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    Implementing an online module about interpreting sound in a coral reef for an undergraduate marine biology course in Indonesia
    Students engage in interpreting sound, exploring the diversity of sounds in a coral reef in Indonesia, and relating coral reefs to climate change. This implementation incorporated principles of...

    Keywords: fishcoral reefssoundscapestropical ocean

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    1-068-WaterBottleCooling-ModelingScenario
    Students create of a differential equation describing how fluid in a water bottle will change its temperature to approach the ambient temperature in a room.

    Keywords: bNewton's Law of Coolingwater bottleautonomousbottle

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    A "How-to" Guide For Producing Recorded Interviews
    Now that almost every student carries a camera in their pocket, student-created digital media items can be used to supplement curriculum material and as assessment. Although students can easily...

    Keywords: communicationemployabilitygathering data

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    1-013-SleuthingWithDifferentialEquations-ModelingScenario
    We present several situations in which differential equation models serve to aid in sleuthing and general investigations.

    Keywords: projectile motionaccelerationNewton's Law of Coolingspeeding

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    1980-Peastrel-Lynch-Armenti-Terminal velocity of a shuttlecock in vertical fall
    We have performed a straightforward vertical fall experiment for a case where the effects of air resistance are important and directly measurable.

    Keywords: fallingterminal velocityshuttlecockvertical fall

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    1-155-CruiseControl-ModelingScenario
    In this project we illustrate the design of a proportional-integral-derivative (PID) cruise control algorithm for an automobile. PID control is one of the most common techniques in control...

    Keywords: PID controllerfeedback controlControl theorycruise controlautomobileclosed-loop controlinput-ouputblock diagram

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    CyVerse: Scalable Image Informatics
    Poster on cyberinfrastructure for the machine learning ere presented at the 2020 BIOME Institute: Cultivating Scientific Curiosity

    Keywords: image analysisundergraduate researchmachine learningCyVerse

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    5-036-HalfCarVibration-ModelingScenario
    Vibration vehicle models provide an opportunity to integrate vehicle-based vibrations into a mechanical engineering vibrations course. The project is on a multiple-degree-of-freedom (MDOF)...

    Keywords: vibrationvehiclehalf-car modelfinite element analysisshock absorberssuspension

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    2015-H_Sayama-Intro to Modeling and Analysis of Complex Systems
    Introduces students to mathematical/computational modeling and analysis developed in the emerging interdisciplinary field of Complex Systems Science.

    Keywords: textbooktext

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    More information about the Discovery – Doing Science Biology Education Conference
    2023 Conference Theme - Variants in Biology Education: What can we learn from pandemics?

    Keywords: LDC2023

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    1-060-SalesMarketing-ModelingScenario
    We lead students through a sales forecasting model based on marketing principles first espoused by F. M. Bass with definitions, assumptions, equations, and data on sales over 15 year periods...

    Keywords: marketingBass modelsalesconsumer productsinnovatorsimitators

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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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    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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    Restoring tropical forests: Is planting clusters of trees a cost-effective and ecologically-sound strategy to restore tropical forest?
    This module (available in four languages) provides a broad introduction to both ecological and social aspects of tropical forest restoration. It focuses on a long-term study comparing three...

    Keywords: Restoration Ecologyforest restorationtropical forest

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    Bad Science: Exploring the unethical research behind a putative memory supplement
    As members of society, students must be able to evaluate scientific claims across a wide variety of media to make sound decisions about health and wellness. However, students - and most members of...

    Keywords: bioethicsevaluationPseudoscienceRecognizing bad scienceScience process skills

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    2017-Alex_Honchar-Neural Networks For Solving Differential Equations
    In this post I want to show how I applied simple feed-forward NNs to different differential equations with increasing complexity: ODEs, second order ODEs, and, finally, PDEs.

    Keywords: neural networksCybenko theoremdiffusion equationfluid dynamics

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    Speed Data Science
    Data visualization is a foundational data science skill. One way to help students begin to learn about data visualization is to tap in to their innate creative instincts. This activity can be used...

    Keywords: data visualizationdata science educationlife sciences

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    Measuring streamflow using the float method
    Streamflow, the amount of water flowing in a creek, stream, or river at a certain point in time, is critical to people and the environment. Knowing the amount of flowing water is important for...

    Keywords: River Field Studies Networkstreamflowstreamflow measurements

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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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    Colorful wings send messages: Why are butterfly wings colorful?
    Red postman butterflies live in tropical rainforests and have a mix of red, yellow, and black on their wings. These bright colors may warn predators or attract mates. Explore whether color alone or...

    Keywords: Quantitative reasoningadaptationpredationfield workEvolution by natural selection and mutation

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