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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.

    Keywords: videosStudent misconceptionsScience Forwardscience basics

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    Demography from physical cemeteries, "virtual cemeteries," and census data
    Laboratory experiment included in Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology (TIEE) Volume 8. Learning objective: Students will learn how to create life tables and survivorship curves using data...

    Keywords: Resources @ ESA - TIEEdemographysurvivorshippopulation ecologylife tableslab activity

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    Biometeorology of Asthma in South Florida: From Statistical Analysis to Mathematical Modeling
    Part of the 2015 SMB Minisymposium: Topics in Biomathematics Education

    Keywords: data analysisdynamical systemsmathematical modelingsynchronizationasthmaimmune systemcomplex systemsfeedback loopsself-organized criticalitychaos

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    Climate Change’s Impact on Sea Level Rise in a Coastal Marsh Over 20 Years
    In this lesson, students will learn about increasing sea level rise and the direct impacts coastal marshes are facing as a result. Students will learn the importance of coastal marshes, tidal...

    Keywords: climate changewetlandsSea level rise and coastal resilienceCoastal wetlandssalt marshneap tidesspring tides

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    Introduction to Plant Phenology with Museum Specimens of Desert Prickly Pear (Opuntia phaeacantha)
    Students engage in hands-on exploration of phenology by working with digitized herbarium specimens, particularly focusing on prickly pear specimens from the UTEP herbarium. They learn to identify...

    Keywords: botanyclimate changephenologyherbariumcactus

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    2000-deOlivera-Delfino-Costa-Leite-Pinhole Water Flow From Cylindrical Bottles
    The water flowing from the first bottle feeds the second one located below it. The same concepts of mass and energy conservation now lead to a non-trivial differential equation for the lowest...

    Keywords: Torricelli's LawConservation of EnergytConservation of MassBernoulli’s Theorem

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    1992-Emelie_Kenney-Differential_equations_and_the_AIDS_epidemic
    This paper describes a lecture for Calculus II students in which the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome was used to motivate study of first-order linear differential equations and the derivative...

    Keywords: datafirst orderparameterAIDS

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    3-063-FallingBuildingIce-ModelingScenario
    We model the fall of a piece of ice which is falling from a high building in New York City.

    Keywords: resistancefallinggravityiceterminal velocityskyscrapers

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    Working with Datasets in R swirl
    The goal of this lesson is to learn how to import datasets into R, understand variable types, make adjustments to variables, perform basic calculations, and begin data visualization. The exercise...

    Keywords: graphingRStudioclimate change datatidyverseWorking with datasets

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    Insects of Alberta - Interactive Identification Guide To Common Orders
    An interactive guide to insect orders found in Alberta based on and modified from the Entomological Society of Alberta’s “The Insect Collector’s Guide.” This guide was created for undergraduate...

    Keywords: BiodiversityentomologyinsectsBLUEpollinatorsinsectidentificationAlberta

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    2020-TeachingModule-ModelingFallingColumnOfWater
    We discuss how to model a falling column of water empirically and analytically from first principles in physics laws.

    Keywords: modulecolumn of waterTorricelli's LawTorricelliTeaching Module

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    Module M.7 Generalized linear mixed-effects models
    Introduction to Primate Data Exploration and Linear Modeling with R was created with the goal of providing training to undergraduate biology students on data management and statistical analysis...

    Keywords: R programming languageprimatespopulation ecology

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    2017-Lia_Vas-Modeling With Differential Equations
    This is a set of class notes for Lia Vas in which examples from population, falling objects, tank mixing, growth and threshold, are offered.

    Keywords: thresholdsfalling objectgrowthtank mixing

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    1967-JG-Wagner-Computers in pharmacokinetics
    This is a seminal paper in pharmacokinetics in which the author introduces historic notions and approaches. As can be seen from the abstract there is a variety of material here.

    Keywords: kineticscomputerspharmacokinetics

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    Survey Findings: Exploring Open Education Fall 2022 LC
    Survey findings for the learning community (LC), Exploring Open Education Practices and Pedagogy (Spring 2022), facilitated by Drs. Carlos Goller (North Carolina State University) and Melanie...

    Keywords: evaluation

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    Survey Findings:: Social Justice Dialogues in STEM Education LC
    Survey findings for the learning community (LC), Social Justice Dialogues in STEM Ed, facilitated by Drs. Bryan Dewsbury (Florida Institute of Technology) and Desiree Forsythe (Rochester Institute...

    Keywords: evaluation

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    Survey Findings:: Social Justice Dialogues in STEM Education Fall 2022 LC
    Survey findings for the learning community (LC), Social Justice Dialogues in STEM Ed, facilitated by Drs. Desiree Forsythe (Chapman University) and Megan Jones (University of Rhode Island) – with...

    Keywords: evaluation

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    Summer 2022 Research Experience Presentations Night 1
    Join the students from Headwaters' Summer Research Program to share the outstanding original research projects they created this summer.

    Keywords: science educationstudent learningresearch projects for high school students

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    A discussion about tornado epidemiology with Dr. Kim Klockow McClain
    Are you ever curious about how tornados impact communities, which communities are most at risk, what are the determinants of fatality from tornados, and other related questions? Dr. Kim Klockow...

    Keywords: epidemiologyweathertornados

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    REMNet Tutorial, R Part 3: Creating Alpha Diversity Plots in R 5.2.19
    Video on creating alpha diversity plots in R from the Research Experiences in Microbiomes Network

    Keywords: VideoMicrobiology EducationR programming languagemicrobiomesCoastal wetlandsmanagementnortheastsea-level risesalt marshresearch in the classroomREMNeturban microbiomes

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