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    Circle Train Problem TCM 2018_Hernandez.pdf - Google Drive
    In this math modeling lesson, students build mathematical models for the horizontal and vertical position of a train moving along a circular track. The math topics includes transformations of...

    Keywords: mathematical modelTrigonometryPrecalculusdata collectionLoggerProtransformation of functionsparametric equations

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    Fitting Exponential and Logistic Growth Models to Bacterial Cell Count Data
    In this activity, students will model a noisy set of bacterial cell count data using both exponential and logistic growth models. For each model the students will plot the data (or a linear...

    Keywords: modelingdata analysislinear regressiongraphingExponentsoptimizationcalculusInterpreting GraphsFunctionsqbccCellular and Molecular BiologyChoosing modelsUnderstanding ratesConcepts in Statisticsmeasurementsmanipulating equationscreating graphsExponential and Logarithmic Functionsinterpreting tables

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    Bacteria Transformation
    TeachEngineering resource in which students construct paper recombinant plasmids to simulate the methods genetic engineers use to create modified bacteria.

    Keywords: bacteriaengineeringGMOsbacterial transformationplasmids

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    Neighborhood Fences and Gates
    This classroom modeling project targets the competency of proposing functions that meet certain properties and features, which is part of many modeling processes. It is suitable for high school or...

    Keywords: function fittingcultural context

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    8-002-TrigSumRepresentation-TechniqueNarrative
    Students discover how to represent functions as sums of trigonometric functions and the value of such representations in many fields. This is an introduction to the study of Fourier Series.

    Keywords: estimationTrigonometryTrigonometric Functionssum of square errorsfinite sumFourier seriesFouriere sumspectrumapproximatiopn

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    Circle Train Math Modeling Task
    This math modeling task is appropriate for high school Precalculus students. The students use their knowledge of transformations of trigonometric functions to create models for horizontal and...

    Keywords: mathematical modelTrigonometric Functionsparametric equationstransformations of functions

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    Spreadsheet Tutorial 1 -- Formulae, Functions, and Averages | HHMI BioInteractive
    This introduction to spreadsheet programs describes the basic organization of a worksheet, how to organize and format your data, how to perform simple mathematical calculations, how to use built-in...

    Keywords: Resources @ HHMI - BioInteractivesummary statisticsScientific ProcessScientific MethodologyHigh School

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    Parabolas Everywhere?
    In this lesson students will use mathematical models to describe real-world objects and to gain better understanding of quadratic functions.
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    Exploring Functions for Common Phage Proteins
    This resource is designed to help students better understand the functions of common structural and enzymatic phage proteins, and to relate these functions to phage structure using electron...
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    NSITE - Networking STEM Initiatives to Enhance Adoption of Evidence-Based Practices (RCN-UBE Introduction)
    NSITE is a network of national STEM transformation organizations. The goal of NSITE is to provide a venue for these organizations, that have typically operated in parallel on projects related to...

    Keywords: RCN-UBE Introduction

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    Self-Folding Videos
    In this collection, we showcase 3D-printed polyhedral nets constructed from polypropylene. Leveraging the unique property of this material, the designs incorporate living hinges that soften when...

    Keywords: 3D printingmagnetic fieldSelf-assemblyself-foldingnetpolyhedra

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    Design a Zoo (Grades 6-8)
    This classroom lesson presents students with the job of designing a zoo, which could include modeling tasks ranging from choosing and locating the exhibits to setting the right admission prices.
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    1957-Axelrod_ Brady_Witkop_Evarts-The Distribution and Metabolism of Lysergic Acid Diethylamide
    The development of a specific and sensitive method for the estimation of LSD in biological materials has enabled us to study the tissue distribution, excretion, rate of biotransformation, and...

    Keywords: mathematical modeldataLSDMetabolismbloodstreamlysergic acid diethylamidedistribution

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    Emergency Water Supply (Grades 6-8)
    This classroom lesson presents students with the task of determining how much water their school would to store in case of an emergency disaster.
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    2013-Michael-Evans-Growth and Decay
    Sometimes, we can describe processes of growth and decay—whether physical, chemical, biological or sociological—by mathematical models.

    Keywords: exponential growthexponential decayisotopespopulationsresource depletion

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    2016-Erno_Keszei-Chemical Kinetics for Beginners
    The most important goal of kinetic research is the identification and characterisation of elementary molecular events which make possible the transformation of reactants into products.

    Keywords: kineticszeroth order reactionfirst order reactionsecond order reactionreaction ratesthird order reaction

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    Adaptation of Terrestrial Trophic Cascades & Population Structure to a Non-Major’s Ecology Course
    In this activity, students will use data from natural parks to examine trophic cascades.

    Keywords: case studyBiodiversityplantsResource Typetrophic cascadesnational parks

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    2016-Roberto_Camporesi-A fresh look at linear ordinary differential equations with constant coefficients
    We present an approach to the impulsive response method for solving linear constant-coefficient ordinary differential equations of any order based on the factorization of the differential operator.

    Keywords: impulseGreen functionsinstructional exposition

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    Panel Discussion for using QUBES in your classroom
    Abstract for a panel discussion about QUBES. Part of a minisymposium at BEER 2015.
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    1999-F_Brauer-What_Goes_Up_Must_Come_Down
    It is natural to ask whether a particle propelled upwards takes longer to fall to earth from its maximum height than it takes to rise to this maximum height for frictional forces that are nonlinear...

    Keywords: resistancefallingprojectilevertical projectile

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