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    The Chi-Square Test
    This module introduces how to determine whether observation is significantly different from expectation in the context of understanding Chi-square Test. It is intended for an introductory biology...

    Keywords: ProbabilityProbability & StatisticsGenetics and EvolutionStatistical Testing

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    Translocation of Nutrients in the Phloem: Dixon's Paradox
    This module introduces the Dixon equation in the context of understanding nutrient transport through sieve tubes. It is intended for an introductory biology audience.

    Keywords: plant physiologylinear regressionlinear equations

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    Translocation of Nutrients in the Phloem: Poiseuille's Equation
    This module introduces the Poiseuille equation in the context of understanding nutrient flow in plant cells. It is intended for an introductory biology audience.

    Keywords: plant physiologycalculushyperbolic equationsrates of change

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    Type I Functional Response
    This module introduces the type I functional response in the context of understanding the relationship between an individual's rate of consumption and food density. It is intended for an...

    Keywords: ecologylinear equationsfood density

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    Type II Functional Response: Holling’s Disk Equation
    This module introduces the Holling’s disk equation in the context of understanding the relationship between an individual's rate of consumption and food density. It is intended for an introductory...

    Keywords: ecologyHolling's Disk Equation

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    Water Movement through a Membrane: The Van't Hoff Equation
    This module introduces the van't Hoff equation in the context of understanding the metabolic activity of the epithelial cells lining the stomach. It is intended for an introductory biology audience.

    Keywords: AlgebraInequalitiesCellular Processes

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    Cohort Life Tables
    This module introduces cohort life tables in the context of understanding demographic processes and how they affect populations. It is intended for an introductory biology audience.

    Keywords: population dynamicsecologyOpenStaxfuncitonsDemographic processes

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    Exploring the functionality of R
    Students work with example data to generate a length-weight plot and use lm() to obtain regression coefficients. Base plot functions are used to plot both the data and the regression line.
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    Cell Division and Rates of Population Growth
    This module introduces the exponential growth of cells in the context of understanding cell division. It is intended for an introductory biology audience.

    Keywords: exponential equationscell growth and divisionGeometric SeriesCell StructureOpenStaxgeometric equations

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    Energy Absorbed from Light During Photosynthesis
    This module introduces how energy absorption from light is affected by the wavelengths in the context of understanding photosynthesis. It is intended for an introductory biology audience.

    Keywords: plant physiologyRatiosphotosynthesishyperbolic equationsOpenStax

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    Efficiency of ATP Prodution
    This module introduces the efficiency of ATP production in the context of understanding glycolysis and endergonic reactions. It is intended for an introductory biology audience.

    Keywords: RatiosOpenStaxCellular ProcessesEndergonic ReactionsATPGlycolysis

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    Doubling Time of Tumors
    This module introduces the calculation of potential doubling time of tumorous cells in the context of understanding the growth of a population of the cells. It is intended for an introductory...

    Keywords: linear regressionRatiosCell StructureOpenStaxCell Growth

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    Bioinformatics: An Interactive Introduction to NCBI
    Modules showing how the NCBI database classifies and organizes information on DNA sequences, evolutionary relationships, and scientific publications. And a module working to identify a nucleotide...

    Keywords: NCBINIBLSEDNABLASTnucleotide sequencing

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    Amino Acid Frequency
    This module introduces expected frequencies in the context of understanding amino acid composition. It is intended for an introductory biology audience.

    Keywords: Probabilitylinear regressionamino acidsOpenStaxGenetic InformationAminoAmino Acid Freuency

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    Gibb’s Free Energy and the Nature of Chemical Reactions
    This module introduces Gibb’s Free Energy in the context of understanding the nature of chemical reactions. It is intended for an introductory biology audience.

    Keywords: ExponentsLogarithmsRatiosexponential equationsSequencesCell StructureOpenStaxCell Growthgeometric equations

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    Permeability of Molecules
    This module introduces Overton's Rule in the context of understanding the permeability of molecules across the cell membrane. It is intended for an introductory biology audience.

    Keywords: linear regressionPermeabilityCell StructureCell MembraneOpenStaxphospholipid membranelog-log plotsOverton's rule

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    Introduction to Mathematical Modeling in Biotechnology, Cell Biology, and Physiology
    The course is a mathematical and computational exploration of five diverse areas of biology: human locomotion, gene sequence analysis, signal transduction pathways involved in cancer,...

    Keywords: mathematical modelingcoursehuman locomotionneuroanatomyneurophysiologysignal transductiongene sequence analysis

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    ODD Description of the BEFORE Beech Forest Model
    This is a supplemental resource from ABM

    Keywords: case studytextbookNetLogoagent-based modelingODD protocol

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    Value of Mistakes
    This module familiarizes students with brain research describing our physiological response to mistakes, and how making mistakes is a useful part of learning.

    Keywords: growth mindsetmath attitudesResources @ BIOMAAPmistakesvalue of mistakes

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    Introduction to Growth Mindset
    This module introduces students to the research supporting ‘growth mindset,’ the idea that you can increase your brainpower and ability through effort

    Keywords: growth mindsetmetacognitionmath attitudesResources @ BIOMAAP

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