.
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    DCS 105 Calling Bull F24 Schedule
    Schedule overview for Bates College Course DCS 105 Calling Bull
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    Concept mapping exercise for ecological news story and peer feedback
    This activity is designed for small groups to work together in class to create a concept map based upon an ecological news story. Any short news story can be selected. One is provided here, along...
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    Building student literacy and metacognition through reading science in the news
    Ensuring students' science literacy is essential for preparation for study in science disciplines and is of critical importance given contemporary challenges in determining the legitimacy and...
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    5-023-FakingGause-ModelingScenario
    We use a fake or toy data set to permit discovery of the parameters in a two population protozoan model used to study paramecium and yeast competition in the 1930's studies of G. F. Gause in the...
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    2017-Zhang-Wang-Study on public opinion propagation in self media age based on time delay differential model
    We establish the Logistic equation, introduce the operator time delay differential equation, and finally establish the improved delay differential equation, which can describe the propagation trend...
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    Scientific Uncertainty
    This video explores what scientists mean when they talk about uncertainty and how it differs from the way this uncertainty is perceived by the public. We start with 2014’s record heat and end up...
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    Learn Biological Sciences and Environmental Science through biodiversity and pollution
    Biodiversity or biological diversity is the variety of and variability of biological life on Earth. Biodiversity is existing due to variation among living organisms from different sources air,...
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    QUBES News, Highlights, and the Grand Opening of QUBESHub.org
    Abstract for a panel discussion about QUBES. Part of a minisymposium at BEER 2015.
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    6-020-AlgaePopulationSelf-Replenishment-ModelingScenario
    This modeling scenario investigates the massive algal blooms that struck Lake Chapala, Mexico, in 1994. A
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    Conservation and ethics of using synthetic genetics
    This contains teaching material - powerpoints and handouts that can be adapted for lectures and/or discussion groups.
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    How Many More Thymes & Herbivore Defense
    Adaptations to the How Many More Thymes? case study featuring terpene-based herbivore defense and pollinator attraction in Nicotiana plants.
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    What is Science?
    This video has a philosophical focus and explores the nature of science. We’ll hear about how science is both a body of knowledge and a process. Peer review and confirmation bias will also be covered.
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    QB@CC- Quantitative Biology at Community Colleges (RCN-UBE Introduction)
    Quantitative Biology at Community Colleges (QB@CC) is a National Science Foundation (NSF) supported project that received funding in 2019. The long-term goal of QB@CC is to drive the disciplinary...
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    Exploring the bottom of the ocean and TITANIC wreckage with David Gallo
    In honor of @WorldOceansDay , we had the privilege of talking with legendary oceanographer David Gallo for our latest Lunch With A Scientist episode. He shares astonishing footage of deep-sea...
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    Community Conversation: OER for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in STEM Classrooms
    Follow the link to the webinar video, "OER for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in STEM Classrooms". In this conversation, bringing in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to the classroom was discussed...
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    COVID-19: Molecular Basis Infection Revisited One Year into the Pandemic
    This adaptation was written in Spring 2021 exactly one year after the original case and includes explorations of the emerging mutations within the spike protein
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    Let's Talk About COVID-19
    This exercise asks you to write a short paper reflecting on your personal experiences (or those you have read about) with COVID-19
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    The Challenge of Food
    How will we feed the estimated 9 billion people that will be on the planet by 2050? How can food be distributed equally? We’ll hear about making more nutritious food via genetic engineering and...
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    High technology to measure forest carbon stocks: How can advanced remote sensing improve biomass quantification in the Brazilian Amazon?
    A case study on the estimation of aboveground biomass using advanced remote sensors (LiDAR and hyperspectral) in the Brazilian Amazon. Students explore remote sensing (RS) data and compare RS-based...
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