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    Shroomology 1010: Introduction to the Fascinating World of Fungi Lesson Plan
    A lecture will be hosted by the educator. The first four sections cover factual information and in the activity students will draw conclusions about spore germination. The last section will...

    Keywords: introductory biologyLecturein-class activitymycologythink-pair-share

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    OCELOTS - A Network for Facilitating Online Content for Experiential Learning of Tropical Systems (RCN-UBE Introduction)
    The OCELOTS Network connects tropical biology researchers with specialists in pedagogy, 4DEE, software, and media to create and implement research-based online modules in tropical biology,...

    Keywords: RCN-UBE Introduction

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    Simulating Cortical Rotation, Axis Induction, and Experimental Embryology in Amphibian Embryos Using Clay Models
    The study of development requires learners to understand spatially complex concepts like embryo anatomy. Embryo anatomy is dynamic over time, and it is often manipulated by researchers in...

    Keywords: developmentXenopusfertilizationEmbryologyinductionSymmetry breakingOrganizerCortical rotationPatterning

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    SCORE - Network for an Open and Accessible Biology Education: The promise of equity and the challenge of sustainability (RCU-UBE Introduction)
    The mission of the SCORE-UBE Network is to help our Network participants achieve their sustainability and broader impact goals by working together to amplify the value and reach of open education...

    Keywords: RCN-UBE Introduction

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    Investigating the Drivers of Western Monarch Decline Using Partial Least Squares Regression
    In this lesson, students will explore the drivers of the western monarch butterfly decline. Students will compare the effects of climate factors and land use factors on the western monarch...

    Keywords: RStudiomultivariate analysisMonarch butterfliesPartial Least Squares Regression

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    Pedigree Unspoken Assumptions
    A video that highlights the unspoken assumptions that we use in pedigree analysis.

    Keywords: geneticsintroductory biologybiologybiology teachingVideoGenetics educationGeneral biology educationpedigreePedigree analysisassumptionsunspoken assumptionsskit

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    REMNet - A National Network for Integrating the Study of Microbiomes into Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences (RCN-UBE Introduction)
    The mission of REMNet’s “Microbiomes for All!” is to serve as a centralized hub for information and resources on the integration of microbiome studies into the undergraduate curriculum. RemNet...

    Keywords: RCN-UBE Introduction

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    The Language of Science
    This part focuses on the language of science

    Keywords: process of sciencelanguageinclusionCOVID19misinformationscicomm

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    The Process of Science
    These slides give an overview of the process of science in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Keywords: process of sciencescientific literacyvaccine literacyvaccine hesitancy

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    THE IMPORTANCE OF GREEN SPACES & NATIVE PLANTS TO URBAN AVIFAUNA: A Lesson on how urban residential yards can support birds during their annual cycle
    In this lesson students will learn about the impacts of urbanization, and the conservation challenges it poses to wildlife, in particular avifauna. Introductory ecology topics such as the theory of...

    Keywords: birdsurbanizationPoisson Distributionnative plantsGeneralized linear models

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    Using IPAT to Measure Urban Sustainability
    Urban sustainability can be complicated to measure because sustainability means different things to different people. This challenge can be partially overcome through adoption of a guiding...

    Keywords: datasurveyurban ecosystemsUrban sustainability

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    Green Infrastructure/Green Roofs (Project Eddie)
    Runoff in urban areas is an increasingly important issue when it comes to water quality. It is a major hydrologic issue in New York City, as urban infrastructure creates excess runoff and...

    Keywords: climate changeProject EDDIEWater cycle

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    Using Collaborative Projects to Promote Active Learning of Microbial Skin Diseases and Their Impact on Everyday Lives
    One of the most daunting aspects of introductory clinical microbiology is learning details about a vast number of different microbial diseases that can infect humans. Each of these diseases has...

    Keywords: infectious diseasecollaborationpathogenesisTreatment of diseasesReal-life Microbiology

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    6-005-InsectColonySurvivalOpt-ModelingScenario
    We present a system of nonlinear differential equations to model the control of energy flow into producing workers or reproducers in an insect colony, using a set of given parameters and a number...

    Keywords: optimizationOptimal Control Theoryinsect colonyoptimal controlnatural resourcesPointryagin's Maximum Principlecontrol variable

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    2017-Rosario-Antony-Mathematical Model for Future Population Scenario In India And China – An Econometric Approach
    A mathematical model including dynamical systems, statistical models and differential equations involves variety abstract structures. Population growth is one of the main issues in India and China...

    Keywords: logisticIndiavital coefficientsAsiaCarrying Vapacitiyannual growth rate

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    2017-Gilbert-Lewis-Harvesting of renewable natural resource
    This is a resource to accompany a commercial text book and has a tutorial nature with some analysis and several good exercises

    Keywords: logisticmaximum sustainable yieldwhaleharvestrenewable resourceconstant harvest

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    2014-Wrona-EtAl-Two-compartment model as a teaching tool for cholesterol homeostasis
    To investigate cholesterol transport in the circulatory system, we have previously developed a two-compartment mathematical model. Here, we show how this model can be used as a teaching tool for...

    Keywords: metabolic syndromecompartment modelcholesterolhigh blood cholesterol

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    2017-Brandi-Garcia-Motivating engineering students to math classes - Practical experience teaching ODEs
    In this paper we propose an approach to teaching-learning process of mathematical concepts to engineering students with a motivational factor: a practical problem to be modeled in which students...

    Keywords: computational toolsteachingengineering studentspractical problem

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    2017-Biswasa-EtAl-Mathematical Modeling Applied to Sustainable Management of Marine Resources
    We study a nonlinear mathematical model of fishery management to understand dynamics of a fishery resource system in an aquatic environment that consists of two zones; one free fishing zone and...

    Keywords: natural resourcesmarine resourcesfishery model

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    2017-Agmour-EtAl-Optimization of the Two Fishermen's Profits Exploiting Three Competing Species Where Prices Depend on Harvest
    The main purpose of this work is to define the fishing effort that maximizes the profit of each fisherman, but all of them have to respect two constraints: the first one is the sustainable...

    Keywords: FishingharvestNash equilibriumoptimizeprofits

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