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    2011-Mandal-EtAl-Mathematical models of malaria
    The first aim of this article is to develop, starting from the basic models, a hierarchical structure of a range of deterministic models of different levels of complexity. The second is to...

    Keywords: epidemiologytransmissionhost-parasitemalariaRoss model

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    2002-Faia-Differential Equation Modeling as a Source of Theoretical Insight-Four Disparate Examples
    We explore differential equations involving alcoholism, social mobility, excess female mortality, and international arms competition.

    Keywords: sociologyarms racesaccumulative advantagealcoholismPeter Principlefemale mortalitypopulation pressureoccupational mobilitysocial mobilityRichardson theory of war

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    1994-JM_McDill-Bjorn_Felsager-The Lighter Side of Differential Equations
    Although differential equations have many serious applications to the modeling of real-world problems, a few lighthearted problems can serve to motivate students and brighten their attitudes toward...

    Keywords: cooperationharvestingRomeo and Julietlovecannibalismovercrowding

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    2019-Fan_ Li_ Yin- Impact_of_environmental_tax_on_green_development-nonlinear_dynamical_system_analysis
    This study analyzes the impact of environmental tax on green development by using a four-dimension dynamical system.

    Keywords: environmentsystemequilibrium pointmodel chaoseconomic growthnonlinear

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    Urban stream invaders: a scientist spotlight featuring Dr. Piatã Santana Marques
    Students read and interpret data from a study which addresses how urbanization affects the invasive attributes of a non-native species. They also reflect on the identity of the lead researcher and...

    Keywords: ecologyInvasive SpeciesStream ecologyurban ecologynutrient pollution

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    Waking up Anna - Adaptations and Conversion to Mol*
    This case focuses on understanding the molecular basis of Anna's sleeping disorder and its treatment. The adaptations addressed question clarity and reformatting to use Mol*.

    Keywords: sleepmolecular visualization and analysisPDBMolecular Case StudyGABAMolCaseNetMol*MolStarProtein visualizationFlumazenil

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    NEON Data in the Classroom: Quantifying Spatial Patterns
    Students build on fundamental concepts of spatial patterns and combine this knowledge with the open-data from the National Ecological Observatory Network to quantify spatial autocorrelation and...

    Keywords: RR Markdownlandscape ecologygroup-neon2018spatial statisticsfractalsrasters

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    Waking up Anna
    This case focuses on understanding the molecular basis of Anna's sleeping disorder and its treatment.

    Keywords: sleepmolecular visualization and analysisPDBMolecular Case StudyGABA

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    Global Temperature Change in the 21st Century: An Introduction to Global Climate Models and Graphing in Excel (Adapted for Non-Majors)
    Students link human behavior in various climate change scenarios to predicted temperature outcomes at both local (their assigned Latitude) and global (Latitudinal trends) scales. This adaptation is...

    Keywords: ExcelResources @ ESA - TIEEecology labclimate changeenvironmental scienceglobal changehuman-environmental interactionsSimple Linear Regressionhuman impactsinclusive pedagogy-FMN

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    The nose knows: How tri-trophic interactions and natural history shape bird foraging behavior. An introduction to statistical analysis in animal behavior research
    Students investigate the role of olfaction and infochemicals on bird foraging behavior through two different quantitative activities where they generate hypotheses, create figures, conduct data...

    Keywords: Resources @ ESA - TIEEforagingfmnanimal behaviorbehavioral ecologyDIGtrophic cascades

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    The Biology of Climate Change: The effects of a changing climate on migrating and over-wintering species at a high-elevation field station
    Students evaluate weather and phenology data sets spanning 40+ years from a high-elevation field station in the Colorado Rocky Mountains, to test predictions about the effects of climate change on...

    Keywords: species interactionsclimate changefmnphenologyDIGenvironmental variationtrophic mismatch

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    The Insect Predation Game
    Laboratory experiment included in Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology (TIEE) Volume 4 The main learning objective of this module was to tie together what students had learned during the...

    Keywords: simulationpredator-preypredation ecology

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    Climate Change Connections
    This module is composed of three related activities that introduce students to climate change's complexity from a conceptual standpoint. In the first activity, students work in small groups to...

    Keywords: interdisciplinaryclimate changeconcept mapping

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    Bacteria to Brains in Backyard Coyotes: An Interdisciplinary Pedagogical Case Study
    Our interdisciplinary pedagogical case study explores the differences between rural and urban coyotes at the levels of organismal and community ecology. The focus is on how coyotes’ gut microbiomes...

    Keywords: Vision and Changeecologyintroductory biologyImmunologymicrobiologydietanimal behaviormicrobiomecore conceptscoyotesBraingut-brain axisImmunoReachcytokinedysbiosis

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    Healing the scars: Implementing an online module about tropical rainforest carbon cycling in an undergraduate majors ecology course
    This resource provides a guide to classroom implementation of a Gala module focused on tropical carbon cycling. I adapted the module to include a discussion of the importance of carbon cycling in...

    Keywords: carbon cyclestreamstropical

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    Adaptation of Environmental Pollution & Public Health for Water and Emerging Contaminants (Project EDDIE)
    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 EDDIEwater qualitypollutionpfas

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    Science of Sorting
    Children possess an innate curiosity about the natural world. This Discovery Trunk explores the topic of sorting, or classification, in the study of life science.

    Keywords: species interactionsphylogenyscience educationPropertytaxonomyindividual traitsLife ScienceSortOrganizationReproductionclassifycharacteriesticlivingnonlivingobjectsadvantagedichotomous keyliving systemsoffspringphysical traitbehavioral traitcladecladogramtaxonomistnatural worldkingdomsbinomial nominclatureone class periodgradesK-8K-8

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    It's a Substrate... It's a Protein...No - It's an Enzyme! Teaching Using 3D Serine Protease Physical Modeling Activities to Confront Misconceptions.
    Reported misconceptions of enzyme-substrate interactions highlight the necessity for better, targeted instructional tools and assessments. A series of active learning activities with corresponding...

    Keywords: Protein StructureEnzymes-Substrate InteractionsNoncovalent InteractionsGeometric ComplementaryElectronicsStereochemistrySerine Proteases

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    Using Open-Source Bioinformatics and Visualization Tools to Explore the Structure and Function of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein
    The relationship between protein structure and function is a foundational concept in undergraduate biochemistry. We find this theme is best presented with assignments that encourage exploration and...

    Keywords: bioinformaticsmolecular modelingCOVID19protein structure and functionUCSF ChimeraSARS-CoV-2 spike proteinACE2 receptor

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    Bacteria to Brains in Backyard Coyotes: An Interdisciplinary Pedagogical Case Study
    Our interdisciplinary pedagogical case study explores the differences between rural and urban coyotes at the levels of organismal and community ecology. The focus is on how coyotes’ gut...

    Keywords: dietanimal behaviorimmune systemmicrobiomeNervous systemgut-brain axisImmunoReachdysbiosisCoyoteCytokines

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