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    5-011-ModelingIbuprofren-ModelingScenario
    We consider modeling of data from a clinical experiment administered as oral doses of 400 mg ibuprofen, an analgesic pain reliever. Concentrations of ibuprofen in the serum/plasma of the subjects...

    Keywords: dataAICAkaike Information Criterionabsorptionsum of square errorscompartment modelibuprofendelay

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    5-012-LipoproteinModeling-ModelingScenario
    Data from a study on the amounts of low-density-lipoprotein (LDL), form of cholesterol, in blood plasma is presented. Students build, validate, and use a compartment model of the kinetic...

    Keywords: wildlifelow-density-lipoproteintracercompartment modelcholesterolblood plasmabody tissue

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    6-002-EulerCromerPendulum-ModelingScenario
    This activity introduces students to the concept of numerical stability. While modeling a simple pendulum, students compare performance of the semi-implicit Euler-Cromer method with Euler's method...

    Keywords: pendulumsemi-implicit methodsEuler-Cromernumerical solvers

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    6-023-DroneHeadingHome-ModelingScenario
    We describe a comprehensive project in modeling through a two dimensional system of equations and a first order system of differential equations a drone heading home.

    Keywords: dronesoursuitflight pathchange of variables

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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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    3-099-PullBack-ModelingScenario
    We guide students through the development of an empirical model for the velocity and distance traveled of a simple pull-back toy. Students can record videos and extract data using their own...

    Keywords: dynamicspull-back toy

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    6-040-StruggleForExistence-ModelingScenario
    We use historical data from the 1930's in the Soviet Union and model competition between two species of yeast after modeling each species separately and estimate parameters

    Keywords: competitionlogisticcarrying capacityparamecium

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    1-002-Tossing-ModelingScenario
    We offer students simulation experience or data from a simulation and ask them to model the simulation using several approaches, to include exponential decay fit, difference equation, and...

    Keywords: Modeling and simulationexponentialdecaydice

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    Using Synthetic Biology and pClone Red for Authentic Research on Promoter Function: Genetics (analyzing mutant promoters)
    Students often memorize the definition of a transcriptional promoter but fail to fully understand the critical role promoters play in gene expression.  This laboratory lesson allows students...

    Keywords: bacteriasynthetic biologygene regulationtranscriptionstudent researchcentral dogmacloningpromoterreporter gene/protein

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    A Classroom Intervention to Reduce Confirmation Bias
    STEM students are often unable to recognize cognitive bias in their own disciplines, and simply describing cognitive bias to students has shown to be insufficient to improve critical thinking....

    Keywords: biasprocess of sciencemetacognitionConfirmation BiasCognitive Bias

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    Chilling in the Cold: Using Thermal Acclimation to Demonstrate Phenotypic Plasticity in Animals
    The lesson plan described here provides students hands-on, scientific experiences that relate to the globally important issue of climate change and its impacts on animals. Students use the...

    Keywords: scientific methodclimate changephenotypic plasticityfruit fliesaccclimationcold tolerancethink-pair-share

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    My Fish Tank: An Active Learning Activity for Bacterial Nitrogen Metabolism
    This active learning activity introduces students to the second part of the nitrogen cycle, nitrification. In terrestrial and aquatic environments, bacteria from the Nitrosomonas and Nitrobacter...

    Keywords: nitrogen cyclenitrificationnitrifying bacteria

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    2018-Arden_Baxter-Modeling Public Opinion
    In this paper, we adapt the epidemiological models to model the dynamics of public opinion. Public opinion is any view prevalent among the general public. Our model considers any topic or issue in...

    Keywords: epidemiologypopulationpublic opinion

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    2017-Adolfo_Rumbos-Differential Equations and modeling
    The study of any phenomenon in the physical or biological sciences, in which continuity and differentiability assumptions about the quantities in question can be made, invariably leads to a...

    Keywords: pendulumLotka Volterra equationsexistenceuniqueness

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    1-035-DotseroVolcanoEruption-ModelingScenario
    In this scenario, we use Carbon-14 dating of the Dotsero volcano in Colorado as a way of emphasizing this multistage process of modeling.

    Keywords: exponential decayhalf-lifedecayEuler's methodcarbon datingdecay rateCarbon-14Dotsero volcanovolcano

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    1-160-HeartDeathRate-ModelingScenario
    Students simulate experience from a given data set which represents the heart death rate during the period 2000 - 2010 using several approaches to include exponential decay, difference equation,...

    Keywords: dataheart death rate

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    Meiosis: A Play in Three Acts, Starring DNA Sequence
    Meiosis is well known for being a sticky topic that appears repeatedly in biology curricula. We observe that a typical undergraduate biology major cannot correctly identify haploid and diploid...

    Keywords: recombinationmeiosisDNA sequenceCrossingoverchromosome structureHolliday junctionhomology

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    Learn Biological Sciences and Mathematics through cellular respiration, photosynthesis and primary productivity.
    Photosynthesis is a process by which plants synthesize glucose and oxygen in presence of sunlight through light dependent reactions by utilization of sunlight, water to synthesize oxygen, ATP and...

    Keywords: mathematicssimulationThe Analysis of Biological DataMetabolic Pathwaysprocess of sciencephotosynthesisqbccBiological ScienceshypothesisCellular Respirationprimary productivity

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    Applying Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Principles to Case Studies
    This is a presentation for the 2022 BIOME meeting.
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    COVID-19: Molecular Basis of Infection
    This case was written in Spring 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. It focuses on understanding the structure and interaction of the SARS-Cov-2 viral spike protein that facilitates infection in...

    Keywords: infectionvaccinemolecular visualization and analysisCOVID19PDBSARS-CoVMolecular Case Study

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