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    Cell Division and Cancer Risk Data Point
    Cancer is typically attributed to hereditary and environmental factors, but these only explain a fraction of overall cancer risk. This activity explores a third factor.

    Keywords: Resources @ HHMI - BioInteractivecancerScientific ProcessStatistics and MathScientific Methodologybiology of cellscell growth and divisionHigh School

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    Global Temperature Change in the 21st Century (Abstract) | TIEE
    Module for practice included in Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology (TIEE) Volume 7

    Keywords: Resources @ ESA - TIEEclimate changeglobal changeabiotic environment

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    Restoring tropical forests: Implementing an online module about restoration and succession in an advanced undergraduate ecology course
    “Restoring tropical forests” was implemented, using restoration as an example of variation in successional pathways, in an undergraduate course at Arizona State University. New versions of the...

    Keywords: resourcesimplementationRestorationtropical forestssuccession

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    Analyzing interesting images motivates mathematics and statistics learning
    Presentation by Jeremy Wojdak made as part of the "Bringing Research Data to the Ecology Classroom: Opportunities, Barriers, and Next Steps” Session at the Ecological Society of America annual...

    Keywords: Ecological Society of America

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    A Phylogenetic Analysis of the Evolution of the CRYAA Gene Across Vertebrates
    Although the divergence of the aA-crystallin protein from other heat shock proteins has been examined, the extent to which the CRYAA gene controlling it has evolved across vertebrate species...

    Keywords: phylogeneticsvertebrates

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    2017-GR_Gustafson-Differential Equations Course Materials
    There are many applications from compartment and cascade analysis, recycling brine tank, home heating with multiple rooms, chemostat, microbes, heartbeats, lidocaine, nutrient flow in an aquarium,...

    Keywords: chemostatmicrobesbiomassforecastingtransfercompartmentpesticidesearthquaketankheatinglidocainebrineheartbeatsnutrient flowaquariumelectric networkscircuitsloggingbuildingcascade

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    2003-Bohren-Dimensional analysis-falling bodies--fine art of not solving differential equations
    Dimensional analysis is a simple, physically transparent and intuitive method for obtaining approximate solutions to physics problems, especially in mechanics.

    Keywords: falling bodydimensional analysisdrag

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    1-001a-MMDeathImmigration-Variation-ModelingScenario
    We model exponential death with m&m's as well as death with immigration.

    Keywords: simulationdatam&mimmigrationdeath

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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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    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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    Vertebrate Clade Race
    This activity introduces basic tree reading skills for evolutionary phylogenies. It is designed as a short group activity. After completing this activity, students should be familiar with basic...

    Keywords: phylogeneticsevolutionary biologytree readingvertebrates

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    Sickle Cell Disease Case Study
    A short film explores the evolutionary connection between an infectious disease, malaria, and a genetic condition, sickle cell anemia. The animation explores the genetic causes and biological...

    Keywords: HHMI BioInteractive

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    Climate Change, Phenology, and Community Interactions: Helping students explore the complexity of changing ecosystems
    Students explore findings from long-term studies of migrating and hibernating animals at high elevation. Students then use this understanding to explore the phenology of species and possible...

    Keywords: species interactionsclimate changefmnphenologyDIGenvironmental variationtrophic mismatch

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    Global Temperature Change in the 21st Century (Abstract) | TIEE
    Module for practice included in Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology (TIEE) Volume 7

    Keywords: Resources @ ESA - TIEEassessmentclimate changeglobal changeabiotic environment

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    Climate Drivers of Phenology Across Scales (adapted during Project EDDIE FMN)
    This activity explores the question: how is bumblebee phenology affected by climate, and are patterns in the phenology of an organism better explained at smaller scales?
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    2011-Richard_Fitzpatrick-Newtonian_Dynamics
    This 300 page text is packed with motivational physics. Indeed, Professor Fitzpatrick brings us to the origins of why differential equations are the dominant tools of mathematics in the study of...

    Keywords: modelingtextbookphysicsbifurcation

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    Venom Diversity & Evolution in Reptiles and Amphibians - An education module for university students
    This module contains information for a three part series introducing the venom system in reptiles and discussing it in an evolutionary context. In the first part venom and its ecological roles are...

    Keywords: geneticsEvolutionecologyHerpetologyAmphibans and ReptilesVenom

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    Remote Sensing of Plants and Topography in R (Project EDDIE) for Advanced GIS class
    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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    Comparative Landscape Ecology Project using RStudio Cloud (Project EDDIE)
    This modified version incorporates the use of RStudio Cloud for easier remote instruction, and culminates in an exploratory project comparing the influence of patch metrics on vegetation health for...
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    Sizes, Scales and Specialization: Adapted to add scientific notation review
    This module explores how cell size and shape varies across cell types in the human body by having students calculate relative proportions of numbers in scientific notation. The adaptation has...

    Keywords: ExponentsRatiosScientific Notationcell typeqbccmanipulate equationsCellular and Molecular Biologyconverting unitschanging scales

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