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    3-054-Relay-ModelingScenario
    We use a differential equations of one dimensional projectile motion and an integration of velocity for total distance to model the relay between an outfielder and an infielder in throwing the ball...

    Keywords: distanceprojectile motionrelaytimebaseballoutfieldhome plateminimization

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    SIR BuildIt
    An introduction to epidemiological models using interactive Excel worksheets

    Keywords: epidemiologymodelingTeaching Material @ BioQUEST_ESTEEMExcelinfectious diseaseInfectious Disease ModelingSIR modelsSIR

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    Searching for disability as biodiversity in digitized natural history collections
    This module uses digitized natural history and biodiversity collections to explore if, how, and whether disability can be studied in nonhumans as a form of biodiversity.
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    Draft Version: Energy Balance Models
    This module introduces the student to the process of mathematical modeling.

    Keywords: modulemathematical modelingbenergy balanceclimate modelDIMACSResources @ DIMACSclimatein-class activityResources @ QUBES - Teaching & Referencescienceexperiment

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    OpenLab - free project-sharing platform
    We're happy to share with you this new, free project-sharing platform created by a group of Wesleyan University teachers, students, and alums: https://openlab.studio/

    Keywords: Presentationdisseminationproject-sharing

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    A Beginner's Guide To Sampling Rockpools
    In this guide, we'll teach you how to sample rockpools, collect data, make visuals from data, and interpret data in order to see if any correlations exist.

    Keywords: aquatic macroinvertebratesdata collectionsrockpoolsampling

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    CONNECT Network - Community of Neighboring and National Entrepreneurial Centers and Trainees Network (RCN-UBE Introduction)
    Our goal is to establish a community of practice that invites entrepreneurs, scientists, educators, and students to share expectations, experiences, and best practices in the field of biosciences...

    Keywords: RCN-UBE Introduction

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    1-044-CollegeBound-ModelingScenario
    Preparing for four years of college for a friend of the family's newborn is the task. Making assumptions about costs, timing, interest rates, and fiscal capabilities are the order of the day.

    Keywords: interest ratecollege savingtuitionroom and board

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    LearnR Apps
    Presentation on using the LearnR software in teaching. Presented at the 2021 BIOME Institute

    Keywords: mathematicsRStudioformulascomputer programming2021 BIOMEparson's problems

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    Understanding Eukaryotic Genes modules: Glossary of terms
    This glossary defines the key terms that are used in the Understanding Eukaryotic Genes modules.

    Keywords: geneticsmolecular biologygenomicsGlossary

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    Faculty Mentoring Networks: Community Professional Development for the Digital Age
    Poster for BioQUEST Summer Workshop 2020. What is an FMN? What is it like to be in one? What are the benefits?

    Keywords: fmn

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    Faculty Mentoring Networks: Community Professional Development for the Digital Age
    Poster for BioQUEST Summer Workshop 2019 What is an FMN? What is it like to be in one? What are the benefits?

    Keywords: fmn

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    Intro to BIOMAAP - Student Math Anxiety Overview - Teaching Notes - Boersma
    Teaching notes from my application of the BIOMAAP math anxiety materials in my BIOL305 Ecology course for biology majors.

    Keywords: ecologymath attitudesResources @ BIOMAAP

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    Introduction to Growth Mindset - Teaching Notes - Boersma
    Teaching notes from my use of BIOMAAP Growth Mindset teaching materials in my 300 level Ecology class for majors.

    Keywords: growth mindsetmath attitudesResources @ BIOMAAP

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    Getting students to reason with data: QUBES tools and teaching resources built for introductory biology
    Workshop presented at the 2019 Biology Learning Community Conference

    Keywords: QUBESdataintroductory biologydata in the classroomQuantitative reasoning

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    Hawk vs. Dove Game
    Hawk vs. Dove Game is a model of conflict for two players in game theory.

    Keywords: mathematical modelcomputational modelagent-based model

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    BSHS Calculus 2
    Based upon the University of Minnesota Bachelor's of Science in Health Science calculus curriculum (part 2), this course introduces linear transformations, ordinary differential equations, basic...

    Keywords: mathematicsmodelingmodulecalculuscourselinear algebracalculus 2Resources @ BioQUEST - Numbers Count

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    Intro to DNA Barcoding
    This is a classroom tested introductory lesson & activity to introduce DNA Barcoding and DNA Subway Blue Line. It is for novices and will fit into a 30-45 min lecture or lab class period.

    Keywords: phylogeneticsNIBLSEDNA BarcodingDNA sequenceBLASTmultiple sequence alignment

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    Fostering and sustaining interdisciplinary faculty communities around undergraduate teaching: Insights from the QUBES project
    Presentation part of a minisymposium at the SIAM Applied Mathematics Education (ED18) conference, "Communities of Practice for Math Modeling Education"

    Keywords: SIAMapplied mathematicsfaculty communities

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    2014 QUBES Minisymposium at the Seventh International Symposium on Biomathematics and Ecology: Education and Research
    Collection of presentations that were part of a minisymposium at the Seventh International Symposium on Biomathematics and Ecology: Education and Research in 2014.

    Keywords: QUBESBEERminisymposium

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